In the tutorial held last monday we discussed the possibilities of changing the soundtrack, using less music (which takes too much influence away from the light streaks) and only using sound effects whilst splicing in some still images that work alongside those new sounds:
The more I watch this one, the more I like it and the more I dislike the old version.
Based on a brief that requires the use of either video or photography (photography in this case) to create a short 20-30 second animation on ‘Portrait and Place’. Following on from my previous animation, I wanted create somethig quite abstract, I have chosen to create a ‘portrait’ of light occupying an unspecified space. I wanted to use this as an opertunity to experiment with sound and music a bit more, using a reasonably simple idea alongside music that reflects it. The tempo of the music and the speed at which the light streaks flow being the two aspects that had to co-operate with one another. This is version 1, please leave any comments and suggestions on improvements, no matter how small.
I wish the brief would allow for a longer film, it would have been more ideal for the animation to be at least 45 seconds long, if not 1 minute preferably. This would have allowed the music and light streaks to have become more rythmetic, as it is so short I get the feeling when watching it that it is ending when it has only just got going.
As a minor note the compression appears to have made the blues a bit pale.
*Later on a few glaring mistakes where pointed out to me, mostly to do with the titles (which are only half-temporary at this point anyway). Where I cut the static from the ‘J Wakerley’ title into the ‘Light’ title, there are a few frames that say ‘J Wakerley’ this can easily be rectified in Final Cut. Also, the dots in the static are too small, and it resembles a carpet (apparently), this can also be changed quite easily. I will also change the length of the pauses after the first title and before the second title, they are both too long.
