Filming practice

For our 211 tutorial session we were given the opportunity to practice using the video cameras that we will be using to do our footage with. Our task was to take at least one variation of a long shot, mid shot, close-up and extreme close-up and everyone in the group was expected to have a go at filming and familiarize themselves with the camera.

Starting project two

I located my site today. It is called Otari bush and is located in the suburb of Wilton. To accompany this site I am going to explore the idea of exploration and discovery. The site gives ample opportunity to show this idea with long and winding paths overhung by large native trees.

Review

After the review session I found out that the credits from the previous post were supposed to be incorporated into either the video or the website. I was unaware of this fact because we were not provided with the full submission requirements only a brief outline of what to hand-in.

Credits

Videos from Archive.org that need to attributed:

• Alternative Views #543 & #544: Holy Terror by Frank Morrow

http://www.archive.org/details/AV_543_544-HOLY_TERROR

• Allies Fight Fierce Nazi Counter-Blow,1944/12/20 (1944)

http://www.archive.org/details/1944-12-20_Allies_Fight_Fierce_Nazi_Counter-Blow

• Nazi Murder Mills, 1945/04/26 (1945)
  

http://www.archive.org/details/1945-04-26_Nazi_Murder_Mills

• Hitler Speech

http://www.archive.org/details/HitlerSpeech

• Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer by Frank Capra
  

http://www.archive.org/details/DivideAndConquer

• Why We Fight: The Nazi Strike by Frank Capra
  

http://www.archive.org/details/TheNazisStrike

• First Pictures Atomic Blast!, 1946/07/08 (1946)

http://www.archive.org/details/1946-07-08_First_Pictures_Atomic_Blast

• I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds

http://www.archive.org/details/IAmBecomeDeathTheDestroyerOfWorlds

The website

For the website I decided to use the second iteration of my clips since it is far more serious in its tone. To display this in the background I created an image of a cross in black and had it decay at the edges by using a brush on it. Around it I had black brush splatters at the edge of the screen to give it a very gritty feel.

The third iteration

For the third remix video clip I used the audio from the beginning of a religious programme as Hitler and another German officer walk up a set of steps. For the rest of the clip the audio is comprised of religious advertisements with video clips of Hitler speeches over the top to make it appear as though he is selling these services.

Second iteration

For the second video remix I have taken a far more serious tone with the editing of the video. The opening sequence is from the "Holy Terror" documentary talking about how the planet earth is dying of sin. The footage playing over the top of it is from a nazi concntration camp. The rest of the video has members of the nazi party with the sound over the top from christian groups. The final scene comes across as quite philosophical with an atomic blast going off with someone saying "some call it free will, God calls it murder."