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I had a few ideas for this project, however I was struggling as i think it was the topic, trying to think of something to do with the After Effects programme as I don't know it that well, and also trying to think of it as multiple screens combined and so I couldn't think of anything solid. I lowkey wanted to create it using just after effects or also combine photos or collages, but I was unsure. I had a tutorial with Anne which helped me develop an idea on CCTV, but not long after I really didn't like it and could not construct it in my head or on paper or anywhere. i looked at youtube tutorials, practiced on After Effects, tried making a technology moodboard on pinterest, tried watching black mirror, watched a technology conspiracy video, but I just felt I was going no where. Some things I tried with After Effects: I had more ideas and wrote them down, but eventually decided that I wanted to use the concept and idea from my experimental film with consumption on o...

final film: I also uploaded the music/sound to soundcloud:  the different parts and structure came out naturally, but i defined them more after watching Space Odyssey and thinking of the importance of the structure in plays and books (like All My Sons which I studied at A Level) Part One This represents the amount of things there are to do in modern society, not necessarily an attack on social media and the internet, but an exploration into modern productivity. I remember seeing something quite a while ago about how there is so many more options now to do with your time, you can read, watch films, etc etc because things are a lot more accessible and you also have technology and things online, and I wanted to show how it can be overwhelming and sometimes you need a break from the developed world. The opening shot of the box establishes this as well as the shadows which i was going to make them super white and dreamy, however I decided to edit them more brown/golden-y ...

The process of creating my film went really well, however there were some problems that came up along the way. The first was when filming with the snow as I had a studio space out the next morning and so couldnt get the lights and stuff I needed signed off and taken out for it, so I had to rearrange that. I also had a problem with my hard drive as I had long clips for time lapses and transcoding them took a whole TB of my hard drive, filling it up. I solved this by editing the long clips into the sped up shorter ones and exported them and then deleted the longer ones as I didn't need them. From this, I will next time know that long time lapses take more room and to edit them first (which I was originally going to do anyway to speed up the final export). Another small issue/slip up I had was I transcoded my clips that were 50fps to 25fps, this was easy to fix though as the clips were short and I could transcode them again very quickly. I learnt from these experiences as next time...

editing made me really excited for the outcome of my film, as I lost heart in the gaps between writing, filming, and editing, as it felt very disconnected and the visual in my head wasn't as strong anymore. Editing brought the enthusiasm back as my footage was slowly was pieced together and started actually looking like a film. Editing took quite a long time, as I had a lot of different shots that I tried out and had to organise them as well as the edit them in the order i wanted them in, also some things went wrong which gave me limited editing time and I also stayed up all night editing, which I know is really bad but i was on a roll and didn't want to stop! Also i wasn't tired anyway and my sleeping pattern was messed up from editing late the night before while my roommates were playing minecraft. While editing my three sheets on each part camera in very useful. I started by doing the introduction and the jazz track. I did the very beginning shot of the film as I...