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Summertime [Scratch]

Framing [Found Footage]

I filmed this video after sunset so it would be dark out and I could move my light source to cast shadows around. I think my final video came out a lot darker than I had anticipated which was largely due to the fact that I wanted to play with light throughout the video and have a lot of contrast - This led to me film at night but without a powerful enough light source I struggled to cast sharp and contrasting shadows like I had intended. I feel this made the video seem a lot muddier and softer making it hard to pick out much detail with any of the more distant shots. I also wanted to incorporate out of focus video into my final piece but with the lack of sharp detail from the poor lighting I believe these shots just exasperated the issue. I think if I were to do this again I may use a tripod for capturing some of the close-up shots where the light source is being moved as I found that when recording them hand-held it made the movement of the shadows less impactful and also made it harder for me to incorporate them into my final edit how I had hoped which was to create ‘tracers’ as well as using chromatic aberration. The fact that I didn’t have a powerful enough light source also stopped me from capturing any footage of light reflecting off the water as I had planned leaving me with not much footage to edit the final video. I think longer, more sustained shots rather than quick clips would’ve benefitted me more and suited the style of video.

I want to talk about how this could change the way that artists collaborate, how it can change the products that artists release and even change how fans interact with these products as artists could now create smart contracts.

- He is a rapper, part of the new wave era of rap. While his music is quite personal in some tracks I feel his image is more constructed to fit in with the norm in the “mumble rap” scene. He has a lot of face tattoos, in an interview he describes them as almost essential to the genre of music that he performs, he said that although he does like his face tattoos he sees some of them as more of a sacrifice he had to make for his career, even having a black rose tattooed on the side of his face for it to feature as the cover art for his album “Life Of A Dark Rose.”

- Look into digital marketing and advertising. Analysing traffic, what sort of posts / pathways are most used (social media, adverts, external posts from other users) how does the traffic from each of these sources interact differently with your product. See how you can tailor the experience and cater to your audience in order to maximise interaction and make it more accessible to your target market and major audiences.

It’s an orchestral piece that I composed for my Music Technology course at college.