#datarai

I sent my tutors an in depth word document of each frame, scene by scene, specifically explaining a video analysis of my final submission through blackboard by resubmitting my final video assignment. 

I hope this helps boost up my score for Research and Delivery as I felt the need to explain every aspect of my video due to Hyper Sensitivity that my message may not be translated across 

I also managed to avoid time writing an engaging media essay due tomorrow 

Just some screenshots I took processing a few elements of my video, in an archival matter

The top photo - editing the background out of my video by importing my footage into photoshop and removing the background with magic wand, I had to do this frame by frame in order to keep the removed background consistent throughout the clip 

Samurai jack photo- screenshots I took from Samurai Jack comic strips that are replaced as the background I originally removed in photoshop, he was quite an inspirational cartoon figure to me growing up and I felt like it gave another element to the theme “Datarai” (datamosh + samurai) 

Youtube mp3- website I used to convert my music used in the clip from youtube into an mp3 file

Logic FIles 1 & 2- I then decided to edit the music in my application called Logic Pro X which specialises in making music and editing audio, I chose the song Dark Skies by Nero and edited a fragment of the song that spoke to me most, I decided to loop that section to play four times in total throughout my video. The second image shows the volume rendering that took place so that the loop flowed into itself and didn’t come across sounding jaggered or out of sync with itself. 

Files- an archival screenshot of a few of the folders I used in organising my footage, the folder glitch work expanded into four files: Original videos,  Rendered Videos, edited videos, video laydown that made up the foundations and process of formulating my video, piecing together clip by clip, edit by edit. 

So I have submitted in my soft copy, a few notes to add, I feel like my datamoshing is stronger in some places than others, and from here to Friday’s workshop I can experiment with the sequences but also how many key frames are involved that will hopefully emphasise the glitching and moshing within this clip

To be honest I am glad the contacts didn’t work out and I had to go through an eye infection to realise this was the route I had to go down (that’s another story) 

Musically this will NOT be the audio I include in my final submission as I think it is infact commercial so my goal also from here to Friday is to settle on a song that I can use as a backing that is both edgy and not classified as a commercial song, I also understand that the song cuts out in this clip, yes I intentionally did that...I focused more on the instrumental of this song as I enjoy the ‘sliding’ sounds it has and the way the snare accentuates the song...I do like Nero..alot

In terms of background; I used Glitch Mob videos that specialise in algorithms and by using photoshop edited comic strips of Samurai Jack- it was a show I grew up watching as a child and I really admired him in terms of a cartoon figure, I also thought it fitted the Samurai theme I had set for myself (hence the dress having a Kill Bill kind of vibe) 

There is always room for improvement and that is what i have set myself out to do, aswell as add 20seconds of more footage I have from my time in the cave

I can’t wait to submit the final copy, baby steps

Last night in photoshop I got rid of all the white background in a few of my clips and have decided to replace them with comic illustrations of samurai jack as he was quite an influential cartoon I watched as a child but also how it stuck to the samurai theme

I imported the video into photoshop and removed the white background frame by frame with the magic wand, I began removing the background with lasso but that took too long and shots were looking uneven, the magic wand was more consistent and allowed a quicker process

still shot from my soon to be glitch video

I’m inspired by monochrome glitching and a sort of aesthetic Kill Bill meets Samurai Jack vibe