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Today I had my final crit to review how this project went and to reflect upon my final outcome. I received a really good response to my film and Liv said that the process and narrative worked really effectively together. I got a few points to improve on in the future:

Maybe think about adding something else to the film - more audio or something to indicate what happens. For example the sound of a knife or muffled shouting.

After experimenting with sound, I decided that I wanted to create a narrative using solely audio and a few shots from my twiglet forest set. I thought about the type of narrative I could create using a forest, a car and the person driving the car. I also didn’t want to make the film too long. I decided that I would use the shots of my forest set as context for the narrative, and the rest of the film would be in darkness with the audio telling the story. 

I thought that a simple, yet eerie story would be a narrative that hints at the idea of someone driving into the forest at night, dumping something (someone?), then quickly driving away again. I found a royalty-free sound website (freesound.org) and searched around for relevant sound effects. I decided that these were the sounds that I would need to tell the story successfully:

A car driving, slowing down, then stopping

A handbreak/ something to indicate the car has stopped

The door slamming

Footsteps

Rustling/ unzipping a bag

A large thud or the sound of someone dumping something heavy

Footsteps/ running for a few seconds

The car door slamming again, and the engine coming on

A car driving away into the distance

Although I spent a few hours looking for the best sound effects, I think it all came together really well in the end. I think that the combination of my handmade forest set, the lighting, and the audio all combined successfully to create a mysterious, isolated atmosphere which hints at a dark narrative. This project has ended up nowhere near where I had anticipated it to be a few weeks ago, but I am really happy with my experimental process and outcome.

I decided that I wanted to try and experiment with a narrative in my film. I really wanted to do something with my twiglet forest set as I feel that this has been the most effective set so far. The few shots of film I have taken from this set have also worked very effectively to create the eerie, dark atmosphere I wanted to create. I thought about ways I could turn this set into a film with a narrative. So far the photographs and film that I have hint at a car driving past the forest at night time, with its headlights illuminating the trees. I decided that I wanted to create a story about the person driving past the forest - who are they and why are they there?

I experimented by adding sound to the film which worked really well and made the set seem even more realistic. I thought about how I could create a narrative using audio.

After my tutorial with Liv on Monday, I decided to go back to the sets that I had created to try and experiment with film as well as photographs. Firstly I revisited my mountain scene as I had an idea to use talcum powder as frosty wind blowing across the set. This actually worked quite effectively and so I edited some clips together. I then edited the sound of a cold, wintry wind on the top of my film to create a chilling atmosphere. Although I am quite happy with this outcome, I don’t think it produces the eerie, creepy feel that I wanted to portray in this project. I want to continue experimenting with film to produce something that I feel really happy with. 

Today I had my third tutorial, this time with Liv. I showed her all of my work from this project and talked through my creative process. She was pleased with my photographs and said that my process has been very successful. Below are some suggestions she had as this project nears an end:

Think about how I could bring all of my work together in a comprehensive outcome. 

Consider putting the photographs to sound or creating a film which links all of my photos together. 

Storyboard some ideas.

Today I had my second tutorial. This time I talked to Roderick about my Stanmer Park photographs and my collage experimentation. Below are some suggestions he had for me: 

Start working outside of my sketchbook - don’t be restricted by it

Try some 3D work and maybe make some sets using my photographs. Try and create a witchy/ eerie atmosphere through this. Can then play with lighting etc

Push the imagery - it has potential

Think about paper cut-outs, shadows, lighting, illumination of 3D objects, etc.