Project 1- TEXT

My automated writing piece, was pretty random. I chose to use only the first 3 line of text in my video piece. These 3 lines are as follows;

The washing on the line dances around the pegs.

The t-shirts on the line forge a relationship with cotton ball clouds.

The wind blows furiously working the t-shirts into a frenzy.

MY INITIAL IDEA:

My initial idea is to film 3 plain white t-shirts with the 3 previous lines of text printed on them in black. I want the t-shirts to be blowing in the wind on the washing line.


MY AIM:

My aim and vision for this video piece is to keep it simple, I don't want to overcrowd my idea with "WOW" effects. By keeping my idea simple I believe it will best get across to the viewer the idea I am trying to convey.

I want the work to run through very smoothly, smooth transitons between pieces. I am going to make the video footage of the t-shirts blowing on the line black & white with added contrast. I wish to slow the video down by half (the beauty of the t-shirts blowing in the wind can be seen easier this way). I also want to find a piece of music without lyrics that narrates the beauty of the t-shirts blowing.

I am going to use a range of video shots; Angle shots, front on shots, close ups etc..

HOW I PLAN TO COMPLETE THIS TASK:

I plan to print the text lines onto sticker A4 sized paper then stick it to the front of the shirts. I will use a tripod with my camera on it to film them (I don't want wonky footage!). I am going to use a household fan to create the wind effect I want.

CRITIQUE:

After Thursday's critique, Raef suggested I edit my video piece so that it was more in sync with the music. Below I have included the YouTube links to both attempts at this project.

Critique Version(YouTube link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vFmjX-X61A

Edited Version(YouTube link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6p40z15-Vs

The quality of the videos got even worse when I uploaded them to YouTube & I don't know how to fix it.