My Experimental Video

Evaluation

My Video Evaluation
My experimental video was well put together. The video itself talks for itself. The audience may not realize but they were criticizing the experimental video, which mean it did its effects. My production week was a success as I manage to get my entire scene for my experimental video. I thought myself that my video was that good. At the beginning of the video the sound was very low. One of the scene was really bad the last punch before the end, I think its because it wasn’t well shoot. By creating my own sound I think this also had an effect on the audiences, as it was new to them. The music is some how the whole point of the video in a way. I was trying express a dream in a dream and in a dream most of the time there are no sound so I did the inverse. Oh at the beginning my idea wasn’t a dream in a dream it was going to be a pass out. You know when you about to die you would have a flash back I was going to do that but flash forward. Then something went through my mind thinking keep it simple but make it complicated. That’s how I came up with the idea. What was the out come of my video, it was a very weird video I think no exact word could ever express what I was producing. In a way I was trying to get the audiences to ask question an answer by question. Was the video similar/ different from what I had planned yes it was completely I was supposed to include about five more scene but I took them off. These scenes were the animation one and the scene in the lift. I had to take them off, as they didn’t fit the actual video. The reading of you video by the audience the one you intended was quit negative most of the time I agree with them but some of my audiences didn’t anything about experimental video this mean you could do anything an call it experimental. The video doesn’t have to make sense and feel connected. I had so many good feedbacks for my sound effect I was so please with that. If I had to do it again I would chose a different topic as I learn that general audiences don’t like complicating thing, production or video. What would I change the idea, location better one, also the use of light and try to make an even better sound effect.


My Exhibition Evaluation
My exhibition wasn’t a success at first, as I didn’t have any chance to show my experimental video in the location that I had chosen. So I chosen a different location, which was room T-47 floor four because student from this floor would exactly know what the video is about. The Audiences kinder find it difficult to understand the video at the beginning then near the end of the video they finally understood. It was still on the same day that I show my video to my friend in the classroom on my Laptop. By show it in the dark I kinder drag the audience in the video. At the end of the showing I realize that even though that it wasn’t in the chosen location it turn out to be a successful exhibition.

The production and post-production diary

Production

The production went almost as I plane I used tow location four floor and ground floor. The combination of those location had created a confuse scene which I was planning to do. When I finish to get ready for filming I make sure that no one were around. During the production I change some scene from the original for example there was that on close up I could get it so I change it to a long shot. I also chose to add more scenes in the experimental video because I thought it wouldn’t make sense. By taking off some scenes of the experimental video I balance the outcome of the video. It took me longer than I thought in production because I had to help everyone with his or her video.


Post-Production
Post –Production was really confusing at the beginning then it became easier. I didn’t want to use the technique that teachers were telling me to use but at the end I had too. I try to express the experience that I been though before which was a dream in a dream. It was like a race against time my Post-Production. This too took me longer to finish I had to remove some scene in the experimental video. I had to remove the animated out of the video because it was quit confusing. In Post-Production I used lots of effects such as overlaps and time laps. This special effect helps to make my production come to life as I was in my dream again. The reason I call this video a life time Journey is that when you watch the video you would feel that it longer like there is no ending.

The use of exhibition space to create meaning (100 Words)

Chapter 4
The exhibition space change the meaning of the work as audiences would classify a video where it been shown. For example audiences would link automatically any video shown public places to advertising. This means that audiences would have different meaning for each location. For example if I would take a video home with me, me as an audiences I would consider it as something to entertain myself with but if I would watch it at work I would think it has to do with my work and I wouldn’t consider it as important as an entertaining video. Also the meaning of the work will change as audience has different taste and point of view. Sometime we audiences would transfer our opinion to other making them not to use their own opinion.

Installation Plan

Name of Artist: John Perrine
Name of the Work: A Life Time Journey
Time Showing: 14.00
Day Showing: Thursday
Date Showing: 11/12/08
Location: Common room (college).

I chosen this location because it’s related to my video as all the scene was process in college. The video is about three particular students, what will happen to them and how they would react to the event that is happening. The video is about reaction how we human deal with problem or thing affecting us. Also I will use perfume towards the end of my film while the audience are watching it to give the sense of awaken. I will display my work in various places including college, work place and others. I explain why college is my main chosen place to display my experimental video; the main reason is that the scene will be made at college. Also the meaning of the location will match up with the atmosphere, which will be created in the video. The installation of the actual experimental video will consist of playing the video on a TV or using my laptop. Also I will try to recreate picture that I used in my video on different piece of paper to show the craft.
Experiment video A Life Time Journey (Artist: John Perrine) Questionnaire

1. What do you think the actual video is about?



2. Do you feel connected with the character?





3. Would this situation happen to you in real life? Yes/no

If yes please explain?






If No. why?





4. What did you think of the sound effects?



5. Did you like the video or not?







6. What’s the idea behind the video?









7. Do you think the artist made a point?






8. How did you feel about the video?





9. Did the video make sense to you?

List Shot

1. Shot One – (CU) Character Introduction first I will introduce the main character which is Jeff, using a picture of him by applying water colour effect on it. Adding text as well for the name.

2. Shot Two- (CU) a swap effect from the first shot to the second shot with the character picture using the same effect as the first on.

3. Shot Three- (LS) - (HA) of both character in a picture with water colour effect overlaps the video of them fighting.

4. Shot Four- (MS)-(LA) swap effect to a picture of the second character punching the first character overlaps the video of the first character falling on the ground overlaps to a picture of him on the floor.

5. Shot Five- (LS) of the Main Character as Stop Motion falling out of a sealing on to the ground

6. Shot Six- (LS) of the main character as Stop Motions in a room trying to get out then follow with a blank black shot with voice, noise talking to Jeff then at the end of the shot a big noise of the door open.

7. Shot Seven (LS) of the main Character getting out of the dark room he think he was in.

8. Shot Eight (LS) of the main character going back quickly in to the room to (CU) of his face overlaps a picture of him in watercolour.

9. Shot nine. (CU) Swap from the end of Shot Eight to the main character finger picture about to press on the button of the lift overlaps the finger video pressing the button to call the lift to go down.

10.Shot Ten (MS)-(RA) of Jeff looking towards the door in the lift.

11. Shot Eleven (LS) of Picture Of Jeff overlaps the video of him about to get out of the lift then disappear.

12. Shot Twelve (LS) of Jeff reappearing upstairs when he was waiting for the lift.

13. Shot thirteen (LS) suddenly Jeff got push by nothing really to the wall and went though the wall and fall down near the LRC

Treatment( Life Time Journey) and Animatics

PROGRAMME TITLE: Life Time Journey

DIRECTOR/
CAMERA OPERATOR: John Franklin Perrine

DURATION: 5minutes approx

FORMAT: DV OR HD

AUDIO: MP3, Both Non diegetic and Diegetic

OUTLINE OF AUDIENCE: Any audience really so they would be experience a journey in one life of a character so they can compare it to their own path. Any age can see it.



OUTLINE OF STORY: I want to express a life cycle show how people would react if their life if their dream are interacting with each other. How this action would change them and confuse them. The concept of the story is around reaction. Also the character would be confusing with the noise a non Diegetic sound. The character at the six shot will become stop motions stop motion the walk though a door and became a real character with everything that would have happen to him while interacting with others dream. Also I will use craft in my video for example at each end and begin there would be an overlap effect.



CHARACTERS:

Name: Martin Jeff William Davis
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Name: David Hook ( Ben)
Age: 30
Gender: Male

Animatics

The Girl Chewing Gum, Doll Face, Review

The Girl Chewing Gum

The girl chewing gum as it has been made in1976. The girl chewing gum has lots of narration. The girl chewing gum had that style of black and white which reflect the history of film when did it begin. Also the girl chewing gum (1976) illustrate in the film with non-diagetic sound even so you could tell where the sound was coming from. The black and white work of John Smith demonstrates lots of camera movement and lots of object in the frame. As a result John smith shows how the media can controls people’s life.
Doll Face
Doll Face was created by Andy Huang in 2005. By watch this Experimental Video call doll I realize how the media have an influence on people around the world. The technique that Andy Huang used was really recent and unique by using CGI. This shows how people follow the media without knowing it. How people are addicted to follow evolution and keep up to date with the latest look. By trying so hard to copy the TV the CGI animation as everyone would say die.

Name: John Perrine
Date: 17/10/2008
Film content review sheet

Name of film: Gisele Kerozene (1989)

Name of creator or films artist Jan Kounen

Duration 5 min

Briefly give an overview of the types visual images used in this chosen piece. (B&W, colour, locations, actors etc.)
The content of this experimental video had more too it because it was made in stop motion animation. The concept behind the work of Gisele Kerozene was more craft in every way as she was using stop motion technique to make the audience believe that the main character was flying. From the very beginning every shot is masterfully crafted. >Without a doubt this short is one of the ultimate works of >frame-by-frame animation. Not only is it shown beautifully, but >it is the result of a wildly creative imagination.
Briefly give an overview of the types audio used in the video. (Is the Audio Diegetic or Non Diegetic, does the soundtrack fit the imagery?)It has this weird audio sound effect, which went well with the video

Audience and audience interpretation of the work (200 Words)

The reaction within the group was completely different from each other and this reaction does matter as it shows how people react to things in their own way. After watching Koyaanisqatsi many found it really strange and confusing. The interpretations of the audiences were all different: Many of the audiences who watch the koyaanisqatsi found it really artistic and the other found it really hard to appreciate. The Gisèle Kérozène work everyone thought it was really weird, many of the student thought it was good because of its craft and the way the director made it. The others thought that it was too much information to take. It is important that the audiences have more than one interpretation when watching videos it can be good or bad but without an interpretation the audience wouldn’t have an interest in the actual work. As a matter of fact as whether the audiences likes the work of the artist or not it’s down to their individual taste and preferences. As experimental videos don’t have target audiences really its normal that everyone has their own opinion on the matter. Each has their likeness and unlikeness about each film which shows the complex of targeting the right audiences when doing films. The relationship between the audiences with the author is to do with whether the age groups or YouTube Gerneration are the same age or not with the author or how Sophisticated the Video is.

How these works might inspire your own work (100 Words)

These Experimental videos inspire me so much now as it gave me more idea what would be the concepts and the craft of my own experimental video. The telling Lies work story gave this idea: to put narration expressing lies but showing the truth visually. I got my idea of my own Experimental video off the craft, diegetic, concept and non diegetic example. My work will consist of life circle how life goes, how it begins and how it end. The work of Koyaanisqatsi inspires me to produce a representation of life. The concept of the girl chewing gum inspire make my own piece with a representation of control. One of the aspects that I really took from those video was that the author want the audience to find the unexpected in the work. I might used the aspect and effect of the koyaanisqatsi experimental video and from the Telling Lies Experimental Video

Narrative and non-narrative structures (100 Words)

Gisele Kerozene and Telling lies

The story line of Gisele Kerozene work is really straight forward compared to Telling Lies work. The Telling Lies work express a Story line about the day before what happen that time and the main point that the author was trying to express was how people would Lies to get away from trouble. The concept behind the work of Gisele Kerozene was more craft in every way as she was using stop motion technique to make the audience believe that the main character was flying. The Telling Lies work also was craft but has more concepts to it, as the person was lying the visual part of the video was showing what was the truth. Both story of these story have a traditional narrative to them. The begining of the Gisele Kerozene work was with these people dicussing something about a race but in the other way Telling Lies begining and end was to do only with a blank black screen with word on it.

The use of technology and techniques and styles (100 Words)

Doll Face and Girl Chewing Gum

Doll Face was created by Andy Huang in 2005. By watch this Experimental Video call doll I realize how the media have an influence on people around the world. The technique that Andy Huang used was really recent and unique. By using CGI he made his work more advance in every way. Compare to Doll Face Girls Chewing Gum has this fact that it was less craft than Doll Face as it was made in 1976 at that there were no CGI Technology. The Girls Chewing Gum at that time was modern and new to audiences. Both of these video are expressing the same meaning which is that the media is controlling the world. In the Girl chewing Gum the narrator was trying to make the audience believe he was telling everyone what to do and in Doll Face the actually Doll was Copying what was On the TV. The techniques that Doll Face used was computer generate which give the production of the unique quality.

Comparison Experimental Video

Unit 34: Producing Video and Installation Work


· Task 1.
In this task I will compare these experimental video: the girl chewing gum, Koyaanisqatsi, 1001 Nights, Telling Lies by Simon Ellis and Luc Bourdon the Story of Feniks and Abdullah (1988).

· Discuss both past and current artists and works (200 words)
Discuss the artists you have looked at comparing general similarities and differences between them. Not your own opinions!


The koyaanisqatsi (October 4, 1982) experimental video was longer than the girl chewing gum as it has been made in1976. The girl chewing gum has lots of narration as the koyaanisgatsi has barely any narration. Compared to the koyaanisgatsi the girl chewing gum was really easy to produce because of the lack that it was made in 1976. The works of Godfrey Reggio express a particular texture and style in his film as a result it did make me feel dizzy like your brains don’t know what’s real. The girl chewing gum had that style of black and white which reflect the history of film when did it begin. Also the girl chewing gum (1976) illustrate in the film with non-diagetic sound even so you could tell where the sound was coming from. The black and white work of John Smith demonstrates lots of camera movement and lots of object in the frame. John Smith was trying to Make the audiences believe that he was telling to the people what do in his Shot. As a result John smith shows how the media can controls people’s life. The koyaanisquatsi work shows the beginning and end of life as well girl chewing gum but koyaanisquatsi had sophisticated shot and speed as you could see object, cars, people and many more things moving faster.

Four doc

A classic of the low-budget world of 1970s London experimental filmmaking, 'The Girl Chewing Gum' uses humour and formal rigour to question what makes a film dealing with reality into a documentary. The camera studies a run-of-the-mill East End street scene, as a hectoring narrator seems to order, not only the people, cars and moving objects within the screen, but also the architecture itself.In fact it is exactly the moment after the director has ordered the world to move, after instructing a clock's hands to move round once every hour, that we realize what is going on. The next instruction - the first one where we are 'in on Smith's idea' - is to the girl chewing gum: hence the film's titleIn pretending to 'direct' humdrum events like this, Smith draws attention to the way all documentary can be authored and selectively interpreted by a filmmakerAs a tribute to how everyday life is both utterly unremarkable and utterly absorbing, Smith deliberately picks a dispiriting urban location - a traffic-filled junction with a concrete Odeon cinema as its focus. The nasal jobsworth voiceover gives it an idiotic importance, as if each passerby is somehow part of a bigger plan. After the 'girl chewing gum' moment Smith sets out to undercut his 'documentary', inventing increasingly complex characteristics for his unknowing participants and then revealing that he's recording his voiceover in a location that's a very long way from Dalston.But due to Smith's bone-dry sense of humour, the film is much more than a postmodern intellectual exercise. It is fun to watch and, in an age of digital voyeurs and omnipresent cameras, troubling to wonder how many people are imposing their narratives on filmed versions of us today.John Smith has made many other similar semi-documentaries, some of them on tiny budgets. His body of work includes "Blight" - a lashing-out against the destruction of Leyton to make way for the M11. Deeply attached to London, he is fascinated by community, place and small personal stories - not unlike the filmmakers on FourDocshttp://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/archive/chewing_gum.html

Comparison Of Experimental Videos

I chosen Ludisa Work and the Telling Lies work to be compare

1.Ludias

Year 2007

2.Simon Eliss


Well think Ludias work was a well good piece and has a positive view. Compare to the telling lies work Ludias work is more diegetic has you could see where the sound was coming from. Ludias work had no story line as well has the telling lies work(Simon Eliss). I would compare it base also on the audio as the telling lies work was base on the day before. The Ludias work was at the present time the sound was recorded live and wasn't talking or base on anything. The concept of the Work of Ludias was that you can create music without any instrumental equipment. The concept of the telling lies work is different for the work of Ludias as it was base on people telling lies to each other on the phone. In the telling lies work you could not see where the sound and voice are coming from. I would personally say the telling lies work is more craft than conception as their were only written words on the video it was base audio type.

What Does Craft Mean?

Craft mean usually something you made with your hand but in this context it still mean that but with a bit more visual and it doesn't mean it can't be audio. The definition is something you made with you hand which can have a conception or not

What Does Conception?

Conception mean what is the reason behind it. Let say you watch a film then you want to know the meaning and what is the reason behind. You would want to know what the author was thinking while doing it.

1001 Nights

1001 Nights

Jananne Al-Ani
1998

Black background it is strange to me it maybe be the only one of its kind. It began with that first woman was talking about one day night time. she wake up an hear the sound of guns and bome. She realize that she was alone with her four children in her house, her husband wasn't there. She wakes her children up and get the to the car safely then realize that she can't drive. Then each of the other women start to explain their experience in war as mums, wife and women. One of these women while explain what happen to her in war were agitating around i think it does bother her to explain about war.

Koyaanisqatsi, Telling Lies -Simon Elli

Koyaanisqatsi

Life out of Balance
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Year: 1983

I think this film has many meaning to different people to me i think it represent where life begin and still going on. At the beginning of the film we saw empty places with vegetation all over the place then a cave with writing on the wall. Also showing the sun reflecting on the mountain to create shadows that to me represent darkness which was about to begin.
Showing desert place no water and no life around. Then in the middle of the film it show life people walking fast, city and how it can be over crowed. It shows how the city can be organize some time. At some point in the film shadows of clouds in the sky reflect on the building in the city. For a moment in the film no sound only shot of scene i found it very calm. The film show also a part of the city which was more affected bye these destruction. Now we seeing fastest shot of the film of people talking, eating, driving, spending, working and producing products. Now everything has slow down but destruction of the plant still going on. Back to the Caveman as it is the circle of life going on.

Telling Lies -Simon Elli

The telling Lies made its focus on sound as it an audio experimental video. The visual wasn’t that good but the subject of the conversation was intense. The express of craft was visible which express what the characters truly mean. The video itself contain a strong concept on it own. Simon Elli has base his experimental video more on audio than visual. He use colour on the text to make more visible. By telling the true in the form of writing in the video he manages to keep his audiences focus. The Telling Lies work express a Story line about the day before what happen that time and the main point that the author was trying to express was how people would Lies to get away from trouble.

Definition of experimental Video

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/experimental/experimental.htm

Experimental video, video art, electronic art, alternative TV, community video, guerrilla television, computer art: these are a few of the labels that have been applied to a body of work that began to emerge in the United States in the l960s. Arguably, the most important of these labels is "experimental." The dominant goal of this video movement over the past 30 years has been change, achieved through the strategy of experimentation. The consistent target for this change has been television--commercially supported, network broadcast, mainstream television--whose success with mass audiences was the result of the repetition of proven formulas rather than aesthetic, ideological or industrial innovation or experimentation. It is perhaps commercial television's ability to interpret the uncertain world within the context of familiar conventions that makes it an essential part of everyday life in America. And it is this body of familiar interpretations that became the challenge of experimental video artists.

What I would Expect to do for experimental Media

I would Expect to create Lots of different shot of anything really that my audiences would find it new and experience an unusual view about it. Also I would expect to observe other work of other people.

What Does Experimental Media Mean

Well from my knowledge of video and photograph, I guess experimental media mean doing something unusual with the footage. Also by doing this experimental Media (video) you would decide if you want to give it a meaning and it is similar to the expression call decisive moment which is sometime letting the finish product in your shotand come to you. Some time you would want to put different angle of shot to make it look dramatic. Also using a mix pictures, videos and audio sound effect can help to make it look very experiment.