Conceptual and Thematic, pt.1

Ok, so it has been some time since the the class presentations and there were a few points Tim and I pointed out that for some reason or another have not been included in our blog as of yet. So unless you are a teacher of visual music/screen dance you may want to follow this link and read no more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y
Through our visual music piece, we endeavor to portray a varied mood through the juxtaposition of a still city scape that has been bought to life through the growing vines and band members which have been graffitied onto the otherwise lifeless infrastructure. Colour will also help us achieve this, as we mentioned the tonal differences in green that we researched. Green providing the life on top of the gloomy, grey and emotionless buildings. Personification aside, this remains only as our desired product.

We mentioned in our presentation that we intended to shoot in Auckland, and doing so in one continuous shot. Since then however, we have come to reality that considering our equipment and crew, this would most likely leave us with a half-ass shot that's both wobbly and boring. We're now story-boarding an alternative approach that involves creating a whole cityscape in After Effects, (and all the best to you Tim). It's actually not as difficult as it sounds. We basically go out and find a bunch of interesting buildings, homes, hotels, walls, water tanks etc. set up a wide shot and take a few seconds of each. I'm not going to give it all away just yet but there's an indication of what to expect.

PS: I love turtles