Youtube Research

Hello, as a group we have been researching different short films and clips on youtube, this is helping us with the brainstorming processes as its allowing us to see different techniques that have been used. Here I have included all of the films I have looked at which have influenced our short film, there are elements of all of these clips which I would like to include in our film.

This is one of the first clips we watched while brainstorming ideas for our short film, it is an advert for the film Science of Sleep. I particularly like the technique that has been used for the text that appears throughout the clip, such as "Stephanie is Creative" this is something we could create in our film as it is something we could achieve by writing the titles and filming them, or using stop motion. As a group we have decided that we do not want to include dialogue in our film, as this is something we think could ruin it. Therefore the idea of writing key things, or using writing to introduce characters could be something we could use instead of dialogue. Something else I noticed and took note of in this clip is the various different camera angles, showing different perspectives, one i particularly liked was the shot looking through a peep hole in a door.. I think this could be created by using a fish eye effect on the camera, and may make our film more interesting. There is a mix of 'real life' and imaginary elements in this clip which makes it appear quirky and different, this is something we would like to achieve with our short film.

This is a stop motion clip I found on youtube, something that really stood out to me with this clip is how fitting the music is with the action. I think that the music really adds to effect of the clip, and after watching the film in silence I think it makes it more exciting and interesting. Another thing I liked about this clip is how clever it is, an example of this the part with the clothing changes, where the man points to his outfit and it changes quickly - this element of clever and quickness is something we would like to achieve with our film. I also like the way that there is no dialogue in this clip. I think that using elements of stop motion is something that we could achieve with our short film, however I feel that a whole 5 minute film of stop motion may be a bad idea as it could get boring! I also think that the music is similar to music we could create ourselves.

These are two time lapse videos I have found while searching on youtube, the first is of moving traffic and the second is of a skyline. Both have been filmed over a period of time and speeded up, this increases the pace of clips. We could use elements of time lapse in our short film, as we have been brainstorming different ideas for what our film could be based on.. we thought of showing the routines of daily life, maybe following a protagonist through a typical day, this could include elements of stop motion, time lapse, signposted lettering and written text. Time lapse is something that could look really effective if it is done correctly, however we could easily slip up and it could result in our film looking amateur. One problem with time lapse we have thought of is the battery life of the cameras, if we filmed something such as clouds, we could leave the camera plugged in, placed at a window for example.. however with traffic this is more difficult. We would have to take this into consideration when planning the story boards for our film.

This is a clip from the opening credits of the film Juno, I have included this in my research as I find the mix between animation and film inspiring. When searching for this clip on youtube I found lots of copies of it, and this lead me to study the drawings in the clip, they are quite simple, as well as this, the movement of the female character walking across the drawings is slow and simple. This makes me think that this is a technique we could include in our film, using stop motion we could film the drawings and then gradually move them along to create the idea of the character walking through animation and film. The opening is only 2 minutes 24 seconds, and I dont think we could use this technique for the whole of our film as it would then become and animation, which isnt really what we want to create. However we could use elements of this technique in our film, for example the protagonist walking along and his surroundings turning into animation for a few seconds.. or maybe the film starts with the character being an animation and then he walks into 'real life' either way this is deffinately a technique we could consider.

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