MAPS & JOURNEYS: Psycho Geography - Making sense of what i filmed
Having filmed the task, now it came down to make sense of what i had.
The footage itself consisted mostly of shots of litter thrown on the sidewalk, on the roads, in the grass, my legs as i was walking and a couple of nature shots.
As it was hard to somehow create a script around this, i decided to spontaneously plunge straight in to editing. After about an hour i had this:
The footage itself consisted mostly of shots of litter thrown on the sidewalk, on the roads, in the grass, my legs as i was walking and a couple of nature shots.
As it was hard to somehow create a script around this, i decided to spontaneously plunge straight in to editing. After about an hour i had this:
After the main edit was done, i decided to do a quick sound mix and music mix to fill in the sound gap, as this was shot silent.
I added an ambient guitar track to build a bit of tension, and to help the pace, and sound effects to enhance the visuals.
Lastly i color graded and made some last minute changes to the piece using DaVinci Resolve
This is the final piece:
Overall i liked the fact that i left mostly the entire project to chance, and i've learned that something can come out of nothing.
Reflecting back though, if i had a bit more time i would have removed the music and just kept the sound effects, cause it seems to overdramatize it a bit too much...
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