More than half way done

Before Monday

I only shot about 1/3 of what I wanted to shoot so my narrative has changed since my storyboard. I said from the get go that narrative was more of a guideline or skeleton and was subject to change. The piece is suppose to be more poetic than narrative anyway so I do not mind these changes from the original idea. My main concern is if the beats and clip times are lining up and make sense throughout the work. I know some people said they start to tune out, I added some light layers to try to hold interest. I am happy with where this is at and going.

spliced the soundtrack in film to shorten it a bit.

Progress

More progress on trying to make the video more interesting in the middle but not as hectic as the intro, I need some breath time the whole video can not be choppy, so I am trying to figure out a solution to keep it watable.

Class Crit

This is where I am at, I am liking what is going on but if it looks cheesy or off please let me know.

Got Sound, Lets Roll

I was trying to think of clever song to par this with, I was going to do dubstep or heavy rock, when I got an idea to try the American Horror Story Theme song. I found a 3 minute version of the song and really liked the feel it gave my video, since I used them the show as a reference when shooting It is challenging to treat my footage as not precious and just interupt it and have a strong rhythm with the clips.

Process, getting to my Idea

I started to fool around with the clips and edit them at a pace I liked, everything seemed to slow and it was looking like my video would be 6 minutes long. I want top keep it under or at 3 minutes  I feel anything longer the viewer will zone out.

Pure Footage

This is the all the video I got from filming, two camera cards full 7GB

Seting the Set (So much to do before I can shoot)

I spent the weekend arranging my models room to look how i want it to look when we shoot. I took time in how I positioned the mirrors in the room to try to create different angles of the subject, but still keep myself out of frame. I also went scouting around town on places to shoot, I have settled on places down Lynn Hill, Junaleska, and Hodges Valley Rd. they all have nice open nature views that I feel will contrast nicely with the confinement of the mirror room. I want to get everything figured and planned out before I paint my model so I can hopefully get this done in one day. I have sketches for the figure painting that I will scan in later, they are not concrete more of a guideline.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFC3gSgOzFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACeTD32GsKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeQcHvf0fUw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mraMuUWh4uE

Mirror

Body Paint

Mystic

Cloak

Teleport

Night Crawler

Jumper Apparition

Silhouette

Steam

 Bathtub

Final As Good As It's Gonna Get