Overall I have enjoyed it and got quite a lot from it actually. The first few weeks were quite stressful, I really don't work well having 10 weeks to do projects now, I work best under pressure and am quite impulsive, having ten weeks often leaves me confused because in that time before the final outcome is started I have so many ideas and they are morph into one and become a bit wishy washy? I think the turning point for me personally in this project was after the 5 week presentation. We did get good feed back on our idea and themes and also had a strong presentation but Dennis and Geraldine weren't sold on the test shot we showed. However since creating our sequence we have still used the flashing light effect to cut between scenes and both Olle and Geraldine really liked it. Olle asked if we got it from the internet, this felt good after the reaction we got during the presentation. This project was pretty daunting as I have no idea about film making and really am not technical at all. The filming was really fun though, we took the cameras out with us and filmed each other to get used to them, filmed each other in the house, they got a good use. We have had the same direction since the beginning, but our idea did change over time. Originally it was going to be more like a promotion film, half in a studio half on location and using effects,our inspiration was Showstudio by Gareth Pugh and Ruth Hogben. However as we started filming our film took its own direction and we just went with it. We knew we wanted to create something compelling but at the same time disturbing. As I said we had a rough plan of what we wanted to do, and both of us planned to use Lauren's creative cut dress since day one so that was sort of our inspiration as well. We didn't really plan anything to detail, just had an idea and went with it, if it changed whilst we were doing it we just let it bubble through. This was the case when setting up the first location in the room. We knew we wanted a sterile and creepy atmosphere so just went in there and did what we could with what we had. The same went for make-up and styling. We pulled everything that might work and just threw something together on the day. I find things always work best that way and I am completely happy with what we achieved. My favourite piece is the black out fit with Gareth Pugh inspired shoulders which I made out of uca tshirts and hair bands, on film it looks amazing. That is one of the things I have really enjoyed about this project, everything on film we have created and when little things like the styling, they are so primitive and stuck together with pins but on the camera it is so effective-better than anything we could have bought!
I am also so pleased I can now use final cut pro. At first me and Grace didn't even know how to open it, now we are pretty wizzy on it! I think it was good we each went in on our own and did a section of the film. I did the first white outfit sequence and grace did the monochrome alley scene. This both enabled us to put our own bit into the film and also work out the program for ourselves. We have both quite enjoyed editing our film I think, until it went wrong yesterday, then we nearly cried, but that is the only disaster we've had so far but it was pretty traumatic so close to hand in! We have mainly used variable speed, flop, and reverse actions and manually cut out clips to create the alien movement. We did test out a few more technical effects but our film is best simple and just "raw" like our brief. I think the rawness comes across well in the emotion and gritty locations and we are both very happy with the contrasting fashion. Although its dark, and a bit "modern goth" it still is sophisticated and in the grotty surroundings the clothes really stand alone. We hope we've captured the essence of William Tempest in the styling and overall stylisation of the film, we've always wanted to keep fashion the main theme of the film rather than a cheesy narrative. I hope we've created something intelligent and intense that leaves the audience a bit bemused, the short of film you would probably have to watch again as there is a lot to take in but its over before its started- all whilst being uber chic...ha, we'll see.
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