Final project

Hello, folks,

First off I want to take the time to thank you for each and every one of you putting your all into this class and exposing me to new ideas and themes that I hand considered before when it comes to approaching film and video. I want to also thank you for spending the time in watching my final project.

I want to begin by saying that my overall vision was to make something that was visually different and somewhat difficult to watch. From the heavy visual distortion and auditory noise present, I wanted to create something that was more experienced than just consumed. I wanted to explore the horror genre, with very little built-up narrative. You’re placed in a situation with a character, and it's up to you as the viewer to process what you’re viewing without any questions being answered for you. 

My materials in the physical sense were basic, just my Nikon z50, tripod, fake blood, and some lights I had lying around my apartment. On the digital side were where things got interesting. I edited the video in premier, then took it over to after-effects to distort the footage. I used a plug-in for the effect. The noise that you're hearing is a track that I made using samples and loops from Merbow’s album “pulse demon”. Primarily I took sections from the tracks “woodpecker no. 1” and “Tokyo times ten”. 

My intention with this project was to push myself and take myself out of my comfort zone and as a creator. I stated previously that for our abstraction project I recorded a whole other version that had elements of gore and horror but felt scared and uncomfortable with putting it out. In this project, I wanted to resurrect those ideas and do honor to a vision I once had. I feel proud of what I made because I was able to use what I’ve learned to articulate something that I loved.