Research Into Videos

Eskmo - Cloudlight (Official Video) from mc707 on Vimeo.


The scenic shots and time lapses of the clouds moving in the sky really work well with the overall tone of this music video, which is something we would like to portray in our finished piece, mixing nature with the harsh realities of modern culture.
The video and music are also very well matched according to the tempo of the song and the events which take place, both are slow and peaceful with darker undertones, for example the blood on his hands. This is something we will aim to do successfully while editing our main coursework


summer. from gnarly bay productions, Inc. on Vimeo.

Time Lapses are used effectively at the beginning of this film to show time moving from day to day and eventually season to season. Not only is the viewer completely aware of this time change, but it also looks very professional and well done. We will attempt to emulate such a technique in the filming of our final piece as to make our coursework look well made and to successfully signal changes in time


Lonely Robot from Johannes Greve Muskat on Vimeo.

The makers of this music video have chosen to film this video at night for various reasons, similar to the reasons why we want to shoot our film at night and in the early morning. The darkness is used in 'Lonely Robot' to emphasise the fact that the robot is isolated. This could be useful information that we could apply to our film, because our protagonist is also lonely after losing his wife. The darkness and confinement given by the time of day and surrounding trees emphasise his loneliness, and help to make our turn of events at the end seem more apparent. Also at the same time they make it easier to show empathic concern for the protagonist.


Mouth's Cradle - Demon from Johannes Greve Muskat on Vimeo.

This is a video we found after writing our plot which is very similar to the outline of our story. The main character in this music video murders his friend and as a result, faces the harsh consequences of loneliness and begins to see why he needed his friend, he cannot cope without him. In his anger and helplessness he destroys his home, cries with remorse and eventually takes his own life as he sees no reason for living on. This video in particular has helped us finely adjust our story as to make it more interesting and understandable. It was an outstanding example of how to display remorse on camera and also showed us how to use focus pulls effectively.


Death from Young & Direct Entertainment on Vimeo.

This clip shows a lone tree surrounded by decay and waste. The video is supposed to symbolise death but in my opinion makes a stronger statement about isolation than death. It has influenced us to attempt to find a tree similar to the one shown in the video so that the tree in the wilderness will run parallel with him alone in the world.



Fall Into the Sky - Shannon Lloyd from Benjamin Dowie on Vimeo

The shots at 00:10 and changing at 00:12 in this video give an idea of how a part of our video is going to be done. 



Hojas/Leaves (shortfilm) from Pablo Olmos Arrayales on Vimeo.


Hope Lights from Salomon on Vimeo.

The opening shots of this show how we aim to depict our killing scene with very short but fast flashes of footage. We feel that this technique will tell the story of the killing scene without the risk of boring the viewer and it also leaves some parts to the viewers imagination, perhaps giving them the chance to create the blanks in their minds in ways we couldn't.