Context

Practitioners Concerned with Identity

A practitioner is someone who consistently engages in creative endeavours professionally. This includes visual arts, performing arts, literature, design and multimedia and many more. In conclusion, a creative practitioner is someone who uses their creativity skills to produce original work / contribute to creative projects.

Identity is a complex concept that refers to the characteristics, beliefs, experiences and affiliations that make an individual or a group. It encompasses various 

What is my FMP?

So that you understand everything else written in this section, I will write exactly what I am doing for my FMP.

I will be making a 5-10 minute video interviewing around 7 people about different things to do with Identity. Each person will be filmed in a different location with a camera and microphone to make it more interesting. For example, some of the questions include, "What country are you from?", "Are you interested in sports?", "How important is money to you?" etc. With each question, I will ask them a few other 'sub-questions' so that there is more to talk about. Most of the video will feature a hand animated character made by me, even in the interviews. This animated character will allow me to make it more clear what I am talking about in certain parts of the video such as the intro.

The animated figure will be drawn in Procreate with each frame, and it will then be brought to life with After Effects and Premiere Pro. However, Premiere Pro will be used for audio and cutting of the main footage, whilst After Effects will be for more intricate details such as the animation and zoom ins.

To make the intro, I will need to make a script, write what's on the screen for each phrase of the script, make a rough edit of what will be on the screen, record the VoiceOver, then put it all together with sound effects.

To make the interviews, I will need to script the questions along with responses, sketch out what shots I will use, prepare a camera and microphone and set times to record with each person.

 

My video will will appear on YouTube, Vimeo, and any other video streaming services. Because of that, I need to make sure that my video abides by the streaming platform's guidelines which probably won't be an issue.

The video needs to be exported as an MP4 in 16:9 so that it can be uploaded to all the streaming services I want to upload it to.

There will be animations in a large portion of the video so I'll need to research similar videos to see how they are animated and the style of them. For example, youtube channels like @ChainsFr has a similar style of what i am looking for.

PechaKucha Presentation

This is my Pecha Kucha; a powerpoint around 20 slides with images on each one to show what my project is about. It was simple to understand but also gave a lot of detail about what I was going to do.

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PechaKucha google slides link: CLICK ME

Intro Script

To start the process of the intro, I first wrote the script and then attached notes to each phrase showing what will be on the screen when I say certain things. This intro gives the viewers an idea of what exactly will be going on in the video and what they should expect. I think this is a good script and will make it easier for the viewers to understand.

Intro Recording Planning

Taren

Implementing shot-reverse shots (which I spoke about thoroughly in the "Research" section of my blogger), I sketched out a few shots that I can use in my FMP video. For example, Taren's interview is going to be recorded on a bench in a park, so here are a few sketches of some shots I can use in the video.

Here, you can see that I use shot-reverse shots because Taren is positioned on the right when he speaks, and the character is positioned on the left when he speaks. I also include a wide shot with a wide depth of field similar to the Barbie bench scene to give the viewer more of an idea where the people are. His interview will be recorded in a park near Alperton.

This is the dialogue that will be said in Taren's interview. As I mentioned before, the way it was scripted was so that it sounded as genuine as possible. The way I achieved this is as follows; first, I asked him the questions and whilst he said his response, I transcribed exactly what he said. This way, he will be able to memorise these lines for the actual recording and they will sound realistic because the lines are all his genuine responses. I will be using this technique for every single person I interview.

Dylan

This is how the car interview with Dylan will look like. Unfortunately, I can't do shot-reverse shots because there is very limited space inside of a car. Instead, I will set the camera up on a tripod on the wind screen and record it from there instead. That way, the viewers can see the animated character and the person being interviewed clearly.

Here is the dialogue for this interview

Oceane

This is how the interview with Oceane will look like. I will be able to do shot-reverse shots because there is enough space in the college studio. I set up lighting on the day of recording to make the footage look as best as possible.

Here is the dialogue in this interview