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HD ink footage
I experimented shooting ink in a tank with an HDV camera. The idea was to use the flowing inks swirls and drops for a possible transition solution. The ink drops’ natural formations were beautiful and I wanted to incorporate them somehow in my piece. Ultimately, the ink flows were not useful in the purpose of transitioning between each phase, but they did work as visual element to begin and end my piece. The organic flow and uniqueness of each ink shot supported the desired emotion.
Transitions between phases of growth
Because my piece has three main sections (childhood, adolescence and womanhood) I had to come up with a clever and effective way to transition into each phase without breaking the flow of the piece. I attempted different strategies such as using ink flows to travel from one shot to another, but the transition seemed too sloppy. I tried to use large letterforms as shapes over the footage to create a sort of cut out montage, but it broke the softness of the piece. I needed to find an element that related to all three phases of my piece to use for transitioning from one stage to the next. I went to the local florist and bought an array of flowers and little plants. Blooming flowers and buds are used throughout and finding a way to take that concept of growth and developing beauty ended up being my solution. I shot still photos, scanned some leaves and later animated them. I also used a changing color scheme throughout the piece setting a different emotion for each phase of growth.
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