https://vimeo.com/104259650
Here's a link to my Digitale assignment that I have uploaded onto Vimeo.
Exegesis
Content
This short film is a personal story about my obsession with vanity and physical appearances. I have used photographs taken throughout and during the different stages of my life up to this point(even the mountain climbing ones, which I took with my iPhone during my trip to Thredbo last year). I have also used numerous sound effects and sound clips that I found from soundbible.com, making the necessary attributions at the end of my film.
Rationale
The story details how I grew increasingly overweight over the years and how I slowly grew to be addicted to physical self-improvement. I wanted, through my own personal history, to explore the psychology of people who were once fat and have been traumatised by such an experience. I wanted to venture a suggestion that 'being fat' is not merely a condition of the body, but a sickness of the mind as well. A sickness that will dominate a person's view of life and preoccupy his thoughts. I thought it would be an interesting concept to work with seeing as the idea of 'being fat' is conventionally thought of on a more superficial level, with less attention paid to the person's psychology. I also wanted to use this opportunity to face the fact about this personal obsession of mine since I have avoided doing so most of my life. Even though, this does not change the fact that I still am unhealthily concerned about my physical appearance, I did get the chance through this assignment to acknowledge such a problem in me, which I feel is a optimistic first step towards self-acceptance in the future.
Inspiration
I chose this topic as the focus of this assignment as I find it close to heart, equal parts interesting and disturbing. I had struggled with weight control all my life and I find that it is and probably will continue to be a great source of drama and conflict in my life.
Struggles
I found it limiting at times to work with still images and trying to tell a smooth story since there were often breaks between images, during which time the voice or sound effect had to work effectively to ensure as smooth and understandable a transition as possible.
Reflection
I think that definitely one of the things I could have done better would be to use photos that were of better quality, however since many of them are pretty old, I did the best I could. Another aspect which could have been improved would be the audio quality. I tried to ensure that the recordings and my speech were as clear and uninterrupted as possible, doing multiple takes and choosing the best ones, however, I think there's definitely still a lot of room for improvement. Perhaps another aspect that could have been improved would be my voice acting. This was my first time tackling such an assignment that hinged so much on vocal performance that I definitely thought it a shame to have had so little of such practice in the past.
Here's a link to my Digitale assignment that I have uploaded onto Vimeo.
Exegesis
Content
This short film is a personal story about my obsession with vanity and physical appearances. I have used photographs taken throughout and during the different stages of my life up to this point(even the mountain climbing ones, which I took with my iPhone during my trip to Thredbo last year). I have also used numerous sound effects and sound clips that I found from soundbible.com, making the necessary attributions at the end of my film.
Rationale
The story details how I grew increasingly overweight over the years and how I slowly grew to be addicted to physical self-improvement. I wanted, through my own personal history, to explore the psychology of people who were once fat and have been traumatised by such an experience. I wanted to venture a suggestion that 'being fat' is not merely a condition of the body, but a sickness of the mind as well. A sickness that will dominate a person's view of life and preoccupy his thoughts. I thought it would be an interesting concept to work with seeing as the idea of 'being fat' is conventionally thought of on a more superficial level, with less attention paid to the person's psychology. I also wanted to use this opportunity to face the fact about this personal obsession of mine since I have avoided doing so most of my life. Even though, this does not change the fact that I still am unhealthily concerned about my physical appearance, I did get the chance through this assignment to acknowledge such a problem in me, which I feel is a optimistic first step towards self-acceptance in the future.
Inspiration
I chose this topic as the focus of this assignment as I find it close to heart, equal parts interesting and disturbing. I had struggled with weight control all my life and I find that it is and probably will continue to be a great source of drama and conflict in my life.
Struggles
I found it limiting at times to work with still images and trying to tell a smooth story since there were often breaks between images, during which time the voice or sound effect had to work effectively to ensure as smooth and understandable a transition as possible.
Reflection
I think that definitely one of the things I could have done better would be to use photos that were of better quality, however since many of them are pretty old, I did the best I could. Another aspect which could have been improved would be the audio quality. I tried to ensure that the recordings and my speech were as clear and uninterrupted as possible, doing multiple takes and choosing the best ones, however, I think there's definitely still a lot of room for improvement. Perhaps another aspect that could have been improved would be my voice acting. This was my first time tackling such an assignment that hinged so much on vocal performance that I definitely thought it a shame to have had so little of such practice in the past.