05.01.2008
2:04 am
Self-less Self Portrait
Another Foundation Media Arts project. We had to create a “self-less self portrait”, maximum two minutes in length. I drove around Vancouver in my Golf while my friend Lexi videotaped. I then took the footage into Premiere and pieced together a clip two minutes in length which I then took over to After Effects. In After Effects I added the type, and added some filters, duplications and blending modes to create the overall aesthetic for the piece. The sound was recorded using a Zoom H4 Recorder just down the street from my apartment in one take (yes, the ambulance coincidently came by as I was recording… I guess that’s one of the benefits to living near a hospital). I’ve gotta say, I was quite impressed with the sound quality of the H4 after using it for this and my audio project.
Additionally, this was the first time I’d ever actually touched Adobe Premiere and After Effects. I found both, with the help of some video tutorials, extremely easy to pickup and get working with. Obviously I have only had a very elementary experience with them thus far, but I’m definitely looking forward to spending some more time experimenting and playing around with them in the future.
Self-less Self Portrait from flatcat on Vimeo.