Final+Project

Final Project

For my final project, I focused on the audio and cinematography, while trying to keep the plot simple. This is because for my drama to music project, a lack of pre-production and a convoluted plot made the video a little difficult to follow. The song and all of its instrumental tracks were composed by myself.

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'Moments', an original song, is a story about an encounter that was never meant to be.

Special thanks to Jason J. and Taryn Y. for starring in the video.

Self-reflection (Also see 'The Making of Moments' on the documentary page):

Overall, I think that this project was a great success. I'm very proud of the final version of the song, especially considering that Taryn had to learn it from scratch in around ten minutes. In terms of the cinematography, I particularly like the beach scene at the beginning, the shot with the octopus, and the wide angle shot of the myself walking in the forest. I wish I could have redone the final tracking shot, where the cameraman stumbled, but time constraints and an empty battery prevented us from doing so. It does work to create an effect of being 'shaken back into reality', although that was not the way the shot was intended to be. Finally, the the shots of Jason doing various hilarious antics was an on-the-ball decision, where I decided not to make the video too depressing and add some surreal humour to it. Hopefully viewers will appreciate it as much as the three of us did.

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