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Stylistic edit

By Claire Alonge on | Leave a comment

These are normally a succession of images, but I have used snatches of motion, albeit simulated, e.g. suggestion of motion via a ‘stop frame’ effect (stop motion without the inbetweening).

Example:

  • before, during and after shots e.g. a train or bus passing
  • tried to enhance the motion further via composites on train shots: a second offset image @ 50% alpha (they were tricky on text areas)
  • used a metric montage on the captions for the train sequence, but decided against a parallel edit, which would interrupt the motion.

Also used still frames with footage running over them in low-opacity composite.

STORYBOARD

G effects
  • composite image on best eyeball image – choose image (Austin and Doris portraits in succession?)
  • eye montage shot
  • me at Loch Ness
  • Loch Ness still from ripples
  • ice cream spoons composite / Loch Ness still from ripples
  • old waterfall clip?
  • orange shot (camera through finger) – here or as place-holder whilst narrative sections show
  • rock concert image???
  • (1987) Bushey Hill Rd, Camberwell image – add blue sky like TI / JT
  • Processing: ‘kinetic type’ sketch by Zach Lieberman. (My code changes: colour, text content and font)
    DSC00380
    (hit image for video)
  • routemaster bus 12 super-imposed on shot nr Wilson Rd
  • bus boxes moving Processing sketch
  • 1992-2000 – kids (see above) / Tony

background / frame composite with shot of Tony

  • flower montage multi
  • kids videos on 4-way split screen
    sections from black and white stop-frame clips of kids (Development)
    G pic
  • 2009 – Wilson Rd with new bus 12 – add blue sky like TI / JT
  • new bus 12 perspective shot with lights on side – add blue sky like TI / JT
  • new bus 12 shot from pc, see below x 2
  • bus traffic Processing sketch
  • video of no. 12 ascii
  • Students’ montage inc. me, e.g. Vicky, Xuan
  • poem again but shorter
  • image of plastic lizards?
  • keyboard sequence: career symbol
  • image of bank station steps to represent living in London
  • Processing dates sketch

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Effects

  • Use mixes, fades or pushes between stills – cuts are too abrupt, e.g. La Jetée.
  • Touch in colour e.g. blue or ice pink artificial-looking sky to simulate memory? See JT & TI image on Development.
  • Observe the change of pace on this piece by Andy.
  • Minimise text e.g. 1 or 2 dates? Simple effect*. Bleach / ink. Test + record.
  • See also music video for similar effect

(crop out LHS)

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Code 1 for interactive storyboard

By Claire Alonge on | Leave a comment

Processing sketch to follow where I can move the storyboard around (thanks for help, Darren).

// mouse functions

float x;
float y;
int s = 20;
boolean bover = false;
boolean locked = false;
float difx = 0.0;
float dify = 0.0;

// add text

PFont fontA;

void setup()
{
size(400, 400);

rectMode(RADIUS);

// Load the font. Fonts must be placed within the data
// directory of your sketch. Use Tools > Create Font
// to create a distributable bitmap font.
// For vector fonts, use the createFont() function.
fontA = loadFont(“Times-Roman-16.vlw”);

// Set the font and its size (in units of pixels)
textFont(fontA, 16);

// Only draw once
//noLoop();
}

void draw()
{
background(0);

// Test if the cursor is over text
if (mouseX > x-s && mouseX < x+s &&
mouseY > y-s && mouseY < y+s) {
bover = true;
if(!locked) {
stroke(255);
fill(153);
}
}
else {
stroke(153);
fill(153);
bover = false;
}

// Use fill() to change the value or color of the text
float y;

boolean over = false;
float difx = 0.0;
float dify = 0.0;

fill(127, 255, 0);
text(“train”, x, 165);
}

void mousePressed() {
if(bover) {
locked = true;
fill(255, 255, 255);
}
else {
locked = false;
}
difx = mouseX-x;
dify = mouseY-y;

}

void mouseDragged() {
if(locked) {
x = mouseX-difx;
y = mouseY-dify;
}
}

void mouseReleased() {
locked = false;
}

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