i mean, i’ve been getting better at it – but for pete’s sake, it’s been a sem and i still never remember to update oss or even document my process. so here it is, a day before submission. collated from the depths of my computer’s files and my snapchat memories.

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issues:

some night footage was so grainy it could feed a family of 5

then not a lot of edits could be made before pixels reared their ugly heads in

acoustics were absolute rubbish in places like the bathroom, south spine, etc;

also, wind. need i say more?

the public made some of the footage unusable

nonetheless, besides that llao llao scene, the rest of the film pretty much looks the way i wanted it to look. also, i learnt a few things on premiere pro that i could use for future films. i have no patience so this really was a test. and also i’ve never used microphones for filming so there’s that.

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process:

as you can see, because of the nature of the footage and the location, there wasn’t much room to play around. but apparently there should be more subtlety in the colour changes, and i discovered the wonderful world of tints, so problem solved.

also because of my shaky hands, i thought i could salvage some of the footage using the stabiliser function on imovie. but i don’t know why it did this random motion thing that gave me motion sickness. so i had to deal with shaky footage in other ways.

then there was dealing with the general public. these kinds of variables are really a test of patience. they wouldn’t just walk past – oh no that would’ve been fine. they awkwardly stopped mid-frame then walked backward and people even pointed and i just….

most importantly,

it was hard to keep the film looking aesthetically pleasing while still following the outline. i’m not used to having vibrant colours in my work so i tried to make it work with the film. but anyway only subtle colour changes were needed to make things work so it all came together in the end. all in all, even though i thought the subtle changes weren’t enough to give off the desired effect, it came through in the end and it worked with the outline quite well.

i tried.