I’ve more or less settled on the concept for my project, which is an experimental film about change. It is human nature to be unreceptive to change, but sometimes the chaos that it creates can be beautiful in its own way. This message will be represented by objects melting, solidifying, etc (solid – liquid – gas).

I’m still in the process of working out a sequence of shots that can bring across the idea, but in the meantime, I experimented with some photo and video timelapses just to get a feel of how the film could look. I borrowed a friend’s zoom lens (Sigma 18-200mm Macro) to shoot these timelapses.

EGG

 

 

I fried an egg on a pan and let it cook naturally. I like the plastic-y look it has as it is solidifying. Slightly uncomfortable from watching it but looks kinda fascinating too.

 

ICE CUBES

 

 

I experimented with coloured ice cubes in vegetable oil. They produced interesting effects, but the mixture of the ice cubes and the oil created a weird film covering the ice cubes, preventing them from melting all the way.

MILK + COCOA

I heated milk in a pan and added cocoa powder. I really like how the milked bubbled up, but I’ll have to play around with colour saturation because it looks quite dull currently.

 

Notes from consult:

• Ina told me to check out colour field painting, which involves highly simplified compositions with large sweeps of solid colours. It’s a style I’ll research more about, might help with the melting ice cubes.
• The shots need to be dramatic so it doesn’t get boring. (storyboarding + planning of compositions need to be done!)
• Consider mirroring the video to cope with the 3840 x 480 aspect ratio.