Wow, what an adventure shooting this.

If there’s anything I love about the themes of dreams it’s the freedom that comes with it – the freedom to create an abstract concept, to break the rules of what is familiar and to challenge myself to create something that, in a way, make sense but doesn’t.

In this film I explored the concept of impossible imagery. 

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Time

Through manipulating time, I created visuals that intrigue and manipulated what was familiar. Such as reversing the falling balloons to fly, reversing the wineglass to empty like they’re being beamed up. I also sped up some footage like the overflowing teacup and jumpcuts of the apples being re-arranged.

Displacement

Through displacement, I took what was familiar and switched it to something unusual. Such as filling a teacup with candy, a wineglass with milk and changing the color of familiar fruits to pink.

I pushed it further by making the imagery strange. The raining of m&ms that seem endless till it overflow the cups, the milk that pours from nowhere, and the banana that reveals a yellowish interior. There is something logical yet illogical about this and I really loved this curious feeling it creates.

Triadic Color Scheme

I created a consistency with using a triadic color scheme of pastel yellow, blue and pink. The reason I chose these few colors as they evoked an idea of a candy/sweet/childlike mood to the film to elaborate on the sense of curious impossibility.

Conclusion

Overall this was a fun little experiment in impossible imagery – I loved the theme of dreams that pushed and challenged me to think of imagery that are intriguing and allowing me the liberty to break the rules of film to make something that is surreal.

I also enjoyed experimenting with what I had – I challenged myself to stick to a triadic color scheme and thus prompted me to do things I don’t normally do – which is to consider background, wardrobe and even spray painting props to fit the scheme. This is actually one project I’m very proud of and I am so thankful I have something new to add to my portfolio.

With that being said, one challenge I encountered was making the images sort of match? I felt and was feedback-ed that some imagery are out of place and I do see it that way, but I tried my best with keeping it a little more consistent by playing with the colors, speed of footage and cutting to the rhythm and beat of the music. But it still didn’t feel right, but I’m still satisfied with the overall outcome!

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