Our finished track !

Audio 

We were able to source a local electronic music producer who created a custom track for our video, specifying our intended overall tone, suggesting 'witch house' as a possible genre to consider.

Track half way through completion

At the bottom of the screen you can see the effects used on one of the tracks and the order they are in; "Screamer" is a distortion effect & then a compressor is sidechained to a muted kick drum to compress the sound at the beginning of each bar.

The track is close to completion with the "manic" part starting in bar 65.

This shows the synth and effects used for the distorted piano sound in the second half. Again the "Screamer" distortion is used as well as reverb, then a "Ping Pong" delay.

This is as Ableton is exporting the track to a WAV file.

This is the main chord sequence used throughout the track. C minor, G minor and F Minor.

Experimental Film Shot List

Interior room shots

Props: Masks, smoke machine, strobe light. fairy lights.

Abrupt movement, shaking of head anxiously, quick, jolting movements whilst surrounded by smoke.

CU shot of the female protagonists face with and without the venetian mask, shallow focus.

Cutaways of her mask, hands and arms.

Slow track away from protagonist.

Frontal shot framing masked figures face as she removes her venetian mask.

CU of masked figure removing mask. 

Woodland Shots

Props: Masks, dark draped clothing (cloaks, wax coats, hooded) for doctors, pale dress iconography for female.

Long shot of venetian doctor protagonist sitting in a boat.

Slow track away.

Close up shots of his dress iconography such as mask.

Low angle looking up at masked figure to assert there dominance.

OTS framing both the female protagonist and the venetian doctors to create tension initiating the chase scene.

Forest sequence including girl in fear of venetian plague doctors. Chase scene shot using rig/steady-cam, stumbling, panic.

High angle over looking female suggesting oppression.

CU shots of face to promote her distress.

Off axis shots creating a sense of unease.

Female POV surveying the threatening masked character.

Shallow focus shots of masks and clothing whilst standing in the woodland surrounding.

Split screen of lower half of the female protagonists body in the rural environment and the top half shot in the opaque strobe lit room.

Steadicam shots in both 24 fps and 50 fps

Abstract Shots

Props: Fairy lights, torch.

Out of focus fairy lighting, blinking light.

Long exposure of city lights, car lights, house hold lighting.

Utilise Super 8 film burns and reel footage as transitions between certain contrasting shots.

Fortunately the snow cleared up, and braving the cold we captured some clips in our new discovered location. 

We utilised a strobe light and smoke machine for this sequence.    

I was able to fashion a steadicam out of the tripod by adjusting one of the legs and altering the angle of the fluid head accordingly, this device played a key role in one of the scenes. 

Our amended costume.

We decided to visit Grindleford, our chosen location for shooting majority of our film, to establish shots that we would use and if the area was suitable for what we had in mind, possibly even capture some footage. However due to the amount of snow and clear skies we chose to reconsider another possible day to shoot as sun glare reflected too much light into the camera lens and with lack of an ND or UV filter the quality of the footage would be considerably diminished. Subsequently one of our costumes needed to altered, as shown bellow.  

Costume needed further adjustment...

STELLAR from Vladislav Solovjov on Vimeo.

Iceland - The South Shore from Tom Mitchell on Vimeo.

Úlfur - Black Shore from Máni M. Sigfússon on Vimeo.

This video from Mani M. Sigfusson, utilises a layered footage containing various abstract shots of organic landscapes and close ups combined with a silhouetted protagonist. The movement retains a slow pace throughout suggesting a dream like atmosphere. Subsequently the colour palate has been drastically altered,  an overall murky aesthetic is presented.