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Portrait of a place

Our intent was to create a fast paced narrative style mobile film that turns the everyday banal kitchen setting into a playful and exciting experience. We wanted to showcase the creation of a basic student style dish, roast potatoes, in a relatable way but still put a new and entertaining perspective on it. To do this we used a large array of camera angles, using the pocket size nature of our cameras to mount and hide them on various kitchen objects giving the audience a first person view of various stages of the preparation. We altered speed to slow down moments that in everyday life you wouldn’t take much notice of but when you see them in slow motion it is something you appreciate. Contradicting this is the fast motion used. This gives a mundane task that’s usually boring a more dynamic look and keeps the audiences attention. To create a more lively finish to our film we also rigged up a nylon fishing line across the kitchen with a pvc tube threaded on with a Gopro attached. Taking advantage of the Gopros high frame rate setting proved for smooth slow-motion playback. A pivoting egg timer achieved the oven time-lapse shot, using the Gopro to take one photo per second for a rapid pan of the potatoes cooking. We found the lighting in the kitchen to be a problem as some of our early footage came out with digital grain. To fix this we used two lights in most shots. Reflecting on this, we could of used them more in a few shots, which appear more flat and have some grain.

Combined with the fast paced cinematic music I think we have created something that is comical to watch yet enjoyable.

Portrait of a person

We decided to use our friend Daniel Kelly who lives in The Cube with us. We chose him as he is full of humorous anecdotes and has a generally interesting view on life. Daniel is currently completing a postgraduate diploma in fine arts. We conducted an hour interview in his room, a space that is full of many things that give a good picture of what he is like as a person. We used a two mobile setup, both on tripods and two lights to illuminate the setting. With him asking a range of questions that he had had pre exposure to. We tried to write provoking questions that he could relate to, bringing his insightful and quirky perspective on life through. We found this difficult to edit, as he is so full of content that when fronted with a question, many of his answers would span over five minutes.  To create more variance in the portrait we shot multiple filler shots of his surroundings to cut between his answers when relevant.

With our camera techniques and editing combined with Daniels individual personality I believe our final video is insightful and intriguing.