I’ve decided to pivot from my original idea of filming a trail near my house in my hometown and creating a narrative about trail cleanups. I’ve changed my idea to highlight local flora and the stillness and tranquility of Maine. The Main idea is to try and highlight the missed areas of our wildlife and how slowing down and taking time to look at the world around us. The attached footage is a very rough edit with no music or sound. The idea is to add more b-roll footage and some nighttime footage if I can get a good shot. This cut of the footage aims to show the basic concept that I’m getting after with this project. The basic flow of the video is to start with an overview shot of some of the filming locations and then to pan into using the macro lens app to get in close with the flora. The next steps for the final draft are to add a voice over, some free music and change the order of clips if needed or trim them.
Footage Link: https://youtu.be/7oV18J1q8h8
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You’ve got some interesting clips with lens flare effects and colored transitions. I notice that the camera is always moving. what would it be like if the camera was still and the scene moved? Ie if the wind moved the grass, or an insect or animal crossed the screen, or if we got a slow zoom in to the purple flower or animal hole near tree root?
Most important issue is: what is the story> where is the beg? middle? end? what changes? is it the “walker with camera”? or the scene? or the light of day? why is that change important or meaningful? See some of the suggestions I posted on how to make a story form footage.
You might take very short clips and then slow the video so we can process each visual more closely. If you pair that with a voice over story, like “how this walk with my camera shifted something in me”, that’s the very beginning of a story. You could add a mystery, a crisis, or something more imaginative. It need not be so long–you just need to guide the viewer through a change.