INTRO
In this film, I hoped to make notice
of the clash between the digital world and the real world. The way
these two are becoming more and more intertwined. To tap into the
realms of digital versus reality, I took closer look at the divide
between the two. I created a world where the computer world and
the real world combine dramatically for the audience. I start with
focusing on objects and my reality. I then took notice of the digital
world. The character found she was able to place real life objects
into the screen of her computer. A question arises, “what
would you put in the computer if you had endless ability?”
CRAFT
I wanted to divide this short from
the beginning and the end, focusing on reality in the first half
and computer land in the second half. I took close ups of the objects
in the room for the beginning. Visually, I wanted to capture the
smaller details that go over looked when using digital media. The
second half had me placing objects into the computer. This was inter
cut with filters over the part where the character was taking down
the items, to have a disoriented and unrealistic feel. For the insertion
of items into the computer screen, I positioned the camera in place
and took B-roll of the computer sitting with the screen up. I then
left the camera in the exact same place and filmed the character
sliding objects over the keyboard with the screen down. I used a
split screen, which was able to make the character appears as if
she was placing the objects into the screen of the computer.
My biggest technical challenge was getting the split screen to look
like it was one shot. Because I was taking things down from my room
and moving about, shadows changed the color on one side of the screen.
Being an amateur in effects, I color corrected to the best of my
ability.
SEQUITUR