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Looking back at the final edit of my pixilation video I can immediately spot several strong points and unfortuneatly equally as many weaknesses. Firstly, I am extremely happy with the way the audio compliments the visual tempo of the film. I identified very early in the task that pixilation isn't a particuarly effective technique without audio. At twelve frames per second the video is slightly jerky even if the camera position is consistant. So I put a lot of time into editing my audio and I think it improved it dramatically. We were encouraged to experiment with filters and settings in photoshop to improve our images but I think I may be guilty of making too many changes and compromising the clarity and the overall quality of my images. Also, the camera position was not kept at the same height as our narrative required a lot of camera movement that made this difficult.
Although the narrative itself is very simple and a little thin, I think it works well. We was given the task of demonstrating a technique that is time consuming and new to us with little to no guidance and the constraint of having to 'use people as puppets'. With this in mind we decided to have a simple narrative where 3 men travel along a road in a relay fashion, using the obsticles along the street as props. We also decided that instead of relaying the bag the bag would relay the 3 men and he would casually walk off at the end. This ending suggests that they were not seeking attention or performing the acts as tricks but were simply spicing up there otherwise boring walk home.
In conclusion I would definately spend more time on the stability and consistancy of the camera. I would also avoid using image filters unless they were neccessary and fairly subtle. I think the visual effect of the technique itself is strong enough that additional image filters are not neccessary and can often reduce the quality of the video.

Labels: Narrative - Pixilation