Project 3, Loop » Rough Cuts
My idea for the fixation / loop project, my idea centered around my two conflicting personalities, specifically my dreamer and obsessive / organized personalities. With Elaine’s help, I shot a bunch of quick shorts on my ipod (all the cameras were signed out) and put them together in FinalCut Express, then exported the result as stills at 10 fps.
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After isolating the looped elements, I printed the remaining 657 images. I then began the long and laborious process of tracing each frame. I had to use the photo studio as a giant light table, but after about a few hours, i had drawn 32 frames. I’ve probably killed so many trees in the process of printing and rotoscoping my images, that i may go do some planting after i finish third year. Anyway, while rescanning in my images, the paper got crumpled around the bottom, but i didn’t bother rescanning since it was just a motion test. I actually ended up liking the result, so i may try to do something like that for the final video.
I’m kind of excited for the finished piece, but i’m also regretting all the time it’s going to take me, especially considering all the other projects i have due.
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♥ md
