48-Hour Video Race

48-Hour Video Race

     After reading over the assignment guidelines for the 48-hour video race, I ‘m very excited about this project. I’ve heard about these types of races in the past and have always wanted to enter one, but haven’t had the chance. I was trying to go over different things in my head to capture video or make my film. It’s a pretty difficult task for me to think of any techniques for capturing video without using something with the word camera or cam in or ones that you haven’t already discussed. I was leaning towards using my cell phone, it actually happens to have a very nice camera on it (720p I think).  I would possibly like to do something that gives the perspective of my dog Clarence. Sort of like a day in the life of Clarence, but somehow told through his eyes.

     I was also thinking of using Maya, After Effects, Flash or Toon Boom and maybe doing an experimental animation piece that taps into the viewer’s subconscious. I’m envisioning something with odd creatures in a parallel world and maybe using some effects plug-ins and an underlying soundscape to help set the mood or tone of the film. I feel like this could be pretty fun to play around with these effects and plug-ins and see what kind of cool, odd or interesting things that they may yield.  You could even incorporate a little bit of each of these different styles together to make something that is totally off the wall.

     I was also thinking about doing some sort of time-lapse footage with my cell phone camera, I need to figure out how I’d go about keeping the camera totally still to take the photos though, maybe I can make some sort of makeshift tripod or something. It would possibly be cool to incorporate something like this into the experimental piece as well.

     Another idea I had was using the XBOX 360 Kinnect, it has a camera on it that takes footage of you while playing Kinnect games or for web-chatting as well. I could do different poses in front of the camera and bring them into FCP or After Effects and see what I can come up with. I’m still not quite sure what I’m going to do yet, but there are plenty of options. That means the opportunities are pretty much endless, just as long as you keep an open mind and think outside of the box.