Final Major Project (Proposal)
The final unit has arrived! This is the last of the last, and i'm going to finish it off with making an interactive film! Before confirming that this was my final idea, I thought of other ideas like a 2D game or a short animation.
As said, my final project is going to be an interactive film, which consists of
decision-making. What I mean by this is, that the film is going to be about 10
to 20 minutes long, and ever so often, the viewer can make the decisions on how
the film “ends”
Influences, starting points and contextual references:
Influences would be because I enjoy making videos and I like to edit them myself. Editing is something that I’d like to take up as a future career. My starting point with this project would be to make a storyboard showing the scenes that I’m going to be filming. This also allows me to have a more straightforward idea of what/where to film.
Early ideas research and
sources: (What are your sources
for contextual and personal research?)
My idea and inspiration originally came
from video editing and recording videos in the past. I currently make YouTube
videos, so editing is an essential part of that process and also is very
enjoyable. I use a program called Sony Vegas Pro to edit and a program called
Fraps to record full screen applications.
When it comes to editing and recording, I
literally did no research, I was self taught throughout the process and have
been doing so for three years. When it comes to inspiration, I’d definitely
have to take that from YouTube and watching how other people interpret their
own imagination and ideas in the form of editing. Because of the amount of
knowledge/skill I have in this field, I definitely would like to produce a film
for my final project.
Week 1:
- Finish design proposal
- Research into interactive videos
Week 2:
- Complete research into interactive videos
- Then research into multiple choices with games
- Record games that have multiple choices
Week 3:
- Design a story board showing the progression of the film i'm making.
Week 4:
- show different methods of editing
Week 5:
- finalise the story board
Week 6:
- From the various choices that you have recorded in games, design a spider diagram that show multiple choices and ideas
Week 7:
- Filming
Week 8:
- Filming
Week 9:
- Edit together the first choice whilst taking screenshots
Week 10:
- More editing on the other clips
Week 11:
- Go through each video that has been edited so far and polish it up. For example, background pitch/music, Contract/lighting etc.
Week 12:
- Upload them all to YouTube and set the annotations
