Ideas | Self Portrait Development

When thinking about ideas for my self portrait video I thought about what my interests are and what I think my personality traits are.

Interests:

• Music
• Disney
• Giraffes
• Make-Up
• Reading
• Photography

Personality:

• Happy
• Bubbly
• Quiet
• Shy
• Ambitious

Idea 1

I thought about basing the whole video on my interests and having a series of shots of myself doing an activity based on them. These activities would all take place in the same location and area and the only thing that would be different is the activity.

Music - I would be listening to music with my headphones in.
Disney - I would either be watching a Disney movie or again listening to a Disney song.
Giraffes - This would be something subtle, like my top would have a picture of a Giraffe on it.
Make-Up - I would be putting make-up on, or watching a YouTube video based on make-up.
Reading - I would be reading a book.
Photography - I would be taking a photo with my camera, or looking through photos on my laptop.

The camera shots I would use is a mid shot, and it would be one long shot but that would be an illusion. I would film individual shots and have the camera turn around me in a circle in order to create a long shot illusion. This idea would be quite difficult to complete, but it would challenge me.

Idea 2

I thought about starting the video with myself reading a book in my bedroom or in another location. Then as the camera shot zoomed into the book itself the shot would change to another scene in a different location. The next few scenes would be actors acting out a story based around myself and showing some of my interests without showing a proper beginning, middle, end story.

Idea 3

I thought about a location that I really enjoy going to and a location that makes me feel positive and happy. This location is the beach - at stony or sandy beach. In the past, whenever I visited the beach I always felt happy and relaxed which is something that makes me feel positive. I had the idea that I would film a variety of cut away shots of  the water and the stones/sand to set the location, while also having shots of myself on the beach.

To make it a self portrait I would follow through with some of my interests like having some shots of me listening to music through my headphones [I could experiment with the sound design for this], reading a book in the peaceful area and taking photos with my camera. To intertwine some of my other interests I would think about what I would wear in order to get my love of Disney or Giraffes across.


I want a video that shows I feel relaxed in the location I am at, and I want the audience to feel peaceful and relaxed as well.