When I first started thinking about my self portrait video I didn't know exactly what I wanted to achieve and I wasn't sure where to start. Once I had thought about my location [the beach] I knew roughly what I wanted to do and what I wanted the outcome to look like. The day of the shoot was miserable and the weather was not ideal. However, looking at the final outcome, the weather gave a good effect to the shots, and it added an emotional tone which is something that I wanted to achieve. I'm very glad I produced a storyboard and shot list for the video as I used them both quite a lot during the shoot. They were useful to have when deciding what shot to shoot next and how much of the shot I wanted. Also because the weather was bad we just wanted to get the shoot completed and having the storyboard with me gave us a focus point and we got on with the shots I wanted. However, due to the weather being bad, there were a few shots that I didn't manage to film, so when it came to editing the video I had to change the order of the shots slightly and work with what I had.
So when editing the video I started by placing all of the clips down onto the sequence and I used the storyboard to help me with this. I'm really happy with the colour that I added onto the video as it's very similar to an Instagram filter and that was the look that I was trying to achieve. The sound design of the video is very full on and I'm really happy with the outcome of it because it helps the video move along nicely. Due to the restriction of using music and dialogue in our self portraits, it was very hard to find something that would keep the audience interested. This worried me at first because I wasn't sure how I was going to make the video interesting and engaging without music or dialogue. Once I had added the sound effects and beach ambience, I realised it didn't need music to make the video come to life, it just needed a few extra sounds to make it seem more realistic. The sound effects work really well with the video as they are synced nicely, but also they help create a nice atmosphere and ambience in the video which help create the tone I wanted.
One of my favourite things about the video are the quotes that are shown throughout it. I like the addition of these as they create the personal tone and they help show what type of person I am and what type of quotes I live by. The way they are presented is really nice and it flows nicely with the tone of the whole video. I also really like the part where I'm taking photos on my phone and the video stops momentarily as if time stops. It works really well with the video and adds a nice effect to the tone of it.
One of my least favourite things that I wish would've worked out better is the beginning of the video where the music from my headphones come on. I like the part where the music stops as I press the 'pause' button, but I don't like how it just fades in at the beginning of the video as it's quite harsh. Originally I was just going to have the music playing with no ambience - the ambience would've come in once the music stopped. However, this didn't work as I had wanted it to so I adapted it, and I'm still not 100% happy with it but it's better than my original plan.
Throughout the whole process of producing my self portrait, I have realised and learnt that there are other experimental ways to carry a video rather than adding a music soundtrack in the background. Having ambience sounds really help make the video realistic and bring it to life which makes the video interesting and enjoyable. I really enjoyed making this video, and I loved experimenting with it through the editing process.
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