Final Cut Pro - When all things Fail - Final Film

For this video I really wanted to capture the fragile aspect of the stacked boxes. Nothing is eternity and that is what I wanted to display in my work. I have combined the ‘falling’ concept of the boxes with some additional effects to create this artistic movie.

Though it has nothing to do with ‘fashion’, I think it really draws your attention to the shapes the ‘structure’ creates when still and in motion. Each scene contains its own structure and shape- and it is this image which can be used to inspire fashion'

   I have named this video ' When all things Fail' because there is nothing called failure in creation , each step is a learning process and each can be an inspiration to the next - Fail is just another evolving process.

Looking back through this movie now- i think there are many areas which need refining to strengthen the outcome. If I had another go, I think I would:-

·    Take away the background slide show images when the structure is falling. When showing/ watching the final video again, I saw that the background distracts your focus from the falling structure and this is not what I intended to do, ( I now understand the theory ‘less is more’)

·    Re-compose the video, maybe separate the slide show images away from the falling structures and use a still image on the background when structure is falling. I still really like the slide show images and find this very effective in sowing what the structure can be.

·    I would also have more ‘falling’ structures in the video as this was the original concept was about – the ever changing structure,

·    Use more effects on the’ falling’ structure itself to see if there would be any other discoveries

Did I take a wrong approach?

Comparing the final outcome to what I originally wanted- there is a big difference. Thinking back, I only wanted something very simple and clear to the eye- but because of unpredicted elements, sections of the film had to be highly altered to cover up the ‘mistakes’. One thing lead to another- I then wanted to combine even more elements to the film making it even further away from the original idea.  Nevertheless, I did take the wrong approach in solving these problems, but I have learnt that ‘time’ and preparation is the key to using this program.

I wouldn't say this final video is a fail - its just a start to something even more exciting!!