Explain what tone, mood, or concept you have, how you use the light, What type of light source you have, and If there is a timing cue, how did you time it? Any success? Is anything not as planned? What did you observe?
I wanted to try something more experimental. I wanted to do a perspective that is often not used, which is the from the foot angle. I also tried taping my phone to the ceiling and filming how I move my body laying down, but my phone fell after a few seconds and I got too scared to try again.
I’ve always liked this ‘from the foot’ angle; I remember always trying to draw someone walking in this angle when I was young, but the perspective ratio was so difficult to draw, I always ended up not finishing the sketch. With this exercise however, I thought I could gain a better understanding of such perspective by being the direct object of the video.
I also wanted to induce a scary/bizarre/eerie mood with the shoot. To achieve this, I turned all the lights off and only had my flash light on (directly from the camera). I also made sure there was minimal eye contact between the object (me) and the camera. I almost wanted myself to look like a huge titan walking around.
I do wish I had extra hands to do this project; I had to do it alone because I was traveling for spring break. With more people in the project, manipulating lights would have been much easier and actually possible to achieve. I would love to try moving the light around the body/face to capture the different details, textures, and skin of one’s body.