pixilation photographs

So after spending the afternoon shooting hundreds of shots alongside Ross, Kane and Andria; my group, Im now presented with the opportunity to choose from my edited pictures.

The whole idea for the sketch came really quickly, which was great. It was simple, had quite a few ways in which it could pan out, and altogether, would be funny to make and view!
Deciding to use this initial idea meant we could begin and thereafter chip in and think up more funny ideas to add along the way too.

We were presented with a few issues when it came to dangling the shoe down in front of the camera and have it fly down to hit Ross in the face, my hand kept getting in the way. There are two options for this: either remove that frame, or edit it out using Photoshop.

Next up, editing.

I imported a random photograph from the 360 we took, into Photoshop, altering the saturation levels, colour levels, sharpness etc and tried one of the filters.

The results can be seen below and its decision time, so I can then proceed with an automated batch process to the rest of the photographs, and combine these into a moving animation piece using Premiere.

Of these, the first is basically the original image, but i added alot more yellow to it. Instead of pasty pale wooden floor, instead now you can see a egg yolk yellow. It adds life to the image I think, more cartoony, maybe child-like.

The second is the charcoal filter which strips it of all colour, and as I see it, makes it appear like a photocopy. It has a grainy effect which adds a sort of age to the image and the contrast means it has a strong presence, instead of being all washed out.

The third image on the other hand does have a washed out feel. It could be described as a glowing effect, sort of heavenly, dreamy look or supernatural feel to it. In regards to the idea and action of the sketch, this may fit in. Shoes don't come to life, so being a dreamlike scenario could work.

The fourth is an inverted glow line filter from Photoshop. It is in a word, weird, and quite Sci-Fi. I don't see this working well as a combined animation sequence due to it being quite a thin outline of all the articles in the shot, and coupled with 12fps - you may not be able to see what is going on!

Lastly, the fifth picture is just another variation in colour. Green this time, although not as obvious in the image thats been compressed by Blogger. Whereas the yellow was colourful and bright, the green gives it an odd tinge, yet still, interesting and different from the norm.

I'm torn between the punchy, colourful yellow edit and the glow, washed out white effect. Both would work well, and on the flip side, both have slight disadvantages. The yellow could be seen as just a normal snap, where the floors and so on are just yellower than yellow in that said building. For the glow effect, the heightened white effect could mean that the shoes (white) could loose some of their focus and be harder to follow in the quick moving piece.

Nonetheless, the way in the glow effect could be deemed alike that of a dream would make the concept of possessed shoes feasible. If problems do arise due to it being too whitewashed, that can be toned down. This then, is my choice.

Now then, comes Adobe Premiere.

Watch this space.

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