Silent Sketch Two: Black and White Birds

This is my second silent rough sketch. I practiced more with this one to make quicker cuts in order to engage the viewer more effectively. However, I didn't want all quick cuts. I don't like the look of films that use only quick cuts because it gets tiring to watch after awhile. I really like my starting footage of the tall grasses waving. This was a sort of random thing I saw; grasses weren't included in my drift strategy. However, because I like this footage so much, I might go out on another walk to find more footage of grasses or other plants waving in the wind. Another thing I really like in this clip and that I definitely want to include in my final video is the quick cuts of the different aspects of the birds sitting on the wire. I really like this in black and white; I think the contrast adds a lot to it.

One experiment I tried with this clip was using the same still images as my first silent sketch (of the colorful fall leaves), but making them black and white and increasing the contrast. After watching this sketch a few times, I decided I don't like these images in black and white as much. They are so beautiful in color, I think that putting them in black white makes them lose their intenseness.

Another thing I experimented with was taking the image from my Drift 1 walk (when I looked up at leaves and took a long exposure shot while spinning in a circle), putting it in black and white, and varying the contrasts. Then I put these varied contrast images all together using quick cuts. It kind of looks like a puddle that has different intensities of light reflecting on it randomly. I don't think that this adds to my clip, it is kind of confusing and doesn't seem to flow with the grasses, leaves, and birds as well.

Overall, though, I am really happy with how this sketch turned out. I think the images I put together and the way I put them together is much better than my first sketch. I am happy to see myself improving using this software. I think I will use a lot of the footage from this clip for my final video.