VISUAL NARRATIVE

THIS PARTICULAR VISUAL NARRATIVE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES TO SHOOT AND EDIT. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OCCURRED FOR ME WAS THE LIGHTING. THE SPACE IN WHICH WE WERE SHOOTING THIS, DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST NATURAL LIGHT. AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED BY NOW, I LIKE SHOOTING WITH NATURAL LIGHT. NOT THAT I'M AGAINST PRACTICAL LIGHTING OR CINEMATIC LIGHTING. BUT I TEND TO USE NATURAL LIGHT TO SHAPE MY SUBJECT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE STUDIO IN WHICH WE WERE FILMING IN DIDN'T HAVE TH KIND OF LIGHT THAT I LIKE. SO I HAD TO GET CREATIVE AND DO SOMETHING I RARELY DO, MAKE THE VIDEO BLACK AND WHITE.

CHANGING IT TO BLACK AND WHITE ALLOWED ME TO SEE THE VISUALS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. I IMMEDIATELY GOT THE SENSE IN THE EDITING ROOM THAT THIS FELT MORE LIKE AN OLD CLASSIC MOVIE. AN LA NOIR TYPE OF ENERGY TO IT. ELENA KOSHKA'S NATURAL BEAUTY LENDED ITSELF TO WHAT I ENDED UP EXECUTING IN THIS EDIT.

I CHOSE TO USE THE SONG "ALL OF THE THINGS BY" THE RAAH PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAD THAT KIND OF FEEL THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THE USE OF THAT CLARINET REMINDED ME OF AN OLD 20'S BESSIE SMITH VIBE. AND WHAT CAME OUT WAS THIS PIECE CALLED "SOLITUDE". ENJOY

MUSIC BY THE RAAH PROJECT • ALL OF THE THINGS