Projected Visuals - Artwork I could use and experiments

Artwork I could use for my video to represent power

Leonardo da Vinci, Battaglia di Anghiara

 

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo, Moses

I edited this image because the lines down the left hand side were too distracting and I wanted to change the levels to make the sculpture stand out more.

Silhouette with falling money background

I have looked at ways of doing this and found a solution that is quite simple. I found a video tutorial that showed me how to do the green screen technique. I will take a photo of someone in a suit, use Photoshop to edit the figure into a silhouette with coloured tie and sunglasses. Add the green colour to the background which I simply found online, import it into Premiere Pro, add my video of the money as the layer underneath and remove the green from the image.

This is the tutorial I found which was very helpful.

Test

I tested this out using images I found online to see if this works.

Green screen colour.

I added these silhouettes from the internet onto the colour using Photoshop.

This is the image I used as the background layer for this test.

Imported into Premiere Pro.

Used the 'Chroma Key' on Video effects to cut out the green.

John Hedgecoe

I liked this piece of work showing an image inside a silhouette as its like the precious moments of that person; their memories or what they are dreaming of. From this I thought of film playing within a silhouette such as lights.

Experimental video filming close ups of lights

I have taken photographs of my brother by the window, I have set a slower shutter speed and zoomed in and out whilst it was capturing the image to achieve this abstract look. I love the way the light has distorted the figure creating some interesting shapes.

Experiment with lights and silhouette

Experiment with lights and silhouette 2

Painting and sculpture in silhoutte idea

Proposal

In this project I have gone for an abstract theme focusing on dreams, success, power and money. There are a range of different styles and techniques in my video such as green screen work, blending video layers, photography, time lapses and silhouettes. I focused on making something that is artistic and creative. Showing something that’s visually interesting and engaging. There is no clear narrative to my video and no clear characters. I wanted to make it seem like a series of abstract visuals in a dream that represent different things such as success, power and moving forwards in life. I wanted it to be different than what most rap videos are about and not showing anything about gang culture.