Final Video of Frame Park

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This is the final product of my exploration of Frame Park's Fox River! I wanted to enhance that feeling of relaxation I got when I was near the water, much as many people get lulled by the rhythm of the waves. I did this by using a lot of layering and a few special effects.



Just for fun, I also did a second version, which relies more on special effects and is more emotional, colorful, and abstract. Take a look at it by clicking the picture below:
I felt this one lent itself to a more energetic atmosphere, perhaps a little foreboding. The focus of my project was to find the feeling of comfort I got from the water when I was near it, but I had a hard time getting this across. I think this video is what resulted simply because I am afraid of water and have been ever since I was a kid. This video is perhaps more true to how water makes me feel. I think I may keep going with this, get a different recording for the background. I even considered making it about the false claims about 9/11. I thought I'd put a radio show in the background to add to things I'm afraid of. One of those things is water, and the other is our corrupt government. I'm not sure this video will belong here on this blog, however, once it is finished. It has turned a completely different direction. If I finish it, I will post a like to YouTube, which I feel is a better place for it.

Sample Video #5 - Rushing Water

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20 sec, sound, color

This video is a pretty simple water video. I like the sound better than the footage. The video quality is very poor now that I exported it to the website, so alot of the visual complexities it had are somewhat lost. I'm working on remedying this for future projects. I have plenty of other water visuals, but I liked this one best for this idea.

Sample Video #4 - Contrasting Walk

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20 sec, sound, color

This video is a wonderful contrast of me walking in crunchy grass vs the visual of people walking far off and on a bridge. It contrasted the harshness of life to the softness and peace of the water.

Sample Video #3 - Duck in the Reeds

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20 sec, sound, color


This video was the only one I used photos in. I felt it added interest to the piece. I especially enjoyed the rather creepy looking duck swimming through the weeds. This video makes me want to make it into a horror film, but unfortunately this is not really what I am going for in portraying Frame Park. If I choose to make this one as my final video, I'll take the shot again if I can, but at lighter exposure.

Sample Video #2 - A Study in Light

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20 sec, sound, color


This video was made of water, but it was a beautiful sunny day and the results were amazing and intriguing. You'd never expect patterns like this from regular water.

Sample Video #1- Peace at the Dock

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20 sec, sound, color


This video I wanted to focus on that feeling of peace that I get when I am near the water. This feeling gets most amplified at the dock. I think it's the atmosphere itself, the openness yet closeness of nature. In this video you will here odd noises from a factory across the river. In a way this shows how us city kids can actually feel comfortable with city noises just as well as nature noises. I think next I will do a video in the actual country, to compare these environments; the peace is found either in complete and utter silence, or in the slight city background noise. Would I feel less comfortable if there were no city noises at all? I think so.