Major update

It’s been a significant period of time since I last completed an entry for the project. I have since completed a third interview and imported the footage into Final Cut Professional editing software. Despite my efforts I actually only have around three and a half minutes of interview footage, ideally I would have around four or five minutes. I have thus decided to supplement the interview footage with a variety of symbolic images. In discussion with my interactive media teacher, I discovered a photography web sight called Flickr, images from the site can be copied and independently used, providing the creator of the image is credited. With the inclusion of images I can increase the duration of my project as well as enrich the already strong messages communicated by the interview subjects. I have imported a soundtrack that suits the ideas communicated and visuals. So far the search for appropriate images has been reasonably successful. It’s essential to use only images that directly relate to the ideas being communicated. I have acquired images of busy city crowds to complement the last interview segment where my interview subject is talking about the many individuals who go about life without much thought about what fulfilment really is. The three interview subjects each communicate different ideas with some overlap, David discusses the role of enjoyment and challenge in fulfilment, Simon discusses the need for balance between satisfying our own desires as well as tending the needs of others, and Louise discusses the importance of balance in obtaining fulfilment in her life as well as the way in which many individuals live without much awareness of fulfilment. I have found over a dozen images that would be complementary to each of the interviews. When fulfilment is discussed in terms of joy and fun I will use images of those who appear to be enjoying the feeling of fulfilment, for example a Buddhist monk laughing, a mountain walker standing at the peak of a mountain and boys swimming together at sunrise etc. When Simon discusses the role of helping others in developing fulfilment, I will show an images of a group of aid workers helping others or a crowd raising funds for charity. Obviously it would be unproductive to saturate the project with images when my interview subjects are strong and convincing, I hope to balance the use of images so as to enrich each interview segment but not to dominate screen time.

Second interview complete

On the weekend I recorded the second interview segment with Simon on top of the top of a multilevel car park in town. He talked about his perception of fulfilment for around about a minute and a half. The set for the interview was excellent, with many buildings and streets stretching out into the distance in the backdrop. I set up the interview with what little sunlight we had, coming in from the side, avoiding any glare problems for my interview subject. In terms of audio the production went vary well. Simon spoke reasonably loudly with clear articulation and pronunciation. Simon talked of the need for balance in fulfilment and the elements he thinks are required for that balance. In the two interviews have recorded I can see very little need for much cutting. Even still I need to cumulatively capture interview footage at a quickening rate.