much needed update

I have made significant progress since my last journal entry. I have important the vast array of photos I discovered on FLICKR into final cut professional where I have been assessing the potential of each image in contributing to the documentary. I am being exceptionally careful with the amount of images I introduce, only images which have a particular effect and have adequate connectivity with the messages of my interview subjects are to be included. As a result of such vigilance, I have very few images which meet the requirements, and must continue to search for more photos.

So far, I have determined the use of a series of sunset photos which particularly suit the messages of the final. interview. For the section where Louise is discussing the way many individuals live in a state of ‘reaction’ rather than fulfilment, I have found three complementary images of large crowds which illustrate this state of ‘reaction’ in the crowds of blurred street figures. In Final Cut Professional I discovered the increase in total duration created by the inclusion of images will be relatively limited because an image becomes unengaging to an audience after around three seconds (this is an educated calculation only).

Today the opportunity presented itself to complete another short interview with Simon. This interview differed from the others in the documentary because it dealt with two specific examples of a fulfilled and a unfulfilled individual. I managed to record the interview in a decent light with a simplistic but aesthetic background. This adds around two minutes of footage as well as some much needed variety. This week I plan to find some of the last photos I will require and import the latest interview into the editing program. In addition I will be conceptualizing with more ways in which I can address the research criterion.