Here it is, my final piece. It has been quite the slog but it definitely has been worth it.


Respite noun: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.

I chose this title to reflect how I interpreted the dance itself. I felt that the dancers were representative of two beings wherein one felt strong enough to continue with their journey on their own, believing that they did not require the others' help, and the other being who knew that the first was going to need some rest.
 But in trying to catch up to the first being, the second being grew tired of chasing, and when the first being saw this she realised that they needed each other to rely on; to provide each other with a short period of rest or relief from an unpleasant experience (shown through the chase). 

And it is through these two beings' brief coming together they provide each other with that "Respite" both of them have been craving all along.

EDITING

From a practical standpoint, looking back at the actual process of editing and the scope of edits produced by people on my course, it has really shown me how many levels of interpretation can come from the same set of rushes.

This unit has really taught me how to combine standardised linear editing and continuity editing  with very basic clip manipulation (such as freeze frames and opacity control) to create  unique visual styles that have the potential to give films that little bit more to make them special.

I adopted the idea of montage in my video (hence all the jump cuts n stuff).


I used frequent jump cuts to give the film a disjointed edge, but to also hint at the possibility of the dancers being intertwined in a  surreal nature where segments of time are skipped forward and backward that can result in freeze frames from the past and future that distort the dancers' reality. This is why they are searching for each other in this dance - to gain a respite from the chaotic, confusing world around them. This is done to create a slight narrative, sort of adhering to Tordorovs idea of 'equilibrium' although not all elements of the theory are seen throughout the duration of the piece. The basic idea of equilibrium is that the character undergoes a semantic shift from one state of thinking to another in a series of stages. Whether these changes are for the better is another question.
In a way the two characters both undergo a shift in understanding when they realise that, in working together, they can give each other respite from a nasty situation.

GRAPHIC STUFF

Probably my favourite part of my video was the graphic design. I was going to make the titles on Premier, but I couldn't get my fonts to work at all and so I made the graphics in Illustrator, exported them as .pngs and scaled them accordingly to fit the frame.

MUSIC