60 Second Documentry - Development

Out of all the ideas, the origami whale concept was chosen to take forward. Because of the idea's simplicity I felt that it could be produced and edited well within the time given.

Backgrounds

In order to make the video more entertaining I composed backgrounds made of different textures and scrap paper. This felt more 'hand made' yet also something which makes the video colourful and quirky. They give a consistent aesthetic to the video and could be something intriguing if it was to come up on social media.

Title screen

Another thing I looked at was how to make the introduction to the video entertaining and out of the ordinary. I began by developing a digital stop motion title which would flicker between the words 'how to make an origami whale' in slightly different shapes and positions. This meant that there was a juxtaposition between the hand-made style and the digital. From feedback it was suggested that this style created a more professional aesthetic to the video.

Folding Process

For the central folding process, I positioned the tripod directly over the background and made sure my hands could reach underneath. Then I rehearsed the process several times in order to make sure the footage would be seamless. Then, once a successful fold was filmed, the footage was cut together so that the process would fit within 60 seconds and so it was fast paced enough the viewer wouldn't loose interest.

Stop motion

Finally, in order for the video to have another layer of interest, I decided to create a stop motion at the end of the whale traveling across the screen. This worked quite well, although some research should have been done to make sure the ISO remains the same in each image. From feedback it was suggested that this was the best part of the video because it is more unusual. In future this is something I could experiment further with.