Wednesday 27 April 2016
Following up from the research that i had done prior, i decided to take the route of filming a Photoscape rather than using the Ken burns effect to show pictures throughout the portrait.
Using various location throughout my house, i set up a Photoscape mood board to show various photos of Oli as a child growing up with his family, and also with his dad.
Because i was unable to receive footage in time from Olis farther, i found some images online of Tony when he was younger training, so i printed them off onto 200g Laser Gloss paper and cut them out, so that i could include them amongst the montage of photos that i had of Oli and Tony already.
The way how i designed the Photoscape of Oli growing up with his mom brother and sister, i presented the photo's amongst a variety of other family photos that i had received from Karen (Oli's mom), making sure that the photos of Oli with his mom and siblings were placed atop of all the other pictures in the background, so that whilst i'm panning across the pictures, the audience can get a sense of the type of character Oli was as a child, seeing his history as they scour the screen filled with a montage of photographs.
When Oli talks about looking up to his dad, i created a Photoscape on my windowsill, laying at the pictures in an order that tells a story about the relationship Oli had with his dad, but also showing the history of Oli's dad by what Oli knew of him, then finishing up with a picture of Oli and his sister and father pulling a funny face.
For the picture with Oli and his siblings, i took that picture on my balcony, placing the pictures on the individual wood columns using blue tack. The reason i made this decision, was because one of the jogging scenes in the opening act of the portrait has Oli jogging with some green metal motorway poles in the background, so filming a panning shot along my balcony was an attempt for me to try and visually match the scenes together.
