I have finally finished my entry for Coldplay's Lost video competition. It is here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nqGbbBp68rg
Even though I didn't have enough time to hand sketch each frame, it still took ages to rotoscope some additional video footage. I do not possess Flash, and this was done in Imageready – I used to think it was cheating to do this digitally, but now I have experience, I understand how much work goes into it, it still requires individual frame by frame editing, and for a short piece of film there are a heck of a lot of frames (to do all by myself!)
It's still quite effective in a Take On Me meets A Scanner Darkly effect.
But I do hope to do it justice and make a proper drawn version.
I just hope that Coldplay appreciate the effort.
So now it's back to doing proper work ;-)
In the midst of my video editing saga, I went to an employment fair at Uni, which offered some more potential opportunities. however I'm still wary of being made into a consumer. I ACTUALLY DO WANT TO WORK, but will wait until an opportunity arises THAT IS GOOD FOR ME. No, despite Government reforms that want to force lone parents back to work, I have stopped looking for part time admin work, as it's wasting my time, it's depressing me, and there are plenty of people who can do that without a degree. Instead, this week I will be going to speak to a nice lady from some local studios. I know it seems like I'm not doing much, but I've been researching loads of possibilities, gaining the information I need to make an effective proposal before I send it off, deciding which is the best way to go about things, reading potential residencies at the V&A that I would love to apply for – but can't, looking for opportunities locally, but only ones that relate to my shiny new degree or the work that I do. I'm slowly building up a knowledge base that will come in useful when I get going with everything, but I'm afraid I can't rent a gallery space without funding, I can't even work without funding, and so I'm going to business meetings and collating ideas wherever they come.
