The concept of this shoot is to show sweat on the skin as a response to loss of innocence, using a combination of oils and mixing mediums. What I like about this concept is that it can be perceived as either sexual innocence or every-day innocence because the nervous response is the same. The shoot will let the audience decide the trigger for the response.
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| Shoot examples from "sweat" shoot |
VIDEO CONCEPT
Although I have a few images of this shoot, I have decided that this would make for a really strong movie concept. I plan to combine the sweat on the models chest with heavy breathing and leave the trigger up to the audience to decide.
SHOOT
The shoot seemed to be successful, however I won't know for sure until I see the footage. The model was skilled at exaggerating his breathing for camera and the wet beads of sweat contrasted with his matte skin for a lovely, amplified aesthetic effect. The shoot will be short in length to illustrate the book and I'm really looking forward to going over the material that we captured.
UPDATE AND ANALYSIS
It took some time and some youtube tutorials but I have managed to put the clips together to create a short film that I actually think was quite successful! I enjoyed the process a lot more than I thought I would given that this type of editing is not a strong point for me. I managed to find royalty free music to fit the tone of the video and sound effects, and the mood is strong and intense without being too cheesy. I used overlapping breathing noises that build up and fade in and back out to increase the breathing of the model. This, I have discovered while editing, has en emotional effect on the audience - the body naturally tries to keep up with the breathing on the video but can't because its not synchronised properly, causing the audience to feel breathless and panicked. This is a huge plus in that the emotional stimuli is reaching beyond being acknowledged as a concept and is now being felt by the audience itself. I have noticed that some of the shots go in and out of focus, and if I were to reshoot I would make the transitions smoother and add some more movement ion the video. But overall, i am happy with this as a first attempt of a final video outcome. The final video is below.
