CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SUBTITLED from Media 12345 on Vimeo.
I made this to experiment with subtitles and having a narrator. I also experimented with footage editing the style more towards Tarkovsky's way of representing memories, childhood and time. In Tarkovsky's film Mirror, there is a scene where the narrator talks about dreams and memories over a slow long take. The shot then finishes with more slow long takes in black and white. Although my footage are not long takes, I tried to connect the footage with slow motions to portray that flow that Tarkovsky has.
I asked my mother to talk about a few memories in Szydlowiec where she was born and raised. I recorded them and then added clips I had taken in England in a garden and the rest in Poland. I separated clips with colourisation of either a warm sepia tone representing the past or a black and white tone representing the present. Light piano music called 'Kyiv Blues' was also added in the background to create a sense of nostalgia, rather than noticeable music that could be too distracting when reading subtitles.
I do have more narrating recordings and would like to experiment with them more. I will also be taking new experimental footage as I don't want to repeat the footage I took in Poland. This time, although in England, I will be trying to recreate locations as if in Poland. A preparation of experimenting with camera techniques before taking the real footage when I go in Christmas time to Szydlowiec.
With editing, I will try to create two different pieces, one with Tarkovsky's and one with Coppola's stylisation to see what works best as a short film.
I made this to experiment with subtitles and having a narrator. I also experimented with footage editing the style more towards Tarkovsky's way of representing memories, childhood and time. In Tarkovsky's film Mirror, there is a scene where the narrator talks about dreams and memories over a slow long take. The shot then finishes with more slow long takes in black and white. Although my footage are not long takes, I tried to connect the footage with slow motions to portray that flow that Tarkovsky has.
I asked my mother to talk about a few memories in Szydlowiec where she was born and raised. I recorded them and then added clips I had taken in England in a garden and the rest in Poland. I separated clips with colourisation of either a warm sepia tone representing the past or a black and white tone representing the present. Light piano music called 'Kyiv Blues' was also added in the background to create a sense of nostalgia, rather than noticeable music that could be too distracting when reading subtitles.
I do have more narrating recordings and would like to experiment with them more. I will also be taking new experimental footage as I don't want to repeat the footage I took in Poland. This time, although in England, I will be trying to recreate locations as if in Poland. A preparation of experimenting with camera techniques before taking the real footage when I go in Christmas time to Szydlowiec.
With editing, I will try to create two different pieces, one with Tarkovsky's and one with Coppola's stylisation to see what works best as a short film.
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