Evaluation and overall thoughts

After working for a long time on this idea, I am happy with how it has turned out. The ‘Alice’s Dilemma’ video could have done with different lighting and sound on some shots, but i really like the angles and POV the camera has, whilst also telling a story to the audience, which the previous videos didn’t do as much. building up from the ‘Playtime’ video the idea of the characters having roles and representing emotions and feelings has grown, and i am pleased with how they’ve evolved.

Final Video-Alice’s Dilemma

I have finished editing the video and am overall very pleased with it I have shown it to several people and they have understood what was happening in it and the message i was conveying.

Extra Footage-Annie texting Mark

Here is another scene i removed from the video to shorten its length, whilst it would have added to the characters of Mark and Annie, it was not important enough for me to keep in the final piece.

Click here to watch the video: Annie texting Mark

Extra Footage-Mark ringing Alice

This is another section of video i choose to remove as i thought it wasn’t needed as the audience would know what was happening by what occurred beforehand.

Click here to watch the video: Mark ringing Alice

Extra Footage-Cat and Queen argue

after putting the video together with the clips i wanted to use, the video is too long, by over a minute, this has made me have to remove scenes and shorten clips in places. This is one of the clips where the queen and cat argue about how to best handle the situation. This section was only half finished when i removed it.

Click this link to watch the video: Cat and Queen argue

Editing the video

The editing of the video is going well, this was aided by the fact that the order i shot the footage in for the most part is in the order i wanted to edit it in. The only issue i may have is keeping to the 5 minute limit the video i supposed to have.

Filming the video

The filming for the video has gone well, and i have been happy that i was able to create what should look like a multi-camera film using only one video camera and the different angles and viewpoints i’ve used. I will start editing this soon

Final idea for video piece

After thinking about exactly what i wanted to happen in this video I have decided i want it to be shot more like a short film than an abstract video.

At the moment, the film will consist of the main character, who will be dealing with feeling of guilt for a reason, and the two characters that appear to confront her about what action to take, these will b in the persona of the queen and cat from the earlier video.

I am not planning on using many effects in the video, using costume and make up to give the desired effect.

Adding a character

I have added a third character to the video as it has allowed me the create a dynamic relationship between the characters and it should keep the audience interested throughout

Self-Conscience

In a similar fashion to the previous video i posted, this one follows the same subject, but the video is done in a different way. Overall i think i prefer the way this video is shot and still give the viewer the same message.

Conscience-Video

Looking more closely at punishing ourselves with our conscience i have come across videos about how people deal with certain disorders, with the most common being bulimia. This is an example where our conscience ends up with us making the wrong choices.

Truth-Video

With looking at conscience, i have come across videos exploring the truth and how feelings of regret come from lying to someone, or sometimes to ourselves. This video is an experimental piece with a very disjointed narrative but I think it works effectively.

Finding more research

I’m finding it difficult to find research on this particular subject matter, whilst I have been able to find short film made with it in mind, finding still photography artists that have made projects based on it are much more hard to come across. However i am aiming to make a video piece so with this in hindsight and the fact that i have been able to find video material to help me i am still happy with the research i am finding.

Conscience-Video

This is video looks into how ones feelings of guilt and remorse can affect your life if left bottled up. There is a lot of metaphorical meaning in this example, but i think it works well.

Vicious Conscience- Video

This is a short film again discussing one persons conscience and it making him do the 'right thing’ as it were. The cinematography of this piece is very film like, which i like.

Conscience-Video

This video shows a basic look into someones conscience and how it can affect judgement and actions. I found the interrogation style of the video interesting.

Moving on from DID to human conscience

After examining how people with DID are, I’ve come to the conclusion that it would be a difficult subject to tackle as the individual in these cases does have multiple personalities that are always active.

So from researching DID i’ve come across videos and writing delving into the human conscience and how whilst it is normally just a thought, it can be manifested into a more physical entity.


I think i would be able to create a video based on this much easier than one on DID.

Another video based on DID

Below is another video on the theme of DID that i found interesting. The audio has been removed due to copyright issues, but the visuals are still very interesting.

Looking at DID (Dissociative identity disorder)

I have come across articles and videos exploring DID or Dissociative identity disorder which loosely termed is when an individual has multiple personalities and personas. Below is a video looking into how people with the condition can behave and how others see them.

Exploring subject matter for next video

Whilst I was happy with the outcome of the previous videos, I want the next one to have more of a reason and message to show. 

Now i am thinking of perhaps seeing how the humane psyche can manifest characters such as these to torment an individual as it were.

Alice in Wonderland Remake by Tim Burton

Seeing Tim Burtons remake I was able to see how to change the tone of the film versions of the book from the much more lighthearted to the darker portrayal of the book in this new version. Focusing on how the characters themselves were made to look, with emphasis on the queen and cheshire cat as these are the roles i want to use in my film.

Below are some pictures of the characters in question:

What next?

Now that i’ve seen what i can make using the story of Alice in wonderland as a basis i will be looking into keeping the characters as i find them compelling but perhaps changing the setting and looking into more of the reasoning behind why these events are occurring.

1st attempt at video for alice in court

I’ve finished editing the video i shot in the courtroom. I am on the whole happy with the outcome for a 1st experimental attempt at this. I hadn’t really thought about sound for this piece, but using what sound i had on camera worked out pretty well. I will be hopefully reshooting this with better props and costume. I also didn’t think about the type of lighting that would be available at the location, which wasn’t adjustable and whilst did work well for some shots, on the whole didn’t really work the way i wanted it to. Next time i’ll remedy this by taking one of the lighting kits with me to the location.

I feel this is a good start and i am on the right track now.

Stills work

These stills have been created with being put into pairs in mind, using half still shots from the video footage and half images i’ve taken to complement or contrast with the video stills, th idea being to show why and how the girl being referred to as alice is where she is, being a prelude as you could say. I was surprised at the quality of the images the video stills created as i would have shot these with a stills camera if time had permitted.

Andreas Stavrinides-Video editing

I found these images taken by Andreas Stavrinides to be very interesting in their styling and use of props, after looking at this and all of the other research i have done i think i know what kind of feel i want from the video, and now i have shot it all i will work in editing it together in a way that i hope will work well.

What you waiting for?

By chance  came across this music video as i was curious about it after listening to the music for a while. A pretty modern and sexual take on alice in wonderland here, i fond the shot using the house very well done!

N.B skip to 3:15 where the music actually starts.

Alice in waterland

I was shown these images taken by Elena Kalis called alice in waterland whereby she submerges the model and props underwater to create scene from alice in. I really like these pictures for the dreamy fantastical landscape they seem to depict, reminding me of alice falling down the rabbit hole.

Using the books

I came across these images by a photographer called Abelardo Morell who used the illustrations from the alice in wonderland books and cut them out to create these images with them. I thought it was a very interesting way of using the original book where the idea came from as part of the the actually images.

I thought the images using water worked really well with the paper cutouts and could be used as a very interesting idea.

Annie Leibovitz and Vouge

I recently was told that Vouge used alice and wonderland as the theme for one of thier ashion shoots and asked Annie Leibovitz to do the photos. While i usually don’t have an interest on fashion photography, i found these images captured more of the reality of the story behind the childlike tale told.

I find the picture using the miniature house to be fantastic!

Alice in wonderland-Where to start

Quickly searching for research i have been presented with a lot of images and video to look into. I thought i would start with an artist i have already looked into. Maggie Taylor has created a whole set of images based on Alice in wonderland which i thought were very good, still showing the abstract nature of the piece.

Moving on

After looking and trying to find goos examples of work based on red riding hood i feel like i’ve exhausted my resources for it, and therefore think i will move on and look into other fairy tales i think may be of interest.

The Company of wolves

I found a clip of this film called the company of wolves. Found it interesting that i was more loosely based on red riding hood and had a much more complex plot made for a more adult audience. I have been thinking of doing something along these lines with the work i make with whichever fairytale i choose to base my work on.