Body movie

I wanted to explore body and the memories it holds. I wanted to see the different life stages and show how the same person, who was once dancing and laughing might be suffering or dying right now and how problems people might be suffering with will not always be seen underneath the visible fun. I have initially used the song Blinding lights by the Weeknd, because the mood felt right, but the meaning was not really there. This was also a silent film task, so the sound was mostly just for me, at also hugely helped me while editing, to get that realistic movement in the film, which was not working, when I’ve edited it in silence before.

I really liked the material and the images that I had, but i was not happy with the song as well as with the fact, that no one in the class could actually hear it. Considering that there were a lot of headphones seen in the video and I (the main character) was dancing a lot, I thought it was only fair for audience to hear or at least see some sort of music. I have found a Russian song called Na zare remixed by Basta which had deep lyrics about life and had a very appropriate mood in terms of the sound. I then decided to create transliterated subtitles using english letters, as I wanted people to be able to read them, but did not translate them, so thinking about the meaning of the words would not disturb them from the images, which were already very powerful in my opinion.

I have submitted the version 2 (on top) with out the sound, even though I do prefer it with the volume turned up. But i have really liked it and made a slightly longer version (bottom) just for myself, as i thought version 2 was a tiny little bit not enough for me.

In conclusion, I wanted to create a film with a meaning and message, but most importantly with an atmosphere, which would awoke something different and personal in everyone. I wanted my film to be seen as a whole, so no one would see it as a combination of shots, but a whole piece. I don’t want people to analyse while watching my film, I just want them to feel something.