Roughcut

Nanaki's View - 'all aboard!'

Throughout the planning process i've been hoping to somehow work in the name of the band and taking inspiration from the logo (Red XIII - also known as Nanaki and his father Seto looking out on the moon - a view, a place ) I came to the idea to name the train station the woman waits at as 'Nanaki's View' station.

High-ho filming away! >.<

2nd October aka today I went to shoot footage down Earith lakes, the footage taken by me and another when i noticed my lack of a third arm is of a girl finding a book, and various shots to set the dream like mood. The girl (me, eep!) did go differently to how i originally planned. Dying my hair white made practice shots too bright and lacking in colour, difficult for later when i plan to edit the exposures, lighting etc. So the night before today's shoot i dyed my hair black and blue which actually proved better to hilight the lolita stylised props. Shots taken included:

* a talcum powder made print dragging along the tree to emulate a ghostly trail/touch, the powder was hidden in my palm as i dragged it along the bark.

* close ups of the book

* moving through the overgrown flowers

* closeups of the upper face over the book edge

* kneeling down the book in my arms and more...

However im not sure if the overcast weather will affect the atmosphere of the piece, to have a fail safe i shall re-shoot similar footage on friday when according to the Met office the weather should have improved. If all fails i could take into consideration colouring the footage either an 'antique' or sepia then making it glow on the most lit areas. The disadvantage with this is the loss of colour symbolism.

Next I need to upload the footage already shot to see the quality and how much i can hope to use. Tomorrow i'll start to add the animated parts, uploading the train station sequence to begin with, to follow will be the knee and plaster scene between the two youths.