Movement Capture to Motion Picture

Movement capture to motion picture

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The Art of Fight - Moving Image

The Final Piece

Overall I'm pleased with this.  It's not a movie fight scene but its as realistic from a fighters perspective as I can get.  I believe I capture that 'moment' I talked about by creating the flashing black shots and the slow motion scenes.  I put as much thought into the audio as I did the picture as  I had to have sound of some sort for the viewer but I wanted to show how sound disappears for the fighter.  This is why the audio comes and goes in between the black flashes as well as the images, and why it again disappears at the end when the wining fighter lands that knock out punch.

My Moving image

Getting toward the final piece!

I like the dramatic effect of silence towards the end.  I believe it has a bigger impact than sound.  I think 'that moment' I have talked about is as close to the reality of the fight as I can get the viewer.  My memories of getting punched in the ring are no more than flashes as it happens far to quick from my perspective.  I went with 2different heartbeats to make it more effective and to make the change less between the 2 less dramatic.  I need to tidy up the ending and somehow make the shift between being dazed and coming to for the win more recognisable.  The black flashes show the loss of time the eventual winner is having during the fight as these are the parts he won't remember when it's all over.

Stop Clock

Trying the stop clock

Just a short test to see how the stop clock would look in this piece.  I don't like it, it doesn't give the same effect as the seconds hand ticking away with the sound too.  Without the ticking sound you don't get the illusion that time is important and counting down to something, that urgency to complete the task at hand before time runs out.  So I think ill sick to the clock face.

My Moving Image

Moving image with sound.  

Just testing out some sounds.  I used the recording of the clock, heartbeat an the audio from the footage.  Although some of the audio doesn't match the scenes I was really just testing the fades and volumes.  I like how for a little bit towards the end the choppy scenes and the dimming volume of the fight creates the real drama when the heartbeat gets louder. (you may need to listen hard for the heartbeat its still a little low) Although this is far from my finished piece it is giving me a clearer idea of what works and what I need to do.  I know I definitely want to edit the clock into the piece and have it get fast paced then have the heart beat get louder with the other audio fading out completely just for a moment - to help define THAT MOMENT that I have referred to alot.

Time

Trying different clocks and timers for the film.  I recorded the clock face from my alarm clock and the rest of my phone.  I don't think clock face is big enough a clock similar to the on in the Bruce Lee story would be perfect as it is designed to count down but unfortunately my gym doesn't have one. I like the timer and the stop clock but will try them all in film to see how I get on.

PLEASE IGNORE COME DINE WITH ME IN THE BACKGROUND 

all my sound will be edited separately and added in after. 

Close as I could get but still show the all the numbers.

Close up to the clock.

The stop clock off my phone.

                                  

The timer from my phone.

Sound effects

Trying to create sound effects.  I used my phone to record some sounds them edited them.  The clock is something I'm unsure where add in or not but if I do I think the sound should be prominent at some point, to help define time.  The clock will have to continue to count down in really time whilst the video changes speed.  The heartbeat is important it will definitely be added into the sequence at the point before the fighter makes come back.

Heartbeat & ticking

Ticking- this sounds better than the next one but its not loud enough.

Ticking again