Teardrop by massive attack is one of my favourite songs and
when we were told we could do a music video I knew I wanted to use this track.
The idea of having people dance to this track came quickly to me as at the time
we were given the briefs my friend Samantha Ellis a committee member of ‘Dance
Exposé’ was choreographing dances for a dance show which was coming up. I
watched the show and thoroughly enjoyed it - the talent was incredible. I felt
inspired to use dancers in my project as watching the dances sent shivers down
my spine. I thought about using two dancers and how I could incorporate effects
so I could work in After Effects. I spent a few hours researching effects in
After Effects on YouTube to give me a few ideas I could work on. I came across
a video where two boys were filmed having a fight and when they came close to
each others both had ‘super powers’ so they held out their hand and threw their
powers at each other. I then kept
watching similar videos with people using After Effects to create a power for
themselves and I came across a few videos of people holding out their hand and
fire lighting up on their hands and body.
Searching tutorials and videos on fire in After Effects made
me realise I could be capable of doing this. Conveniently it also suited the
lyrics for my song as in the chorus lyrics reads ‘teardrop on the fire’ and
therefore, I could really making a meaning through the use of special effects
to connect to the song.
Therefore, for my project I would like to have two dancers
dancing in the darkness with the man struggling with his power as he sets a
light and the woman feels like she can’t fight to stop the fire from lighting
but at the end they both stand still and feel the rain fall putting out the
fire and creating a sense f peace. I
will use After Effects to create the fire and raindrop motion and possibly other
effects if I decide the woman dancer will had a power. My first step will have
be filming the dancers in front of a green screen then importing this into After
effects before I work on the effects.
The Youtube Videos below are the links I used in my Proforma
to use as an example of what I would like to create and some also include tutorials:
Fire on Arms and hands - above is a short tutorial.
(This is a video of two guys fighting and using After Effects to create powers - this is an example of how I could use effects to cover a whole body in fire)
Above is a tutorial I watched for beginners where you can create a fire motion from scratch in After Effects.
Above and below are other effects I found interesting when doing some research on YouTube. I could think about incorporating these motions into the dance. Below are raindrops - this is an example of what I could do for the ending when the raindrops fall.
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