Pre-Production: The Parallax Effect 2.5 D Research

This has even inspired me to include the parralex effect with arcive footage. As editor, I would like to make still images move int he documentary, something that was used in a docuemntary on Vimeo I analysed in first year 'Joy'. The way this was used really facinated me and whilst for the Storytelling unit I never actually got to use or test the Parralax effect, it is something I used to adapt the limited access I had with teh second year 'Maidstone TV Studios' promotional video content.
In my research I decided to watch this short film again to see how nicely oit fit in with the documentary. As I have previously mentioned before, Vimeo tends to be more experimental with its stylistic choces as it is rhe place for growing and upcoming artists.

This unconventional documentary style was very effective and looking a the parralax effect again I can see this is definitely something I want to include in the edit of our docuemntary, without it coming across as beng too tacky.  As said before, the "photos really interesting to look at; they were visually appealing, and enabled me to see what the people actually looked like. These photos looked enhanced to me, given their quality for the age and the way the people popped out, looking almost 3D. Another significant par of these photos was the way the husband disappeared from one of the photos when we find out he died. He is sat beside Joy and fades away which was really moving. The use of Mise en Scene here had connotations of loss and heartbreak."(https://georgewing42.blogspot.com/2016/11/short-film-review-3_20.html)




After seeing it here I tried this practice out in my project for 'The Maidstone Television Studios'. Looking back on prevosu blog posts it looks as though I used this video tutorial to try and work out how ot create this effect m yself. I remember the vidoe not being especially useful as it skipped a lot of stages and wasnt very clear but after futher research and playing aorund wth After Effects/Photoshop a bit more I soon learned how to do this. 



In the studios project I used this technique to get around the limited filming access issue. "This technique is very useful when you're unable to film and all you have is photos or archive footage of stills that don't move. Because I only had images to include in the video, I thought it would be cool to animate them by moving layers and changing lighting. Something quite complicated turned out to be a simple change that made the video come to life a bit more. The lights flickering and image zooming out looks as though it could've been filmed on a camera." (https://georgewing42.blogspot.com/2017/11/commission-overcoming-issues-research.html)

The following are the final outcomes of the effect I did use in the final video:

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