Narrowing down the ideas

In a tutorial a few weeks ago, it was discussed that perhaps the idea of doing one 2-3 minute video was perhaps too much. For the various ideas and themes I wanted to put in it it may overload it and lose the point, or end up being too long.

So the idea to create 4 or 5 shorter videos that each explore one theme in full was suggested and seemed a very good idea. So that is what I shall be working with. The idea is to create them at around 30 seconds in length which builds up the time I need to submit them as a group for a final piece. Whether or not any are longer, I'm not sure yet.

The themes for them are going to be:-

The subconcious level of driving:- I've already done an experimental version of this one below. It's looking at the lack of concentration on the road, that usually there are other things on your mind, lots of different thoughts running through your head and usually none about how you're driving. To analyse the version I've already done I'd say I like it, but I think it needs some work to really achieve what I want from it.

Lost:- The idea of being lost on a journey, having taken a wrong turn. Something I want to achieve is the tension that is apparent in a car when you're lost, it almost gets awkward and arguments usually start. It gets almost desperate if you can't find where you want and sometimes a sat nav isn't always useful. For the soundtrack, I want the sat nav to build up and get very confusing and annoying.

Sights and places:- This is a theme I really want to explore because it's the whole reason I've made virtually all of the journeys that have contributed for this project. It's a chance to mix still images into it as well. The soundscape for this one is probably most awkward. I had initial ideas to use some commentary from the various football games, but I can't get hold of any that's not copyrighted. However, the sound is slightly less important on this one because I want the emphasis to be on the sights and the places.

Time:- How time passes in a journey, how it can seem so fast then suddenly so slow. How traffic jams or queues or weather factor into it. How we as people pass time on journeys. However, I don't want it to get too much like the subconcious one and so I will avoid putting thoughts in and instead will try and make it work with the timing of edits as well as the speed of the video.

Other ideas should any of these not work include:-

Weather- I have experienced so much, everything except fog and it could be worth putting all the various clips together just to see how it looks!

The car- Looking at how it takes on a persona of its own, how much people value it.