Friday, 16 April 2010

Research

Similarly to the previous post, I found this video in the same place. This one followed the presenter driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in a much more classic American car, a Mustang (which he also named, referred to as his girlfriend in a joking way and tret more like a friend than a car that he's just driving) and I found it a little more relevant.
It was shot more like a road trip video than the previous one, even if the concept of using the internet and visiting places was still more of the theme than the journey itself. Again, I couldn't embed it, so I settled on screen shots instead.


There was much more emphasis on what they were seeing out of the car and more adventurous angles that included shooting through the rear window which worked well as well as filming the presenter from the passenger side. The interesting thing about that angle is that the car was a convertable and the top was down meaning you got to see a lot more of what was going past while he was talking which kept it visually interesting while you had dialogue to cover the sound aspect.

They just made much better use of the various shots and landscapes available to them than the previous video. All aspects were covered and it was interesting to be given several more ideas. Something they did was using the focus, so changing from out of focus blurry lights which looked soft and enchanting to the harsh headlights of cars once fully in focus.



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