Being stuck in my own mind, I asked Jim for help for the project and also to (figuratively) slapping me in the face back to reality. It's all a huge learning process for me and to be able to trust myself to choose a final or even what to experiment with. The idea that it the project before had so much potential and coming down to a final would end it. Really thinking about what I want to present, I decided to go back to the video as I think it is the most interesting in terms of showing the process of both wet and dry mod roc. Deciding also that the film would be presented on the phone, which means it is accessible within the constrictions of lockdown, doesn't need an exhibition space because the mobile screen is the space and also it becomes a more intimate experience. Your phone is a personal device and is also an extension of yourself which was discussed in the student-led seminar in Aesthetics and Practice. This, paired with listening with headphones, will create an immersive experience, capturing them when watching the process and playing with this desire feeling that Jim and I discussed during the tutorial.
Setting up how I would film the video, I realise that there were many hissing and ringing sounds through the Zoom H5. Turning down the microphone's sensitivity helped but now and again, there were these ringing, almost static-like sounds, and I couldn't figure out what was happening even after a lot of research. Mateo helped me realise that the static sound were interferences from other devices such as my phone, computer and the lights. Turning off my phone and laptop helped with some of the ringing sounds; however, there wasn't much I could do with the lights as, without them, the video would be too dark. I also live on the main road, so during filming, there were many cars and ambulances going by as well as DLR train. Even filming at 3 in the morning, there are still trains running for maintenance reasons, so I had to figure out how to cut out these sounds, so they weren't so distracting in the video. Researching into how to use Audacity, I was able to cut out most of the hissing and the static and reduce some of the train sounds (Figure 3).
Figure 1 and 2: Documentation: Four screen split on phone
(Source: Megan Swaffer, 2021)
Figure 3: Audacity sound example
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
Figure 4: Documentation: Premier Pro VIdeo and Sound File
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
The two finally edits that I had decided on was to have either a full screen of one video or a split of two at the same time. This is because after looking at a four-screen split on the phone, I thought it was too much information happening at once and because the screen is smaller, you couldn't see the texture of the mod roc as clearly. Although I can argue that if this was my intention, it could work but because I decided to show the process itself from start to finish, this layout wasn't appropriate (Figure 2 and 3). After seeing how the video's looked like on the phone (note: images of video look pinker than the actual video), I decided to go with the two sections of film. However, instead of having one normal and the other reversed, I chose to use the film of one side showing the wet mod roc and the other dry. This is because I wanted to show the different sides of mod roc. Wet and dry being opposite ends made me think about duality and how this layout shows mod roc's duality.
Figure 5: Final Edit of Mod Roc Process 1
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
Figure 6: Final Edit of Mod Roc Process 2
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
Figure 7 and 8: Documentation: Both Videos on phone
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
When thinking about how I want to present the work, I know that I want people to view it on a phone but how to present the video is a different question. An idea could be to have a separate page on the blog/portfolio for the final, or for the front page to be just the video and having the opinion to then look at the critical response below and the blog pages. When discussing with Megan, she asked the question, is the critical response a part of the final or is it only for the submission? A valid question, perhaps if its a part of the submission I could put the critical response on the blog and have another website for the final video that could have a link to the blog. I created another website design how it would look as a website for a computer layout and also for a phone, deciding to have a simple one page website just for the video having instructions for how to view the video (Figure 10 - 12).
Figure 9 and 10: Edit of Final Website for Computer and Phone
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
Figure 11: Final Website on Phone example
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2021)
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