Self-Portrait & Ideas for Music Video

I had a surprisingly fun time making my self-portrait and even more in editing. I decided to film everything one night at my boyfriend’s beach house because he had a great bathtub that I thought fit my aesthetic. We filled the tub up with water and spaghetti, hiked the ISO all the way up on my Canon T3i to get a very over-exposed white effect. I wanted my composition to look very heavenly in order to contradict with my inner emotion of vulnerability and anxiety. I think I achieved that effect well, especially since I was trying to emulate the feeling of my disassociation. When it comes to my disassociation, I don’t like to be too open with people about it because it is such a new development in my life that has occurred due to excess stress. But I’m glad that I decided to utilize it as it is a part of me that not a lot of people know about.

Moving on, I’m elated to be a part of Parker’s music video group! I am excited to work with such awesomely creative people and as the art director, I know I will have a ton of fun. We have a concept that involves interpretive dance and a lot of design elements will have to be carefully coordinated in order to work. We’ll be shooting in an alley way and on the beach. I’m thinking about making a set-up where multiple mirrors surround a TV and make an interesting reflecting image. I’m also thinking of adding LED lighting and glow-sticks to the overall composition, in order to assist with the idea of light painting that the rest of the group would like to pursue. Along with that, I’m thinking of making tumbleweed-like structures to sit around the frame that also reflect light, but not too much. I want to use wire for it and spray paint it a bronze to add to the color of both the sand and the alley-way bricks.



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