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For the FMP Tim and I were going to be filming a live sessions style video in a rural forest location in the countryside. Our two chosen locations were Plymbridge woods and bluebell woods in Ashburton. The reasoning behind these choices was that both these woods had a path alongside a river and had very beautiful trees throughout.

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Here are some pictures of the woods in Plymbridge. I found that the area in the picture, located top right, had a good combination of ground and water in order to have Tim walking alongside with his guitar singing.

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Originally we planned to create a live session video in 3 separate locations, each at a different time of day to represent the “day in the life” theme/title for the project. However now we have developed the idea and decided that using 3 separate locations would be too jarring for the viewer. Therefore we adapted the idea so that overall it would flow more cohesively.

Originality:

I think that there is no such thing as originality, whilst you may be able to come up with a unique idea almost everything has either been thought of or designed before by some other person. However, just because an idea may not be original does not mean it cannot be good. There are hundreds of movies based around the end of the world however each one explores it in a slightly different view/narrative in order to keep it interesting for the viewer. I think I would define originality as something produced or created which differs from the norm or what someone may consider stereotypical.

Shynola Vs Owen Trevor

There was a dispute between these two creative directors. Shynola and Owen trevor both created a video with similar art styles. Each one included a stop motion edit which incoperated chalk into the video. Owen Trevor then claimed that Shynola’s music video for a Coldplay song was playdurism based from the similarities of how the videos were created.

Shynola’s response clearly shows they are upset as they have been accused of playduirasm but in no way do they feel threatend by owen. Their email to him is written in a way that it would be ludicrus for Owen to continue his accusation of playduirasm as shynola show all of the influences which inspired them for their video. All of these inspirations and ideas were created/produced way before either of the chalk music videos and therefore show to both creators that claiming playdurism on such a broad idea and design princible is non-sensical.

I feel that whilst at first the claim Owen made was somewhat justified, due to him feeling at threat from someone “taking” his idea, the response from Shynola which shows their inspirations makes Owen’s claim seem completely unjustified.