Night of the Wolverine
Night of the Wolverine
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ABC TVStart date
2023-08-04End date
2023-08-26Language
EnglishResearch statement
Background My aim was to create a neo-noir world, drawing inspiration from the films BladeRunner and One from the Heart. Engaging with the lyrics I situated the lead singer as Flåneur; an observer of modern urban life. The flâneur associates as the connoisseur of the street, and in this way I could use the VP environments as spectacle, or as what Tom Gunning calls ‘the cinema of attractions’. He defines it as ‘exhibitionist cinema - a cinema that displays its visibility; willing to rupture a self-enclosed fictional world for a chance to solicit the attention of the spectator’. This work asks: how can darkness be effective in VP to support the neo-noir genres. Contribution My project was a music video designed to make use of the volume screen while creating a cinematic world that would fit the music. Working in Virtual Production engages with filmmaking processes that need to be changed to accommodate the new technologies. Innovation included using camera tracking to place the subject within the frame to immerse them into the neo-noir virtual environment while both subject and background was moving. Lighting and grading was used to enhance dark patches of the film set to tone down the light of the screen. I was able to use the volume screen to build imaginary digital environments that would never be possible in the real world. Significance This music video will be played on the national ABC television show RAGE, which documents contemporary music videos. The clip has already been uploaded to the bands Youtube channel with over 1.6 thousand views in 10 days. It will also be entered into the music and directing awards and festivals. Night of the Wolverine is one of the first music videos in Australia to use this new technology. There is also an interview discussing the process in film magazine FilmInk. https://www.filmink.com.au/night-of-the-wolverine-virtual-redux/Publication classification
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1 x Video link https://youtu.be/44odCBvWpXkEvent
RAGEPublisher
You TubePlace of publication
Melbourne, VIcUsage metrics
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