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This was a client project that I spent 70 hours on. As a black woman on a Natural hair journey, I am especially interested in other black women's experiences both positive and negative with their hair. I aim to make a documentary about this subject matter as I aim to be a shoot and edit freelancer.

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https://youtu.be/xgbdOn6uva8

This film really inspired me to incorporate mixed media styles into my edit to make it more dynamic and interesting. They used a lot of magazine cut out and social media clips. In my edit I used a paper rip green screen effect throughout to try to emulate beauty magazines.

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The hidden cost of black hair | The Economist

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https://youtu.be/yFGwmUCH9aI

Lupita Nyong'o, Young M.A, Ayana Bird, Lacy Redway, Vernon François and more talk about braids and black hair culture in America.

One of the main inspirations for the film was Braided I loved how this film used very eye-catching and bold text in the introduction which inspired my opening sequence. They also used a wide range of archive footage showcasing black hair which I took inspiration from. Text also pops up the screen throughout which I tied to incorporate. This film is highly engaging and showcases hair in a very thoughtful and energetic way. I also tried to keep my film upbeat and keep it quite fast paste.

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Watch This Documentary on Braids and Appropriation in America | ELLE

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Inspiration | Hair Braiders In New Jersey Are At Constant Risk Of Losing Their Jobs | VICE

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Inspiration | Hair Braiders In New Jersey Are At Constant Risk Of Losing Their Jobs | VICE

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https://youtu.be/BnrY8WAu6_o

I was heavily inspired by Vice for this film as I love their short-form documentary content and being able to tell a short story suitable to be shared on social media. I kept to the same time frame of 5 minutes for this as I noticed this was their average time frame.

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Hair Braiders In New Jersey Are At Constant Risk Of Losing Their Jobs

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After some research on black female-based salons, I discovered The Curl bar in London. I believe what they are doing is very powerful and want to explore how they encourage clients to love their natural hair.

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The curl bar London is a safe space for women with natural hair to feel embraced. They aspire for each client to feel confident when they walk out and empowered in knowing they have a stylist they can trust and feel pampered.

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Tue, 7 Feb | Contacted Salon to set up interview

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Tue, 7 Feb | Contacted Salon to set up interview

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On the 7th of February, I contacted the salon to set up an interview with the owner Nia. We agreed to film between the 15th - 17th of March. Attached is our email correspondence.

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5th of February | Selecting from Rushes. 

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5th of February | Selecting from Rushes. 

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I decided to work from the rushes provided for this project and edit Scramble King. I wanted to edit this project in particular as I have a strong interest in short-form documentaries. I spent 45 hours on this project

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This was a self-initiated project (50 hours). I paid to take part in a fashion videography workshop in Cardiff to create a piece for my portfolio. This allowed us to create content for our portfolios and for the models that took part. I am very interested in fashion social media content and brand social media videography so this was the perfect opportunity.

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I was heavily influenced by this sports trailer on Vice Sports and I watched a number of their documentaries to gain inspiration for short-form sports documentaries. It helped me choose the style of music and the pace of the film. It was extremely past paced in the introduction and introduced the characters which I will aim to do in my edit. The fast pace nature allows you to get fully immersed into the sport world and feels like you can feel the action

https://youtu.be/rMFLcGQFtK/

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Inspiration | Short form documentary I AM BOLT

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Inspiration | Short form documentary I AM BOLT

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https://youtu.be/s6HOXf3Vkzk

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The Best Athlete Who Ever Lived | I AM BOLT

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https://youtu.be/ER8n5hRx0mk

This River island ad really inspired me to create layers, add mirroring and match cuts to the beat of the music. I gained a understanding of some tools for editing fashion videos.

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Summer Clothing | Summer Dresses  |  Spring/Summer Trends |  River Island

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I watched a lot of fashion promotional videos to gain inspiration for this project. This new look video really helped with understating how to layer videos and create more stylish dynamic edits, and set the pace.

https://youtu.be/69RjlwHUXRk

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On the 1st of April I travelled to Cardiff to take part in the fashion videography workshop. This was a incredible day and allowed me to gain a understanding of how to film fashion content for social media. After the lesson we were then able to capture content taking in turns to direct the models.

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Based on research I learnt that it was a good idea to shoot in camera transitions for fashion shoots as they create a more engaging and dynamic look for social media. I made sure to shoot lots of in-camera transitions for this shoot that could be used in the edit. This was particularly useful and made the edit look more planned and polished.  I also made sure to shoot as many angles as possible and asked the models to look directly into camera often to make a more engaging video. I also shot a lot of low angles to full capture their outfits and create a different perspective.

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Email Correspondence | Setting up interview

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Email Correspondence | Setting up interview

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EPP18303 Shoot and Edit Workshop Thursday, 23 February

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EPP18303 Shoot and Edit Workshop Thursday, 23 February

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On Thursday, 23 February I attended Richards Shoot & Edit workshop to gain more Knowledge on this. Gaining more of a understanding of industry based camera equipment and editing techniques was partially helpful for this project.

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I decided to download the transcript provided and highlight any areas of the film I wanted to highlight. This was particularly useful as it meant that I had a clear idea of the narrative.

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R04_01 Emilio Hernandez Interview - A Cam

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The shoot theme was Retro, 70s therefore when it came to the edit I really wanted to incorporate a 70s style font, feel and palette.

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Unfortunately the original salon the curly salon cancelled our shoot due to the founder going on Holiday. This was a massive struggle and meant that I did not have a salon to shoot at and meant that I needed to begin my research phase again to re arrange a shoot with another salon. This heavily slowed down my initial progress on this project.

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I reached out to Kink by nature another incredible curly hair salon to see if they would be interested in my project. Luckily on the 23rd of March I had heard back from them and we were able to arrange a film date.

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When speaking to my Tutor Richard today and explaining my ideas he provided me with some insight into how to film my documentary. He mentioned that I should capture as much B roll as possible just in case I needed to cover up any parts of the interview. This would also make it more engaging.

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While there are many hairdressers in London who can cater to curly hair, there are very few who truly embrace it. Kink by Nature are curly hair specialists London has been waiting for. Our lead-stylist has 25 years of experience working with curly hair in one of London's leading hair salons, and is at hand to help you through your curly hair journey.

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I wrote a treatment document outlining all of my ideas for the project and what I wanted to achieve. As well as this I also wrote a list of questions to ask in the interview. This was very important as it meant the client has a clear understanding of my ideas. They also wanted to see this beforehand so that they could prepare. This was very useful.

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KINK BY NATURE  DOCUMENTARY  PROMOTIONAL VIDEO (1)

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Once we had set up a date for our interview one major challenge was filming restrictions with clients. In order to film in the salon we needed to make sure that all clients would agree to being filmed. This once again slowed down my project. In the end I asked a friend if they could model and the salon Kindly offered them a free hair cut for the video. This meant that I could have full creative control.

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Salon day | Filming Day 1 |30th of March

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Salon day | Filming Day 1 |30th of March

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I decided to shoot this documentary in two sections a salon day and then a day for the interview. This meant that I could fully focus on one part of the film per day. To film on day one I used my Sony A7siii and decided to shoot it hand help whilst also using a stabiliser. I made the creative decision to film handheld so that it could give the viewer a sense of being in the salon chair and get a more personal perspective of feeling like the client. This also allowed me to capture more fluid movement of the hair and get close up. I also decided to shoot a lot of the film B roll in 100fps as it meant that I could slow it down double in post and meant I could really display the curl bounce.

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Assembly Edit | Once I had organised my footage I began an assembly edit. I used my spotted transcript to pick out the parts of the interview that i wanted to use in the final edit. This was very useful and allowed me to gain an understanding of the story that I wanted to create.

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Interview | Filming Day 2 | 31st of March

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Interview | Filming Day 2 | 31st of March

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For day 2 of the documentary I filmed an interview. I used two angles a close-up and a wide using two cameras (Sony A7sii and Sony A7siii) and two tripods to capture this. Two angles were very important to get a more dynamic range of shots and also easily cut out any mistakes. A close-up meant that we could see their emotion which was really important and wide allowed us to see their full body language and the salon space. As well as this I also used ring lights to make it look more cinematic. I provided the founders with a list of questions but also made sure to listen and adapt my questions based on their responses.

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I decided that I really wanted this film to show case his personality and not that he was just a fighter or teacher. I decided to bring out the themes of family and community and show how much this sport has helped him through his troubles. I wanted to show a different perspective.

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23rd of March Colour Grade | Raw footage

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23rd of March Colour Grade | Raw footage

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I colour graded the interview shots as well as the B-roll footage on Premiere pro. I added some colour correction including changing the exposure, contrasts and shadows. This made the image more vibrant. I also decided to go for a natural tone in order not to distract too much from the film and the action/ fighting and training which was most important.

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1st of April Organising footage | Adobe Premiere Pro 

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1st of April Organising footage | Adobe Premiere Pro 

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Once I returned home from the shoot I organised all of my footage into the different looks and styles of the day. This allowed me to be organised and clearly see what I would be working with when it came to the edit.

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3rd of April Motion graphics | Adobe After effects

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3rd of April Motion graphics | Adobe After effects

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I decided to add in some motion graphics/Kentic typography into my edit to make it more engaging especially for social media platforms. To create this motion graphics effect I used the motion tile effect and created movement using keyframes. I also timed the movement of the text to the lyrics of the song chosen. I used the I also wanted to give the shot a retro 70s film poster feel to it to bring it to life. I did this by colour-grading the shot and changing the tint and exposure as well as adding a slight burn effect. I also added a grain effect to the image. Once I had finished creating my look I then exported this into premire pro.

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To begin with, my edit once I had organised my footage I synced my footage, colour graded and then began an assembly edit. I watched the documentary from start to finish and made selects of my favourite parts which I thought would tell the story in 5 minutes. I decided on 5 minutes as this seems to be the average length of Short form documentaries for social media. Having asked specific questions was very useful as it meant that I knew where exactly to go in the interview and find all of the useful aspects that I needed. I decided to touch on specific themes for the film including lack of knowledge of curly hair, why they started the salon, Childhood experience and end on a positive message. I also decided to include lots of laughter and smiling moments to show case the founder's personalities and energy to audiences.

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I really wanted to incorporate a magazine cut-out feel to this documentary and show-case the different black hairstyles throughout history. To achieve this in my opening title I used a green screen torn paper effect and then keyed and masked images into the background. I also added some worn paper overlays and also paper rip SFX to bring it to life.

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I decided to incorporate Archive footage into this edit drawing from my inspiration previously mentioned. I decided to add in a film reel green screen to make it more immersive and bring it to life. I used the Keying and overlay tools.

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For the music, I decided to use two female black singers both singing about hair and the black experience. I used Don't touch my hair solange and Little Simz - Woman instrumental to allow us to hear the interview. felt like these songs really tied together and flowed very well with the interview whilst also being extremely powerful and meaningful.

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This film is going to be distributed on the clients page and social media platforms.

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Overall I feel like this project went well and feel like I had very strong concepts from my inspiration which helped in the edit and filming process. I would say a difficulty was client access from the salon and arranging filming dates. I also would have liked to have more film days in the salon to create a more full piece and show the variety of hair they work with.

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I decided to use a mixture of paces for this film. I began the edit using very fast opening which would hopefully engage the viewer. The fast pace nature also creates a more immersive experiences and clearly illustrates the past pace movements of Jiu Jitsu.

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I decided to use three songs in this edit to set a different pace and create chapters within my edit. I used a up tempo song at the start to set the scene and introduce Ji jitsu as a energetic sport. I used a slower paced reflective song in the middle to showcase the thoughtful elements that the protagonist was speaking out. This meant that the audience could truly listen to what was being spoken. For the end of the edit I used another fast paced song to end on a high note and this allowed me to cut to the beat and create sequences with the rushes.

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Overall I think this project went well and I enjoyed putting the story together. I also found the transcript very useful and thought that I was organised with dealing with the edit. One of the challenges for this was breaking down all of the cut away footage. I struggled at some points to know what footage to put in each section as there was so much of it, I also edited a lot of ums and ahs out so I needed to add a lot of B-roll. Colour grading was quite tricky so I decided to do it on premiere pro rather than Davici.

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I found creating the motion graphics the most challenging as this was something new to me and I had to experiment a lot to achieve my desired look.

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I decided to pick a very fast-tempo song for this edit which would be very engaging for social media. It also meant that I could cut on the beat and showcase a wide range of shots from the shoot. The colour of the clothing was also very bright and loud and I wanted this to be depeicted in the music and edit.

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I decided on editing this video vertically as this would be ideal for social media platforms such as Instagram. A lot of social media content is now vertical. I also thought 30 seconds would be perfect for social media as the content tends to be around 30 seconds - 1 minute due to engagement. I decided to use a lot of heavy effects and stylise this edit as I really wanted to make it vibrant and eye-catching for social media. I used a lot of layering techniques which allowed me to take up more screen space in a short time frame and create a dynamic look.

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Overall I think this project went well and I enjoyed putting the edit together. I found a real love for shooting fashion content and really enjoyed it. I found shooting the cont really fun and I gained an of new skills. I found the edit most challenging for this project as I had to think of different ways to showcase the looks and outfits. The motion graphics required a lot of time as this was not something I had much experience with and often the effects were not doing what I had set out to achieve. I overcame some of these hurdles by watching tutorials.

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This video will be disturbed to my personal social media platforms to showcase more of my portfolio.