I wanted to play with reverse mode, so that the notion of time and space would be affected, since the video starts with its end and develops towards its beginning. But then something happens and when the spectator is feeling comfortable with the reverse mode it is then confronted with a 'reality' situation bringing up the question of what is reality, what is dream. Was she dreaming or is she dreaming right now? Where is the point when dream becomes reality or vice-versa?
Well, the answer is still to come! :)
But to see how it would all work I shot a test and this is the result:
reverie from Mariana Lopes on Vimeo.
There are some improvements that need to take place, and I looked for some references that could help me to improve.
On the reverse mode there's this Pharcyde's music video by Spike Jonze:
and also this one for Cibo Mato by Michel Gondry that I mentioned before.
and for the real vs surreal aspect of the video, Pete suggested "A Matter of Life and Death" by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger which uses Black and White vs Colour and Freezing vs Moving to show the differences between the two worlds and between the characters that belong to different dimensions. I selected a passage that shows both aspects being used:
To sum up, the choice of working with video is a challenge for me because since college (1997-2000) I didn't produce, or edit or direct any kind of moving image piece. Since then my focus was on printed graphic design and now that my aim is to introduce movement into my work, I thought that revisiting the basics elements of moving image would be a good starting point.
Reverie ii from Mariana Lopes on Vimeo.
