Initial Ideas - Use of Apps

In order to make the bulk of the designs, I experimented with existing apps to speed up with moving image production. This enables me to work with a wider variety of visuals in a short space of time. All the experiments conducted were done whilst listening to the relevant songs, so that the visuals could be in direct response to the beat and feel of the music. 

Motion Portrait allowed me to animate my illustrations and photographs, giving me a 15 second video that I could then work with more and manipulate on after effects. I also used it with the digital and hand made collages. The app allows the user to use their finger to direct the movement of the image. 


This kaleidoscope drawing app allows you to video your live drawings. Starting by selecting the style of brush and then colour, I was able to create these minute long videos, that again could then manipulate after. The speed and direction of the video was also edited, along with the mirroring techniques (e.g. style of flower).



Gliché has a variety of effects that can be applied to the video and then depending on how it is applied by the user, depends on the final flow and outcome. Many experiments were used on this whilst listening to the song on my headphones so that the video could flow to the relevant music. This was a great space to edit the videos after being created on the previous apps, with many options and effects possible in manipulating the depictions rapidly. The positives of this was that a lot of designs could be churned out initially and then developed after.

Initial ideas

Examples of what was played around with, yet didn't make the video:

Digital collage depicting surrealism

Putting the still image into Motion Portrait

Mirroring technique 

Strobe - a common technique that is successful in bringing the moving collage to life - viewer looses perception (maybe has an epileptic fit)

 Messy explosion of colour and flash resembling that of MGMT's videos. I wanted to see how far it could be pushed before looking uncomfortable for the viewer

Hand curated collage

These experiments follow the same idea as the collage before of  distorting imagery, this time through blurring, adding colour and warping perceptions. The imagery reflects that of the crowd and ideas of music being an escapism for the youthful generation

This is a video from Leeds Light Night, that I wanted to see how it could completely be lost of its recognisable qualities and used for simply shape and colour

Here I simply videoed a white table for 10 seconds and then added one of my images over to see how again colour and shade could look. Without music the videos don't have life, but the movements can be used in coherence with sound changes, adding to their overall effect.

The same effect given to the castle video but with a drawing produced on the kaleidoscope app. This gives a really funky infusion of colour shape and rhythmic pattern

Process for 'Homage' visuals

Using the Kaleidoscope app, the initial video was created

Then adding a fish eye filter and moving it around the original video in different ways the next stage of the edit was ready.

Finally, using after effects to slow it down, reverse certain sections and layer up the video, the final production was made for screen.