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27/02/24 - Recce and test shoot for studio setup
The recce for my upcoming shoot on 08/03/24 went really well and I was able to test my camera setups as well as lighting setups for the...

hklevans
Mar 6, 2024


21/02/24 - shoot working towards Assessment
This shoot did not go entirely to plan, however, I am treating it at a test shoot for the scene I want to film. I am taking a different...

hklevans
Mar 5, 2024


Reflection: Matthew Barney ‘Redoubt’
Matthew Barney's 'Redoubt' is a film exploring the myth of Diana as the protector of the forest, within the context of the reintroduction...

hklevans
Mar 5, 2024


Reflection: Jonathan Glazer's 'First Light'
Kirsten recommended I look at Jonathan Glazer's work as a starting off point to think about movement and more conceptual filmmaking. This...

hklevans
Feb 25, 2024


Prepping for ‘Gaia Scene’
This moodboard is for one of the scenes I have planned for my five minute film for the assessment. In it, Gaia wakes from her slumber as...

hklevans
Feb 22, 2024


Plot Ideas - Five minute Short 'The Descent'
Pre-screener / Short - towards final project 'The Descent' Themes: Climate Emergency Women and nature - but subverted, the destruction of...

hklevans
Feb 8, 2024


Update - 'The Descent' new title
The idea for the title has developed, the title of 'Pandora' was always a working one, and I think the idea of descending is core to this...

hklevans
Feb 8, 2024


Film Ideas and Notes:
Pandora goes through the processes of pollution, decay and climate change. Mirroring how climate change disproportionately affects women....

hklevans
Feb 8, 2024


Self Reflection on first Pandora Experiment
Reflecting on my initial draft aka 'my lump of clay' for my experimental process, I have learnt a lot. I have learnt how to refine and...

hklevans
Dec 12, 2023


Stylistic Influences - mood, colour, plot, symbolism and style
Films that inform the project for their themes on the environment, horror, surrealism and storytelling are 'The Green Knight', 'Crimson...

hklevans
Dec 12, 2023


Mixed Media experiments
Over the past few months I have been experimenting with mixed media in the shorts I have been making. This includes black-and-white film...

hklevans
Dec 12, 2023


'Pathways' - an experiment in sound design
Below, find a short experimental film made for my other class Experimental Art and Media, in which during the edit, I took what I learnt...

hklevans
Nov 30, 2023


Sound Workshop - notes and ideas
Class notes: Sound montage - key concept I want to focus on. Associative, poetic grammar, conveys another set of meaning on top of the...

hklevans
Nov 29, 2023
What does 'Experimental Film' mean to me?
(Thinking through ideas post) When I think of experimental film within my own practice, I think of narratives that are inspired by how...

hklevans
Nov 29, 2023


V.E Schwab talk - structure advice for writing
I went to a talk on the 7/11/23 by author V.E Schwab and asked her a question about story structures and advice she had for non-linear...

hklevans
Nov 28, 2023


Pandora Experiment - work in progress
Below is a draft of my current experiment, I'm really enjoying the process of creating this and I think it's definitely getting there....

hklevans
Nov 7, 2023


Class exercise - Storyboard Workshop
So the exercise is to think about a certain scene, image etc. from our film that we want to convey and then construct a one word sentence...

hklevans
Nov 2, 2023


Film shoot - 25/10/23
I did a shoot with Evie in The Grange cemetry in Edinburgh. The idea was to explore 'Ancient Pandora' and the image of her painted in...

hklevans
Nov 2, 2023


Film shoot - 22/10/23
Below are some stills and photos from my shoot with Will who will be playing 'Spirit of Hunger' in Pandora. This shoot wasa fantastic as...

hklevans
Nov 1, 2023


Reformatting The Plan
Going forward I think I am going to rethink the narrative of my film and see if I can deconstruct it away from a traditional ‘film plot’....

hklevans
Oct 21, 2023
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