Final Piece Proposal

My aim for this film is to explore the '7 Levels of Tension'. I plan on doing this through seven sections each dedicated to a different level.

LEVEL ONE - Stillness:  In this section I plan to have very static shots and no movement. I will film video of myself lying down from different angles so it can be edited together. I believe the use of different angles will engage the viewer and hold their attention. 

Planned Accompaniment:  Blondel zu Marien, D.626 (Schubert, Franz)

LEVEL TWO - Relaxed:  This section will use slow motion and use of reversing a clip.  the runtime of this section is planned to be roughly a minute and a half.  The point of this section is to make the viewer feel relaxed and to avoid making them feel rushed. 

Planned Accompaniment:  'Europe, after the rain' by Max Ritcher

LEVEL THREE - Neutral:  In this section I plan on using just fire and water as I imagined both to be on complete opposite sides of the tension scale (water being level 1 and fire being level 7). By combining the two in one film it will create the visual effect of neutralising the footage.

Planned Accompaniment:   'Solitaire' by Marina Diamandis (Publicly Known as Marina and the Diamonds) 

LEVEL FOUR - Alert:   In this section I plan on using multiple screens, fast pacing and strobe effects to create a sense of panic the aurally will correlate with a Beethoven track I plan on using.

Planned Accompaniment:   'Sonata Pathetique Op.13 - I. Grave. Allegro di molto e con brio'  by Beethoven

LEVEL FIVE - Suspense: I wanted to include imagery from my film 'The Lamp' but as I feel it was one of the most successful films in this project I will be using the film itself in my final piece.

Planned Accompaniment:  Microwave (Slowed down)

LEVEL SIX - Passionate: from my research on the 7 levels of tension, level 6 seems to be the actual event itself after the tension has built.  I plan on green screening fire visuals over my face (the shot of my face will be distorted in some way) to create an overwhelming amount of movement.

Planned Accompaniment:  'Dogfight' from 'The Raid Redemption' soundtrack

LEVEL SEVEN - Tragic: Level seven is very similar to level one in the fact it involves stillness. however, I plan on using a 1:1 (square) framing format to symbolically show restriction.  I want to film myself performing movement and then overlay seven of them over each other to create a canon (one ofter the other) visual. I plan on making section 7 quite short as in real life this level of tension is not long term. I plan on making this section last roughly 30 to 40 seconds.

Planned Accompaniment:   'Zero Degrees' by Nitin Sawnhey

I feel the if executed well my film can take the viewer personally through the all of the levels to fully experience what tension is and by doing that I will be fulfilling what I set out to do at the start of the project.

Planned runtime for 'The Constituent Features of Tension':     9 minutes


below are initial plans I made for the piece: