The theme of my video clips will be the consumption
and effects of drugs. By using primarily pacing, jump-cutting and adjusting the
speed of the footage, I will edit the videos I find to imply three different
relationships people have with drugs.
The first will look at how downers can calm
people and relieve anxiety. The initial pace of cuts and movement within the
footage will be relatively quick until a close-up of pills being taken is shown
and the imagery afterwards will be calmer, slower and quieter. The change in
pace is a visual map of the drug user’s experience. It could also represent a
physical effect such as a slower heart rate.
The second will contrast the first clip by
representing uppers. The footage will increase in speed each time the pills are
taken with a montage of high-energy clips. This could be combined with exciting
music to show the rush the drugs provide. The clips, like memories, go by too
quickly to fully comprehend.
The final clip will look at addiction and
repeat a lot of footage from the other two clips but gradually return to more
and more clips of taking the drugs, as well as introducing new and less
glamorous clips. The clip could end when the videos of drugs has taken over in
a violent mix of jump cuts. The sporadic nature of this iteration is meant to
be confusing and almost sickening, as some of the cuts don’t make sense. The
soundtrack could also be mismatched and the increasing repetition of the drug
imagery represents the growing dependence the user has with them.
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