For the New Wave task I am taking inspiration from the American New Wave of the 1960's, particularly Easy Rider. This will be done by the use of experimental camera work and by filming on various locations such as Birmingham, Manchester and Bedworth. Throughout filming on these locations I will ensure I visit both busy and not so busy parts of each town/city in order to capture a range of footage. These will include the hustle and bustle of a busy Manchester environment, to the dead and abandoned suburban areas of Bedworth. I will use a mixture of high and low key lighting with colour changing between black, white and greys then to blue green and pink, this will help to link in to the inspired overall psychedelia featured throughout Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider.
A technique I am going to use is something called a 'Time Lapse' I will do this by placing a camera in a specific place in each environment and then leaving it for a specific amount of time. When it comes to editing the film I will be able to speed up the footage and watch all footage recorded in a short clip of 10-20 seconds. I am also considering filming a 10 second video of our actor standing still in the same spot that the time lapse is happening, then I shall edit the 2 images so that they overlap each other. Camera techniques that I am interested in including in the production of my new wave film is using a higher shutter speed whilst recording to give the image a 'crystal clear' and also rather jarred effect. I also plan to film at night whilst driving in a car, I shall use an f.2 sense in order to ensure that the inside of the car is in focus but the outside is blurred and out of focus. By doing this it will ensure that everything outside just looks like colours and everything is distorted, this helps to link in with my idea of being influenced by the Trippy and psychedelic idea of the American New Wave.
