Workshop Film: The Kuelshov Effect

     Workshop Film: The Kuelshov Effect

Introduction

With having a Premiere Pro workshop last week and having past experience and confidence in the software already, I thought I'd start getting creative and having started doing some experimenting and changes based on the Kuelshov Effect, I had filmed with some raw footages back at the start of the assignment based as well from the Kuelshov Effect. This was an experiment, I wanted to experience more in the theme of Noir, and with Noir itself being my main focused theme for my fiction adaptation short film. This experiment was also to use more of the tools in the opacity, the adjustment layer, transitions, noir effects, and color grading in black and white. I wanted to use these tools, to of course do some experimenting, be creative as possible, and to see if it would be satisfactory and comfortable to use these tools again in the near future and also the near future projects in workshops films, and even more upcoming short films. 

What Went Well/ What I Have Learned

For what went well, I am actually overall satisfied with what I've achieved creating this experimental workshop film. By using black and white and the Noir effects brought my tone of the film, really mysterious, and interesting of the shots and subjects I had chosen of communicating myself as the subject to the object shots that I captured on screen. By communicating my own thoughts to the objects, based on what the Kuelshov Effect is about, and with the difference being using a multiply opacity and instead of doing any cutting to the comparison of the Kuelshov Effect as well. What I have learned, was to use the tools in the pictures below to make my workshop film as being experimental and appropriate to my tone as possible. This was the first time, I had come across using the different options in the opacity, using the multiply effect made me feel impressed with the picture result, and finally, the noir effect options made the picture look more eye-catching, then just working on the saturation tool.

Adjustment layer & keyframe of using the opacity

Cross dissolve transition, to use each frame as a crossing shot between the subject and objects

Noir effects options

Multiply opacity effect on the subject and object shots

Even Better If/ What Could Have Gone Better

Back when I was filming the raw files, I believe I could have filmed more objects and create different emotions from the subject of myself to the different objects the workshop video is communicating to the audiences. Plus, making the video a lot longer and by seeing the tools and effects I had used and see the different results that the impact would have in the end. Possibly, as well I could have not used the noir music, not that I am disagreeing that it has emotion or anything engaging to its focused tone. The free copyright music choice just feels dated and not completely appropriate to the current time, year, and generation. However, it's not a major issue and major improvement, it's something to think about for the near future in thinking and deciding what can be the current and relevant noir music in today's generation. My overall opinion on the negative aspect, it feels and looks cheesy and awkward from my point of view, and it would be interesting to see what other individuals would see in the music choice of the workshop film.  

Conclusion

In conclusion, this truly was a very creative and experimental workshop film to create with pace, patience, and having more trustworthiness perspectives towards the editing software in Premiere Pro. Using noir, the options in opacity, and other creative effects, truly made the progress a lot enjoyable, investigative in Premiere Pro, and once again by using the word experimental. I shall be using these tools again when I come to the post-production stage for my short fiction adaptation film, however, just not using the same music choice for my film and other near-future projects in the theme and genre of noir.