Brett parrott video example

I picked this mostly because of its abstract and surrealistic style as well as its symbolic and creepy use of practical effects and (as with all tool music videos) the relationship between the music and the visual stimulation.

Short film: "The Black Hole"

"The Black Hole"
Director: Diamond Dogs
Production house: HSI London

I picked this film because the concept is in line with what I was thinking about: making something possible that is normally impossible. Although it uses special effects that I may not be able to use, I just want to use this as inspiration.

Short film example: IMAGINE - Short Film (2015)

Compared to other short films I saw on YouTube, this one seemed to be one of the best in its planning, shooting, and clear purpose.

Collin Ensz, Animation with Sound

On this animation, I wanted it to look sort of cinematic with the scene cuts and the way the trees pan based on distance from the 'camera.' This version has sound. I added a few simple sounds and a short piece of music that I had recorded a while ago and that happened to fit pretty well.

Digital studio video project ideas

• A black cloaked figure traveling through an ancient forest while on a "yearwalk" (which is a Swedish vision quest.) The figure will see various references to norse and pagan folklore among other strange omens of the future. 
• A person in deep meditation who sees visions and symbols of gods and nature with their mind's eye. 
• A musician plays his guitar around a warm fire in the middle of winter, and laments the loss of the old ways and the old gods of the earth.

I intend to combine these ideas together more or less but i plan to focus mostly on the first conceptual proposal. 

Collin Ensz, story ideas

1. Someone fears attack or robbery on campus. He or she runs between the emergency call poles, stops at them as safety posts, and suspects everyone walking by.

2. Character buys cereal that has picture of strawberries on front, sadly finds there is not actual fruit inside, then something happens to resolve it.

3. Endlessly walking in stairs (in McKnight?) never finding the ground floor.

Ideas for Video Project

• Listen to a song or soundtrack and imagine a story that could go along with it.
• Make something real that doesn't exist, maybe a made up virtual reality game
• A person is trapped in a world where whenever they go through a door everything changes perspective and they can never escape