I used a Canon PowerShot for the filming of these clips, along with a standard travel tripod.
Experimental from Eughan Wooding on Vimeo.
1) A thin black and white blanket found downstairs:
With a repeating pattern that includes quite equilateral or kaleidoscopic shapes, this blanket would've been ideal for creating a psychedelic clip or background to use in my final video. The downside being my inability to zoom effectively along with the focus of the camera (which is auto-matic) along with the poor lighting, it could be difficult to ensure the blanket is adequately flat or in good enough light, as it is too big to hang in direct light.
The rotation of the camera could be quite effective when generally applied to my final video; creating a dutch-angle could reflect the distortion and disorientation in reality in order to replicate the feelings of drug use - or at least indicate them to the viewer, for them to better empathise with Jack on screen.
2/3) The alternating sides of my duvet cover:
I very much like the patterns used on the duvet: the first being ideal for camera movement in the direction of the pattern while the second is rather kaleidoscopic and therefore more suited to zooms. Notably, the same issues as previously mentioned plague these two shots; the lighting and focus is way off and would be difficult to correct especially given my lack of equipment. It might be worth looking into stock footage, or generating footage, of patterns fitting the psychedelic conventions of paisley, fractal, kaleidoscopic and so on.
4) A Hoberman sphere toy:
Using a very 90s toy, I tried to create a moving psychedelic subject such as expanding colours but noticeably the background isn't particularly immersive or blank and my fingers can be seen in most shots. I don't believe it is particularly worth the time to film such visuals as the effects are obviously low-budget and don't look visually entertaining. This is one of my least favourite shots in terms of mise-en-scene however I certainly like the vibrancy of the colours and their blurred movement only adds to this.
5) My DVD collection:
In the first portion, the light was too low and I decided to reshoot with an extra torch - that of my iPhone. The second portion is clearer however there is too much glare from the torch and you can see the shadow of the camera for a second, furthermore the use of the collection would require a more vibrant and extensive range of films as the current set look rather dull; I tried fast camera movements to again generate my own psychedelic imagery of patterns or colours but I don't think this is a particularly easy way of doing it.
6) A lightbulb:
Strangely the imagery is further made abstract by the lack of focus, which I liked. It's just subtle enough to perhaps have the colours edited and overlaid onto another clip or even as an isolated clip itself, certainly something to consider when filming - plus there's no shortage of lighting! I also like the zoom out here, while the zoom on the camera is rather slow; the rotation included in the zoom out is what really makes it aesthetic and disorientating, as previously stated.
In conclusion, I think that the experiments have proven rather lackluster however it has only reaffirmed my idea of using stock footage, in fact I have an app called SoundColour which is supposed to react to sounds recorded - producing visuals accordingly. It is worth noting that the app has been suggested to replicate synaesthesia, the condition of the previously mentioned artist Jack B Coulter, which can directly link sounds/music to visuals; using this to create visuals for my final psychedelic video could enhance or replicate the 'trip' that psychedelia aims to enhance or replicate.
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