Artist: Ryland Rathel-Scott
Title: The Rise of Seth Sentry
Medium: Adobe Premiere Pro Video
Length: 30 minutes 8 seconds
The initial concept of my work was to create a documentary about a concept I am passionate about or interested in. Through planning, interviewing, filming and editing I have created a documentary surrounding one of my favourite musician Seth Sentry, I used film techniques such as titles, subtitles, transitions, voice over, music and cutting to fine tune and craft my end product.
A struggle I had in the early planning stages of my documentary was choosing a format or structure that would work best for me. I learned and explored different Documentary styles such as expository, participatory, observational and reflexive. Some Documentaries that have inspired me have been Full Force, Louis Theroux and Supersize me. These all being participatory, observational and performative inspired me to chose something that was both observational and participatory, focusing on the subject but still being somewhat involved and a part of the documentary too, a similar approach to some of my favourite documentaries, Full Force and Ice Cream Man.
There was no real message I wanted to communicate in my documentary, I more so wanted to educate and give an in-depth look at a (in my opinion) underrated musician. Film has always been something I’m interested in but never knew what I could film or document, at the time I had just discovered Seth’s music and thought “Why not make a documentary about him”. It would educate myself about him so I could further understand his music and share my findings with other people whilst practicing my film and creative skills.
Certain visual art aspects that affected my documentary include lighting and editing. Lighting was something I utilized in my typewriter footage that I used in the beginning of my film. I used an old sewing machine light to help light up the entire shot rather than using a smaller source of light like a phone or flashlight. Editing contained lots of cuts specifically in the interview when I would cut between two camera angles.
Art to me is completely subjective, although my approach to art and my interests were quite different to my other classmates, I think getting to create something as big as a documentary from scratch and interviewing one of my favourite musicians has really opened my own personal opinion of art and what it can be. It doesn’t have to be a painting or drawing, but could be absolutely anything that expresses its own ideas no matter how wacky or strange. Creating this has given me a look into a potential career I want to pursue whilst still learning about the music I am interested in. As quirky as it sounds, getting to interview Seth Sentry and learning about his life has really broadened my thinking of the word, thinking about how much more there is in the world beyond the confines of my town or state.
Title: The Rise of Seth Sentry
Medium: Adobe Premiere Pro Video
Length: 30 minutes 8 seconds
The initial concept of my work was to create a documentary about a concept I am passionate about or interested in. Through planning, interviewing, filming and editing I have created a documentary surrounding one of my favourite musician Seth Sentry, I used film techniques such as titles, subtitles, transitions, voice over, music and cutting to fine tune and craft my end product.
A struggle I had in the early planning stages of my documentary was choosing a format or structure that would work best for me. I learned and explored different Documentary styles such as expository, participatory, observational and reflexive. Some Documentaries that have inspired me have been Full Force, Louis Theroux and Supersize me. These all being participatory, observational and performative inspired me to chose something that was both observational and participatory, focusing on the subject but still being somewhat involved and a part of the documentary too, a similar approach to some of my favourite documentaries, Full Force and Ice Cream Man.
There was no real message I wanted to communicate in my documentary, I more so wanted to educate and give an in-depth look at a (in my opinion) underrated musician. Film has always been something I’m interested in but never knew what I could film or document, at the time I had just discovered Seth’s music and thought “Why not make a documentary about him”. It would educate myself about him so I could further understand his music and share my findings with other people whilst practicing my film and creative skills.
Certain visual art aspects that affected my documentary include lighting and editing. Lighting was something I utilized in my typewriter footage that I used in the beginning of my film. I used an old sewing machine light to help light up the entire shot rather than using a smaller source of light like a phone or flashlight. Editing contained lots of cuts specifically in the interview when I would cut between two camera angles.
Art to me is completely subjective, although my approach to art and my interests were quite different to my other classmates, I think getting to create something as big as a documentary from scratch and interviewing one of my favourite musicians has really opened my own personal opinion of art and what it can be. It doesn’t have to be a painting or drawing, but could be absolutely anything that expresses its own ideas no matter how wacky or strange. Creating this has given me a look into a potential career I want to pursue whilst still learning about the music I am interested in. As quirky as it sounds, getting to interview Seth Sentry and learning about his life has really broadened my thinking of the word, thinking about how much more there is in the world beyond the confines of my town or state.