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I again wanted to experiment with a found footage style video, especially as I had now managed to work out how to apply effects to the video and edit to a soundtrack, rather than edit and then simply layer a track on top of the video like I had done previously with the third Uni Video.
I wanted to make a short which was simply set out to be condensed violence. I wished to make a video which featured many scenes of violence from a number of films I had readily at my disposal from my personal collection of VHS tapes and DVDs. It was also another chance to experiment with deconstructing the image, manipulating it, changing it somehow � overexposing, choosing to film sections of the overall image as well as filming freehand and roaming the data within the frame.
I then chose to edit a collection of scenes totalling roughly 90 minutes to a track by my favourite band HIM. The track was the fitting �Join Me In Death�. Finally being able to edit to the music allowed a new level of freedom and expression. I could now match the visual tempo to the audio tempo at the same time as trying to make a statement about the nature of screen violence.
I am not against screen violence; in fact I am for it. I was simply intrigued by the nature of the violent image and how readily available it is today, especially in a world filled with DVDs and high speed internet connections dominated with P2P (person to person) file sharing services.
