Timeline [Experiment#3: Fianl choice and development]

After the second experiment and ask myself the questions, I thought again the way to express the clock. I focused on finding an easy way to check the time and lunar phase. Before everything, I tried to reflect whole experiments and researches what I have done and then started to think more ideas. The image is how I got the final idea.

As usual, I experimented and made the video of new moon phase with the final idea by using premiere. Firstly, I made two sequences for the moon and the number. In the moon sequence, I insert the video of the moon and gave mask effect on the video since the clip has a black background. I make a white colour matte for the moon clip background.

In the number sequence, in order to apply mask effect on the number, I wrote the number using type tool, not a title tool and insert three clips side by side. In the essential graphics tool, I made a shape of rectangular and change the order with the text. Then, I applied blend mode as multiply. However, when I import the sequence and gather on moon sequence, it showed just black. So I tried to change blend mode as lighten then it worked. However, the number changed to the transparent colour of the number when the moon clips showed the white part.

So I erased numbers 5 to 7 and tried to use the pen tool for mask effect. However, the boundary line of the number was not clear ( I even do not know why).

This is what I expected.

At first, I researched to figure out the problem, but I did not find. So I used another way of giving masking effect, track matte and alpha matte. I was still needed two sequences and I just change number sequence. I placed clips and found track matte key in effect panel. After that, I applied track matte, and assigned composite using as matte alpha, and applied all on the number. However, each video made each applied number. I thought it is because the clips are not one clip so I made new sequence to combine three clips to just one video, and it worked properly.

After making one phase of video and checking it is working, I made each sequences and finally got final outcome. I tried to find appropriate video clips on each phase and I changed the clips speed to show how it works for 29.5 days. For let user know the last day of the clock, I put just moon video on the date of 29.5.