Evaluating!

To start off with I didn't really feel enthusiastic about this project as it was hard to leave my previous film idea, however once the project started to get it's feet I started feel for it a bit more and I got into the swing of things. Leaving the planning and such to Hannah and Laura as it was their ideas, but I happily pulled my weight with filming/directing and colouring, two things I haven't done before. 

There were some things that would have been better off changing such as location for filming, however we did not have those resources at the time so we had to stick with what we had and tried to work our way around it. There is also the situation of the layout of each screen. Obviously it has been sorted to be clearer and softer on the eyes, however, before the change the screen slowly filled up with more mess and became a jumble of screens being played at the same time. Now, it's changed to only two films playing next to each other at a time instead of altogether. 

With sound, each director is commentating their film. Of course not over each other, when someones film plays only their voice will be heard, same with the other two films.

Preferably I wouldn't have wanted sound, I'd want to have the song from the original clip playing and leave the rest to the eyes to spot each difference as the piece loops. That would seem more like a gallery piece. Just having the music was going to be our original idea, then it changed to having it in the background with commentary, but we thought that might have been too much for the audience and kept the music out of it. 

Colouring!

After Laura and hannah did the editing it was my turn to do the colouring. I actually enjoyed this though I feel I should of had more time with the footage as I don't think it looks as good and I could make it look better or more to the original footage I based the colouring on. Anyway, I took the footage and colour corrected the first shot, coping the effects, I then pasted it to the rest of the footage. Then, going back through them to correct and adjust the settings so that it all looks generally the same colour, brightness, contrast, etc. 

Filming!

Filming the project was a little difficult as we didn't want to film it in student accommodation and have it look like a cheesy student film. So we took the location to my flat to give it a fresh look, however the layout of the kitchen was not ideal for the angle and shots we wanted to achieve. 

We did manage to work our way around some things and tried the best we could with what we had. 

The plan of filming itself had changed as we were originally going to take turns doing each scene, however it became jumbled and confusing so we quickly changed it to each person doing their filming in one then the next person goes. It worked out just as well and possibly a little more simple.

Movie Scripting!

For the project, I couldn't remember the video we were doing so I watched it again to refresh my memory. However after watching it I remembered it very easily part from small little details, so after writing down what I saw I decided to change obvious parts, such as the colour of things. 

Then I shortened it into a script that pointed out the obvious bits that have been changed, sadly when I was recording I thought it was alright but after thinking about it I feel I sounded a little unenthusiastic about it which might change the feel of the film and make it seem droning. 

SCRIPT

There's a dollar bill on the wall.

Then she walks in wearing a stripy shirt.

It cuts to a newspaper clipping of her.

She starts mixing and making a cake with a golden mix.

Puts it in the oven then pop it on the table.

She makes a purple icing for the cake and squeezes the soft pink icing onto the cake.

Once finishing it she stares at it a bit, looking all sad, then goes and places it in the fridge. 

Photography Presentation!

Wish presenting my Photography project i was suggested to use a book or a book to show my work however thinking on the subject of memories and how my project sees them as faded and old, I thought about stringing them together with string. Barely holding on, so easy to forget, yet all on the same string piece of string as they're all bundled to be forgotten.

With the sizes of the image, I shall be keeping them the original film size but I shall add white card to boarder it, which will make it easier for me to string them up without ruining the film more. However I'm thinking of crumpling and discolouring the white card to fit the theme of the photos. 

(Pictures of presentation will be added later)

Distorting and Evaluation!

For my work I need to damage the film in a way that it certain parts are preserved and still viewable. My original idea was to have a bucket full of dirty water and then sit my photos into it for a few days. So just to make sure that it would work I tested it on an unwanted photo.  

However after a few days of sitting in the water, nothing really happened to the photo apart from a few scratches from the stones and mud.

So I thinking quickly I thought bleach my affect the film so again I tested it out and tried to moderate it for when I do the final images.

With a few mistakes I managed to wash the bleach down with enough water to take the first few layers off the film, giving the image a washed/faded effect to it. In the image below I dabbed the wet image with a towel but I didn't like the look of that.

Finally I did it to my final images and used different techniques with the bleach, such as using a sponge to tab the bleach across it. 

I really enjoyed doing this as it's something different compared to what I'd originally do with this photography project. However I wished the water damage would have worked as it would have given it a more washed memory feel to the images where as the bleach seems very self damaged and done on purpose. Though it has given me the right look, I hope that with a small piece of text it'll be easily picked up that the images represent old faded memories. 

Final Sound!

And now for my final sound project...

Playing with Microphones!

Our first day of using a Zoom hand held audio recorder. Amy and I went out to get some general outside noise of Farnham.

Zoom audio

Time Art Evaluation!

I feel good with my work that I have produced, it came out better then I thought. However, from doing this project alone I have learnt a lot from my mistakes and discovered how difficult it is to wake up 5am to get quiet street for filming.
For example, with the lack of decent internet at home I wasn't able to research Lynda tutorials for when I needed them, as I regret not blending in the borders of the original images, rather than having sharp, straight lines cut across the present day footage.
I also wish I could have done a little more with After effects, as my work relied on it only when I needed to place the three screens together.
Overall I have learned from this and will apply the things I have missed to my future projects, whether in a group or on my own again. 

Final Time Art!

Also, time for the final 3 screens.

Screen 1

Screen 2

Screen 3

Sound Evaluation!

I am really proud of my Sound work as I created it into a rhythmic piece, a lot like Matthew Herbert's, One Pig album.


However i f I had more time, I would have re-recorded the sounds to make them clearer and reduce the static background noise. This would have made it easier to pick sounds for specific instruments, such as the bass drum or something with melody to it. Also I could have made the song longer, possibly stretching it too the 2 minute limit as then it could of had more lays of sound to it. Giving it a more fleshed out feel and sound a bit thicker and not so empty.

Time art Archive photos!

These are the photo's I'll be using to morph with the current footage.

I have gone back home and recorded footage that closely resembles the framing of these images. I also film an extra two locations for back up just incase of any footage problems.

Photography Upgrade!

Stephen gill - Buried 

Take the inspiration from Stephen and for each picture, distort it a different way for a reason that's in the image.

Such as:

Burning

Water damage

Burying 

Ripping/crumpling

Scratching

Or maybe just use water. 

The type of damage that it causes to the film has a faded effect to it, giving it a faded memory feel.

Also, the symbol of water relates to memories that have been forgotten or can't recall, because I am constantly changing and taking in new information, so things will be forgotten or incorrect. 

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." Heraclitus

Experimental Sound Development!

Development of my experimental sound.

Make the experience more jarring and out there. E.g make every noise loud and stand out. Overlay them so it's a loud noise but in a musical manner. Of course they're going to be noises of my room, like what I do in it (play PlayStation, watch TV, type on laptop) that resembles me. This makes it personal like Tracey's image.

I'm relating the sounds of my room (jarring/off putting) to the image of her dirty bed (jarring/off putting)

Sound Recordings

These are the recordings I gathered from my first recording.

Playlist