Updates on the new upcoming project.
The viewer will be sitting or lying alone in a tent (Only one person allowed in at a time - allowing the experience to be much more personal) The tent will be kitted out with cushions, duvets, sleepng bags making it as comfortable as possible. The tent will also be isolated from anybody else, so one person venturing into the room and experiencing the whole thing alone may in itself be a stray from the viewer's comfort zone.
The films will begin once the person enters the tent, or it will be on a continuous loop. The images surrounding the viewer will transport them into different tight, close spaces in which they may feel happy and comfortable, or claustrophobic, testing the individual's boundaries, and the general line between comfort and claustrophobia.
The idea was inspired by the original concept for Brendan Monroe's interactive sculpture, 'Borborygmi', a stomach like space made of pink and red cushions which makes the sounds of the inside of a person's stomach when you touch or interact with the walls of the space. I was inspired by the statement that Monroe said of the sculpture, that some people found that they felt comforted by the womb-like structure, and others felt claustrophobic in it.
A micro-project that I will begin on the side soon is using a super 8 camera to film a recurring dream that I had about a year ago, I always wanted to film it as the images were so vivid in my mind, and I think soon may be the time.
Monday, 22 November 2010
Monday, 8 November 2010
Installation Idea
For my third year project I have to write three proposals for ideas to do over the course of the year. The film I am most keen on is a 'camera-less film' project, painting on film, creating a synaesthetic piece of filmmaking, in which I will assign certain colours to different instruments in a certain piece of music, and make these colours move in synchrony with the music, producing, in the end, a visual and colourful representation of the song.
However, the time that is given to make this project will not be enough for what I intend, and I don't want to sacrifice the quality of the piece, so I will save this idea for after graduation, something to do in my free time.
The idea I will be persuing is to create an installation in which one or two people will sit in a small space made of four projection screens as walls, and for images to be surrounding the viewer. The images projected will be testing the boundaries of the viewer, as I am trying to display the varied and changable line between comfort and claustrophobia. The images will start by filmically placing the viewer in a common comfort zone - for example wrapped in a duvet or in between light sheets, with images changing gradually and becoming more intense and less comfortable, presenting images that viewers may find claustrophobic. An interactive element to this installation will allow viewers at any time to take the film backwards if they become too claustrophobic, and the images would become gradually more comforting and sensitive.
I have become more excited and inspired about this over time, and look forward to starting the project.
However, the time that is given to make this project will not be enough for what I intend, and I don't want to sacrifice the quality of the piece, so I will save this idea for after graduation, something to do in my free time.
The idea I will be persuing is to create an installation in which one or two people will sit in a small space made of four projection screens as walls, and for images to be surrounding the viewer. The images projected will be testing the boundaries of the viewer, as I am trying to display the varied and changable line between comfort and claustrophobia. The images will start by filmically placing the viewer in a common comfort zone - for example wrapped in a duvet or in between light sheets, with images changing gradually and becoming more intense and less comfortable, presenting images that viewers may find claustrophobic. An interactive element to this installation will allow viewers at any time to take the film backwards if they become too claustrophobic, and the images would become gradually more comforting and sensitive.
I have become more excited and inspired about this over time, and look forward to starting the project.
Super 8 Outcome/Cornwall Film Festival
I received my super 8 film back, and was disappointed to find that the best reel came back blank, and the other one, which consisted mostly of useless footage, worked, but was very out of focus. This was a shame, but I won't let it go to waste. I want to use the blank film to scratch on, or bleach it to paint on. I went to a workshop at the Falmouth Art Gallery in which I tested this technique, painting on a piece of film strip that would have stretched the length of John O'Groats to Lands End. It was great to chat to an RCA graduate about the process and my ideas for my third year proposal.
I should also mention that my film, 'Resurfacing', which was screened at the Cornwall Film Festival in the student screening and in a competition for experimental films, came as a runner up in the competition, getting the award - "most suitable for art gallery appearance" - and that the owner of the Falmouth Art Gallery wants to show my film in an exhibition soon. I will be contacting him tomorrow to arrange when this will happen.
As for my film 'An Air Of...' I am progressing quite well. I have exported a draft of it, and will be filming the final shots in the next few days, hopefully finishing the film by the end of the week. I will post that up as soon as it's done.
I should also mention that my film, 'Resurfacing', which was screened at the Cornwall Film Festival in the student screening and in a competition for experimental films, came as a runner up in the competition, getting the award - "most suitable for art gallery appearance" - and that the owner of the Falmouth Art Gallery wants to show my film in an exhibition soon. I will be contacting him tomorrow to arrange when this will happen.
As for my film 'An Air Of...' I am progressing quite well. I have exported a draft of it, and will be filming the final shots in the next few days, hopefully finishing the film by the end of the week. I will post that up as soon as it's done.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
An air of.../Super 8
I am quite a way through the editing process of my new film. I still have bits to film of it but at the moment I've pieced my best bits together and made a sort of draft. I think it's looking quite good, still need to think some bits over though.
In other news I have got a Super 8 camera. I took it on holiday with me to the Lake District and the Isle of Skye. I think I got a lot of good footage, and have finished both 50 foot cartridges now. I'm going to send them off to gete developed and then film the projection in ordeer to edit it digitally. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they turn out, I think towards the end of the second cartridge the film was running very slowly as the camera is on the verge of being dead, so it will probably look either very jerky or very fast. or both.
Looking forward to the outcome though.
In other news I have got a Super 8 camera. I took it on holiday with me to the Lake District and the Isle of Skye. I think I got a lot of good footage, and have finished both 50 foot cartridges now. I'm going to send them off to gete developed and then film the projection in ordeer to edit it digitally. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they turn out, I think towards the end of the second cartridge the film was running very slowly as the camera is on the verge of being dead, so it will probably look either very jerky or very fast. or both.
Looking forward to the outcome though.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Cornwall Film Festival
I received an email yesterday telling me that my film is being screened at the Cornwall Film Festival, and being entered into the "The Edge" competition for experimental films. I'm very excited about this.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
My next film/my philosophy
So, I'm in the middle of making my next film - it's got a similar style to the previous one, this time working with smoke, and the way smoke is caught by different lighting, as opposed to inks in water.
I've done a lot of the filming, shot most of what I need for it. I only need a couple more shots, but at the moment I'm stuck in the editing phase with nothing to edit with. Normally I'd use the Avid suites but have been wanting to move onto something like Final Cut... which Miles tried to install on his mac but it wasn't good enough. Though apparently I might be getting a mac for my next birthday.... heres hoping!
So yeah, really want to get moving with that, its been a work in progress too long, and I haven't been able to look at the footage for ages so it's got a bit lost in the back of my mind.
I have too many ideas to be getting on with. At least 7 written in my phone and more written in a book, and they'll probably keep coming. Most of them, or nearly all of them, follow the same style of the two I've been working on - I love to focus on a tiny aspect of nature, or natural movement that I think is worth taking notice of, and create a montage of the amazing images that they create, completely out of my control. I want to allow people, or encourage people to sit back and just see whats already there. It's all about recording natural beauty, as apposed to creating it, concentrating on a tiny aspect of the world and allowing it to flourish. I guess that's sort of my philosophy in filmmaking - so far. I can't wait to get going with my other ideas - but if I start each idea as they come to me, I'd have a hundred unfinished films. Patience is the hardest part.
I've done a lot of the filming, shot most of what I need for it. I only need a couple more shots, but at the moment I'm stuck in the editing phase with nothing to edit with. Normally I'd use the Avid suites but have been wanting to move onto something like Final Cut... which Miles tried to install on his mac but it wasn't good enough. Though apparently I might be getting a mac for my next birthday.... heres hoping!
So yeah, really want to get moving with that, its been a work in progress too long, and I haven't been able to look at the footage for ages so it's got a bit lost in the back of my mind.
I have too many ideas to be getting on with. At least 7 written in my phone and more written in a book, and they'll probably keep coming. Most of them, or nearly all of them, follow the same style of the two I've been working on - I love to focus on a tiny aspect of nature, or natural movement that I think is worth taking notice of, and create a montage of the amazing images that they create, completely out of my control. I want to allow people, or encourage people to sit back and just see whats already there. It's all about recording natural beauty, as apposed to creating it, concentrating on a tiny aspect of the world and allowing it to flourish. I guess that's sort of my philosophy in filmmaking - so far. I can't wait to get going with my other ideas - but if I start each idea as they come to me, I'd have a hundred unfinished films. Patience is the hardest part.
My First Post/'Resurfacing'
I thought I'd better get cracking with this blog as it's laid empty for quite some time.
The idea of this blog is to record and share any progress with my filmmaking.
My first film can be found here: http://www.vimeo.com/11866353
the film is called 'Resurfacing' and takes the form of a meditation/trance film, meant to be watched with a clear, thoughtless mind. The film's structure is important, as the mood builds from a blank screen up to a very messy, very complex and colourful texture, reinforced by the building sounds, and then falling back into a similar shot from the beginning, giving the film its cyclical form.
The sounds for this experimentation were recorded with the aid of Miles Bowe, whose blog can be found here: http://milesoutinthefield.blogspot.com
The sounds were recorded using a hydrophone to acheive a surreal underwater sound. The sound that least sounds like water - a clicking/chirping type sound over the red/black image was recorded under a small stream, but was slowed down to the point that it no longer sounded like running water.
Inspirations for this film came from many experimental filmmakers, especially Len Lye and Stan Brakhage.
After the film was made I was annoyed when I found this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc I think they're spying on me.
The idea of this blog is to record and share any progress with my filmmaking.
My first film can be found here: http://www.vimeo.com/11866353
the film is called 'Resurfacing' and takes the form of a meditation/trance film, meant to be watched with a clear, thoughtless mind. The film's structure is important, as the mood builds from a blank screen up to a very messy, very complex and colourful texture, reinforced by the building sounds, and then falling back into a similar shot from the beginning, giving the film its cyclical form.
The sounds for this experimentation were recorded with the aid of Miles Bowe, whose blog can be found here: http://milesoutinthefield.blogspot.com
The sounds were recorded using a hydrophone to acheive a surreal underwater sound. The sound that least sounds like water - a clicking/chirping type sound over the red/black image was recorded under a small stream, but was slowed down to the point that it no longer sounded like running water.
Inspirations for this film came from many experimental filmmakers, especially Len Lye and Stan Brakhage.
After the film was made I was annoyed when I found this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc I think they're spying on me.
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