One session with Katrina is all it's taken to realise how amateur my film work is. The ideas are there but I need to be braver in what I choose to include and leave out. I need to be braver with angles and shots and move the camera around more. I haven't been able to do these things with my little camcorder before, the slightest movement and the thing is struggling to focus for the next 10 minutes.
Now that I have the opportunity to work with equipment that can handle movement I need to take advantage of it.
* More angles
* More shots
* Move the camera
Wednesday 26 September 2007
Thursday 20 September 2007
Gair - Tutorial 1
My first tutorial today with Gair has certainly left me with some food for thought.
He suggested I look at the work of Troika Ranch, Gina Czarnecki and Pipilotti Rist for their work with dance and visual art. Practically speaking I'm going to look at Isadora and how to document my practical work (obviously tutors aren't going to turn up to a club at 2am to find out what I'm doing). I will need to get another student to film my practical work in such a way that my input and the effects are clear.
I've also been looking at Pointless Creations who currently do the visuals for Death Disco at the Arches. One of the members of the collective, Jaygo Bloom, works with Isadora to create visuals so it would be great to get in touch with him and maybe go along one night to see how it all works.
He suggested I look at the work of Troika Ranch, Gina Czarnecki and Pipilotti Rist for their work with dance and visual art. Practically speaking I'm going to look at Isadora and how to document my practical work (obviously tutors aren't going to turn up to a club at 2am to find out what I'm doing). I will need to get another student to film my practical work in such a way that my input and the effects are clear.
I've also been looking at Pointless Creations who currently do the visuals for Death Disco at the Arches. One of the members of the collective, Jaygo Bloom, works with Isadora to create visuals so it would be great to get in touch with him and maybe go along one night to see how it all works.
Wednesday 19 September 2007
Anonymity & Freedom
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I like the idea of it, the way it's open to individual interpretation and the possibilities of practical work relating to it. For me, anonymity & freedom are linked in that when people are completely unknown to others they can be whoever they want to be, they don't have to worry about their everyday lives or jobs. They can be anything they want to be and that seems exciting and full of hope.
As a piece of work I can imagine working within a nightclub (the place I feel most anonymous and most free) capturing the crowd and somehow using their movements to create new dance visuals where the original dancers (the clubbers) become even more anonymous.
How will they react?
Will they change what they're doing?
Will they move differently?
Will they even notice?!
As a piece of work I can imagine working within a nightclub (the place I feel most anonymous and most free) capturing the crowd and somehow using their movements to create new dance visuals where the original dancers (the clubbers) become even more anonymous.
How will they react?
Will they change what they're doing?
Will they move differently?
Will they even notice?!
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