Feedback: Ideas and intentions: You are rigorously testing out a number of potentially exciting ways to film and use settings in your models to explore ideas relating to limbo, reflecting the state between life and death. You stir in the viewer a feeling of unsettled, uneasiness, as they stand as ‘witness’ in your films, and question to what? The film that creates the greatest feeling of suspense is the montage of footage that you showed during the Poly exhibition. This may be due to the varying speed of the cuts and the way that you have edited it together. It gives the viewer a clear sense of being emerged and moving through a dark environment and one that is haunting and uncomfortable. Form and materials: You are working with a wider range of filming equipment and technology this semester finding the one most appropriate for the realisation of your ideas. Keep developing this side of your work so that you are able to film using convincing lighting and effects. Perhaps make use of the performance centre next semester in order to take your ideas to the next level. Your latest film, though the ideas are exciting and fresh lacks the level of technical achievement to make the film convincing. You could certainly revisit this idea again in the future. Imagination and Creativity: Your experimental, questioning and open approach to your work has led you to make some important discoveries recognising the strengths emerging from your investigations. You recognise the importance of working with sound and how successful that is in setting a scene. You play with this in an, ‘uncanny’ way by using sound that is contrary to what we are watching. You also recognise that the film is the final outcome. As you have identified how important it is to test and explore ways to present this. Critical reflection and evaluation: Your critical reflection and research continue to be engaged giving your work meaningful context. You are aware of a range of relevant artists and are beginning to make critical judgements about your work. Continue to book the installation room and identify the right context for your work. Personal development and professional studies: Your personal development and professional studies continue to be motivated and driven. You make a valuable contribution to the studio culture.
This was Lucy's feedback for my last studio assessment in which i came out with a 2:1! I am really pleased with this mark, but as ever, i should not become complacent with my mark, and should now be looking to gain a 1st. Lucy found the montage footage worked best. Although, i don't think i will place footage like this together again, i will be looking to create multiple film aspects from one scene/ or one type/genre of scene. As to the making the films more believable, this next term i want to look into trying to make weather happen within my work, to create different conditions. I have also just learnt how to use green screen so this may definitely become helpful in my next work. Now that i have recognised that i am working with the uncanny, i need to start contextualising this, and i believe the best place to turn is to American news articles, for there are always strange happenings being reported over there. I have got more of an idea on how i want my studio space to be set up next year in order to optimise model making space.
This was Lucy's feedback for my last studio assessment in which i came out with a 2:1! I am really pleased with this mark, but as ever, i should not become complacent with my mark, and should now be looking to gain a 1st. Lucy found the montage footage worked best. Although, i don't think i will place footage like this together again, i will be looking to create multiple film aspects from one scene/ or one type/genre of scene. As to the making the films more believable, this next term i want to look into trying to make weather happen within my work, to create different conditions. I have also just learnt how to use green screen so this may definitely become helpful in my next work. Now that i have recognised that i am working with the uncanny, i need to start contextualising this, and i believe the best place to turn is to American news articles, for there are always strange happenings being reported over there. I have got more of an idea on how i want my studio space to be set up next year in order to optimise model making space.