Following on from my recent thoughts on what to do for my 'action for camera', I found that I was unable to do my original idea with my box and shadows. This was because I was not able to obtain a camera that would run for 24 hours. However, once I found that I was not able to do this I began discussing ideas with Tabitha. We then both decided to collaborate our project and work together. We began brainstorming ideas together. We looked at a few videos of performance art by David Sherry and Harrison and Wood. In both of these pieces they included a lot of humour and, at times, seemingly random and spontaneous acts in them. From this we decided that we wanted to create something fun and almost anti art, similar to how Dada was perceived when it first came to light. We started filming everyday things with us in them, walking to face painting. We wanted it to be irrational and let the chance for change to occur within it. While we were looking at sensory things within the work we were doing, it reminded us of the film "Amelie". In this she too finds simple enjoyment out of random everyday things in life. From this we listened to the music from it, use it and work with it. We looked at the influences for Pop Art and childhood. And so again, we filmed more random small clips with these things in mind. Similar to Spartacus Chetwynd we wanted to make some of the props we made look very 'home made' and childlike. This was moving on from last week when we were making our maquettes, we made rough little models to use in our work.
Once we had finished all of the film, we uploaded it all to the computers and began layering film over film. Similar to the music we were using we wanted to make it very fast moving and busy. In order to do this we: sped up some foraged, played it backwards, changed the colour levels and used repetition. This worked extremely well with the music. However there were a few technical issues with Premier Plus, we ended up using iMovie for most of it. Nevertheless, with more practise it will become easier. Overall the short film works extremely well and the audience seemed to find it entertaining and are able to connect with it. Nevertheless, I found that this video was more suited to my partners taste and style of art, however, it was still good to see another persons ideas and mode of working.
Once we had finished all of the film, we uploaded it all to the computers and began layering film over film. Similar to the music we were using we wanted to make it very fast moving and busy. In order to do this we: sped up some foraged, played it backwards, changed the colour levels and used repetition. This worked extremely well with the music. However there were a few technical issues with Premier Plus, we ended up using iMovie for most of it. Nevertheless, with more practise it will become easier. Overall the short film works extremely well and the audience seemed to find it entertaining and are able to connect with it. Nevertheless, I found that this video was more suited to my partners taste and style of art, however, it was still good to see another persons ideas and mode of working.