In week 1, term two, we were asked to show our work, show who we are as designers. As I designer, I am exploring how to visually communicate important matters concerning sentient life, through poetry and spoken words. I am really interested in publishing my own art books and working on drawings and digital illustration. I want to go into the creative industry of publishing and into a career in assisting other people on publishing their stories, novels, magazines and mangas. What went well in my lines work is that I incorporated lines and poetry (the words communicate design principles). I really enjoyed mimicking my work in illustrator but I will improve by asking for help on how to use the software. I also enjoyed the process of seeing how lines could be communicated in a project, which is what I tried to communicate in my final design of the human body. For example, for my data visualisation task, I chose to visualise women's hormones and how they affect mental health. My theme (created by my data points) is "why are women three times more likely to develop common emotional disorders". In my sketch of the human body this was communicated by highlighting the progesterone hormone in a red colour to explain that women's hormones fluctuate often and therefore lead to emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety. I will improve my final design by expressing that women are most likely to report their emotional disorder, so they are 3x more likely to develop depression per say. And the reason could be because their hormones are to blame. I want to improve my final design also by making two drawings, showing one women not during menstruation and another women during menstruation, showing the lines on the second picture being very deeply red, to communicate a cycle of depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder and so forth.
Today we were asked to do some primary research on Memory: my chosen subject was how our brain stores long term and short term memories. The film Inside Out is a depiction of the types of memories we have. We have an example of Riley (main character) who has 5 core "JOY" memories based off of the happy memories she has experienced. This shows how our memories can create our personality. I'm looking and how experiences can create negative memories and how spending time away from people you love causes isolation, Similar to Riley's experience of moving away from her friends broke down all the islands i.e friendship island, goofball island, family island and how that had an effect on her memory and made it worse and made her feel isolation. Interpretation one: My first picture talks about core memories in the movie INSIDE OUT and how they scuplt (Riley's) an individuals personality. These core memories are: Goofball Island, Frienship Island, Hockey Island , Honesty Island and Family Island. It's interesting how our memories shape our personality. Riley's personality was mostly positive but not all core memories create positive parts of our personality, some core memories create things like: PTSD, Trauma and things of the nature in the book: Body Keeps The Score and. I want to study how the body keeps the score of an individual's experiences. Interpretation two: Inside out also talks about our long term memories and how they can alchemise from being a positive into a negative or vice versa depending on the person's current situation. You can think back to your long term memory and the brain will process a memory and decide if it was good or bad. Memory can change at any moment. Interpretation three: Inside out also talks about our long term memories and how they can alchemise from being a positive into a negative or vice versa depending on the person's current situation. You can think back to your long term memory and the brain will process a memory and decide if it was good or bad. Memory can change at any moment.
I'm inspired by the thought that the body keeps the memories of our past and can influence mental health to be effected although there is no threat present. For example, trauma survivors experience are known to experience PTSD and they could experience triggers or face trouble when it comes to exploring experiences that others would find natural. For example if a survivor has experienced sexual assault and abuse, they could find intimacy a threat and no longer want to pursue a romantic relationship because their body stores the memory of closeness as dangerous. That shows how memories can distort the brain. I like the idea of researching the body creating incorrect judgements and I like what Nicole P said it our breakout room: Memory is unreliable because it’s our interpretation of the event that occurs and it’s not the full picture of what occurs, the brain may forget but the heart always remembers. For film and TV I want to explore the ability to change negative into positives through exercise, meditation and therapy and see if this changes the DNA coding in a human's body/brain and helps them to reprocess memories correctly. EMDR therapy is known to do this. I'm interested in becoming a therapist and talking through how to change a person's memory or experience through reprogramming and processing. I like to think the body keeps the score.
I'm inspired by the fact that memories are connected to the emotions that attached to them. and Gig tickets have emotions attached to them. This shows how memories stores can also be positive. I'm inspired by posting all my gig tickets on this blog as well as all my cinema tickets. The memories I have had will inform the direction I want to take my Memory project. I also learnt the difference between long term and short term memory due to Mitch talking about how our dreams are affected by short term and can be affected by our experiences indirectly.
I will plan to write poetry about my project and use this as a voice over in my film and TV to display how our experiences control our memory and that we can have positive experiences and in turn, positive memories and we can have negative experiences and negative memories that turn to action. but through creativity and meditation and therapy we can reprogramme our mind to correct the memory or emotion.
Some thing I find interesting, is how letters can bring you back to a certain memory. And how our minds take us back to a certain experience we've had and that's called a memory. My idea is to use my letters from my school friends and make a film about growing out of frienships - from being a young person to then being an older person but the main character flash backs to the memory of when they are a child.
Memories of cinema tickets and ticket stubs bring us back to certain events and our brain creates a memory. You remember who you were with and what you wore and that contributes to our happiness
Strength and Weaknesses of Portfolio Presentation. Speaking has always been my strength. As I’m a performer I love to be heard. I’m choosing to analyse my strengths and weaknesses through my strength: Spoken word. What went well in my presentation was the clarity of my voice. I enjoyed showing my face on camera instead of only hearing a noise, alongside my icon. My confidence shined through. I’d written prompts to support my thoughts. And because I had those prompts, I didn’t forget my lines. I could have spent longer on editing my portfolio itself. I’d only chosen one project! Upon reflection, how may I spend more time describing my work in detail? So next time, I will use five minutes for one design and add another and speak for another five. So, I can let my light shine. My weakness is that I could have spoken confidently about my final outcome, more than I did Michaela De Prince and Misty Copeland as my inspiration. The greatest strength about my presentation was I spoke with no hesitations. I spoke with ease and no stagnation. My greatest weakness was that I was critical of my own sketches, I used humour to hide behind my flaws. So next time I could add more annotation, detail and take a pause. I enjoyed watching my presentation back. I had the comments that my portfolio was laid out well. My confidence exuded itself. Cole, Basha and Jas commended me and said: through my work I made a statement. I felt very calm, collected and relaxed during presentation. My feedback was to be more confident in myself as a designer towards the end, I’d started to lower my voice. I felt quite anxious about if I’d done well or not. I used in-design which made my work very clear. But when it came to the end of my presentation, I felt some fear. Perhaps before another presentation I will practice with a peer. I could have used only one image of my skirt per page, due to the confusion it made the audience feel. I need to be confident in the work I produce and not in the humour I use to be critical of my own work. Jas said I have an immense worth, that made me feel great. Upon reflection I feel happy with the final outcome. And I put a lot of effort into the skirt I made. And I feel like I tried my best. And that’s what matters at the end of the day.
Session 3 today we were asked to create a mood board based on our theme. My theme for memory is: how places and spaces create positive memories based on childhood memories and nostalgia. I created a moodboard based on the brief of model making. I then found out my choice was submitted for digital image brief instead, because I was keen on this one and didn't submit my choice in time via the link. I felt so disappointed in myself and distressed. My thoughts: how can I translate my theme of digital film if OCN don't allow the change? Do I work on model making with hope they do? I feel unsettled. I am hoping that this will work out. I have until monday to submit and I'm not sure to submit the model making with hopes I'll pass the brief. The fact I didn't listen to my intuituion or get the choice I want is challenging me and trying to push me as a student. But the loneliness and sadness of pandemic is making me want to give up. I'm hoping to push myself whichever outcome OCN decide. What worked well? The compilations of my mood board spoke to me. The images explain precisely my theme and how having a see-through glass building with a steel structure and a playground and nature can be nostalgic. I like glass buildings because The Lourve in Paris is my favourite place in the world would be great place to design with a playground because I enjoy the idea of bringing people together with nature and creating positive memories. I drew some images on my sketchbook which shows my direction and the fact I'm focused is great. The skills of using a moodboard and sketching to stay on brief but be creative is a skill I will take forward especially if I choose to study architecture. What went less well? I got so overwhelmed by not having the choice I wanted. I started beating myself up, thinking I will fail. I lost confidence when hearing my brief was not what I wanted, which isn't anyones fault. But my own. I think I need to work on the solutions and not the problems and this could relate to design ideas and what I choose to communicate going forward. This could create a great opportunity for growth. What is my plan for next session? My plan is to throw myself into anything I choose to do. Whatever the brief. I would like to pass this course and stay on, so I need to buckle up and enjoy the ride. I will read the brief and fulfil the brief. I will probably message student services for an extension because of my mental health PTSD and anxiety and depression trying to sabotage my process. My plan is to be brave and learn from my mistakes. I didn't learn much today so perhaps I need to ask questions
I'm thinking: socially distanced art gallery with outdoor playground. Theme: memory
IDEA THREE simplified: Ancient Kemetian (Egypt) caved art gallery, with the potential of being underground like an earth house but a gallery. Material Ideas: brick, paperboard, soil, bluetac,paint, PVA, paper, cardboard
As a designer I liked mixing old with the new. So rock/wood texures with clean glass submerged in art showing ancient history (Through an actual exhibition)
Today I finally decided to take my idea forward and draw sketches of my 3D design.
WRITTEN BLOG POST. MEMORY PROJECT ONE REFLECTION. The risks of using scissors are high. Scissors are sharp. I minimised my risk by wearing garden gloves, designed to pick up sharp objects. There was also risk involved with super glue, due to the abrasive nature of the substance. I minimised the risk by wearing garden gloves. Super glue is very harmful to skin and can cause burns and also can evoke asthma like symptoms, therefore, I opened the windows whilst using the substance. In my prototyping, wetting the kitchen towel is also a risk because the floor could become slippery, therefore, I created a designated “wet area” in my kitchen with towels surrounding, to prevent any spillage and slipping. I think my final design and the planning leading up to the execution was of industry standard. I felt so good as I was able to execute my visions. Because I’m able to plan and execute, through the use of: vision boards, constant reference and research. The most successful part is my 3D design solution is that I only used house hold items and created from nothing is my greatest achievement. I’m so proud of everything that I made, by myself and it looks PHENOMENAL. I’m unhappy because I didn’t know how to scale or if it’s accurate because I didn’t ask in session. I may improve my use of time by initially choosing a brief and sticking to that brief. I lost two days of modelling time due to changing the brief, so time management was challenging. But I re-wrote it brief so it would make sense, which was good. I found I ran out of time to organise my portfolio on InDesign the way I would like. I ran out of time because of bad sleeping habits. For future, I’ll wake up earlier and this will improve my management of time. I used a timer for more difficult tasks and the timer helped me learn the skill of task time management. I gained the skill of how to scale. I used my reasoning and intuition and will use my problem-solving skills and scale 3D models in the future of Architecture. My InDesign and photoshop skills improved and I will use these skills again to make solutions to design problems. Overall, I was really successful and I will use this knowledge to enter the work industry of creative problem solving.
As a group: Cole, Hamza, Marco, Brenton and I took quick to decide on our theme and we wanted to center this around charities: homelessness and refugees specifically. We decided to go for a donation based community cafe with art exhibition (auctioned expo) to support those affected by homelessness and border issues.
After mentioning I want to go into arcitecture and building/scaling sustainable buildings my colleauge showed me buildings in Australia to research and how sustainable they are.
I planned and made note mentally to go to the local cafes tomorrow and take pictures.
Today 02/02/21 I was absent because I was feeling unwell. Upon feeling unwelll I strived to get a good grade. I decided to add some primary research to my portfolio from Pinterest. I also decided to go to other sources like netflix to consider the inside of my design, interior design maters on netflix and other shows I felt like spoke our theme. I decided to create a mood board based on primary and secondary findings. I will ask milot if we can focus on interior design and scale, I need help with.
I want to research long benches and explain in my portfolio their significance of bringing people together and adding to a collective vibe of chill and community. I want to minimise my workload by not overworking. I will instead add a rough drawing to my exhibition but not over-do it.
to do list: find/source material replicating long benches, source rods/dowels. make swings for the restaurant. make a viewing gallery. emphasise on the harmony in bringing homeless people together with the community. find hot glue gun. plastic material for exterior. inspo: POKE CANARY WHARF. cut cardboard to replicate brick on inside.
Launch Reflection Blog The risks involved in using the hot glue gun (which was used to hold together the structures four corner posts) is that the hot temperature adhesive could cause a risk of burn to the skin as well as damage to surfaces if not used carefully. This could be minimised by wearing protective gloves and unplugged immediately after use. It could also be a good idea to a designated area with a surface that one wouldn’t mind getting damaged. The risk of using scissors is that they could lead to injuries. The risk could be minimised by using the scissors mindfully and using them in a neutral position and not bending over or being distracted by other tasks. The risk of using Low-Density Polyethylene (plastic packaging) is that it could cause suffocation. The way to avoid this is to cut the plastic into smaller pieces. I think the successful part of my work was the ability to work well as a team. We met up over video call (WhatsApp video) at least 3 times a week and my communication skills were successful in finalising our ideas. The most successful part of my work? Creating a restaurant for the homelessness and executing this in my 3D design model. I found that there were clashing of ideas and why it made me unhappy was because I had to back down against some of the stronger personalities. I found that it was challenging working with others, however, we planned each of our roles precisely and all supported each other with the details and it worked out because everybody successfully executed their roles. My planning to create the 3D model of art exhibition within a restaurant based on our colour scheme was successful and it turned out well. I unfortunately had Coronavirus symptoms, but thankfully tested negative. I would improve my currently planning of time by asking for extra time in advance. I have gained conflict resolution skills and organisational skills. I will use rapport building again by using my empathy as well as my natural ability to listen and this will be used to contribute to the group as a whole. My 3D model was an successful because I managed to execute a high quality design despite my symptoms. I was able to successfully design a 3D model of an art exhibition within a vegan “pay what you can” restaurant to support the homeless.
https://www.instagram.com/chickpeasandchill1/
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In my ideal world I would develop my 3D model in the prototyping facility. From there, I would exhibit the 3D model in the middle of a room which would host our exhibition with my groups work. Furthermore, my groups work – Brenton’s invite and Cole’s promotional material items would stand in their own glass boxes as prototypes and they would be hung in the box from string and there would be LED lights in the box. If we were to have a degree show the exhibited group items would be displayed in their individual boxes, similar to the Kimono Kyoto exhibition. My work would be successfully displayed in the middle on an epoxy resin table stand. The most effective thing about exhibiting in a curved room and having pieces in individual glass cubes would be that the viewers would have to walk in a one-way system. The items being in an exhibition alongside my 3D model would show our team message. The colour scheme of the walls would be yellow and mustard with green LED lights and faux plants, to compliment with our colour pallet. From the experience of presenting our Instagram exhibition we were all in harmony with our colour pallet and our theme and a similar outstretched layout would help the audience take in each piece unhurriedly. It was a clear exhibition of each individual idea and they all came together as one final show. If we had more time the group could have made a website and upon reflection this would contribute to a successful exhibition. If time allowed it, we would provide an image slide show of each members products, but our Instagram acts as a good display our group theme. On the back wall of our ideal exhibition, Marco’s film would screen and be highly effective at communicating the purpose of our exhibition. Our group theme was to bring a home for the homeless in the form of an arts café. In exhibiting each individual item in our exhibition, our expo would be aimed towards the wealthy investors. Through displaying our group idea: Brenton’s invite, Cole’s promotional material and my 3D design, we could potentially get the funding enable our vision to be actualised. Having an exhibition in a curved room means that individuals have to take in the pieces one by one and take their time. This helps people to tentatively view our exhibition. Displaying our work on Instagram allows people to tentatively take in our exhibition elements. I have drawn how we would display some items within.
In my ideal world I would develop my 3D model in the prototyping facility. From there, I would exhibit the 3D model in the middle of a room which would host our exhibition with my groups work. Furthermore, my groups work – Brenton’s invite and Cole’s promotional material items would stand in their own glass boxes as prototypes and they would be hung in the box from string and there would be LED lights in the box. If we were to have a degree show the exhibited group items would be displayed in their individual boxes, similar to the Kimono Kyoto exhibition. My work would be successfully displayed in the middle on an epoxy resin table stand. The most effective thing about exhibiting in a curved room and having pieces in individual glass cubes would be that the viewers would have to walk in a one-way system. The items being in an exhibition alongside my 3D model would show our team message and be harmonious. The colour scheme of the walls would be yellow and mustard with green LED lights to compliment with our colour pallet. From the experience of presenting our Instagram exhibition we were all in harmony with our colour pallet and our theme. It was a clear exhibition of each individual idea and they all came together as one final show. If we had more time the group could have made a website and upon reflection this would contribute to a successful exhibition. If time allowed it, we would provide an image slide show of each members products, but our Instagram acts as a good display our group theme. On the back wall of our ideal exhibition, Marco’s film would screen and be highly effective at communicating the purpose of our exhibition. Our group theme was to bring a home for the homeless in the form of an arts café. In exhibiting each individual item in our exhibition, our expo would be aimed towards the wealthy investors. Through displaying our group idea: Brenton’s invite, Cole’s promotional material and my 3D design, we could potentially get the funding enable our vision to be actualised. Having an exhibition in a curved rooms means that individuals have to take in the pieces one by one and take their time. This helps people to tentatively view our exhibition. Displaying our work on Instagram allows people to tentatively take in our exhibition elements.
Final Major Project
01/03/21 This week I found difficult. This was proposal week. I found it tough because I need access to the building to do a model making idea but we are mainly online. I look forward to going back to the building after easter and mixing with my peers. The toughest part was defining my idea. I feel like I struggle with undiagnoses ADHD so it will help me to have a scheduled structure for the next 9 weeks. Sometimes I find having too much freedom overwhelming because that adds accountability and responsibility. Something that returning to education has taught me. I find it useful to have a structure, however, the lockdown stripped me of that. We had to find some research for our proposal. I have planned to do my alternative idea which is the film about my life in a spoken word narrative form. I was considering the idea of creating a building similar to the pentagon and create a library from that, however, I feel more called for the film. I know, choices and choices. I need to learn how to stick to a choice. Therefore, I will focus on grassroots and find some work around growth and spoken word poets that influence me.
08/03/21 - So this week was proposal and submission. I am writing this on a Thursday crying my eyes out, because I really feel like I’m struggling. The reason being I’m experiencing chronic health issues and therefore have felt so delayed in my processing of the overwhelment the FMP brings and also the content I have yet to submit. I have yet to submit my essay which was from the prvious weeks and that is causing some anxieties. I am not excited for the FMP reason being, theres no access to the building during half term meaning there is less experimenting. And you call this access. My essay has been coming along okay and Lamula says I can submit my proposal after the easter break therefore I’m yet to do research. I’m looking into Maya Angelou’s poems and poetry. However, this week was successful because I put a collage into my sketchbook. This collage I created was around “freedom” which is about my FMP in a roundabout way. It makes me feel good to be in the direction of freedom because of the lockdown I’ve not been feeling free.
15/03/21 I feel like this week was tough. I’m struggling with attendance because of the recent discovery that I’m becoming more unwell with my living situation. None the less, I had to refine my proposal and I struggled to do so. I liked the Cellophane video Lamula showed us last week as she mentioned a lot of thought went into the design process of this video. Although it was seamless, this makes sense. I realise it takes time to put into practice design principles and therefore in turn, takes time to create a project. The project feels quite lengthy but I know it will speed up in no time! I am along the lines of choosing to do a film for my FMP and sticking to this choice. I am a trained dancer and like FKA twigs I have a natural flair for dance and I would love to put into practice to watch something back in the future. Today I experimented by making a collage in my sketchbook around LQBTQ+ and expression. I love seeing the freedom of expression in the community I belong to.
15/04/21: I feel like it was really interesting going back into the building this week because I expected the class to be loud and interconnected but I felt quite distant. I was quite paranoid because I was sweating profusely and thought I smelled. ALoud it's silly but, I did learn what I want to do with my FMP from my peers. I took great notes and will research Maya angelou and my journey and roots from the ground up. First week back and we are in the building. Preparing to be back in the building and I feel anxious and unprepared. Apart from my collage and my research into Maya Angelou, I haven’t worked on FMP. I feel un-excited. I guess it’s because I wished to be introduced to more of the model making equipment but the fact we were online completely put me off and meant I was not prepared for a model making final outcome. This week we finally met everyone in person and I’m excited to talk to Nico and Dudley about my FMP film idea. I was glad that Dudley sent me some references after our 1-1, with some filmmakers with a similar style of film I’m going for which is narrative spoken word film. It’s good that our tutors are specifically trained in the fields of our FMP I feel prepared for the week ahead. In my Sketchbook this week I wrote a list of places I want to live and I will sketch them out in my SB, to focus on the topic f home and I now have a title for my FMP “Creating despite living in unstable living environments”. Therefore, I feel like my FMP narrative will somehow be about this.
21/04/21 This week I focused around the idea of kintsugi and drew in my sketchbook my idea of Kintsugi. Kintsugi is Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold. This is a metaphor for embracing your flaws and imperfections. For my FMP, the film will feel like a release of the amalgamation of the years of anxiety, stress and depression I’ve been through, throughout the years. Showing that regardless of my living conditions, I can shine light into the dark areas by using my spoken word as a tool to release this and I will have a film to show the world. I continually express myself through words and feel like it’s a good thing to share my words with the world. To influence my final outcome, I wrote two poems this week. One is a response to Maya Angelou’s “Still I rise” poem. One is a response to “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. The reason I responded via poetry/creative writing is because I am a poet and I find it easier to respond to research in words rather than using the software because writing comes naturally to me. I’m set on using my own poem as the narrative and began writing a piece called Lava to express how I am not a volcano, I am a forest and I grow plants and tend to the soil. Similar to my idea of grassroots I wanted to talk about nature. I’m writing this poem speaking of the overcoming of mental health and like kintsugi, I’m talking about shining light into my broken parts.
29/04/21 I’ve had some 1-1’s and the tutors and peers think my idea is strong and clear. I have received some good feedback. One thing I was advised was to do a survey on people’s idea on lava and if they’d heard what lava does after it cools down. Lamula also spoke about me using inspiration from my mum’s wedding outfit to use in the film. She wears a white dress and I’m considering making a fabric to use in my FMP. Im more thinking about my storyboard now. I want lava to represent my life in a metaphor. I completed my FMP in 6 images and took inspiration from being homeless, from being abused and I am planning to create a storyboard next week displaying the shots I want to take. This week after feedback from Mitch about my idea of dancing in my FMP, he introduced me to Kate Bush’s wuthering heights video where she wears a white dress and dances in a contemporary style. I love this idea and I went to four charity shops to find a dress. They didn’t have any white dresses so I am thinking about how to actualise the idea of making a white dress. Due to covid and my insecurity about going into the building I won’t be able to make an outfit but I will try to find some materials at home to make the outfit by hand instead of printing the fabric. Further experimentation I tried this week after decided the film will be of me dancing and narrating a poem is: lighting. This session on Saturday I used my time to travel to the O2 and a friends house in Deptford. The lighting was amazing in natural light for the Sony film camera I have. We took pictures at the sunset which is lovely to shoot a film. I know though that the weather is not always going to be great so I also took some shots in my bedroom with LED lighting in different colours to opt for an indoor setting in case the weather isn’t good. The pictures I ended up taking I stuck in my sketchbook and they include photos in nature, photos indoors, photos at sunset and photos in the park. I am narrowing down my film location options. My options at the moment is to shoot myself dancing in the park/garden in good lighting or at sunset with the sun setting in the background. The first thought I had when thinking about filming at sunset was that my film idol, Miles Carter also shot a similar film called “to the one I have yet to find”. A spoken word narrative short film. I take inspiration from him and I like the mood and the tone of the shots he takes. I plan to shoot my film in similar settings to influence the mood of the film.
07/05/21 I am really set on location for my film which is outside in my garden, therefore, this week I focused on my story board. Before I drew my story board, I wanted to be certain of the theme of my film which will be: passion, change, sadness, change, abuse and growth. Similar to the broken cracks filled with gold I in Japanese technique kintsugi I want to make sure my story board captures these emotion. So today I made a mood board heavily influenced by my film makers and movie/music video influences from the likes Little Simz “Introvert” music video and Dear Mr Shakespeare (spoken word narrative). I took screenshots and created the mood board for my FMP. The two mood boards and black and gold. Black representing the hardship my film will take about indicative of my life and gold indicative of me overcoming this which my film narrative talks about. My mood board is stuck in my physical sketchbook. The power words I took influence from are: Healing, stress, depression, lava and failure. It was tough to do the storyboard because I’m not the greatest drawer, however, I overcame it after some time. What helped is reading Rupi Kaur’s poetry book: Milk and Honey and from there I took influence from her illustrations. Then, I drew my own illustrations in a similar style. Milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival and the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. This influences the illustrations on my storyboard. The dance will be very feminine and evocative. The shots will be very sharp and zoomed in heavily so focus on the subject of: loss, pain and change, as spoken about in the narrative that will be spoken over it, this will be the poem I wrote named “Lava”. I also filmed in public earlier in the week. I took films of nature, train journeys, myself in different colours lighting, tapping in and out the station. I’m considering if I will have this in the film.
12/05/21 This week is tough, we’re close to hand-in and I’ve got a lot to do! I was unwell this week so I had put some photos from the locations I went to when experimenting with lighting and location and edited the Photoshop to put into my SKB. These photos are edited with different filters and settings, mainly because I didn’t get a chance to learn Photoshop with Shaune or along the course. I like the idea of digital photography but I mainly like filming in the location and using filters and edits. I’m considering using a filter in the editing process of my final film; however, I’ve not filmed my final outcome and therefore I’m very anxious. Upon refining my ideas I’ve been met with brain fog. I’ve been unwell. So, I’ve been in and out of hospital. This means. Didn’t’ go to the university and rested a lot of. So instead of filming, I’ve done some drawings! I drew a volcano. I also gathered some more research to make into a collage, so it speaks to the idea of my film. Last week, I found material in the university to create an outfit, it is off-white colour and similar to both Kate Bush and my mother’s reception wedding dress! Then I was able to take pictures in the outfit and decide to wear this in my film. I feel confident about the project but also nervous. I refining my ideas I’ve been met with brain fog. I’ve been unwell. So I’ve been in and out of hospital. This means I didn’t’ go to the university sessions and rested a lot. I need to take pictures of the outfit, deconstructed then put it into my SKB and annotate it. This shows the design process. I refined and annotated my SKB storyboard some more and added little drawings and a paragraph explaining my storyboard and some of the poem as well. I want to film my project next week. The challenge I’m experiencing is time management and inspiration. Next week I will do some more storyboarding or alternatively more mood board.
20/05/21 I finally finished filming my FMP. I filmed this in my back garden but I was met with a severe allergic reaction to the grass! I assume it’s because I haven’t been out and laying on grass for months, maybe a year. Never the less I’m satisfied with my filming and the editing process will be fun. This week I will focus on doing a collage of the images I have taken as they are all images of lava and the concept of balance, yin and yang and concepts around dance. I have researched a little bit more into choreographers and dancers and dance music video’s but I don’t think I’ll have time to annotate these. Or stick these in my SKB. Today I familiarised myself with final cut pro but I may use iMovie because I’m used to that more so I’m in between what to do. I need to colour in some of my sketchbook (SKB) drawings I made. I need to annotate the SKB on or before Saturday.
IMPORTANCE OF USING A SKETCHBOOK
The importance of keeping a physical sketchbook is that it allows me to experiment with different textures and materials. I think a physical sketchbook allows for experimentation of different mediums including: acrylic paint, oil paints and test sample fabrics. I think it’s important to have a sketchbook because it helps me to be creative outside of being digitally creative. A physical sketchbook for the film I create is important because I can record the pictures I take and use photoshop to edit them to show my experimentation. Having this sketchbook has allowed me to develop creative solutions to what can help me to develop the sketchbook further. My subject is spoken word and film and using a sketchbook allows me to record my poems and write my responses through spoken word and allow myself to expand my ideas. I feel like a sketchbook is good for using unconventional materials like the string I used to create an outcome that highlighted the emotions I want to display in my film. I liked talking about my experiences through poems and having the sketchbook to develop on them ideas. I was able to sketch to the best of my ability and create a story board and also develop my ideas through drawing and using materials that aren’t very usual to use.
Final Evaluation
My initial aims were very big and brave and I bit off more than I can chew. I challenged myself way above my expectations and I feel like I fell short at some points. Initially, I didn’t know what I wanted to create and the reason being is because given a free rein whilst I had a lot going on meant that I felt overwhelmed. I knew I wanted to create a library, a book or a film however I felt like I lacked strength and confidence and this is me being honest. I approached the film aspect as I believed this to be the easiest to accomplish during the pandemic of not being able to use resources or access resources whilst I was unwell and also under government regulations. The final project ended up to be the best of what I could make out of a tough situation and I think I achieved being resilient and I tried my absolute best considering the circumstances. The main challenge I faced were time and resources. I feel like the project went so fast and I felt like there was a lack of social and home support and many burdens going on in my life. I tried to channel that anger and frustration into my mood board, my experiments with materials and my film itself. I overcame my life frustrations with using those emotions to complete this project. I also feel like studying during a global pandemic at it’s height was the most difficult thing and I would do things differently like try and create as much routine as I can and continue to reach out at Ravensbourne. I suffered an allergic reaction to grass/pollen whilst filming my FMP and I found that I wasn’t able to shoot in more locations and I was unwell on that day although I planned to go elsewhere and do more filming. The success I found was that my movements in my FMP dance film/spoken word video were synced to my poem. To improve my work in the future I will add music to the film, learn how to add effects and transitions to the video, learn how to add credits and subtitles to make the film dynamic. My approaches were conventional, I created a story board and a mood board but I could have experimented with my processes more to enable me to reach the standard I was aiming for. Overall, I feel like I tried the best I could and achieved what I wanted to but with a more stable home, living and social situation I could have polished my FMP more.