Final Film!

Final Film! This piece of music was chosen because we tried out a lot of sound effects and nothing seemed to flow or sound quite right, especially on movie maker. This song has elements of small sound effects which fit in well, and the overall makeup of the song (which Kes added to the group blog) fits in with the changing of speed of our video. It builds up as the mould builds up on the body. The song 'Children' by Robert Miles is also looking forward to the future and what the future will bring us. I feel this movie relates to the initial brief because we are acting as 'help agents' for prople to see what the problems are, and it is linked so closely to 'slow is beautiful'.

Stop motion: part of the final film

Stop motion of what we were filming from above. It's jumpy because we couldn't keep the camera in the same place and we didn't take a photo each time a sample was added, but it still shows the way the samples grow and gives an idea of how the film is.

Stop motion fits in so well with our idea of 'slow is beautiful' and how a slow peocess can be an incredibly beautiful one. Stop motion films are so time consuming to make, but they are so worth while. You feel a part of every stop  frame, because you took them individually and moved the sample every time. It's a  deeper connection to your movie than something that is filmed on a video camera.

First day of filming final film

 These were our samples before we started filmin. So proud of all the samples we were able to produce!

       Jess H standing in the whits suit ready to film the samples climbing over her.  She didn't get out of the suit for 4 hours, of standing in the same position!! Very proud, not sure I could have done that. We should have paid someone else to do, also we should have had someone smaller because of Jess being so tall it took longer to fill her with the samples.

 Emilia, Steph and Jess who put the samples on the Jess with me whilst Claire took the photos. There was amazing light coming through Steph's lounge windows.

 Emilia and Jess B placing the samples onto Jess H. It was time-consuming to attach bevause we had to pin each sample individually onto the suit. Some samples were also really heavy and the pins didn;t hold them particularly well.

Latex sample stop motion

Stop motion at the end of the day using latex samples as the focus. It would have been better using more photos and moving the samples less to make it smoother.

Mixing the samples

We needed to make smaller samples so that the video would run more smoothly. This led me to make more samples that were quick and small crocheted circles with no extra embellishment to bulk up the amount, instead of taking a long time creating a texture detail to them.

Samples working together along the floor. I really love all the different styles and sizes clashing together. It looks beautiful, and the greens tie them together. Emilia, Claire and I put this together when we were waiting for the others to arrive. The group works well when there are a few of us at a time, but of course more work gets done when there are more of us.

1st group stop motion in the suit

 1st video using the suit. Really like it because it adds a paranoid, and sterilised atmosphere like we experienced in the microbiology department.

1st group stop motion

                            

All of our samples collectively used in a stop motion. This would have been more effective with everyone's samples because only Jess Brown, Steph, Claire and Jo could make it. Still inspired us to do more similar though.

Stop motion ink

This video was done in the group work, they were really fun to achieve and it was great to work in the group. We have the idea of using food colouring and tubing to suggest disease spreading through the body.

Drawn stop motion

Drawn stop motions are much easier to make look smoother because you can make the difference between each photo much more subtle.

Sample stop motions

These films are all very basic, and are used with quite large samples so it is quite juttery. I've found using much smaller, or just more samples creates a much smoother video.

Stop motion up the wall

It was tough making a stop motion going up the wall on my own because I had to find ways of attaching to the surface. Also I was moving around a lot, it is definately easier with more than one person.

1st Stop motion video

                                             Video experiment using samples. Loved doing this!

Group work photos from footprint video

 Before

 After

The footprints left behind looked as though they had been drawn with all the detail of the bottom of the foot. They were beautiful and inspired our work and ideas for further film.

Putting the paper used onto the wall. This excercise created lots of drawings done together as a group and was a good way for us to bond as a group.