So I’m on about pushing these skills and broadening myself in new ways…and I’ve come across a thought. Actually this has spawned from a comment just made about my new as3 interactive piece; highlighting that it “needs colour!”.
You know what, I absolutely agree, and this is the thing. Ever since I can remember; A-Level, GCSE, Year 2, before that even, I’ve always worked with pencils and charcoal as mediums of choice in my art. Everything was very dark, subtle, discreet and overall pretty darn grayscale :-S.
It seems like this influence is still taking an affect on my work and I think its about time I experimented with different visual mediums/theory/techniques, whatever you want to call it - and added some colour!!!!
I’m well on my way developing my ‘day in the life of’ project and after considering a range of possibilities, I have chosen to run with ‘a day in the life of a car tyre’. Previously, I felt this idea lacked momentum and I was more inclined to persue the idea of a 404 page, however after further consideration, I concluded the idea would require a multitude of varying people to collaborate and ‘act’, which I believe would have put the project’s visual and contextual standard at risk.
Instead, I have now developed a storyboard for an animation based on a car tyre, shown below.
Conceptually, if a car tyre were conscious, I believe that it’s constant rapid rotation upon movement would ultimately cause its memory to falter; to be distorted and to be cut. My storyboard is therefore based on this theory. The tyre’s day is left in wonder and uncertainty. Events occur but the tyre never sees the outcome.
Visually, I have attempted to convey a sense of mystery and sinisterness in order to represent the character’s non-conclusive intentions.
My next step in developing this project is to experiment with different mediums and footage in order to realise the feasibility of my intended visual language.
We are all well into 2008 now and here it is, our first visual studies brief to welcome in the new term. The brief is simply this; “A day in the life of…” - Here we are given the freedom to complete this sentence and over the next 12 weeks design, develop and implement an animation that portrays our idea.
This is great:
My initial ideas.…A bus ticket - I am intrigued by the idea that bus tickets are one of them things in life that we all have no interest in, or most of us anyway I guess…or is it just me? Does the rest of the world secretly store and archive their journeys? - What happens to that ticket? rarely it is checked and rarely referred to after a journey. Does it end up in your wallet to be found a week later? Is it screwed up in your pocket? or does it end up in the bin? What conversations does this bus ticket hear in its life after being printed?…A till roll - I guess this is formed as a tangent from the previous, however the angle here could be the events within the till roll…roll. The time leading up until the till roll is printed - The location would have to be considered here. The ink process and almost the personality of the ticket could be portrayed too.
…A car tyre - We must run over some random things whilst driving surely?
A think with all these initial ideas, there are two considerations. The first being the story, the script and the storyboard. The second is the visual language, and with this second point in mind more prominently for the moment; do these ideas have the potential to encompass a visual style?
Out of the three, I feel the tyre is the least inspiring due to the lack of scope, visually.
Hence a 4th idea is “a day in the life of a 404 page”. - Yea we have all been there, a link advertises an article that seems really interesting…we think “hmmm, this might be worth a read…” - only to find a 404 page stuck there; a huge slap in the face if you will.
I think this is rather interesting. Peoples expressions, peoples reactions could compliment a strong storyline, and I also think there is vast scope visually that could show environments, the people behind the screen.
I feel I could really get into this project, and it will give me the chance to work conceptually and to develop idea generation… and of course to maybe grab a camera and start shooting
One of my final compositions for this term’s visual studies module will reflect the scenes of destruction in H.G. Wells’ film, “Things to Come”. Recently I took the opportunity to photograph a local destruction site and developed the composition shown below:
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