Last term, in groups of three, we made documentaries about businesses in Peckham.
Our group documented the company Life Skills, a centre that teachers construction work, as well as maths, english and help with getting a job to local teenagers.
Here is the final video:
Life Skills from Alexandra Brittain on Vimeo.
Friday, 27 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Shape Rainbow
Last term we completed an animation project with guest lecturer Max Hattler.
The class was split into 16 groups which were each given shapes and colours to base their animations on.
When put together all the films create a shape rainbow.
I was part of group nine - we had the colours green to dark green and the shape was a circle.
Here is the final film.
The class was split into 16 groups which were each given shapes and colours to base their animations on.
When put together all the films create a shape rainbow.
I was part of group nine - we had the colours green to dark green and the shape was a circle.
Here is the final film.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Fanzine Workshop
Yesterday we had another workshop; a fanzine workshop.
The brief: to make some form of fanzine in a day based on a given word.
My word was repeat.
I started out with some postcards I found in a charity shop which I wanted to use.
I began by experimenting with about 4 of them; photocopying them, cutting them up, adding text to them.
However I kept coming back to the idea of slicing the images and piecing two images together.
Once I had one long image I then begun folding the image into a concertina so that you could see one image one way and the other the other way.
I then created a variety of these long images which I then Japanese bound together.
The idea being you could take the pages out of the book and create the concertina for yourself.
I would really like to create a lot more of these double images, perhaps playing further with the splicing and repetition of the slices of imagery.
In terms of the concertina it might be night to experiment with text; something you can read only when you have made the concertina.
The brief: to make some form of fanzine in a day based on a given word.
My word was repeat.
I started out with some postcards I found in a charity shop which I wanted to use.
I began by experimenting with about 4 of them; photocopying them, cutting them up, adding text to them.
However I kept coming back to the idea of slicing the images and piecing two images together.
Once I had one long image I then begun folding the image into a concertina so that you could see one image one way and the other the other way.
I then created a variety of these long images which I then Japanese bound together.
The idea being you could take the pages out of the book and create the concertina for yourself.
I would really like to create a lot more of these double images, perhaps playing further with the splicing and repetition of the slices of imagery.
In terms of the concertina it might be night to experiment with text; something you can read only when you have made the concertina.
Book Binding Workshop
One of our new projects this term is called collections.
The brief is to make a collection of some kind and present this in a book; preferably one you have made yourself.
In order to help us get into this project we had a book binding workshop where by the end of the day we had all made a hardback book each.
I decided to make a book of graph paper.
Not quite sure what I'm going to use it for yet!
The book also had to have a fabric cover and we had to choose end papers that would fit with our book.
I really enjoyed making the book, I'd never done anything like it before.
Here is my final book.
The brief is to make a collection of some kind and present this in a book; preferably one you have made yourself.
In order to help us get into this project we had a book binding workshop where by the end of the day we had all made a hardback book each.
I decided to make a book of graph paper.
Not quite sure what I'm going to use it for yet!
The book also had to have a fabric cover and we had to choose end papers that would fit with our book.
I really enjoyed making the book, I'd never done anything like it before.
Here is my final book.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Something for a rainy day
So I'm trying to get back into doing some work before going back to uni next week and came across this new advent calendar invention - film yourself and a friend doing a different dance for every day for December.
This is the art of dancing!
http://www.theartofdancing.co.uk/
This is the art of dancing!
http://www.theartofdancing.co.uk/
Monday, 2 January 2012
Experimental Animation Final Video
So here is the final video for an experimental animation we made in groups for a university project.
In the brief each group was given a colour range and a shape as a guide to making the animation.
Our group was given the colours green to dark green and the shape was a circle.
In total our class made 16 films which will be put together to make a rainbow of experimental animations.
At the end of term our year group held a film screening in London and all the animations were screened at the after party.
An aim of the project was to really work frame by frame for the one minute we had - using photographs rather than video.
Our group became really interested in texture and combining textures - so we used natural objects such as vegetables and plants as a source of inspiration.
Here is the final video:
In the brief each group was given a colour range and a shape as a guide to making the animation.
Our group was given the colours green to dark green and the shape was a circle.
In total our class made 16 films which will be put together to make a rainbow of experimental animations.
At the end of term our year group held a film screening in London and all the animations were screened at the after party.
An aim of the project was to really work frame by frame for the one minute we had - using photographs rather than video.
Our group became really interested in texture and combining textures - so we used natural objects such as vegetables and plants as a source of inspiration.
Here is the final video:
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