Thanks

Special Thanks to Mr Thomas Jenkins for help with Camera work and acting and just general helpfulness with all things technical!

My finished film

Well here it is my finished film. :)

Video posting problems

I have had a few problems uploading my film onto my website aswell as on the V tape website, which welcomes students to upload their films. Hopefully it will be done by tonight though.

Other presentations

I really enjoyed the presentation day on Friday. I thought it was very interesting to see how other people had approached the task and it was insightful into their lives and art work.

I thought it was very interesting to see how many different people had come up with such completely different ideas.

I particularly liked Trine and Queeny's piece, especially the instillation. I felt they clearly put alot of work into their pieces. Cat's was also a very successful and interesting piece and, I thought, very original.

Overview

The main problem I had with this project was finding a video artist that appealed to me. In the end I think what I did was mainly based my final piece on artists who were not video artists, but who I could relate to and this was the best possible way I feel I could've reacted to this project.

In all honestly, the actual media doesn't have a large impace on me, and although I did enjoy making my film and felt it was successful, I couldn't find many other forms of the same art that interested me. I think this is probably due to the fact that there actually aren't many video artists, and they are much more difficult to research.

When I come to paint or print for example, I often already have an idea of the artist I want and have one in mind already, as they have sometimes inspired the work. Although I did take inspiration from many artists I have already mentioned and did like a number of the pieces, I still chose to do something completely different rather than build on others ideas as I would've done in paint.

This is not to say that what I have done was completely original. I am aware the idea itself quite common but I felt I wanted to make something relevant to myself and my life.

David Hall

I studied David Hall for this project, as he was one of the few really prominent British Video Artists. His website davidhallart.com has various galleries of his art including the famous tv interruption for Scottish television from the 1970s. I like his instillation art piece "101 TV Sets" and it's early importance to mass media. I also liked his tv interruptions, that were unannounced, as they brought thought and art to the outside masses.

V tape site

Recently I found the V tape site when i was researching the Canadian artist Lisa Stelle and her work with the other artist Kim Tomczak. It's a Canadian site, and I have found it a very useful recourse for art history and just the use of video art in general. It has been especially useful as a video art search engine and to refer back to. I have saved it on my delicious site.

Library scenes

I tried to create the same effect that was in the you tube video but was unhappy with the result. I could not find a suitable surface to place the camera that would ensure all the shots were in exactly the same position so was forced to hold the camera. Although it still worked, the speed at which the clips needed to be played to show the change meant the sequence was bumpy. It also didn't really fit with my film as it was a different speed and the music didn't fit with the speed changes which is what I have tried to do all the way through.

Projection

My projection will consist of a single painted white box. I have chosen this not just for it's surface qualities when projecting onto it, but also because it represents confinement, entrapment and eventually freedom which is the underlying theme of my film. I also was keen not to have installation that was too over enthusiastic as I felt this would detract attention from the film and I feel the film is the art and should, if presented in the right way stand up as a piece successfully on its own.

When first deciding on ideas for projection I thought a box used for carrying chickens or other poultry would have been an interesting idea but have been unable to come by one of these.

Hopefully i will be able to find a large box, but if not I have a small flatish one that would also work, I may include other details such as key words that describe the box as well as added parts to the installation such as feathers, an egg box or other natural materials. I may also use chains and books to show the confinements of the library, the theme for my film.