Well... I was on a roll

After initially filming my woodland based project deadlines soon caught up with me and before I knew it I only had a few days to before we broke up from college so my film had to be put on hold, for now ;)

A still from my unit. 3 surveillance film

Surprisingly I managed to return to/ develop/ and finish an earlier film I'd made for my earlier unit of work! It was a surveillance film I'd done based in the art department one open evening and I can't wait to see the reaction others will have when they see it in the final show. As the deadline looms nearer and nearer it's like a part of me has finally kicked in and I've really made some progress with my final unit of work. (Better late than never!) And have nearly brought my unit 4 sketchbook to a conclusion minus an evaluation, and a few final piece sketches I'm nearly done there. But I must, must, MUST return to my unit 3 sketchbook to bring that to a close and create that final piece!!

This is just one of the many gum arabic experimentations I recently did

... I think I must love the pressure of deadlines, cos I sure havne't learnt from last year's late night sessions. But it's like my art teacher says I'm on another 'Jadene mission' i.e. staying back in art during frees and well after college producing some good prep work that should have taken weeks over a days!

I'm looking forward to the art exhibition, and I can't believe it's just over 2 weeks away!! It only sunk in yesterday when we painted our walls and my friend Hannah and I made the mistake of buying white matt emulsion instead of BRILLIANT white emulsion... and boy does it make a difference on the wall.

 

Here we are after we painted the wall! haha

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The Film: behind the scenes and more

Masks: check // Mates: check // GO!!

Emily: Her character is very delicate, but strong and ruthless in her
search for Michaela.



Michaela: has a character that is naive and later deceived, but determined

 to put things right.



Fran: She's the wolf in sheep's clothing (literally) very sly but good at
heart...in her own way ;)

And last but not least Steph, who arrived after the photos were taken but was a character that added an ominous and haunting presence in the film that subtly altered the decisions of each character.

After meeting in Emily's garden and taking a few pre-shoot photos, we headed down to the woods to film in this lovely weather. Luckily it was surprisingly quiet out, except for the odd dog walker or two, who seemed pleasantly surprised by the masks and such ;) I had some vague ideas of what I wanted the final film to look like, pieced together from day dreams I've had about surreal wanderings in the woods and in a way it overlaps with the focus in my current unit of work - the exploration of hostile environments.

Then what a better place to head to than the woods?

My main aim was to loosely follow a lost and found narrative, where the main character becomes separated from the other and both search desperately for one another until they are reunited at the end. But I've thrown in a few sub stories and the extra character or two, but I think like many films - it will be open to interpretation.

Big bad wolf anyone?

These pictures are only the half of it - I can't fully explain how magical the film is alongside the songs I've picked out so far. I've also cut 40mins of film down to 7 since last week and I'm beginning to piece together a short trailer that I will upload a while before hand. Hopefully I'll get that done before Monday, as Monday = the dreaded ART EXAM!!

 

I'll keep you posted!

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Have you ever...

...had the urge to just do something spontaneous?

I have.

Quite a lot to be honest, sometimes I get the urge to draw, to dance or just try work out a little tune on my piano... but normally I never follow through (except when it comes to dancing, sometimes I don't even realise I'm doing it as I shimmy my way through college!).

This time however was very different.

This time I did something I actually wanted to do.

This time I made a film.

And not just any old film but a film with my best friends, who'd offered to help me out as an extended part of my art project. I wasn't too sure how I'd directly link this to my work but I just felt the need to make it. So last Thursday, while it was beautifully sunny (very rare in england!) day I met up with my friends in Emily's garden, which was the closest to the location we'd be fillming in. 

They had no idea what we we're about to do - which made me love them even more :') seeing as all I'd told the was to dress in something vintage. I had some rough ideas, along with various items including masquerade masks to give me some inspiration.

And away we went!

I got loads of great footage, and some hilarious stuff for the bloopers :') but I shall tell you more in detail alongside some of my favourite photos from the day in my following post.

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End of an Advert :) End of a Holiday :(

Today is the last day of half term - and what a long one it has been!

Two weeks with many bank holidays throw in has got me too relaxed to jump back into the college routine tomorrow! But on the plus side I finally finished the video work needed by some of the buisness students: 1 thirty second advert and 1 sixty second pitch done and dusted. I hope it gives them that added edge in the finals!!! Below is one of the final edits i put together:

Once this deadline had been met i focused on college work, and surprisingly I did alot for english literature - not my favourite subject but I found it really easy to wrtie about 'Paradise Lost' the current book we're studying.

Now what I reeeeeally should be focusing on is the prep work leading up to my final art exam!!! I'm still unsure of what I wanna do in my final piece. But I think I'm over thinking it all to be honest, all I want to have is good piece of work for the exhibition. As a kind of momento, a sign that i did something great with the many hours of my college life that I've spent up in that department. But it's gotta make sense, i can't just pull somethingout of the blue. It's got to relate to my prep work or statement of intent... hmmmmm

I think I've got some work to do, but I'll keep you posted.

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p.s. this would have been my earliest post yet since i finished it at 4 but because I had problems uploading the video I'm posting this 4hours later, minus a video :( ... Bad times!