Footage

These two clips below are experiments with film in the city. Ive had the idea of filming out the window of the tube because all the electric wires quickly going past creates an interesting effect, but of course there is the problem of the light reflecting back from the window, which ultimately makes this idea impossible.
My other idea to film looking up at the sky is somewhat more successful, though I would like to do a solid days footage to select from, with various locations, as just looking at the sky may be a bit monotonous. However, this is quite fitting, as I do find the city monotonous; concrete, roads, buses, cars, clouds, all grey and lifeless at times.

Psychogeography research

Psychogeography

Research

In my research so far, Iain Sinclair has stood out as being an inspiring filmmaker. I watched his film about the M25 (the london orbital) a couple of years ago, and still remember it because of its unique narrative, the dull voice that spoke through the film, and the way it made me think about something that I had never considered before - the social impact of a motorway. It made me realise that humans have a relationship with the space around them; one that is very important, yet is not often recognised. I would like to explore a space that noone has thought about before.
I found a website callled www.urbansquares.com which was interesting in the way it recorded derives from around the world, exploring squares in different cities. This made me think of perhaps recording a derive/journey for my final piece.

Section of Sinclair's orbital documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ow5vTyHz9k

New Project: Psychogeography

This brief is very interesting, though it is moving image which I find more challenging than print, mainly because I am less familiar with the software.
The brief asks us to produce a piece of moving image about the 'notion of the city and it's many narratives.' I think this will be a really good topic to explore, as it involves immersing myself in the city and seeing what I find. So far I have taken some photos inspired by the beautiful sunlight on Friday 8th feb.

My pages

I was mainly inspired by the last line of the book, I loved how I had such a vivid image in my head of a white stag, and just had to create it on paper. I wanted to convey the feeling of a wintery surrounding, cold and icy, I imagined the book to be set in Canada, and I've still not read it so I have yet to find out. I decided I didn't want an influenced perception of the lines I was given, so as to have a fresh outlook, and an original idea for my pages.
The photograph was taken on a cold day in Hyde Park, and I like how you can see some urban landscape in the background, as I was unsure of the time the book was written.
In the final magazine all the information about the books(plus students emails) are written, so that everyone finds out the name and author of the book their lines came from.Watch this space for pics of the magazine in all it's glory....

First Last magazine

Well, we won the pitch and managed to create a magazine in two weeks, from briefing the group to delivering the final version to the printer. It was some task!
The concept behind the magazine is to provoke a variety of different responses by giving each student the first and last line of a book, and providing them with a double page spread in which to communicate these lines. The only restrictions being that the lines have to be in thin boxes, bleeding off the edge of the page (the left bleeding left, and the right bleeding right) in Adobe Caslon pro 8pt, and it must be in black and white. This enabled us to create a coherent and professional-looking magazine, yet retaining it's character and student's individual style.
The outcome is brilliant, we had a huge variety of work; illustration, photography, written work etc. We were also able to provide our own paper to the printer, so there are lots of different colours for extra individuality.
My book was The Lumber Room by H.H Munro (Saki) See my pages above.