1. What is the idea behind your project?
You need to consider and discuss the theme, topic, focus or perspective of your project and why you are interested in it.
I don’t want to limit myself by focusing too much on a particular theme. My idea for my project is to broaden my perspective on photography rather than centre the whole project on taking photographs to suit a particular topic. I plan to take photographs every day of whatever I might be doing.
2. What do you want to achieve through this work?
Discuss your artistic and personal aims of your project and comment on how you think it is likely to affect the people who experience it.
My personal aim for the project is to make photography a habit. Rather than thinking and planning what images I want to take and when I want to take them, I want to become used to always having my camera and taking pictures on a daily basis.
3. What research and development strategy have you defined for the project?
How will you set about achieving the goals you have set for your project including your working methods, artistic, technical and ethical considerations?
I will start my project as soon as possible so as to have time to explore the range of photographic styles and techniques that I would like to. Each week I will assess the images I’ve taken and whether the project is developing well or whether I need to change my method if I’m unhappy with the images I’m making.
4. How feasible is the project?
Identify the risks/problems that might arise in the development of you project and provide a proposed timetable of activities. This will enable both you and your tutor to monitor progress.
I think the actually idea of taking images on a daily basis and exploring different techniques is feasible. The problem which could arise with not planning the photographs, is that I’m producing work which I’m not pleased with, which I will try to overcome by assessing my work regularly and changing my methods if necessary.
Timetable
1 February 23-27
Project proposal. Begin planning/taking photographs
2 March 02-06
Finalize project proposal. Continue taking photographs and assessing my own work. Feedback from group seminar.
3 March 09-13
Produce work.
4 March 16-20
Produce work. Feedback from seminar.
5 March 23-27
Produce work. Assess work, what could be used for final images.
6 March/April 30-03
Produce work. Feedback from group seminar about images for final piece.
7 April/May 27-01
Finish work. Prepare images for final project presentation.
8 May 04-08
Hand in project
5. What are the influences that have helped you in thinking about the project?
I looked into photographers who made work on a daily basis and came across ‘Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way’ on http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/ The article really inspired me to be making images all the time, varying the theme and experimenting with techniques.
Whilst creating my own work I will be carrying out research on street photographers, such as Trent Parke, to explore different artists, how they work and what inspires them when taking photographs so regularly.
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Thursday 5 February 2009
Friday 06th February 09
9.00am group met in edit suites to finish the final edit.
All group research and individual work was printed and bound to make a group research and development book.
All group research and individual work was printed and bound to make a group research and development book.
Thursday 05th February 09
10.00am the group met in Portland to collect equipment to film interviews outside the student union.
We asked a number of students to answer the following questions whilst being filmed:
1. What is your occupation?
2. What course do you study?
3. How often do you go out?
4. On an average night out how much money would you spend?
5. Has the credit crunch had an impact on your spending?
We had a prepared questionnaire which we asked 25 students to fill in, which asked more specific questions about how much go out drinking and the effect the credit crunch has had on them. We carried out this survey so as to include our own statistics which are directly related to our piece, rather than finding statistics from the internet.
We then spend the rest of the afternoon log-and-capturing, and editing our footage.
We asked a number of students to answer the following questions whilst being filmed:
1. What is your occupation?
2. What course do you study?
3. How often do you go out?
4. On an average night out how much money would you spend?
5. Has the credit crunch had an impact on your spending?
We had a prepared questionnaire which we asked 25 students to fill in, which asked more specific questions about how much go out drinking and the effect the credit crunch has had on them. We carried out this survey so as to include our own statistics which are directly related to our piece, rather than finding statistics from the internet.
We then spend the rest of the afternoon log-and-capturing, and editing our footage.
Monday 02nd February 09
10.00am group tutorial to discuss how the project is going and what changes need to be made.
Ideas/thoughts/feedback which came into discussion during the tutorial:
- What will engage the viewer?to make people watch the video
- Maybe use a character or presenter for the piece. re-enactments/reconstructions, discussion, dramatic shoot - of anyone who has had a hard time with the credit crunch.
- A title for the piece - may be something from the video-something that has been said throughout?
- The venues p.o.v. may be the doormans p.o.v - stories from him being a student, & stories of the present.
A time and date was then set for the next meeting to film and edit footage.
Ideas/thoughts/feedback which came into discussion during the tutorial:
- What will engage the viewer?to make people watch the video
- Maybe use a character or presenter for the piece. re-enactments/reconstructions, discussion, dramatic shoot - of anyone who has had a hard time with the credit crunch.
- A title for the piece - may be something from the video-something that has been said throughout?
- The venues p.o.v. may be the doormans p.o.v - stories from him being a student, & stories of the present.
A time and date was then set for the next meeting to film and edit footage.
Friday 30th January 09
10.00am meeting in edit suite to edit footage. We cut sections of footage which we would use and put them on the timeline in a rough order. From looking at the footage and discussing where our project was going, we decided we needed to make more footage and focus more on a particular aspect of the broad subject of 'binge drinking and the credit crunch'. We discussed focusing entirely on students and how the credit crunch has effected their drinking habbits.
Monday 26th January 09
!0.00am group tutorial to discuss the work we've done so far and what improvements could be made.
After our tutorial we then log-and-captured our footage (the interview, interior & exterior shots).
After our tutorial we then log-and-captured our footage (the interview, interior & exterior shots).
Thursday 22nd January 09
Meeting at 10.00pm outside the students union ('Level 1') to shoot exterior footage. We planned to film students going in to the student union from 10.00pm-12.00am then come back to the union to film students leaving from 2.00am-3.00am.
On arrival we first asked the doormen working outside the union permission to film. With their agreement we set up the camera on a tripod and filmed students going into the venue. Our intention was to show how not as many students were going out spending money on drinking as a result of the credit crunch. This was reflected in how few people were filmed going into the union. We decided not to return to film students coming out of the union as there would be a big rush of people which would contradict the point which was made with the earlier footage.
On arrival we first asked the doormen working outside the union permission to film. With their agreement we set up the camera on a tripod and filmed students going into the venue. Our intention was to show how not as many students were going out spending money on drinking as a result of the credit crunch. This was reflected in how few people were filmed going into the union. We decided not to return to film students coming out of the union as there would be a big rush of people which would contradict the point which was made with the earlier footage.
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