Lauren's DFSA Research : 2015

Requirements 1.5mm aluminium wire (for legs and body) 1mm aluminium wire (for arms and hands) 2 joints (for breast and hip) 2 steel with brass feet 1 joint (for head) 10 grub screws 2 M5 bolts 2 M5 washers 2

Reframing the Interface : Debbie // Indiegogo Trailer Edit

Debbie, Reframing the Interface

After we did the trailer shoot, I took the files and edited a trailer in Avid for the Indiegogo page for Debbie. This consisted of a teaser trailer, followed by a pitch done by Lucy to give more information about

Reframing the Interface : Animation // Indiegogo Page Layout

Animation, Reframing the Interface

For the Indiegogo page, I was in charge of compiling everything together and placing it in a relevant, interesting order. Firstly I had to come up with a tagline, that would promote the project and gain interest from the public

Reframing the Interface : Animation // Fundraising - Indiegogo Trailer (Idea and Animating)

Animation, Reframing the Interface

Idea I thought since our film is animation based it would be nice to do our trailer in a similar fashion and use animation. So far we have used quite a lot of graphics, such as of the characters, throughout

Beyond the Boundaries : Camera Work for Iron Maiden Documentary Film

Josh, Reframing the Interface

Josh asked Tom and I to help out with camera work for his documentary film, which I was very excited about as I find his project really cool and something I'd be really interested in! It meant we got to

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Presentation

Feedback Think about how the vines and branches relate to anxiety, what we want to say with them and how to incorporate them into the film. Is the piece meant to be fairytale - esque? Are we going to use an

Beyond the Boundaries : Through the Medium // Presentation

Animation, Beyond the Boundaries, Through the Medium

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Nir Arieli's Inframen

Inframen is a series of portraits using an infrared technique that reveals blemishes that lie under a dancer's abused skin such as scars and sun damage. The photographic process strips away the dancers' outer shell, exposing hidden flaws - the

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Revised Idea

After our brief tutorial with Kathleen we discussed about what gender we wanted the dancer to be and how this would effect what we are trying to say with the piece. We thought how it would be interesting to use

Beyond the Boundaries : Animation // Logo

We wanted to make our production pack reflect the style of the film, making use of colours and shapes, and in the process decided that it would be nice to have a logo / title that we can use on

Beyond the Boundaries : Animation // Meet the Characters! (Descriptions)

I thought as the production is giving a life to the characters, that I'd do the descriptions in an interesting, related manner - giving them mock interviews as if they are publicizing "Through the Medium" as the actors. This allows a further reflection

Beyond the Boundaries : Animation // Character's Outfits and Colours

Stopmotion My idea for Clay is to have him in warmer colours to represent his more physical, classic nature and relationship to the human world. This includes various tones of red, probably leaning more towards the mid-darker shades. Subtle hints of

Beyond the Boundaries : Animation // Advice from Flickerpix Animation

As a big animation company from Northern Ireland, I've known of Flickerpix (who's website can be viewed here) for a significant amount of time now, specifically of their Progressive Advertisements that were on all the time in between programmes on

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Shot List and Initial Story Boards

I created a rough shot list to gain a first idea of what the film may look like and the kind of visuals we might want to gain from it. I separated the detailed movement within the piece into three

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Anxious Movements Research

How anxiety displays itself between person to person is very different - panic attacks can occur out of nowhere or certain thoughts or events can trigger nervousness. The one thing that is commonly found is a "persistent or severe fear

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Contemporary Dance Films Research

The Body (2012) // Directed by Kazimir Kolesnik and Eero Heinonen I particularly like the focus on the body and it's movement in this piece, and I feel I can draw some nice inspiration stylistically from the extreme close ups,

Beyond the Boundaries : Anxiety Dance // Mood Board