Critique

At the end of the Presentation showing the work and final outcome produced within the project I got feedback at the end.

Everyone seemed to like my outcome and found it linked well with my research. 

In the actual final piece I was told I could have shortened one of the pictures as it being on too long made the visuals less effective, as well as maybe using filters on my own pictures to make them look older.

If I were to edit anything or make another one I would definitely take these opinions into consideration.

Final Outcome and Evaluation

Project Review

Research Methodologies:

Within my research I have looked up artists, watched videos, read articles, and asked questions from people around me.

Ideas Development:

From looking at my artists I was inspired to think of several possible outcomes. I got the idea of creating double exposure pictures using Photoshop. Joachim Schmid gave me the idea to use two separate photos to show hidden emotions. Penelope Umbrico gave me the idea to use a series of photographs of a person dressed differently or pulling emotions to show different personalities. David Lynch and Janet Cardiff gave me the idea to use audio and video within my work to produce something that might be seen as disturbing.

Materials and methods Explored:

I have explored a range of different things within my media project such as: Premiere – editing Audio and Video, Photoshop – editing to create a moodboard, Recordings, Audacity – editing software, projector and a smartphone projector, camera, polaroid and a hand scanner.

Evaluation and Reflection:

I have produced a short film that is meant to be engaging with the audience visually and with sound. I focused mainly on using premiere for my final outcome. I have used primary and secondary (public domain) audio and videos to put together my film.

I like how the film had turned out, it makes me feel somewhat uneasy watching it. I first created the Audio then adapted the film and pictures to fit in with certain sounds. This way I could make it so the viewer has to keep watching the man talking so they don’t miss any flashing footage.

Some areas within my audio could have been better, as well as the general video. I think if I were to produce another video I would keep the same method of making it but alter the types of videos used by either just using old footage or just my own instead of the two.

Intention:

My intention was to produce a short film that will make the viewer feel uncomfortable and draw them into the video. I want to get a reaction from the viewers. I want to make the viewer create their own story behind the audio, although it has imagery, I want the viewer to look deeper within the film.

Audience:

My audience are people above the age of 15.  Anyone with epilepsy should not watch the final video as it has flashing images and watch it at their own risk.

Theme:

My theme in this project is horror/thriller and the mind.

Videos

I have put up some of the original videos used within my project.

Polaroids

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Yui

Yui

Using a Polaroid camera I have taken some photographs in colour of people. I love the outcome of how it makes pictures look, instead of it being in full colour, it is reduced and only shown slightly. 

On my second two photographs, I found the background of the window looked really nice in contrast with Yui. One photograph I had the flash on and accidently took the picture when it was facing away from her. The other I did without the flash focusing on her face. By joining them together by overlaying them, i find they compliment each other and my first picture of Yui was a happy accident.

I find if i need to take photographs for any project in the future, I will use a Polaroid camera as the outcome is not always perfect which may make the outcome how i want it.

Hand Scanner

I have used a hand scanner and distorted my joker cards. I love the outcomes all of  these as even if you do it again in it will never be the same and they are all individual.

Janet Cardiff

Paradise Institute 2001

Contemporary Artist

Janet Cardiff is a Canadian artist who works with sound and sound installations, especially audio walks. She consistently collaborates with her husband and partner George Bures Miller. They are recognized for their immersive multimedia works that create transcendent multisensory experiences which draw the viewer into often unsettling narratives.

As I want my outcome to be a short video clip, I want to focus on how I could make the viewer feel using the right audio and further ideas on how to create a surrounding environment for it to be displayed. Their sound work with choral and instrumental music with speech, nature sounds, and Foley-esque effects, they also know how to play with visual environments.

I love the idea of interacting with the audience, find that for it to be displayed I should most likely make an interactive seating area with headphones, It casts more of an effect than it would without. As well as it drawing people in to want to find out what is going on rather than passing it by. I would use black out curtains around the installation to make them solely focused on watching and listening.

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<http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/cardiff-and-miller/bio>
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Cardiff 

End of week Evaluation + What Makes People Fell Visually Uncomfortable

I understand that we have tested out things such as Premier, photoshop within the first week to see if we like the software.

In the terms of Media I see myself looking at possibly producing either a photography outcome or a video on premiere. Whilst doing this week I find it has given me an insight into the fact that I like producing videos.

I think I have used my time in the studio to the best of my ability. I have used the software on the computers which aren’t available in other areas such as the library.

I don’t find the skills developed in the drawing week have been useful during this week as I have mostly done thing digitally.

I find the artist references have helped me to produce the right outcome to the brief.

When working on premiere and photoshop I didn’t write down notes for photoshop as I already had a basic understanding of how to use it and have used it in more advanced methods. I wrote down notes on how to use premiere as it was my first time using it, it will be helpful to look back at notes if I use it in future. 

Next week I could continue to explore a range of material and media to expand my insight on media.

Visually Uncomfortable 

In Films like horror/thriller visual and sounds work together to create the right atmosphere for the audience to feel scared.

Horror films are best at manipulating our feelings.

They use disonet screeching sounds and chords that emulate animals that are in distress (inharmonious and harsh sounding tracks).

Infrasound is one of the sounds used to make us feel effects such as: chills, anxiety, depression and nausea.

When creating my next short film I want to add infrasound to the background to make the viewers feel more uncomfortable hearing the soundtrack.

I have asked people what they find uncomfortable to watch in films, or in everyday situations. I have created mindmap and will use it to help inspire my film.