Editing film

After filming we edited all the footage together for our final outcome video. This took alot of time but we are all really pleased with the outcome.

Having music that had the same beat all the way through really helped us as it made it alot easier to fit the dancing and projection in time with the music.

We used a number of effects while editing, changing the opacity and copying images to make two, resizing and crossing over images to make a kaleidoscope effect. Fraser also added a short introduction to the film as a title for our 'patchwork manchester theme'. This includes sounds and images recorded around Manchester which was something we said we wanted to include at the beginning to show we have been influenced by different areas of Manchester in our work for this project.

Continued prints

Continuation of my print samples that contributed to our digital designs; hand painted screen printing onto silk and cotton...

Final Filming

Today we shot our final video, using a dancer to be our model for our projections. After our last shoot we have gone back to our idea board and decided we needed a blank canvas for the projections to be applied onto. From this our model has been styled in a all in one white suit completed with a white mask. These are some stills taken from the shoot, the projections were very clear and vibrant and worked well with our dancers shapes.

Some 'animations'.

These are a few examples of the 'animations' that we will project on to our models. When they are being projected, they will appear much larger than this- covering the entire body of the models. The change of colours and the movement will make the projections more interesting than just having solely still images.

knit samples

I have been looking at using hand knit to interpret aspects of John Rylands library. It works well using rib knit and cableing, below I have created my own pattern.

However when we brought all our work together as a group, the knit samples didnt fit in as well. I think that it would be more successful if we just use drawings and paintings as these are more successful when putting them into prints for the projection.

dancers outfit

We have decided to keep the makeup/outfit simple for our video and have bought a simple white mask and full dancers leotard. This gives a blank canvas for the projection. The mask also adds abit of mystery to the video and stops the person being a distraction, so attention is kept on the body that will be projected onto.

Video Development

After several failing attempts to master our projection concept successfully, we booked a large room with black out curtains for another attempt.  Frazer had produced some mock layered prints from our growing collection of drawings, that we could use to test our theory.  It soon became clear the prints that were more saturated, and that contained stronger colours, gave a more effective projection, this is evident in lorna's latest post, even from stills the success of colour is evident.  We continued to experiment filming the projection from several angles, and eventually managed to position the model close enough to the projector and the camera, however at a very difficult angle to ensure the projection(that does actually appear on the floor to the right of the model) is not evident for filming. The process proved time consuming, the images and video illustrate how much improvement has occurred from last week, however in our opinion does not reflect the amount of work involved in reaching this breakthrough!  This we hope will be evident in our final video!It proved really difficult to avoid the projection 'projecting onto things behind the model', I feel the results below are extremely successful the projection is almost exact in terms of following the shape of the body!

      In terms of our images we aim to produce more in the next few days, continuing with the layered idea, however will convert the stills into some form of moving sequence to enhance the quality of our final outcome.  We have agreed all digital prints need to be replicated, each replicated version should have increased saturation, contrast levels, and reduced exposure levels to achieve the best projection results when filming.  We hope to print large scale examples of our most successful prints to exhibit at MOSI,  this is why we will replicate all prints so the originals can be kept for this.

AIMS FOR WEEK BEGINNING MON 7TH MAY .....

. Contact dance department, circulate email to secure 4 dancers for filming end of this week/beginning of next.

. Buy all in one white suits for dancers to wear.

. Complete/edit all final digital prints.

. Meet with Mary to discuss editing of final video.

. ........ FILM FINAL VIDEO!

Chinatown drawings

I began drawing using acrylic and watercolours, to reflect the colours in Chinatown.

Filming

After filming in Hotspur House we realised that we needed to use a room that was completely dark. We wanted our video to give the illusion that the model was walking across the screen. The aim is to have a few models walking across with the projection and layer these together into one piece of film.

The set up inside the studio worked out exactly as we had planned, the projection was clear, the background didn't detect the projection and the model looked as those his clothes were virtual.

These still frames show how the projections show up on the model, using our images and samples to create unified clothes. We all agreed that the video should be set to music, but at this moment we are undecided on which song will fit best to our images. We used "Skrillex - Kill Everbody" for this sample shoot, it fits well but isn't completely what we envisioned for it.

Digital Print Designs.

Above are a few examples of the prints that I have designed, using the drawings that we each, as a group created. I will use these to create some moving animations which, along with these still prints, will be projected on to our models' bodies in the video. I tried to make them really vibrant, so that they project well.

Green screen/chroma key

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP-svi0XQks

This is one of the videos explaining green screen that I've found. I think it would work quite well at editing out the projection that we dont want in the background so we could give it a try? And it doesnt seem too complicated if we can find the right software on the macs.

Models- ideas for hair and makeup

 I have been looking at ideas for our models in the projection. I was thinking that we want something striking and non-human but not too fussy to distract away from the projected images.


 We could dress the models in simple white clothing and maybe paint their arms and faces white. For the makeup we could maybe
use black lipstick and draw a line across their eyes as a kind of mask. We could also maybe look into contact lenses to make the model look less human. We could have all the models looking the same or have some differences between them if we use more than one.

A tight bun on the top of the head is a good idea to use as it is simple and holds the hair out of the way.

I think that the black and white theme could work really well on the models. It would give a blank canvas for the projection. I'll do some sketches of different ideas that I have.

An animation of our concept.

This is an animation that I have created to demonstrate the concept that our group is trying to achieve. The images on the dress are by other members in the group. I have tried to create a sense of having clothing that can be altered by having images projected on to it. We want to create clothing that is truly temporary and carries with it a real feel of 'Manchester', and what the city stands for, culturally.

Tuesday 24th... Printing.

Pigment printing (puff) using four layers.

Hand painting directly onto screen.

( silk, cotton, paper)

Early print ideas....painting....drawing....

Film Camera

Whilst going around Northern Quarter taking photos and drawing images, I used a rang of cameras. I have taken my first set of photos on a Fujifilm digital camera, these have been useful for drawing purposes. The second set have been taken on a Olympus film camera.

 These have come out very different, some are in clear focus, some have been effected by the sun and others have been over laid. The last photo I took was on my Polaroid camera in silver tones. This was a bit over exposed but the outcome is fairly interesting and could make a good print.