The Final Video.

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.

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.

Henna

 This is an A1 oil pastel drawing of a hand that I have then added henna patterns on digitally.

Above was my attempt at creating henna using henna paste and lemon juice. 

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!

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.

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.

Walter Van Beirendonck - ' Dream the World Awake'

After a recent tutorial with Julie, we discovered the work of fashion maverick Walter Van Beirendonck.  We were particualry drawn to his recent retrospective at the Antwerp Fashion Muesuem, exhibiting his finest pieces of photography and film.  The following video provided great inspriration for our developing ideas. It immediatly entises its audience and bears a simple yet quirky and effective structure.  We all agree we hope to try and emulate the idea of models approaching on some sort of moving treadmill with a stark white background, however we would have the outfits appearing as a projections rather than actual garments.  The bold use of colour is also significant, should we consider this for our film? ......

http://showstudio.com/project/dream_the_world_awake#fashion_film

Lightbox Installations

During our discussion dated 12th March, we discussed the possibilty of some sort of 'projection' featuring in our final presentation of work, we all seemed to agree this could be a effective way to communicate our ideas. I recently came across the eco initive 'make a forest' created by Anne van der Zwaag and Joanna van der Zanden.  In an attempt not to create a solution for deforestation, but to use art art and design to question whehter the use of one artificial tree could have an impact on a local area, they created artificial trees.  The initive itself was fitting in relation to sustainable design for the future, however it was the way the art was conveyed that caught my attention....

... A series of sketches of trees made from everyday objects were made, and then photographed. They were then exhibited as a series of 'lightbox installations'.  The images below illustatre how these illusions appeared.  To me they are extremely effective, maybe we could present our final concept in this way in the space provided??

(http://www.yatzer.com/vow-45-Temporary-Trees-by-Raw-Color-and-Mkgk)

Solipsist: Andrew Thomas Huang - Frazer

The above piece showcases really well a link between physical textile pieces and digital media.  It's really very beautiful, even if it would be unrealistic for us to create our own piece, to this quality.  The idea of using video, instead of just photography, could be interesting though.

COW - vintage shop

 I Thought this video has some really effective parts in it and could maybe give some ideas for video shooting if thats what we decide to do.

http://www.wearecow.com/shop - vintage fashion shop.

Three Little Pigs TV Advert by The Guardian

Hi all in group 5!

Loving the new advert by The Guardian, really inspirational for all those who are thinking of using video to present ideas!