Catch Up on Week 2

We're almost there!

Monday Week 2:
We analyzed Michael's project outline. I would enter the outline here but it keeps changing so I think that would be pointless! We will update you. It'll keep us all afoot. Aside from the exciting changes that are sure to come, it's safe to say that "this project, Space and Place, is a way to open up our shared connection to the neighborhoods we inhabit, where we live our lives day in and day out. Working together, we will seek to define the communities we live in and those we wish to explore in our imaginations."

What will we be using to create our spaces and places?

-projection and lighting

-large format still photography

-video

-raw sound and vocal recording

-music

-mapping technologies

-an array of software programs

-AND BEYOND...

How to start?

Good question! First we started by brainstorming the rooms that make up our homes and the purposes of each rooms. The common rooms that we came up with were:
Kitchen, Living Room, Bedroom, Bathroom, Stairs, Hallways, Closet, Laundry Room, Garage, and Back/Front Yard

We then came up with emotions and feelings that we tend to associate with each room, and sorted them into positive, negative, and neutral (for example, "contemplation" could go both ways). 

Lighting and Video

In the afternoon Michael worked with us on lighting and camera angle, what light set-ups are used when, and what camera angles are used when. So we set up the light fixtures in our studio trying to eliminate the shadow of the subject, and we each took turns standing in front of the wall saying a phrase, any phrase, with a different camera angle each time: medium, medium side, from above, from below, and close up face shot.

TUESDAY Week 2:

Quick lil' workshop with the video editing program called Isadora. We played with all the different effects with the sound and video: We turned Andrew into a blue man. We made my laugh sound like satan and then cut it down to .5 seconds and had it loop over and over again. We trimmed Nate's video and compiled three different camera angles to make one seamless video, and then added music. There are so many options with video editing!