Summer Project.

I have been given the brief over Summer which is to try or do things we've never attempted or done before, and to document them in unique ways which relate to the thing we'd tried. The brief applies the only rules are that it can be simple or complex, but must be something we'd never tried before.

The aspect of the project I found quite exciting, however struggled at first to think of ideas of things to try. Here are a few things I thought of in first reaction to the project brief:

• Trying a completely new food and documenting it in a new way (Going on holiday to France so there will be an abundance of unique cuisine to try and possibly document) 
• Trying to learn an instrument - Drums or piano (Instruments I have access to) Maybe for the drums it could be a mixture of vocal and instrumental voice recordings edited together for its own drumbeat. (Voice telling me how to play the drums recorded and edited into a drumbeat itself)
• Learn how to ride a bike without stabilisers. Although I tried riding a bike as a child and could do it with stabilisers, I never learnt to properly ride a bike, so this could be a good one to attempt for the more complex thing to try.

Idea 1 - First time watching a Foreign Film with Subtitles.

Production of the ideas may have been slow, but I decided whilst looking through films on Netflix, that watching a foreign film with subtitles was something I'd never done before and a nice simple start to the project that could be easily elaborated on. I chose the film 'Amelie' a French 'fanciful comedy' with English subtitles. Watching the film itself was really good, even with the metaphors throughout the film and the symbols shown within it. Although a basic idea, I felt that this project could elaborate on documenting the process in a good way.
To show and develop and document the fact that my only way of truly understanding the plot to Amelie and what the characters were saying, I wanted to replicate the visual metaphors shown as well as the written element that helped me throughout the film.
In a sketchbook I have listed some of the things I thought were important about the film, in hope to replicate the props or have my own interpretations into 3d sculptures and props to display to the group.

Pinot Vine Animations

In previous group discussions it has been made clear that 'Vines' are a hit with young people and users of social media due to the small amount of attention it requires but is short and intricate. The vines constrict the amount of time between the attention of the viewer as these days due to technology and social media, video lengths are better preferred to be short and sweet. The animations Pinot makes is to elaborate small ideas into animations such as this spinning coin into the animation.

Eurovision Song Contest- Winner's Performance 2015

A particularly interesting performance came this year from the Eurovision Song Contest with this interactively animated entry from Sweden's singer Mans Zelmerlow. The singer not only performed vocally, but produced a unique interactive dance with projected animations during the performance, which wowed the audience and viewers due to the intricate thought and setting up that had taken place for success. The effectiveness of such a chosen way to display the song proved very successful with Sweden winning this year's contest.
During the animation, there were some characters made to look as if they were high fiving the performer and interacting with him, as well as including parts where it appeared he himself had super powers, with bursts of light coming out of his hands etc.
The animation itself was supposed to relate to the overall theme of the song titled "Heroes" Zelmerlow wanted the animation and the theme to shine through the performance.

 "We all are heroes no matter who we are, what we love or what we believe in"