3 days left...

I'm in class at the moment waiting for James to help me save my film as low and high resolution copies. Then I'm meeting with my group to burn all our work onto dvd. Everyone seems confused as to what work we are actually supposed to put on the dvd...but I guess we'll just have to put on what we've all brought with us. As soon as I've finish with my group I think I'll go straight home and try to finish off my analogue press pack and my evaluation, then I will be finished! Would rather finish everything before the weekend.

Stills which I made into cards for my Press Pack

Completed film!

I've now definitely finished all editing on my film. I also changed the music again. I've finally decided on Beethoven's 7th Symphony, which is beautiful, and moving, and I think goes perfectly with my film!

Today I've also completed making my cards of film stills for my press pack, and also made my leaflet. I decide that I also want to include some sort of 'safety' information on asthma, like tips or numbers of help lines, what to do during an asthma attack, and information you could give friends, colleagues, family, to also help them know what to do if someone they know has an attack.
I could send my press packs out to asthma charities...

I still have some writen work to do, and making high and low resolution files of my film, (which I don't know how to do)...but I'm happy with my film, which, being the most creative and exciting element of this project- I can't help but care about the most. So I'm feeling ok about the project...even though maybe not eveything I've done for this project is perfect and completely 'filling the brief' but I've done as much as I've understood, and I put everything I could into making my film exactly how I envisioned.

Last week rush...Evaluation analogue Vs cyber

Only 5 whole days untill my deadline.

Today I started writing my evaluation, including my opinion on analogue Vs cyber, digital Vs film photography....

I finally found the perfect music I wanted for my film!...I think. 'The Promise' by Michael Nyman from the score of the film The Piano.

I also think that I have finished all editing on my film, at that it is now complete.

Still adding to my cyber and analogue press packs. Been printing off stills from my film, which I am mounting to include as cards in my analogue press pack, I've also started making a leaflet/look-book about myself as a photographer, my film and the Safe+Sound project.

I still need to finish writing my proposals for archiving. Me and my group have planned a meeting time/place via e-mail, when we can put all our work for this cyber project onto a DVD.

The thought that I only have a few days left to finish makes me feel so panicked, but I think ill be able to finish everything, and be fine...

Progress....and planning my press pack

I've been trying to put together my analogue and cyber press packs today, I want my analogue press pack to relate to the subject of asthma, so I 've been trying to create a medical/clinical look to my press pack, in which I would want to include stills from my film, which I think I will mount onto foam baord, (maybe just 5x3"), a leaflet/look book including information on the Safe+Sound project I'm working with, info about my film, and maybe info on asthma itself.
I think I will use a pharmacy paper bag to put my information in, and I'm also considering the idea of pasting information and stills from my film on the sides of empty medicine boxes....

Today I've also set up my cyber press pack- a Myspace site promoting this Blog! Which I will post my video on when it's complete.

I'm also writing my proposals on archiving tonight, and been writing notes on my cyber Vs analogue debate, which I will include in my final evaluation.

Film Stills

Progression of my Cyber Fashion project...

I have 10 days left until the hand in of my cyber fashion project, I'm struggling but trying not to sink. I hit a wall a few day ago, in terms of my project, but I think I moved on. It took some outside inspiration.
My Safe+Sound based project is based around the issue of living with asthma. To be honest I see my film as more of an abstract representation of what my mind conjures up when I think of dealing with asthma itself, or experiencing an asthma attack, but I would like to think it could be helpful, inspirational to others...
I move on to thinking of the positive outcome I could concentrate on from having asthma. I would be a diffferent person if I didnt have it. I don't believe in the idea that suffering is good, to make you appriceate life, but I do think that not having eveything handed to you, or being in some way or another an 'outsider' can make you a more compassionate person. It obviously affected my parents, me having asthma attacks from 2 years old, just the unthinkable devestation and tragidy of possibly losing a child would make you question life, your priorites...I think the idea of being as happy, and (however cliched it sounds) living life fully has been embedded in me from the start. For instance not conforming to the need/pressure to excel in academic subjects, or all social conventions, but to be cultured in art, whether it be painting photography, film, theatre, music...to know how to appriciate how privaliged lucky I am overall. I think all these aspects which have sprung from me having asthma are all obviously positive and make me who I am. Art, and in particular photography is the most natural thing to me, but also the most exciting and fulfilling thing in the world.

Todays I'm finding it hard, fallling in and out of love in my head. Confusion. Trying to concentrate on the project and my film. But my mood is affecting my work.

I've been editing my film some more today, trying to find the perfect music. I've been listening to Postal Service, Diane Cluck, Beethoven's Symphony No.7, and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and I still can't pick the right one, maybe I need to leave it and go back to it tomorrow, or maybe I need an outside opinion. Someone has suggested Micheal Nyman...may be what I'm looking for.

So, so far I've finished filming all footage for my short film, which is looking like it will be around 4mins, the editing is pretty snappy, I've combined moving film and stills. I feel like it's lacking in something, I'm not sure what...I've watched it too many times tonight, I've become anaesthetized by it.
I added more to my sketchbook last night, more inspiration, and also some of my stills.

I'm itching to go out.

28/10/07- I went to the Barbican art gallery to see 'Seduced:Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now' with one of my closest friends. Needed to go to an exhibition, see something new. Marlene Dumas paintings were wonderful, dark and rich, and the Nan Goldin stills beautiful and moving.

Editing on my film is slowing down rite now, think i'll have to finish it tomorrow.