Saturday 31 January 2009

Progress not perfection

This is what I'm currently working on / playing around with for my particular part of the narrative. (some one went out to blow his mind) suggestions comments praise and criticism, all welcome guys.
From the original photo of the set up 'props' i've used to construct my scene, i then decided to mess around with the illusion of depth within photoshop, Just to vary my results and outcome.

Just messing around with shapes and paper construction to design a way of the subject 'blowing his mind' 

We determined due to the narrative he kills him self, but I want to incorporate elements of him blowing his mind on narcotics in order to kill himself. With the intent to actually blow his mind with a gun. I think the folded over zig zag effects with the paper, prove to be interesting results coming out of the subjects head/mind. 

But still needs some more thought in to how to best show this action.


Session two: Storyboard

 

Our story board from second session.

During our second session with Joe & Jimmy. We were asked to discuss our chosen sentence within our group. Then we had to write a 250 word description of what our sentence meant in a short but considered synopsis. Thinking of ways to elaborate some parts and how to loose others. In doing this we also had to discuss what the story meant  and how we could develop it in a coherent narrative. Thinking typographically.

Joe & Jimmy then asked us to choose from our sentence, one word that we'd want to keep and one word we'd want to loose. Those words were then replaced with "sale" and "dimension". This thus forced us to edit our story so the two new words made sense within what we already wrote. We then were told we had to take what we discussed and turn it into a story board.
The resulting image is shown above. We developed, through thoughts and discussion as well as trial and error, four main aspects to the story which we have visually represented in each corner. At the centre we have our main character to which the story evolves around.  The four aspects are in chronological order are as follows:
 
1.The failure and sadness of loosing ones job and the thoughts and  desires of ones mind as a response to the overwhelming impact of our characters’ job loss.
 
2. The scene in which the platform speaks to him literally and instructs him to come back the next day for there is another way less or arguably more drastic than taking one’s own life.
 
3. The platform promises an alternative action which is to purchase a ticket.

3. That ticket is to another dimension. Another dimension where our troubled character can leave this life behind and live anew, fresh and without troubles.
 
This clear grouping of the story’s main aspects allows us to move on to the third step in this project which is to create a three-dimensional piece. As a group we can work on the four aspects of the story by splitting the work load amongst the group.
Our story board from second session.

During our second session with Joe & Jimmy. We were asked to discuss our chosen sentence within our group. Then we had to write a 250 word description of what our sentence meant in a short but considered synopsis. Thinking of ways to elaborate some parts and how to loose others. In doing this we also had to discuss what the story meant  and how we could develop it in a coherent narrative. Thinking typographically. 

Joe & Jimmy then asked us to choose from our sentence, one word that we'd want to keep and one word we'd want to loose. Those words were then replace with "sale" and "dimension". Forcing us to edit are story so those two words made sense within what we already wrote. We then were told we had to take what we discussed and turn it into a story board.


Sunday 25 January 2009


Our typographic outcome from session one.

//once upon a time in 1969 some one went out to blow his mind, the gap at the platform said ' can you come back tomorrow?'//





During our first class with Jimmy & Joe, the class participated in a written game of 'exquisite corpse' in which we all randomly created a loose narrative. The foundation for our on going classes.


This is what was manifested...

(Once upon a time in 1969 someone went out to blow his mind the gap at the platform said 'can you come back tomorrow?') He answered not knowing if he truly wanted the plant pot placed there isn't much time before he jumped into a large small bigger wide screen, my monkey was injured and then they decided to play some board game, therefore the Saxons started nagging all over to be, or not to be is the question.... So you should listen and take this information in a small box singing along to all peepol who stink, av a BATH! So I went to visit my mother in the zoo. As I looked back, I suddenly notice a flying elephant! Running towards us, Run!!! Run!!! Then they came to a dark alley and there was a man standing right at the bottom.

* Purple section within brackets - our groups sentence to work from.