Simon Elvin 523586 What is art? My perception of art is that it is the manifestation of the artist’s emotional and/or intellectual response to a stimulus. That stimulus could be itself physical, such as a landscape, or it could be a concept, such as war. The manifestation could be physical, such as a painting or …
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Moving Image 1: assignment 2
Film: Safety Catch. As I am so new to film making, I decided to combine two project films: ‘Single-shot-drama’ and ‘Subjective and objective’ with my assignment: ‘Creating atmosphere’. My learning objective was to see how the same subject would be affected by restrictions and techniques. The order I chose to make this work was to …
Creative Arts Today Part one: project 3 Place In Art
The timing of this exercise is perfect: my home town of Plymouth, UK, celebrates Mayflower 400, the 400 year anniversary of the Mayflower embarking on their voyage to the New World. As part of this celebration, an art installation was created at the waterfront, Plymouth Hoe. Named ‘Speedwell’ (the name of the Mayflower’s companion ship …
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Creative Arts Today Part one: project 2.
TIME AND TIME-BASED MEDIA Exercise 1: The fourth dimension Time is, to me, an interesting concept when associated with the world of art, the reason being this: whilst time has scientifically described properties (Einstein et al), our human understanding of time seems to have a lot to do with our concept of and relation to …
Creative Arts Today Part one: project 1
Being, if not backwards, then a little unconventional, I’ve elected to undertake the first year of my Creative Arts degree in reverse order. So now, in October 2020, I am starting the introductory module ‘Creative Arts Today’, having already completed Script Writing 1 and having started Moving Image 1. PROJECT 1: ART AND IDEAS Exercise …
Moving Image 1: first film
This is my first ever film. It was shot with a Nikon D330 DSLR camera and edited on a free copy of Lightworks. Unfortunately my laptop, though new, couldn’t cope with running the program and it was a bit of a nightmare editing! I’ve now bought a Mac and Final Cut Pro. Thank heavens! This …
Unit 1 Exercise 2.10: A key event for my main character
I remember when my parents got our first computer. My father was very excited about the emergence of the internet. He said that this would be the new industrial revolution and would connect the world. It had the potential to bring about greater understanding and more peace. He couldn’t have been more wrong. It just …
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Unit 1, exercise 2.9: main character profile
Name: Charlie Armstrong. Age: thirty five years old. Looks: 5’9″ tall, slim/medium build, a mop of dark hair, pale skin, a gentle look. Lives: in a flat full of books, no internet or any other technology. Quite traditional, comfortable but not grand, very tidy, as he likes to know where everything is. Has lived there …
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Unit 1 exercise 2.2, 2.3:creating a cast of characters
2.2. Q: Who is my main character and what’s their goal in the story? A: Charlie, whose goal is to prevent harm to Natalie. The dramatic question? Can Charlie overcome his paranoia of being controlled, particularly by the unseen spectre of the digital world, to save the person he cares about? 2.3.Charlie’s obstacle force is …
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Unit 1 exercise 2.1: notes on a character
The film: Jane Eyre (2011) Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte. Jane is the central character. The film flashes back frequently to her childhood to show that she has two emotional ‘problems’: as a child that she was unloved by the aunt and cousin with whom she grew up …
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