We went to carious galleries around London for research for out new project: Transcription. Some of the exhibitions like 'Saints Alive and Corrine Day's exhibition I found very interesting and inspiring.
I found Day's work different to the rest of the images that I have seen today; she has a mix of staged photos as well as unstaged work. I thought that her work was very personal and unlike a lot of her photography. however, I don't think I will respond to her work as I have worked with her on past projects and I feel that I would not be pushing myself as much as I should be.
Other exhibitions such as the ICA: Lutz Bacher I found slightly strange and did not understand the meaning behind it as it was just some black sand in a room with a smashed mirror.
Jacques Henri Lartique: Bibi
This exhibition showed an interesting, new type of photography that I had not previously seen before. The first being the 'rare coloured glass plates' which had lights behind to enhance the colour. I found that the bright colours captured my attention however, I am not sure how I would respond to this with my own work.
the second display was the 'Stereoscopic cards' which gave a 3D effect to the pictures. There was a different photo in each eye display (the same photograph but taken at a slightly different angle) this caused certain aspects of the photography to stand out more.
I could create my response to his work by taking a 3D photograph. you do this by taking one photograph then quickly shifting an angle of 30 degrees to the object you are photographing then take another photo.
Home Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity
I found this work quite striking and in some cases very strong and shocking. I was drawn to
Janine Antoni's work with the doll's house and the spider, I feel that it portrays 21st century motherhood really well. The colours help as they are so bright that they draw the eye straight to the work.
Fred Huning was another photographer that in the exhibition I was drawn to. His work was different to the other slightly discomforting images. Motherhood was portrayed through reflections, shadows, and pictures of nature; I found this quite refreshing after viewing the strongly discomforting work of the other artists.
The Selfish Giant
I thought that The Selfish Giant was an amazing film and the cinematography was perfect. The original story is taken from 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde, it is not a literal transcription from the book to this play but there are similarities and parallels that can be drawn. It is based in Bradford and follows the life of a young hyper-active boy (Arbor) who, after being expelled from school fro poor behaviour, decides that he is going to sell scrap metal to a local scrap yard to make money for his struggling family. He is accompanied by his friend (Swifty) who has a deep interest in horses (which is emphasised throughout the film).
After reading Wilde's book I can see the parallels and connections between the film and the original story. the scrap yard man (Kitten) is the giant who at first is hostile to the two boys. As the film goes on he warms slightly to Swifty who he allows to race his horse. If we think of it that the horse if the tree in the story and Kitten the giant; this then makes Swifty, Jesus; which would make sense as he is later killed (parallels with nail patterns) and Kitten owns up for his death. This leaves a bit of confusion as to how Arbor fits into the picture. Maybe he is the winter, which comes around wrecking havoc , and is there when the Giant dies (Kitten owning up for Swifty's death as it being his fault) This is quite a harsh accusation but could be true.
Positions that I need to shoot my models in for the animation
The main obstacle that I faced when trying to make the animation was how to film it without moving the camera. I managed to overcome this by creating a contraption that suspended the iPad above the paper where I was working. It looks rather low budget but it worked really well. I used three lamps when filming this so that the light was equally concentrated throughout the frame.
We went to carious galleries around London for research for out new project: Transcription. Some of the exhibitions like 'Saints Alive and Corrine Day's exhibition I found very interesting and inspiring. 
I could create my response to his work by taking a 3D photograph. you do this by taking one photograph then quickly shifting an angle of 30 degrees to the object you are photographing then take another photo.
Our Radicle Idea was the parallel universes actually exist. We presented our work with a diagram to illustrate what we were talking about. I would have liked to work with film or animation for this task as I think it would be interesting to see how much we could do with such a short time restraint. However the topic that we chose proved hard to photograph or film. 
I created many drawings and diagrams to try and understand how you would put together a waistcoat. I found that it is all down to folding the material in the right place to create the fitted shape; I also found that it is not as easy as it looks. I was going have sleeve holes however it was suggested by one of my peers that I could just leave it to be worn on the shoulders. I found that this was probably the best idea as the jacket was already quite small and if it didn't fit my model like this then arm holes would definitely not help.
I was thinking that if I had any spare time I would create some decorations to put on the coat, I took inspiration for these from the second day of Fashion and textiles where we made the outfits for the models. I did have time to make them as I finished the coat early however I did not have enough time to put them on the coat. Also I was going to add pockets to the coat, I had planned how I would do it however I felt that the simplistic look to the coat was fine and there is no use for pockets if the arms are already inside the coat.
