The latest workshop was focused on presenting our most recent project brief (self portrait #2) and then giving a walk-through the video and explaining what we felt we did well and what we felt we could of improved on. As If I wasn’t already intimidated enough by the talents in the room, what I witnessed was nothing short of astounding; I sure was not excited about presenting my work.

Although I felt all the works had great merit and ultimately showed us exactly what the individual was like, there are a couple that particularly stood out to me. The first was ‘If I was a car’ by Alexander Ferguson, his title was captivating from the get go, and complemented by his beat boxing ability, for me, really worked. I was also thoroughly impressed by the editing ability: being able to change the number plate to ‘slow ride’; it was very innovative and I though it gave a great insight to what type of person he is. Another self-portrait that really stood out to me was bliss’s self-portrait, mainly due to its abstract nature, as I didn’t see anything else like it, but also her ability to be so forwardly open. Bliss’s manipulation of the artefacts crafted a video that was both chaotic and neat; I will definitely look at her work to inspire me on my next project brief.

When presenting my own work, its safe to say I was incredibly scared and daunted by the works that I preceded. I wouldn’t say my work was anywhere near as well constructed or well-thought-out as the pieces I mentioned above, but after presenting I felt that, perhaps, I did get my ideas through, and that is all I really wanted out of the project. The main criticism I received where that the guitar overpowered the video marginally, and that is something I didn’t realise until it was presenting on the larger scale, and definitely something I will try and improve on the next project, if I decide to use guitar.

Leaving the workshop I felt that I had many new ideas for the next project brief; the main being that I will attempt to be more visual in the next video, as I feel I relied far too much on text in the last project brief: I look forward to exploring my new ideas, actually I’m pretty excited.