After the screening of our P3 Briefs, we were asked to critique our peer’s work.
I remarked on Alex’s warm and honest film Bits and Piece (A Portrait of Zoe) and suggested that the topic of autism, a fleeting comment made in the film about Zoe’s brother, be explored further. Having a cousin with the disease, I know too well that it is something that is often misrepresented and in order to quell the stigma toward those with autism, more stories need to be told about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt26oqeSW7M
http://www.mediafactory.org.au/alexander-angliss-wilson/
The criticism that I received about my piece was that my subject mightn’t appreciate an edit that displays an imperfection in his dancing. As I non dancer, I was initially oblivious to this but have now taken this on board and will certainly consider this when working with dancers in future.
Moving on from the P3 discussions, we were assigned our groups for the P4 Brief. I’m excited to work with 2 legends, Sally and Tim, both of which had made memorable portraits in the past and both are obviously creative. Furthermore, as a group, we’re all mad about audio.
I’m very much looking forward to fleshing out the idea that we came up in class!