Project Brief 4: WIP Post #1

Looking upon project brief 3, I felt like there were so many different ideas I could build upon and execute. However, for my final project brief I am interested in extending upon my previous project of exploring another person’s craft. As I touched upon in my presentation for the last project, I was particularly interested in the notion of processes. With every project, everyone had a process – both my classmates themselves and the craftspeople they interviewed. Ideally for my project I’d like to explore the process of both myself, and the person I’d like to interview. I think this will be possible by showing my process in the documentation and the artist’s process in the video.. I think this will be dictated by the questions I ask. However, I am also interested in the stories behind people’s work.. So .. this could mean that the video I make is purely for aesthetic and my documentation focuses on the process.

I want to create a video for my final project, with the hopes of my exploration taking the form of New media PROJECT with old media PRINCIPLES. For this project, I am hoping to interview an artist about their craft but using an interesting format doing so… Still haven’t figured that process out yet… One of the hardest parts about the last project with regards to time was finding a time that suited both myself and the craftsperson so trying to figure out a way that will help minimise this would be great. Perhaps interviewing them over the phone.. I wonder how this would translate into a video. If I was to do this, I also would have to have a trial & error process of what worked best for recording the interview. I think i’ll have a look into different phone recording apps on iTunes, however I feel like recording it with a Zoom Recorder could give it better quality.

I know I want my final video to have a sharp, clean aesthetic. That’s important to me. I feel as though this entire semester I have felt super rushed with my projects. I know I can edit and produce really good quality stuff, so want to try my best at creating that. In order to achieve this I will need to allow myself enough time to edit the project. In order to adhere to this, I have drawn up a schedule for me to follow and adhere to in order for a smooth process.

Another element I found that restricted my timings for the last project was that we weren’t allowed to know the person we were interviewing. Even though I don’t know the artists (personally) I am hoping to interview, I have spoken to them previously for a work project and had a good rep-our and felt comfortable contacting them again.

Moving forward for this project I will need to have a good brainstorm about the exact layout I want my video to take, and create a clear process for me to finish this process and make it the best possible video I can.