Architecture in Motion IV

Well that's the first workshop completed. Before I have a bit of rant about what I though about it I'll show you my film.



Alright, overall I enjoyed this workshop. I'd never created a stop motion film before, and with the addition of models and drawings its quite easy to see why they are so popular, they let you integrate the unreal with the real, the drawn components with the photographic elements. In this sense I guess the workshop has taught me that drawing is a much more powerful tool in this sort of presentation. I don't think I used it enough, or effectively, in my film, and if i could change that I would. The only thing I didn't like about the workshop was that at times it felt people weren't entirely sure what was required of them, and I know a lot of us felt that way. It was very confusing, but I think this can be forgiven as it was the first time the workshop was run. It will certainly be interesting to hear what other later groups think of it.

Architecture in Motion III

Short one today. We presented our esquisse and did a small amount of other work, but unfortunately I missed a lot of the presentations due to the fact I was attending a Canadian exchange meeting in the International Office. Either way i presented mine early to get it over and done with and it was well received, with laughter and a lot of 'what on earth was THAT' faces. But that's how I like it, so I'm just going to keep up the good work. Everyone elses was of exceptional quality, although I'm a bit worried if I'm on the right track as the films seem to vary greatly in content and technique, but hopefully it will all turn out alright. I won't bother uploading the esquisse, its just a shortened version of the full one, so watch this space in a weeks time!

Architecture in Motion II

Alright, the film is underway. Couple of hurdles have presented themselves however. Since my parents have gone to Croatia, they've decided to take two of the three digital cameras in the house, and now the only one left belongs to my sister, and its not too crash hot (4MP i think, zoom isn't terrific). So it's been a bit of a hassle getting my hands on that but in the end I did and produced somewhere in the region of 50 shots for 'exhibition' today. Here's a couple of pictures that I've snapped so far.



Got the okay from the tutors and some other helpful advice on how to incorporate the various requirements into my film (such as drawings and relief models, etc.) which was good. Bit worried about the drawing part though, but maybe if I keep my trusty set square at hand I'll be alright.

Started work on my model wok. Doesn't look much like a wok. But that doesn't matter...much. With my current idea I should be able to make up for my lack of modeling skills with careful shots and a proper visual introduction to the scene.



That is my wok...

Architecture in Motion I

So we started Architectural Communications today. Pretty introductory stuff in the lecture, but I'm liking this 'workshop' format as it'll give me the opportunity to develop some communication skills in lots of different areas. Right now I'm thinking of doing Architecture in Motion, followed by Atlas of Colour, then the Drawing Workshop. So that's a film, a book and a series of presentation drawings. Pretty broad for just a semesters work, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Alright, we started Motion today with some pretty basic stuff. Storyboard stuff. Creative stuff. Like people blowing up and microwaves going berserk and then like a cloud raining matches... But don't worry, it all makes sense...to me at least. Hence here's my initial storyboard idea.



No doubt it will change in the coming weeks, but I'm liking the direction it's taking. Everyone's ideas are really good, it'll be interesting to see their esquise's in the coming weeks.