Monthly Archives: September 2020
Colour Grading Planning.
I am in the process of creating a top-line treatment to send out to potential collaborators and I realised that I had never considered the colour-grading of the film even though it is so important. I attempted to educate myself … Continue reading
Primary research reflection – Wellness and Physical Health equated with Virtual Beauty.
Whilst composing the first draft of my essay, I realised that I needed to further refine my project; I reduced my research question and edited my aims and objectives in my ILP. Alongside this I made alterations to my script … Continue reading
Notes on Amalia Ulman: In Conversation – Tate Talks.
I was thrilled when I managed to get a ticket to Amalia Ulman’s talk at the Tate as I have explored her work before and she’s described as ‘the first great instagram artist’. She deals with themes of online identity … Continue reading
Affect Theory and Practice Based Research – Critical Self Analysis Extract.
I began focusing heavily on sound and what I wanted the soundscape to ‘feel’ like for the viewer as this was such an incredibly important part of the sensory and immersive aspect of the film. I began to develop language around how … Continue reading
‘The Age of Instagram Face’ – New Yorker Article.
After exploring the proposed law which will force celebrities to declare if they have photoshopped themselves, I revisited this article as it sparked my ideas last term and links to my themes of technology, science and beauty intersecting. I am … Continue reading
Renaissance Framing and styling for practical outcome.
I’m interested in the aesthetics of Renaissance paintings and how women are presented, this is something I definitely want to carry through my practical outcome. The renaissance period was a time between the 14th and 16th century, a time of … Continue reading
‘Warped sense of beauty’ Proposed UK law.
My research in the last unit was so heavily rooted in beauty that I felt that aspect was more developed than others, therefore I haven’t been focusing as much on it. I found this proposed law interesting as it reminded … Continue reading
Experimentation.
Here I built on the Playtronica still life citrus video that I experimented with in my exploration of affect theory and beauty by adding emoji overlays which depicted facial emotions, fruit and weather emojis. I liked the result, but thought … Continue reading
Gucci A/W 2018 – Cyborg. Analysis of a Cyborg Manifesto.
I have already researched Donna Haraway and referenced Gucci’s use of her concepts, now I feel to analyse the specific cyborg show further as it will be a good reference and way to contextualise my work in current fashion media. … Continue reading
Rewording research question.
I have decided to subtly re-word my research question, I have been completing my literature review and have now embarked on the ethnography, phenomenology and practice elements of my methodology so the research question must advance accordingly. How will the … Continue reading