Filming: update

I have been out on location today filming more time-lapse.

My ideas for showing all the different locations is to get a clear idea of all of Eastleigh's areas so that I am not biased and that people can appreciate all of life not just one side. Locations I have and want to include are the lakes, the town, the shops, the airports, the roads, the motorways and the sub-urban areas. I am not having any actors in my film as I want my film to been seen as a documentary of mundane life. This is also the same reason why I will not be using props in my film.

I have not let chosen my music for the video but I was thinking of using a soft classic score for the slowed down film and a fast paced one for the speed up one. As for the sounds I will be recording them my self in a later date.

Sketch Book update.

Today I have been putting things into my sketch book, I have taken great care not to over rely on secondary resources to heavily.

To help with my research I have been using visual resources and finding out the dictionary definitions for key words in my project to help spark of my ideas.

update: one of the things I have found hard

I have been taking photographs on location today. The time I have left now is starting to scare me.

One of the things I have found hard is choosing a final idea that is achievable and relevant in the time I have. I feel confident that my ideas was creating 3 films of different speeds is as well do-able as it is effective. Taking photographs of my subject matter in order to create primary resources has taken me a lot longer in time then I would of liked but my video is still on track to-date.

The reson why I picked my question...

I was asked today the reason why I had picked my question my one of my peers so I though It would be useful to explain in in my blog. I am currently working on my sketch book at the moment.

The reason why I picked my question “Investigation of Time-Lapse photography and sequencing though the exploration of video and stills photography. Investigating the editing techniques though time in film to create a sublime experience.” was that I wanted to choose a question that I would be able to keep my enthusiasm up for and I have always has a keen interested for the passing of time and how it effects us.

Updated My CV today

	Nathaniel William Hawley
	Eastleigh Hampshire, SO50
	Mobile: 07955******
	Email: nwhawley@gmail.com
	Personal Profile
	A keen, confident, hard-working and polite student, who is good at speaking to members of the public. I can manage a budget well, organise my workload efficiently and cope well under pressure. I can follow verbal or written instructions and am able to work independently or as part of a team.
	Key Skills: Hard working: Acted and done backstage work for several plays and have always met deadlines with my studies. Organised: Experience of working in Front of House and showing members of the public around for special events. Computer Literate: Undertaken I.C.T GCSE, NVQ Keyskills I.C.T and multimedia Trustworthy / reliable: Excellent attendance at college Enthusiastic: I am always willing to learn new things. Creative: I do a lot of art at home; took Art GCSE one year early at school and studied Art Graphics and Moving Image A-level at college. Punctual: I always make sure that I am at least 5 minutes early for all appointment and events so I am never late. Numeric Skills: Completed GCSE Maths and Key skills: Application of Numbers. Also experience of handling cash on tills and for social events.
	Achievements
	2008 - Completed grant applications resulting in youth group funding. June 2010 – completed the Access course at Fairbridge Solent. June 2010 - Successfully finished six-form college and got accepted for a foundation year in Art July 2010 – Got one of my short films nominated and presented at a film show. July 2010 – Recently completed a E2E programme which has resulted in my First-aid certificate and Level 1 in food hygiene April 2011 – Got into Bournemouth University to study Television Production.
	Education
	School Name Town/City Attended Barton Peveril College Eastleigh, Hampshire Sep 2008 to July 2010 Eastleigh College Eastleigh, Hampshire Sep 2010 onwards
	Qualifications
Subject Qualification Grade Food Hygiene Level 1 Pass Basic First Aid Certificate by St Johns Pass Art Moving Image A Level A Art Graphics Design A Level B Film Studies A Level B Multimedia Extended Project C Art and design GCSE B Additional Science & Science (AQA) GCSE B & C Religious Studies GCSE B English GCSE C I.C.T GCSE C Mathematics GCSE C Systems and controls GCSE C Key Skills NVQ Level 1 Pass
Work Experience
Spectrum signs - Southampton Graphic design assistant 2 Weeks
Quilley School Of Engineering - Eastleigh Office assistant 2 Weeks Electrician’s assistant Shelle contracts I put together electrical components as well as cleaning the workshop and collecting parcels. 3 Weeks British Heart Foundation – Eastleigh Volunteer 5 Weeks
Responsibilities / Interests
I have a passion for computer graphics and have designed logos for local youth groups A very keen young filmmaker and have made several short films.
References
References are available on request.

Rainbow

I have just finished filming for two hours of the sky with a tree in the bottom corner. what made this diffrent to my others is that it was a very windy day so the clouds moved a lot faster then normal so gave a better over all effect. The best part was get the rainbow at the very beginning.

Moon-lapes

Ok so last night the moon was nearest to earth it has bveen for a very long time so I though I would do a timelapes of it moving across the sky. Insted of setting it for every 30 seconds, i did every 5 minutes. The end result was that the moon went too fast but on the plus side the battery lasted a lot longer so i got the sunrise.

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update

I did my talk in front of everyone about my project. I found it very intresting and has lead me to re-think my work some what. I have been experimennting with stopmotion this week.

I have just watched the film ' The happning' I found a good film 7/10 I would say it has some really intresting time-lapes init aswell as playing around with speed/ time.

Candle

I have been doing a arange of candle time-lapes in ther morning to evning. I had to stay home as it was unsafe to leave it burning on its own. One thing that went wroung with this was that i was un able to do anything else in the time. The other thing was the cell died before the candle was compleaty gone. Having these issuse i am still pleased with the outcome.

Bishopstoke

Alright today I got up bright and early and went to Bishy river to do some filming. i make a time-lapes of my name 'Nat' being carved into a tree. I did plan to have ' nat's fmp' but my mistake moved the tripod so only got the work Nat in sync. I them filmed some cows eatting and took a photo of me walking evry 30 seconds so show how i move and how far i can get in a set time.

View it: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhsob2_nat-tree_creation or in HD:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhsrzv_nat-cloths-hd_creation or

http://vimeo.com/21126387

'SoI' update

Today I went to a group meeting on the name for are FMP show in which we desided to call it 'reload tray 2' as the printers never seem to work at college. also we had a guest talker in to tell us how we should do are presentations. I have started mine today as my prestention is next week. lastly I have added to my 'SoI'

My 'SoI'

SECTION ONE – Your Final Major Project

I will be working towards producing a short non dialogue experimental film that deals with are existence as seen through the everyday. I want to produce a series of picture sequences over a period of time. I am interested to observe time within different time frames. Eventually, I hope to combine these sequences into a longer piece that will demonstrate different aspects of life e.g. ‘Nate, 2010’, a previous film work, I have done, when I was exploring and experimenting with the idea of condensing time, the time that I take to get ready in the morning, this took a series of tasks that normally would take a considerably longer period of time. Because of the editing this was reduced down to three minutes rather half-hour, for instance. Here, I reduce the real time, by cutting sequences allowing the audience to explore the narrative.

SECTION TWO – Influences, Research, Sources and Ideas

My main influences are those film makers, photographers and some other artists that work with film or video. I am mainly interested in experimental documentary, rather than documentary in itself, because I would like to explore the idea of layers behind the conventional aspect of the film/video. I want to direct my attention towards the aesthetics aspect and the way I can conduct the editing, mundane life and expand the narrative structure on how we perceive moving images. My influences with time Harmony Korine; who deals with the pace of films. Arnold Fanck; was one of the pioneers in the techniques employed in time-lapse photography. I will also look at the Soviet documentary film-makers such as Dziga Vertov’s –‘The Man with the Movie Camera’.John Ott, Who is a documentary wildlife photographer .Godfrey Reggio who is an experimental documentary filmmaker and Ron Fricke who is a master of time-lapse photography and large format cinematography. I have picked these practitioners because they are to me all masters of time-lapse photography of which I want my film to use heavily. I intend for my standing point to me constructing experimental shorts of time-lapse like a sun rise and set and fruit going mouldy. I hope to watch at least three film/ documentary a week that is related to my project. I plan to make several contact sheets of photos one for each location I consider to film in (the lakes, the new forest, town...). I have also been looking at the conventions of film, looking at the narrative structure and how we view films. Artist I have looked at include Bill Viola an instillation filmmaker who explores time. Muybridge the founding pioneer of recorded movement and sequences. Peter Greenaway has also been a huge influence with his approach to traditional convention and time for instance his film ‘A Zen and Two Noughts.

SECTION THREE – Techniques, Processes and Timescale

I intend to use some techniques and processes with video and photography. I intend to use stop-motion and time-lapse photography along with others medias and techniques. For my video editing I will be using Final Cut Pro. For the audio I will be using Soundtrack Pro. For experimentation I may be using Apple Motion 3 to create other effects. I plan to divide my time-scales into ten weeks (please see in attachment Appendix A)

SECTION FOUR – Method of Evaluation I will critically review and analyse my work by writing a evaluation for it as well as uploading my film and work to the internet and showing my film in screenings and asking people for there honest opinion so that I can find out if it is a success. I will identify directions for ongoing development from the feedback I get. I have set up a blog that I will record my actions each day so it is clear that I am moving forewords. I will make a spreadsheet at the end of my project that peers can fill in with their views on the film and work as a whole.