From Monday class.

I feel like we're really starting to get into everything now. i think the Hockney assignments have turned out great for everyone, from what I've seen. My city one turned out better than my first one, i tried something a little different instead of a patch of photos i started from the ground in front of my feet, and took the photos connecting up in a line up to the sky and back down the wall behind me to create a panoramic view. This idea turned out quite well, its set up on a black background and for printing purposes there will be 3 of the same long image next to each other.

this is my first David Hockney photo

I've finally started to get the idea with the maps assignment and started to put together photographic layers and scanned in some fronttage drawings which i am yet to add into the image. Hopefully it wont look too haphazardess once I'm done.

I am a little stuck with my fire assignment proposal, slowly coming along but feel like I"m lacking a lot in it. The personal profile bit seems a little strange to me but I am working through it as best as i can.

Fire research.

I've been thinking a bit about the fire assignment, and how i plan on making it work.
Firstly I've decided to mesh my 2 original ideas to form my plans for now. I am going with the whole freedom of speech idea and where i am going to burn some old looking books, or maybe just one. This will be in the foreground, in the background i plan on having a person trying to get their point of view across in the form of a speech, in a way that they're crying out to be heard. I will then use something to slowly defuse the flaming book/s, an idea could be either a solid object like a glass container to stop oxygen, or something like sand or water. As the flames dissipate i plan on making the voice of the person slowly diminish at the same rate as the fire, until the persons face is crying out words, but no sound is coming out. This could then be played backwards to re-ignite the flames and the speech to its full scale, which could then be looped.

For materials i plan on looking at opportunity shops, garage sales, ect. to find old books to use as the burning objects. i will also need to figure out what method i will use to put out the fire, and experiment with these ideas. i will also need to look into what is being said by the person and what political, racial, or national issue they could be talking about ( I am leaning towards the nazi Germany during the war), and figure out a speech. i also need to think about how i will start the fire and keep it burning, as well as the setting for shooting these videos.

city excursion.

Besides a little confusion at the start of the day, the excursion turned out quite well. i really enjoyed the ACMI exhibition, it showed how the world of film and media has changed so much over the years. there were also a lot of fun things to get involved in including a matrix video.
I think i got a few good photos especially in hosier lane. i took my photos for the David Hockney montage, i also tried something different where i started at the ground, went up the wall around past the sky back down the wall behind me and back to the ground taking photos which i plan on joining together, hopefully creating a 3D effect. I also took a few random shots around the lane way and the rest of the city.

i love how this image draws the eye towards the door surrounded by a lot of chaotic graffiti with the simple image that looks a bit like a rose.

I took a photo of a small section of this piece of graffiti desaturated 1 copy and alternated the colored and desaturated images