LBM Project 3- 'Transcription' Week 1

Week 1

Day 1-

Today was a one day project to present a ‘Radical Idea’ at the end of the day.

It was quite hectic having only a day to come up with a concept and produce an outcome- it forced us to come up with ideas in a short space of time.

We spent some time in the library browsing through books to come up with our concept and then used a combination of drawings and crude photographs to explain it to the class.

As we were also just mixed with the media production course it also challenged us by making us work with people we only just met- a good experience to prepare for real life situations where that would happen.

Day 2-

Today we had a jam-packed day of gallery visits- some were really great and others were not so.

I loved the photographers’ gallery- the ‘Bibi’ exhibition by Jacques Lartigue had some very well composed photos- I took lots of notes on my favourite images for inspiration later. The gallery about motherhood upstairs was also interesting- the images really work as a cohesive set- each image would contribute to the whole idea.

I also enjoyed the Philip Lorca DiCorcia gallery- these were very well crafted images which paid attention to all the minute detail and delicacy of lighting.

After visiting the galleries we went to see the film ‘The Selfish Giant’. I thought was a very well made film although it was a tad too depressing for my liking! I found the ending of the film very interesting- even though it was very sad I felt that the main character had really developed as a person and discovered something new/learnt a valuable lesson.

Day 3-

Today we had our initial crits. We were with Chris- when it came to my turn I showed him some photos that I was interested in, both from the galleries and from artists I admire personally. He noticed a unning theme through the photos I liked- ‘Fairytale’. I thought this was a great idea with many possible ways of approaching. I then spent the rest of the day researching fairytales and noting down artists I was interested in who approached the same theme.