FMP Evaluation

Once I had changed my FMP I decided to focus more on the body language and the facial expression. From the interviews I had taken from my peers it had formed my final idea which was to the appearance of a person who has a set style so when meeting their friend with their change it would be drastic. The Whole project was successful to an extent to where my artistic background had been explored using impasto painting which had made body language and facial expression develop into a solid idea. The short film had after editing complimented the paint by turning into an art film and worked well. If I had more time I would have looked into a promotion and where this video would have been useful. Would have gone into how appearance changes a person as well as their peers and used it as a campaign in trying new looks.

 In my final outcome I had made a film which I had consisted of four people which knew each other well enough to know their appearance which I had changed and the focus of the film was the other person reaction to their new appearance as well as their own reaction. With painted acetate I used them to cover the lens to disguise the body language for the audience to interpret for them self what the story is behind the paint. My original project proposal had change as initially wanted to focus of how people become friends using body language and their appearance that can encourage this friendship, but instead I looked how two friends adapt to each other which is read through their reactions which could then be taken further into people changeling their comfort zone and trying new things with whom they feel comfortable in.

My fmp blog helped me form a physical change from my original proposal to my improved idea as the initially the base of the project wasn’t strong enough, so I was able to document the process much easier. My plan helped me schedule when I was to focus on but some part had overlapped for example when I looked at two artist after I did a bit of experimenting who linked and I developed using those artist work. Throughout my a sketchbook my work flowed easy  but I couldn’t document the actually videos I had taken which meant I had to rely on the blog which felt like I had missing parts from my sketchbook so I have had to take screen shoots.

From the project plan I had achieved visiting the galleries and another few unexpected ones in Berlin and during the project. I had used the definitive book of body language and artist to develop the research on body language. I had also researched two artist who helped me develop my work to disjoint the image. Instead of finding spaces where people would meet I had interviewed people on their preferences on people appearances. I had experimented with a short film with the painted acetate to cover my models faces which wasn’t in the project plan but worked well and featured in my final (I used the stills).  Once I had developed the paintings I had progressed into my final film which had then been filmed edited and taken stills from the film.

The developments that was contributed to my final outcome was from when I first experimented with the painting on acetate .which firstly started with placing on top of the photo then developed to hide or suggest what’s going on in the photo which become the signature look throughout my work. It focused more on the effect of the paint then the people who took part which lead to the final editing that the discussion was made that the sound was to compliment the picture and not to focus on the surrounds and what is being said in the shirt film.

The advice given to me at the start and mid way through FMP was

Two artist who my work reminding them of which helped me develop my work. I had also been suggested to visit the Richard Hamilton exhibition which was the start of my inspiration. At the end of my project I had been told about this website style like me which two people with opposite style which their attire for a week, sadly it was too late to use as a reference but will defiantly use this in future use. As I was talking to my tutor and messing around with my painted acetate we had realized if I got someone to hold the it in front of their face I could create a film.

From this I have taken away how to edit a film, from the sound for the backing how to cut scenes, zoom in and out and hopefully next time I edit films ill will be able to do it by myself and learn few more ways to edit and even use more profession editing. From this I realized how useful blogs are to document my work as much of my work had changed at the beginning it was hard to document this in my sketchbook. This would be a useful idea for my future course because there is only certain type of work that can only be blogged then a sketchbook. I learnt how to be very critical of my work which leads me to believe that but learning new tech in a short space of time helps me develop my work better.

Fmp exhibtion set up

As I had taken my photos from videos the quality wasn't to a brilliant standard so i had the problem with blowing up the photos as they become pix elated so through editing and printing different sizes i had discovered a printer that printed a lining sort of paper which made the print look like it's painted which gives the photo a better effect and make the pix elated look better so instead of a acetate photos (which is a set of three) i have printed out on the lining paper.For two other sets from my final film i have enlarged 1 of the photos and kept the other two the same size. It would break up the series but finishing or ending on a bigger photo. As the photos where all from screen shots i had to edit quite a bit if i had the time i would of re shoot and after i had filmed my models i would of taken photos so the quality would of been better also the photos wouldn't be blurred from the movement. I was surprised how the effect of the lining paper of how it complimented the pixelated photos and turned them into a painted effect. I had laid out the photos just like i had in my book, 3 photos as a sequence as if it was telling a story.

FMP editing final

I used imovie to edit my film which I practiced to use it with my short video. At first I found editing my final video much harder as I had more film to deal with also finding the right back ground music found to be a challenged as it couldn't overthrow the focus of the film. At first with the models answering the question made the film a bit too long which made me bored. So then with the help of a peer we echoed the sound which turned the film into more of an art film than a documentary but it just focused on the point of the body language and gave the painted face and acetate more of a focus. If I could I re-shoot I would take it from head to toe and instead of the camera in one place I would of had it rotating to get different angles and then maybe the footage wouldn't have been so boring and had more life. With the help of my peer i had realised how much effects had changed the film into a intriguing video with zooming in and out the focusing on hand gestures and on the facial expression. For the show reel i will have to pick out the snippets that would give the ending or beginning of and isn't no longer then 1 minute. At first when I had cut bits out to make it into the show reel version it had made the background music choppy, so i had to separate the music from the clips and then re add it to the show reel version so the music flowed.

FMP filming of video shoot

For my video shoot I used two sets of people. Both of these sets of people know each other so they are familiar with each other's styles. I had to change one of the friend's outfit to a style they would never wear. The point of this is to capture the friend's reaction and to capture the body language of the subject that outfit that has been changed for the shoot. The change of clothes became a success because the reactions from my subjects were that they were really surprised by their friend's change of clothes and this reaction lasted throughout the video. Two of my original models cancelled at the last minute. I had asked two friends as back up and  they turned out better as these two knew each other longer which made the change of clothing more personal to them and I felt that the body language was stronger as they where more comfortable. As I hadn't had any previous experience with videos so I had to learn on the go. I had used a camera , lighting , a back drop, sound recorder but in the end I only used the camera and lighting. It turned out that the room I had was really small so I had to work round with the angle of the video. I adapted around it and got a knee to head shoo. It turned out that I would focus more on the body language and facial expressions. When it came to my painted acetate it blurred because it focused more on the model which was an unexpected effect. For the next stage I would have to edit the video to the extent where the sound is not the focus. The questions I asked was to provoke actions from each other which gave better reactions. While filming I thought I would edit out my voice and have just the voices of the models.

FMP still and prints

I had painted 4 acetates with different colours and styles each one different the colours are different and the styles are too. this is to create a different effect to the photo and filter. i first took photos before i did my film then i decided to see how it would look if i filmed while the acetate would look in front of the lens but moving. i really felt the acetate behind the lenses instead over a photo worked better because you can play around with the position and the facial expressions. i found printing to be a problem. I printed the photos on 3 different types of material. first was photography paper then i used acetate and then i used a lining paper. each one had made a big difference. The photography paper create a life like image. The acetate create a washy water look and the linning give a painted look. I've decided i would use the linning paper for my finals as the effect looks realistic.

FMP- short clips

Using my impasto paint on acetate in front of the camera, organically I had taken photos but as I was looking at the photos I realised I had missed some of the facial expressions so I filmed them again. From these short clips I came to the conclusion that while staring right at a camera and being told to 'hold up the acetate and move their head around' it became a difficult task. Firstly I had to take a few short clips because the acetate would move eventually it came to me that the movements and the facial expressions had been changed by the painted acetate as some of their faces were covered up.
I came to the conclusion that for the final I would use the acetate as a film to disguise or hide the expressions. I had taken away the original sound as it become distracting but then put on some calm music that had a neutral mood that wouldn't suggest what the subjects were feeling.

FMP experimental to development

I decided to take snapshots of people also had a friend take photos of me pulling faces to experiment with the impasto painting on top.  The black and white photos worked better with the colour paints and as colours represent emotions and feelings this adds a better effect, which brings depth to the photos. my next step is 3 photos thats have been taken in a squence to then choose on and bring it to life using the photos. the description of the body language and what they're wearing underneath will tell the audience what really happening while the impasto painting or sketches over the photo will give the oppersite scenario e.g red and green creating negative atmosphere due the the body language but the clothing giving a calm response. through the experimenting with the photos and paint i have realised i have focused on the stereotypes of clothing can change or emphasis the reaction from someone else. I've taken 3 photos taken straight after each other like a film reel and played around with the paint on the grey scale photos with the colour on top either making it priority or disguising it .