New group, new ideas, new stuff!

As of last week, I joined Ben's group, and now I'm working on a song he produced on Logic, not the Addiction, by Doctor Noise. I'm mostly doing photography for the album artwork, as well as some acting in the video.

My idea for the album art comes from the name of the song, Crazy Lights. I'm going to have a figure holding a guitar lit by a street light next to a busy road, and then have the camera on the other side of the road and do a long exposure shot of him standing really still and the headlights of cars will blur past. (Kinda boringly obvious as far as "lights" are concerned, but it should be a powerful image if I get it right.)

Here is my first few experiments with the long exposure. This was a technique I hadn't tried before, and was trying to see if it was possible on my camera. Also, I didn't have a tripod, so everything looks like there was an earthquake happening while I took it.




And then a few I took at home, using a pile of books to steady the camera, and using glow sticks as the lights

Digital Post-its (PLTS)

Soon, I'll be adding some images to old blog posts, to point out where thinks I've done can be applied to the Personal Learning Thinking Skills. There will be 6 different "digital post-its", as shown.

Project ideas

Things we've been doing lately

Media

We've been planning/story boarding for the music video, our next project. The video is going to be for a song by Doctor Noise, a musician who is based on youtube.

Graphics

For the past few weeks in graphics we've been using the graphics tablets to draw on pictures on pictures of ourselves we took with the camera on the macs. We also did some experimenting with filters in photoshop.

Photography

Since half term I've been taking pictures with a film camera and last week I developed my first film. I think most of the pictures turned out really well considering I didn't know how to use any of the settings on my camera when I took the first film. I prefer film photography to digital, because the taking digital photos is a throwaway process, whereas with film, you only have a few pictures per roll, so you take more consideration when you take pictures.

Music

In music we've been experimenting with camera shots for the video, and doing some work in logic. I linked my photography into music last week, taking pictures with the film camera, and I'm going to try and develop the film next week.

History of photography research

- Past and present photographic practice

Past: Calotype, Fox Talbot, Daguerreotype, Louis Daguerre


- Overview of changes in technology and working practice

- Timeline

- Factors that have influenced current practice, such as technology, society, censorship, commercialism and culture

Use images to give examples for every topic.

Lyrics: Dr. Noise - Addiction

Addiction

I must be going mad, I can not feel from my waist down
A pain surging thru my ability to keep calm
I'm not delusional, it is all so very real
I need this powder or I can not heal

Watch as it spirals thru your mind, you're flying to the sky
No it's over...no it's over again.
The frustration takes my mind, don't read into the signs
There's nothing wrong with me..

(C)I can not stop addiction, I can not stop myself from
feeling a need so powerful now, every single day
I can not stop frustration, the bleeding heart inside me
will cry out for an answer to my

Pray now for me to break off my path of nowhere

Ok So maybe I have a problem and, I need to solve it for the sake
of myself and anyone left who gives a shit
The Rampant motion in my head, the pidder padder of small feet
I can't hear I can't see, Right in front of me

no one can stand the smell of my, clothes or breathe as I walk by
disowned by everyone I ever knew
doing things I'd never do, just for a fix or maybe two
don't judge me for this

Pray now for me to break off of my
path of nowhere heading so fast
a train wreck couldn't stop me from
getting to artificial somber

In a perfect world I will conquer all
can't seem to put a touch on what it was
that made me feel so very cold
where did all the time go?
Another soul saved from a destined fate
another clouded mind is clear of hate
Welcome to my dreamworld where everything
happens just the way it should...

I can't remember you.