Pipeline Project: Post 2

Update:
Hello All! I have come to realize my position involves a lot more responsibility than I realized, so now I am being put to the test. I have created an attendance sheet for each meeting, I have begun compiling everyone's personal schedules, I have updated contact information, I have sent out a few more e-mail updates to the group, and I have created a sheet to properly organize each meeting's agenda.

Here is our first "agenda sheet" as well as the finalized calendar for this project. 

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Pipeline Project: Post 1 (officially)

The projects I chose to work on for the Pipeline Assignment was an idea created by the collaborative masterminds Richard Smith III and Brad Heaton. Their names are linked to their personal blogs where the proposals for their idea can be found.

I am lucky enough to have been chosen for the monumental task of production manager for this kick-ass idea and I believe I will excel in this position. Some of the tasks I am in charge of is keeping everyone up to date and filling them in on what they need to be doing and when it needs to be done by. There are definitely more tasks to come considering we are still in the preliminary stages of the project.

So far I have collected everyones' contact information, sent out a general e-mail with that contact information as well as the information to access our group blogs and e-mail accounts. I also included assignments due for the following class. I have also sent out update e-mails since then. Along with keeping everyone in the loop, I created a general calendar for the tasks we have so far. It will obviously get updated along the way, but for now this is it!

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Peer Projects:

Here are the blogs I commented on:

Kyle Blume

Beth DuBoe

William Rolman

Richard Smith III

Kenneth Taylor

Pipeline Project Proposal: The Psychology of Nightmares

A stop motion film exploring the psychology of nightmares

I envision this video being an artistic interpretation of those physical feelings humans get when experiencing nightmares such as the inability to run away from something, the inability to scream when in danger, the feeling of falling, etc. I would like to put all of these ideas together into a narrative that leave a lot of information up for interpretation in order to allow the viewer to see the video as if they were remembering bits and pieces of a nightmare they had had the night before. I would like to include the mediums of photography, illustration, and animation for the imagery, as well as fashion and fine arts in the creation of props and costumes.

Oops! I forgot to publish my post with timelines and project rolls!

Project Rolls:
Since I am new to this campus and am unfamiliar with peoples strengths I am open to the positions and would like to pick them out once I know who is interested in the project.

Timeline:
Week 1: Brainstorming/Planning
Week 2: Preparing/Gathering Props
Week 3: Create storyline/Begin Shooting
Week 4: Complete all images/film
Week 5: Compile/Edit/Finish Film

Some inspirational films:


THE GENERAL RETURNS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER from Michael Robinson on Vimeo.

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT from Michael Robinson on Vimeo.

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Hiroshi Project - Post 4: Finished Product

Finished Product:

Other Views:

Detail Shots:

Process:

I began the final piece by photographing a female body in a variety of positions. I then edited the images by generalizing them and separating them from the background. Once I had the simplified female body images, I created a collage in photoshop and printed it on matte paper. I mapped out the landscape design on a piece of poster board, pasted the collaged image to it, then cut out the shape of the landscape. After that was complete, I began adding pins to the board in order to create shape for the yarn I would be attaching, but they also functioned as a way to attach the landscape to the background. I wove the yarn around the pins in order to create shapes, add detail, and create the sense of shadows on the landscape. I would like to go back and rework a few issues that I faced in the creation of this project, but ran out of time to solve as adequately as I would have liked.

*Side Note: Due to technical difficulties, I was unable to post my more adequate product shots as well as my process images. As soon as I am able to get obtain a working card reader, these images will be updated/added.

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Hiroshi Project - Post 3: Deciding on an Idea

So my ideas are coming to fruition. All of the plans are decided and kinks are worked out. Now the creation is within sight and I am very excited!

Here is my final color scheme:

The grey tones on the left are the 9 zones of grey in black and white photography. These tones will be from the black and white figure images I will collage together. The colors on the right side of the color scheme will be my added geometric details creating the idea of shadows in my created landscape.

This is the general shape and outline of my landscape design:

These images are a map of the landscape I will create out of the collaged black and white body images. I want to create extremely clean lines, paste the images onto a poster board, then use black string and a series of pins to create the visual of a drawn outline.

Example Sketch:

 This sketch shows the geometric shapes I want to draw on the landscape and the sketches of body parts are an example of the collaged photographs I will be applying to the board. The color will be created in photoshop or physically created and pinned down to the collaged poster board. There is still a bit left to be determined.

Additional Ideas:

After being inspired by the animation presentation, I thought about creating an animation in which the shadows (colors) changed in the landscape while the sun moved across the sky. We will see if I am able to create it in time for the assignment, but if not it will definitely be re-visted at a later date.