FILM TITLES

I've decided that my FMP will consist of three of the videos filmed today, edited together in a choppy way to incorporate all different versions of the speech. Each actor will have a complete video of themselves reading the speech. These films will be played after each other on loops so the audience can percieve the speech 3 different ways by 3 different characters, suggesting the speech and the ideas behind it can be used in a variety of ways.

***EDITED ON IMOVIE.

FILMING.

Today I filmed the speech I'd written, acted out by three different people, including myself. I had the actors read the speech 3 times each in a different tone of voice, to change the meaning of the speech and how it would be perceived by the audience. Sarcastic, angry and saddened. Both actors were brilliant and I'm very pleased with the footage filmed.

EDITING BEGINS.

THIS IS WRONG ~ Screenprint attempt 1

These scans do not show the background of the print which is what went wrong during this attempt. The amount and transparency of the ink used was a success however lining up the two layers, 'buddha background' and 'this is art' failed. You can't see from the images above as the background is so light that the scanner didn't pick it up, but they aren't lined up correctly which is a pain. The digital scans are usable and i like them however the physical screenprints do not look good. 

To fix this I'm going to get Lewis to help me and teach me how to align correctly so as I don't have this problem and get the desired outcomes. 

SCRIPT - THIS IS ART

THIS IS ART - Written by Dale Allen

INT. – DARK, BLACK ROOM, FACES ILLUMINATED 

CAPTION: THIS IS ART 

DALE
This is art.

JONATHAN 
Are you listening? ARE YOU LISTENING? 
5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Five seconds gone... 

DALE 
Five precious moments that you will never ever get back. Ever. 

JONATHAN
We are slaving away in a false reality of telephone wires and internet connections, being told these things are important. Important? Deception. 
We are alive and present right now. Right now. 

Always trying to be somebody else’s idea of ‘perfect’. You are perfect, I am perfect. Everything is naturally perfect as it is. Yet, we are brainwashed. Every aspect of our lives is manipulated by something else. We don’t use our own minds. 
And then we claim to be free? [Laughs] 
That’s bondage! 
Trapped in this fucking mess and you don't even realise. 
This moment is yours,this moment is mine. This moment is beautiful. This moment is your reward! Stop waiting to die, stop waiting for some ‘eternal life’ in a paradise you have no proof of even existing. Faith alone is not enough. 

JACK
Not enough when you are alive right now! 

DALE 
This is Art. 

JACK 
THIS IS ART. 

JONATHAN 
This, is art.

JACK 
We think we have a choice in life…the only choice is too see reality for what it actually is – fleeting…Every fucking moment! 

JONATHAN 
Every fucking moment! - IT COUNTS! 
Do something with it... 

JACK
Make it count! Make it beautiful! 

JONOTHAN
Or, you could just...

JACK
Go to work, pay tax, follow fashion, buy shit you don’t need cause you're told to. 

JONATHAN
You could vote for a leader and fail to see you are you own fucking leader. Don’t follow your dreams and stay in fear. Continue being a worthless puppet living a  life in bondage. 

Or, you could just wake up?
WAKE UP.
Wake up and realize that you have the final authority. 

The only choice worth making is to see reality for what it actually is. 

[Pause] Don't be a slave. Be free. 

JONATHAN LAUGHS TO THE CAMERA. SCENE SWITCHES TO DALE ON CHAIR. DALE MOVES OUT HIS ARMS. 

DALE
I'm done!

END CREDITS IN 

JACK
5, 4, 3, 2, 1

CUT TO BLACK

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This is the first draft of a script I wrote. The setting with just be them in a dark room with a camera. Very intimate. The camera will act as the audience, being hit with this speech. Excited about this and think it may turn out to be my final outcome for this project. 

THIS IS ART.

This idea came about after looking at 'trusims' by Jenny Holzer. A piece of paper - art- which simply tells the audience that it IS art. There is no hidden meanings, no subliminal messages. No deception. Just reality as it is. I liked this idea and I like this saying, I think i'm going to explore it more in monoprints. 

I had some other ideas for posters aswell but think I'm going to focus on continuing the 'THIS IS ART' stuff. 

Mark Making // Birdcages

After taking on board what was said in the group critique I started to draw some birdcages using the mark making techniques I'd learnt previously on the course. Techniques such as left hand drawing, blind drawing, continuous line and drawing only in dots (which took forever and killed my hand I don't ever want to do it again).

Happy with these outcomes.

GROUP CRITIQUE

Birds seem to be a popular way of expression freedom. But it's not really freedom itself I want to show. It's how people are not free.