Time and Memory

"Brief

It is from this (informed) standpoint that we would like you to make some short pieces of work – sequences of still, and moving images, as sequential imagery is intrinsic to the concept of ‘the passing of time’ - that somehow visually responds to the concept of Time and Memory."

24 hours

Tout va bien (1972) Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin

 Fish Tank (2009) Andrea Arnold

Over the weekend . . . .

Over the weekend I photographed baby Noah who was the baby in the tummy of B is for Baby!

Noah was a little grumpy and poo'd a lot but in between nappy changes and feeding, I managed to get some beautiful photos for Mum and Dad.

 

On Sunday afternoon, I went up to the field near Byfield with Tom as he wanted to go flying.  I thought it a good opportunity to get the camera out and get creative.  While there, I came across a derelict old barn that was just screaming to be used as a location so currently plowing the brain into over drive on how I can incorporate this into the new "Time & Memory" project that we are about to embark.
I have a lot of ideas for this so will update soon with some test shots :)

Below is one I did of a lonely tree while down at the barn!

Films, films and more films

This blog is for Uni purposes and as such, I really should keep track of what I've been watching for Uni.
So far this month I have watched . . . (in no particular order!)

Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder 1950

F for Fake - Orsen Welles 1973

Daisies -Vera Chytilova 1966

Spartacus - Stanley Kubrick 1960

Lilya 4 Ever - Lukas Moodysson 2002

Singin' in the Rain - Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly 1952

The Bicycle Thief - Vittorio De Sica 1948

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel 1956

The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2006

And for non uni purposes I have also watched a bit of Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City and Toy Story

We also watched a short film by director Alain Resnais called Night and Fog (1955)
"One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Filmed in 1955 at several concentration camps in Poland, the film combines new color and black and white footage with black and white newsreels, footage shot by the victorious allies, and stills, to tell the story not only of the camps, but to portray the horror of man's brutal inhumanity." IMDB website

F for Fake

So . . . back to uni and we've literally hit the ground running.  We have watched various films (to be mentioned later) and we have started project 1 the Fake for our Still & Moving image module.
Vicky & Laura and I are Group 1 and we had to produce 36 images for this project, for group 2 (Annie, chloe & Dan) to edit.
There were early starts, car break downs and late nights but we got there!
Above is a selection of said images . . . can you see the theme??

**Photography by Claire McBride, Laura Boffin & Vicky O'Rourke**

O is for Olivia

Olivia - 4 weeks old

B is for Baby

36 weeks