Collaboration class #10: Keys

Keys.

 

Week 10

1. What does Maeda call the 3 keys? 

Away (Stepping back and coming at things fresh)
Open (Being honest and offering simplification)
Power (Use less, gain more)


2. Describe how you have used these in your work towards the exhibition? Give at least one example of each key. 

AWAY - I think we have seen things clearer and noticed subtle things that would improve the project once we had come back to it and thought over the context Idea properly.

OPEN - It has been helpful that none of us seem to have any trouble speaking up if they don't like an Idea. We have offered our opinions and in some cases, the opinion has pointed out a fault in the new idea and saved valuable time in that we could have ended up spending making the new idea fit the story.

POWER - What I can take from this key is that by using less and only what is necessary, you gain a clearer understanding of what you are doing and better control. Having too much within your project my confuse things or distract from the original Idea.
I think we have used this by breaking up our roles into a "character" each. this means we can focus on our roles and cleary show our character traits.
The the other use of power I beleive Is resting with Ben, as the usual driving force of the group, Ben takes charge of filming and planning and often has a more specific Idea of what angle and what light is needed. 

3. Describe an incident in the production of the exhibition where technology has been an enabler.... and another where it has been a disabler! 
 
Well the whole project is relying on technology. Use of film, Computers, Animation, Editing software. Probably the biggest enabler, Is access to the HD video camera's and tripods. The Dolly has also proven to be a really big help to achieve that proffesional look. I just wish it was a couple of metre's longer, our walking shots have become quite difficult due to this.
The biggest technological disabler I would say Is the limited film production accesories, such as steady cams, and extra dolly's.


THe video below is a brief look into film technologies used in the production stage.

4. At this stage in the exhibition process you are all working on some element or process for the big event. List 3 things (in your current project) that you could take away to simplify and one thing you could add for meaning. 

I think we are removing one character from the story to simplify the whole process. It also fits some perfect hall way shots where there are three entry ways for each character.
The contemporary art student character is also taken out and swapped over to a photography student who will be played by John.
 I will now be the music student and have more time and energy to focus on that. 

Back side of reason. THe program I will use to make most of the music.

The ending projector scene may also not be worth putting In as the character who would be doing it Is now out of the video. We would have to make another character do it and I am not sure we would have the time.

Pocket projector we planned to use.

 The final footage scenes are coming together, and theres only a few long scenes to be ticked off. I'm a bit anxious of how much editing time we will end up with.

It has proven hard to keep to our shooting schedule, although some of the shooting time frames it took to get some shots done were much quicker than expected. The group is overall confident that we can complete the project. Due to our lack of camera experience and amatuer film production we can only hope to get somewhere close to what we dreamed up in the first week's of this unit.