Life-drawings: the female body

Line and gesture drawing

Measurement

Foreshortening

Detail

Structure

Tone

Surfaces

Beneath the surface: video project

Group video project

Four minute group video reflecting on the theme "Beneath the surface" in terms of social networking and its effects on people's relationships. 

Even though in my group (Connor, Natalie and I) we initially struggled to come up with ideas, we discovered that during the process of making, new ideas and possibilities presented themselves, also given by the editing stage of video-making. We divided our roles equally: while Connor provided most of the footage for the video and worked on the greenscreen and text, Natalie and I worked on the editing of the first and last part of the video, concentrating on sound and close-up effects.

The video mostly reflects on how people today have numerous contacts and friends on social media, while in reality true friendship is rare. (This is made clear by the second clip of the video where an endless list of facebook friends scroll down in front of a face and in the end of this list appears the writing "But no friends".)

An interesting aspect we came to realise only after the video’s final production is that when people or faces appear there is no sound, while when the focus is on cellphones or computer screens, a mixture of loud and disturbing noises (which are those of message notifications or phone calls) replace the silence - almost as if with the spread of technology people have lost their voices. This made me think that we could have concentrated on this aspect and maybe worked with voice-over in certain parts of the video in order to take this idea further, or to make it clearer.

Link to final group video project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbQcCK9pJ3Y

Individual video project

Fifty-one second video entitled "Beneath the white canvas" reflecting on what lies beneath the surface of a canvas. Created using the green screen technique which enabled the illusion of the canvas opening up a new dimension (represented by the blue sky): in fact from the outside, the canvas only seems to be a plain white surface, but that surface can be a source of inspiration and imagination, where anything can be drawn, portrayed or painted. 

The video is inspired by the works of artist Lucio Fontana, who, through his famous rips on the canvas, wanted to "open up a space, create a new dimension" going beyond the traditional concept of the confining picture plane.

Link to final individual video project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN5TR_LMpkg&feature=youtu.be