The Final Video

We wanted to create a video that showed the patchwork cultures of Manchester, with the use of temporary clothes that can instantly change. This idea was made a reality with the use of projections, using animations of our drawings and samples. The video really came to life with the use of a dancer, it enhanced the bright colours and brought it all together with the addition of music. Overall our group really worked together and created a unique and collaborative video that we are all proud of.

Final Filming

Today we shot our final video, using a dancer to be our model for our projections. After our last shoot we have gone back to our idea board and decided we needed a blank canvas for the projections to be applied onto. From this our model has been styled in a all in one white suit completed with a white mask. These are some stills taken from the shoot, the projections were very clear and vibrant and worked well with our dancers shapes.

Urban Media Festival Cologne

When looking into videos that show projections on bodies, I was shown this short film from the Urban Media Festival Cologne from 2009, from a friend who took part in this project. This video was made with the collaboration of a few people from around Europe, all taking elements of their cultures and creating one final piece. It has shown me what a group of strangers can accomplish when working together, which is similar to our group work. We have all brought our individual styles and ideas together and have created a concept that involves us all equally.

Filming in the studio

After filming in Hotspur House we realised that we needed to use a room that was completely dark. We wanted our video to give the illusion that the model was walking across the screen. The aim is to have a few models walking across with the projection and layer these together into one piece of film.

The set up inside the studio worked out exactly as we had planned, the projection was clear, the background didn't detect the projection and the model looked as those his clothes were virtual. This took a lot of blacking out and moving furniture around, creating the space that was needed.

These still frames show how the projections show up on the model, using our images and samples to create unified clothes. We all agreed that the video should be set to music, but at this moment we are undecided on which song will fit best to our images. We used "Skrillex - Kill Everbody" for this sample shoot, it fits well but isn't completely what we envisioned for it.

Drawings

Since taking my photographs around Norther Quarter, it has made me focus on where my drawings are going. I have been most inspired by the buildings, with the old fashioned shapes and weathered looks of the brick work. Applying my style of drawing to my images has worked well, as the roughness of my sketches represents the look of the old buildings. I enjoy working with wet material and then adding harsh, dry materials on top, creating multiple layers in the images.

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Lorna Battersby

Education:

Weaverham High School	11 GCSE's
Sir John Deans College	3 A Levels, 2 AS Levels
Mid Cheshire College	Art Foundation Diploma
Manchester Metropolitan University	(Currently Studying BA(Hons) Textiles

Work Experience:

Riverside Organics Shop/Café/Management/Events Planning	2006-2009
The Red Fox (Indian Restaurant) Waitress/Bar Work	2009-2010
SEP Events Car Parking/Ticket Sales	2009-Present
The Warehouse Project Ticket Sales/Promotion	2011-Present

I am a friendly and out going person who has worked well in jobs that require personal interaction. I have worked in areas that involve a lot of trust and handling large amounts of money. This has allowed me to be independent in and out of work.

I am currently studying Textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University. My work is based around photography, mono-toned drawings with samples in knit and machine embroidery. I also have skills in tailoring, printing, hand processes and dying.

Anna Ter Haar & Chris Bartels

The ideas and the visuals behind this short film are very similar to the ideas of my group. The video “illustrates the influence of a group on the identity of an individual”. With the models not moving it allows the visuals to be made a whole piece of moving art. The aim of our video is to show the identity of Manchester through different areas, all merged together and shown on one person as a projection. The images are to move around showing each person in the groups work.

Norm Yip

The artist Norm Yip collaborated  with the fashion stylist Bhisan to create a series of images to convey virtual clothes. Their first collaboration involved the use of Christian iconography to create the imagery on the body. They incorporated these images with the model to give the illusion of tattoos. These ideas were to combine the opposing imagery of Christian beliefs and physical art, due to in Christian religion tattoos are forbidden.

Another shoot he did was collaborated with Bhisan and Janice Yip. The images are projections of snakes onto Janice's body. The imagery were seen as 'highly erotic charged images' when they were shown. They have references to religious backgrounds with sexual over tones. These images are a great representative of what we are trying to achieve with our work, the use of projected images on the body to create clothes.