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.

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.

First Filming in Hotspur House

Today we have tried and tested our ideas in Hotspur House, applying the projection to a person in white in the warehouse. We wanted to see if our vision of virtual clothes could actually been made into a reality.

We met firstly in the studio to collate all our images and drawings/samples. When our work was put together it works well within the patchwork brief and shows the different identities of Manchester. With these images we made a short video to use for the projection. With this ready and loaded we took out projection to the warehouse.

With the projection set up in two different locations, the light was a big issue. Due to it being bright in a lot of the spaces, the projection wasn't coming up on the top as well as it could have. The projection also showed on the wall, it is a problem but it can be over come relatively easily with the positioning of the camera.

This short video shows our ideas coming along since our first attempt. We used a dark corner and filmed from the side to show the projection. We're finding a better location for filming and going to use some models in all white to show our ideas better.