I want to represent the flow of consciousness or 'stream of thought' as water. Movement of thought bubbles in a stream/flow. They will be thought bubbles to represent the thoughts which travelled through my mind during the time I spent 'automatic writing'. 

There were several moments during this time when I felt frustrated because one thought would slide into my mind before the previous one had finished or had been resolved. I want to re-create this feeling in the viewer by creating a scene where only some of the text is readable. This may be because it is moving too fast or there is simply too much to take in. I think this also adds a sense of intrigue and the viewer would feel the sense of frustration I did as the text would disappear before they got a chance to read it or finish reading it. It keeps the viewer on their toes.

This feeling was particularly relevant in the early stages of my automatic writing as my thoughts started out very orderly and organised. 

I want to display the change in my state of mind and consciousness which I experienced during the automatic writing. To begin, my thoughts were controlled and orderly - as if I was trying to organise and categorise my thoughts. As time passed, my thoughts became much more chaotic, random and non-sense as I relaxed and could forget about previously 'dealt with' thoughts. 

I plan to depict this idea of change through changes in the movement of the thought bubbles. Starting off evenly paced and moving in the same direction, gradually becoming more erratic and chaotic in movement, pace and direction. Eventually the buzzing thought bubbles fill the screen. 

a sort of 'screen shot' of what the clip might look like at some stage...

Water - idea for backdrop. Represents the idea of a flow of thoughts.

Just a few ideas for the upcoming Automatic writing project.

I'm thinking of thought bubbles containing the text from my 15 minutes of automatic writing, floating around the screen. Initially, my thoughts were very orderly, I was trying to organise my mind. As I relaxed a little, my thoughts became more abstract and senseless. I would like to reflect this in the presentation. At this stage I'm going to have several thought bubbles moving at the same pace in the same direction. These will contain the 'organised thoughts'. Gradually these will be replaced/combined with ones moving in all different directions at different intervals and paces. These will contain the chaotic and nonsense thoughts, reflected in their movement. 

I will scan in some drawings and handwritten text instead of using computer generated images and text, this would better suit the chaotic thoughts. Perhaps computer generated text would work better for the orderly first part....

 

NOTE:

Please disregard the dates published by the site on the following posts. They had been recorded in a hand-written journal for the last 6 weeks, and I am only just uploading them now...

Here is the final version of my ident clip!....

week 6

31/3/09

Today I have put my clip onto a dvd, I originally wanted to have my artists statement on the dvd also, but was told this isn't possible unless I did it with screen shots. Instead, I made a cover for the dvd case and typed up my statement to slide inside the back cover of the case. I think I like the presentation of the actual disc and case better than the contents of the dvd!

Undertaking the ident project has been a huge learning curve, mainly because I have never used any  filming equipment or film-editing software before. I guess I have to be pleased with the end result because of this. 

week 6

30/3/09

After the critical session on Friday the 28th, I realised there were changes I needed to make.

I had totally forgotten about adding audio to the clip, which I had intended to do.

It was also suggested that I play with the brightness and contrast of the background to try and eliminate some of the shadows. Also, I was encouraged to go back and be really precise with the editing and cutting to make sure the animation flowed really well.

Today I added sound to the clip - popping sound effects to correspond with the movement of the doll and a sort of whimsical/light-hearted tune in the background to tie it together. The popping sound effects also managed to create a more constant flow with the movement of the doll, as I didn't have time to change the editing and cutting. I tried really hard to change the brightness and contrast of the background, but due to a lack of program knowledge and time, I was unable to get it to look better. 

week 5

25/3/09

This week I have been editing my footage in preparation for the critical session on Friday.

I have cut the footage to fit inside 10 seconds. It looks alright, pretty basic though!  I kind of like the hand-made look to it though. I really enjoy sculpture and making 3D things (as you can see in the letters in the clip), so for it to have a hand-made, unpolished look sort of suits it I guess. However, it would be really good if I could spend more time getting to know Premier Pro, so I could improve the look of it.