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Narrative Film Project

Final Outcome and Reflection While creating my narrative film, I had a lot of fun collecting footage and images on Dartmoor. This is one...

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Jun 3, 20242 min read

Dark Shadows Illustration

After finalizing the design for my digital artwork, I began refining my illustration techniques using Adobe Fresco. I started by copying...

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Jun 3, 20242 min read

The Transient Banana

Final outcome and Evaluation. In my original concept for this artwork, I had a complex narrative to explore involving a banana. However,...

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May 30, 20242 min read

Silly Banana

To ensure I had a wide variety of footage for my banana narrative, I made sure to capture myself playing with the banana. I set up...

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May 28, 20241 min read

Creating Stop Motion Animation Video

Importing Images into a new video sequence on Premier Pro. I quickly realized that although it would be helpful to learn new techniques...

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May 28, 20242 min read

Further Light Painting Photography

In response to the critique of my video, I decided to tweak my Narrative film to include a few more instances of light painting. This...

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May 23, 20242 min read

Taking Images for stop-motion animation.

As I was developing my narrative, I envisioned a scene in which a banana is placed in an art gallery, attempting to transform into...

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May 22, 20241 min read

Developing Sketches in Adobe Fresco - iPad

While working on my first sketch, I decided to create a collage that represents the bustling and claustrophobic atmosphere of a city. I...

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May 21, 20244 min read

Artist Talk - Sam Aspden

Sam is our Collaborative Arts Practice module leader, who is currently completing their PhD research, which has taken six years at...

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May 9, 20242 min read

Artist Talk - Matt Burrows - Curator

Matt Burrows is the curator and galleries manager at Exeter Phoenix. We met him in October when he showed us around his contemporary open...

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May 3, 20242 min read

Data - T&Cs

After looking into the reams of pages of Terms and Conditions I had collected from popular social media sites, I realised I wanted to...

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Apr 30, 20246 min read

AI Video Experiment

I thought I would work with some free AI video creation. I copied my Banana narrative into InVideo, a free AI video creation website. As...

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Apr 25, 20241 min read

Artist Talk - James Lake

This week we were lucky enough to have the artist Jame Lake in to provide a workshop creating 3D sculptures of heads from cardboard. He...

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Apr 25, 20243 min read

Data Idea Formation and further Research

After conducting some research, I realised I wanted to specifically highlight the pressures of surveillance and the consequences of...

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Apr 23, 20243 min read

Reflection and Critiques

Once I collected some imagery, I shared this with my tutor and peers for some feedback. What I gathered from these conversation was that...

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Apr 16, 20241 min read

Data Brainstorming

While I originally wanted to explore projection mapping, I realised while brainstorming ideas for this that I actually wanted to simplify...

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Apr 2, 20242 min read

Refik Anadol - Serpentine North Gallery, London

I visited Refik Anadol's exhibition at the Serpentine North Gallery during a trip to London. It is a mesmerising exploration of the...

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Mar 28, 20241 min read

Banana Imagery Collection - London Trip

While I was hoping to find lots of banana artworks within the London Galleries, there were not as many as I had hoped. I had more luck...

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Mar 24, 20241 min read

Banana Research

Researching how artists have previously used the banana within the art world. Andy Warhol’s cover for the Velvet Underground & Nico’s...

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Mar 17, 20242 min read

The Stretchy Banana Narrative

I first started by brainstorming an idea for my stretchy banana short film. I wanted to capture the ways in which the banana has been...

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Mar 15, 20242 min read