IMPORTANT - Next week's session is postponed

Hello,
Due to complex and boring employment circumstances I will now be seeing you on March 9th (Thurs.) for our final session - same time and place as usual.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Evaluating your project

When all students finally submit your work (March 17), I'd like you to all make a special evaluation BLOG ENTRY reflecting on what you have achieved. This isnt a place to grip about tehcnical problems etc, it's a place for productive thought.

Your questions are as follows - Try and write about 100-200 words under each:

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

Did any personal significance of your song inform your film - if so how?


How do you hope your film would effect a viewer?


Which stages of the project did you find the most challenging and why?


What strategies - if any! - did you use to overcome these problems?


If you re-approached the project now, what would you do differently?



What advice would you give another student about to start this project?

IMPORTANT INFO ON CONTACTING KAREN!

Just to let you know, my permanent employment here at SMC ends on 28th Feb. I'm continuing to teach Mondays, so if you need to get in touch with me (please - emergencies only!) you will need to use my private email address - karen 'at' somewhere 'dot' org 'dot' uk

Reminder

Just to remind you all that technical support will be provided as usual at the following times in AXB 032:

Mon (Lesson) 1.30-3pm
Wed 9am-10.30am
Fri 9am-10.30am

Remember also that you are all able to sign out a key from main reception on production of your college library card, and gain access to room AXB 032 from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

Progress

Now that there is only one taught week left, a few students have almost finished their music video project - We viewed Simon Jobson's completed DVD today. It looks like many of you have really enjoyed the planning and execution of the film and are getting the hang of the edit software.
A number of you (students!) have not begun to actually shoot yet - My advice is that the minimum time you will need to set aside JUST for the edit is 2 x 8 hr days. So make sure you get your diary out and actually plan what else you have to do before that point.

Also remember:
Your storyboard is a tool for you - it should be descriptive enough that someone else could shoot your film for you based on it

One hour of video footage takes one hour to feed in to the Mac even before you start editing - no short cuts!

Important Information on access to ART MAC LAB and study week

There are now 4 keys which allow access to the ART MAC LAB in the Alexandra building (room 032). I have provided main reception with a list of student names, you can take your library card and sign out the keys from there. This facility is now available for YOUR use Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, (Including study week). I will be available at published times for technical support as usual. Use and enjoy!

*I will be available during study week at the following times:
Tuesday 9am-12.30pm
Wednesday 1.30pm-4.30pm
Friday 9am-12.30pm

Please come along at those times if you require any technical assistance.

Cheers

Rob

Reading week access

hi there,
Rob, can you post up your availablity for next week for the students?

Wednesday 15th tech support

Just a note to say that this weeks technical support will not be available in the morning as advertised, I have to attend a staff meeting, so I will be available in the afternoon instead, from 3.30pm until 5pm. Looking forward to seeing you then.

Cheers
Rob

Name 'n shame!

The following students as of today have still not got a functioning blog up yet for the project - and we are half way through!
COME ON!
Jenna White
Elli Logan
Jane Mercer

iMovies

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1542180,00.html#article_continue
here's a good article about the scope of iMovie for professional film-making by director Mike Figgis

'Tarnation' (2003) is a full length movie made entirely on iMovie - its website is here
http://www.wellspring.com/tarnation/

More robotic pets

Further to my mention of hacked robot pets today look what turned up in my inbox - another artist working along the same lines:



Dog[LAB]02
Digital artist France Cadet has been in residence at UWE, developing a multi-robot artwork called Dog[LAB]02. This installation/ performance features a pack of similar robotic animals, made by hacking popular cyber-toys. The piece raises questions about contemporary experiments in biotechnology such as cloning. France will show the work-in-progress and talk about its development with Dylan Evans, Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Autonomous Systems at UWE.
Read France’s journal about the development process at http://www.dshed.net/doglab02