The Disappearance Video

The Concept

To Create a video in which you disappear.  To think about using and incorporating some of the camera techniques previously explored and develop into a 30 second video.  I decided to use stop motion animation as i have really enjoyed experimenting with it in the previous smaller projects.  I based the idea upon disappearing in the woods as I live next door to a nature reserve which at night can be very sinister and eerie looking.  Because of this I also decided to use different exposures to create artificial darkness when actually it was shot in broad daylight, and this is the result ...

The Disappearance - Further developed

The Concept:


To use alginate rubber and Lighting to create an eerie stop-motion animation of myself appearing and disappearing into the darkness...

The Disappearance

The Concept: 

To Create Portrait photographic images exploring the theme of Disappearance.  Explore the theme by using lighting, home-made camera lenses and adapters, body language, adding to the body etc...

Digital Pinhole

Digital Pinhole lighting with lamp

Digital Pinhole with movement

Digital pinhole with movement

Digital Pinhole with multiple Pinholes

Lit from behind with a pinhole mask lightly covering the lens

Lit from side with colour filter

Lit slightly from side with coloured filter

Lightly lit with cold colour filter

Softly lit with Acetate Attachment

Very Softly lit from behind

Pushing Glass against the face

Lit from behind with Pinhole mask covering lens

Only just lit from behind with pinhole mask covering lens

 

Casting Shadows across sheets

Camouflage

Blending in to the surroundings

Covering facial features

Lit Book Paper mask

Softly lit Book Paper Mask

Video Exploring shutter speed and Lighting

Projecting onto the face

Projecting onto the face

The Cardboard Catwalk Itself

Cardboard Catwalk

The Concept:

The idea behind the cardboard catwalk is to create a wearable piece of art that can be paraded down a catwalk that is inspired by the works of a randomly selected artist.  Here are my developments to date ...

Research sheet on Joseph Cornell

Research sheet and Cardboard Manipulation

Our Studio space

Boxes and Image Transfer experimentation


An Animation of my equipment

Cardboard Parrots to be hung on the Birdcage Design

The initial Structure of the Birdcage Design

Birdcage srtucture once Stick and Ink has been added

My Cardboard,  Stick and Ink Birds

Studio Space

The Carboard Fabric Wrap to be worn inside the Birdcage

The Cardboard Fabric Wrap

 A Section of the Birdcage with the Birds

A Second Section

My Origional Design Plan for the Outfit

The inside of the garment once the stick and ink has been added

The Inside of the garment once complete