Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
...
yesterday we went to the shopping centre again to take some more photos and do some interviews. one lady was very unhappy, she wanted to arrest us, she wanted to see the written permission from the management that we are allowed to take some photos...silly to be honest, of course before taking any photos we asked for the permission the manager of the shopping centre, and even when we are taking some photos of the shops or shops keepers we ask them if they want to be photograph. in the end she called the security guys,security guys called the security manager, he came down and explain us why she was so unhappy about, apparently in the past someone was taking some photos of the product she was selling(she owns the small shop selling cheap jewellery and stuff)and then produced similar items and was selling them on the market half price cheaper. in the end we continue to take some photos of the shopping centre.
also we spoke to the owner of the book shop selling second hand magazines, postcards and books- Marek, and he agreed to display some of the photos in his shop, so we can print them in the end and do some small exhibition over there.
at the moment I don't have an interent access at home so it is very difficult for me to work on my blog.
we have some more recordings to work on, but I need to download lame mp3 for the audacity program(the program is good itself but I don't understand why it's cutting the audio files into peaces).
now I figured out how to post the mp3 files on the blog. I created another blog on the liflogger web page which allows to download sound in different format, then I just copied everything to the elephantstory blog and to my blog.
tonight we want to take some night shoots of the shopping centre, on Friday we will return there and we want to just take the photos, following week I think it will be a production time to put everything together in some way.
also we spoke to the owner of the book shop selling second hand magazines, postcards and books- Marek, and he agreed to display some of the photos in his shop, so we can print them in the end and do some small exhibition over there.
at the moment I don't have an interent access at home so it is very difficult for me to work on my blog.
we have some more recordings to work on, but I need to download lame mp3 for the audacity program(the program is good itself but I don't understand why it's cutting the audio files into peaces).
now I figured out how to post the mp3 files on the blog. I created another blog on the liflogger web page which allows to download sound in different format, then I just copied everything to the elephantstory blog and to my blog.
tonight we want to take some night shoots of the shopping centre, on Friday we will return there and we want to just take the photos, following week I think it will be a production time to put everything together in some way.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
reflection time-project analysis
It is time to start thinking about how to write the project analysis, just four weeks to go until the project is going to be finished. Here is the outline for our project analysis, this is what we think will be worth considering while we will be writing the analysis:
Essay 1500w
0. Introduction 100 words
1. Different ways of intervening, thoughts about them, how our ideas developed, refer to other projects, 325 words
Topic, photography, site specific intervention.
2.1 Our work, what we chose to do and why, 325 words
The project brief, Elephant and Castle, the proposal for our project.
2.2 Our work, how we did it, aestetic influences and inspirations (photographers, artists e.t.c.), 325 words
The work in the shopping centre, explain how we worked, interviewing people, collecting the sound, photographing uploading it to our blogs.
3. The interaction, the actual result, how did it turn out, what happened with the project? 325 words
Placing the work in the shopping centre.
4. Conclusion 100 words
Essay 1500w
0. Introduction 100 words
1. Different ways of intervening, thoughts about them, how our ideas developed, refer to other projects, 325 words
Topic, photography, site specific intervention.
2.1 Our work, what we chose to do and why, 325 words
The project brief, Elephant and Castle, the proposal for our project.
2.2 Our work, how we did it, aestetic influences and inspirations (photographers, artists e.t.c.), 325 words
The work in the shopping centre, explain how we worked, interviewing people, collecting the sound, photographing uploading it to our blogs.
3. The interaction, the actual result, how did it turn out, what happened with the project? 325 words
Placing the work in the shopping centre.
4. Conclusion 100 words
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
some recordings
here are some recordings we done with Jennie, finally I found the way to put them in the blog:)
all of them are the one which we done with our class mates, I'll try to put some recordings from the shopping centre in a couple of days time, hopefully before saturday(as from the next week I won't have interent acces for some time-I hope not for a long time).
all of them are the one which we done with our class mates, I'll try to put some recordings from the shopping centre in a couple of days time, hopefully before saturday(as from the next week I won't have interent acces for some time-I hope not for a long time).
Monday, November 13, 2006
I hate mini disc
why why why?
I really hate mini disc from now on.today we went with Jennie to the E&C shopping centre, we spoke with the manager, we got the permission to take some photos and do the interview we have a good material now and... I was trying to upload the recordings from the mini disc to my pc and it just not working, I even downloaded the special software for mini disc(from sony) and still it doesn't work, so we will have to do it tomorrow in uni and ask someone for help.next time I won't use mini disc I think it will be easier to do it with mp3 player at least it's working perfect.so today no post from our material, hopefully we will put it tomorrow onto yourelephantstory blog.
I really hate mini disc from now on.today we went with Jennie to the E&C shopping centre, we spoke with the manager, we got the permission to take some photos and do the interview we have a good material now and... I was trying to upload the recordings from the mini disc to my pc and it just not working, I even downloaded the special software for mini disc(from sony) and still it doesn't work, so we will have to do it tomorrow in uni and ask someone for help.next time I won't use mini disc I think it will be easier to do it with mp3 player at least it's working perfect.so today no post from our material, hopefully we will put it tomorrow onto yourelephantstory blog.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
Progress
from the Jennie blog:
Strategies of the intervention
Even though we are still working on our practical project, we have to start thinking and planning ahead for how we think about intervene with the public. I think we still would like to screen the slide show onto a building. But getting the right equipment and plan the dates of screening might take some time so we should get started as soon as possible and work with it alongside the development of the project itself. We need to find a building to screen it on and a building to screen it from. We also need a decent projector. The sound is also a problem in need of being solved. I came across a site called mobmov (short for Mobile Movie), which is an Internet based movement that started in the U.S in 2004, for people who likes the concept of drive-in movies. People can sign up to get info about the where and when the screenings will be and all they have to do then is to show up in a car equipped with a radio, at the announced spot, often in parking lots next to a wall suitable for screening. The projector and the FM transmitter is placed in one of the cars.
This is interesting to our project. I don't know how it works yet but if it would be possible to get a FM transmitter this could be the way to get people the best chance of hearing the sound recordings. The photos can hopefully work for themselves but if people want to engage more I thought maybe (?) hopefully (!) they can tune the frequency in on their mp3 players, if it has got a radio receiver. I really don't know much about this, but I am trying to find out more about it since it would be a nice thing to do. If it is possible to do technically I hope it's not gonna cost too much to go through with. So if you read this and have knowledge about the matter please let me know!
well that's the text from the Jennie blog, because we are working together on that project I thought it might be interesting if I'll put it in on mine blog as well.
today we suppose to do some more interviews but... well all my fault, I was to tired, last week I worked 50h and it just wasn't possible for me to do anything, sorry.
tomorrow we want to discus some more issues about the project not only me and Jennie but also we have some questions to Paula, she is always very helpful with the advise(last time we got from her links how to upload sound on our blog- cool).
on Friday I spoke with Aviv and Patrick, so we decided we want to do some stuff together as well, they are interested in projecting the stories on the buildings and so on.this Friday we would like to continue with the interviewing the people, collect some more ideas from them.
Strategies of the intervention
Even though we are still working on our practical project, we have to start thinking and planning ahead for how we think about intervene with the public. I think we still would like to screen the slide show onto a building. But getting the right equipment and plan the dates of screening might take some time so we should get started as soon as possible and work with it alongside the development of the project itself. We need to find a building to screen it on and a building to screen it from. We also need a decent projector. The sound is also a problem in need of being solved. I came across a site called mobmov (short for Mobile Movie), which is an Internet based movement that started in the U.S in 2004, for people who likes the concept of drive-in movies. People can sign up to get info about the where and when the screenings will be and all they have to do then is to show up in a car equipped with a radio, at the announced spot, often in parking lots next to a wall suitable for screening. The projector and the FM transmitter is placed in one of the cars.
This is interesting to our project. I don't know how it works yet but if it would be possible to get a FM transmitter this could be the way to get people the best chance of hearing the sound recordings. The photos can hopefully work for themselves but if people want to engage more I thought maybe (?) hopefully (!) they can tune the frequency in on their mp3 players, if it has got a radio receiver. I really don't know much about this, but I am trying to find out more about it since it would be a nice thing to do. If it is possible to do technically I hope it's not gonna cost too much to go through with. So if you read this and have knowledge about the matter please let me know!
well that's the text from the Jennie blog, because we are working together on that project I thought it might be interesting if I'll put it in on mine blog as well.
today we suppose to do some more interviews but... well all my fault, I was to tired, last week I worked 50h and it just wasn't possible for me to do anything, sorry.
tomorrow we want to discus some more issues about the project not only me and Jennie but also we have some questions to Paula, she is always very helpful with the advise(last time we got from her links how to upload sound on our blog- cool).
on Friday I spoke with Aviv and Patrick, so we decided we want to do some stuff together as well, they are interested in projecting the stories on the buildings and so on.this Friday we would like to continue with the interviewing the people, collect some more ideas from them.
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