biennialFreerunner: Revised Header

Saturday 31 May 2008

Revised Header

Like Dave said this will change many times through the project incorporating different elements as we develop them, but I think this looks cooler for now, bit grungier to fit the newly realised theme but a bit cleaner aswell. The stylised lines were something I was thinking of for the mograph stuff to tie everything together.

Dave any feedback would be great and then I'll send it to you to actually put up there.

I've had a couple of comments on the photos on the flickr account from the lads so it's good to see them getting involved, don't forget to set up a blog here to throw ideas around on for the narrative etc.

*edit - just found a site with some illustrations of parkour, more on my blog. I'm currently researching any visual representation of parkour and freerunning online as I like to have lots of source material to inspire my work (both good and bad, so I can see what I don't want it to end up like). Anyway even though this is an illo it has an interesting angle and could be useful for storyboard ideas...

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I also found a nice, erm, poem?
maybe something like this could be used in the titles to set the scene and anticipation (found this on deviantart, just going back cos there were a lot of images - again, will post more on my blog if anyone's interested)

How to explain, for one who doesn't know
Who hasn't experienced the way,
The life of a traceur, the path of silence

We move where others dare not go
Across rooftops and through dark alleys

Being fluid as water, always preserving the flow
Leaping, Climbing, Vaulting
All tools of the art used to craft the masterpiece

That one run, where everything fits
Each landing precise, every gap cleared

This is the goal of traceurs everywhere
To move swiftly and with purpose
No tricks, no flash, that is not the way

Glory is not to be found
Money is not to be made

However, one can find peace of mind
For every obstacle becomes conquerable
Nothing stands in the way of a traceur

**edit again - just uploaded a whole mess of images to the flickr account grabbed from deviantart (which means they range from pretty cool to pretty grim, but they all help)

- Matt

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The Project

Traceur Tag
De La Salle School in collaboration with St Helens College

The theme for the schools project, Future, Fiction and Fantasy, seemed to instantly form a connection with our idea to produce a piece of work using Parkour and the virtual world as the concept. This film was a collaborative effort between De La Salle School and St Helens College and it was only through this collaboration that the desire to create a film based on the computer game genre was realised.

It was at the initial stages of the collaboration that contemporary artworks such as Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle proved influential along with the film Jump Britain and a variety of computer games such as Halo and Unreal, which helped us to establish the kinds of environment that could form the basis for the film.

Without a doubt the vehicle which supported this project’s creative growth and encouraged clear communication throughout was this blog, instigated by Dave Wood. This blog became a hub of activity which maintained consistency in content during the six month period. Ideas, thoughts, concerns, artistic references and discussions were posted daily, hourly and often by the minute in pursuit of our collective goal.

The most interesting element of the blog, from an educational perspective, was the innovative approach to formative assessment, providing rapid responses to creative problems in a contemporary manner aiding motivation and communication. Both De La Salle School and St Helens College are now exploring ways in which blogs can impact upon student’s development and bring assessment methods into the 21st Century.

This film explores a passion for an activity that in society can be considered as subversive or anti social and channels that enthusiasm into a creative medium. From a school’s point of view the boys were given an opportunity to express themselves in a language that is comfortable to them but in a safe environment, they worked with students witnessing the creative process in action but also what vocational links art can provide.

Finally, working on the School’s Project with the Biennial team has provided us with a fantastic opportunity to investigate contemporary approaches to schemes of work, work collaboratively between different institutions and the community and develop effective forms of communication, all of which have supported our personal development for the delivery of new initiatives such as the re-launch of the Secondary Curriculum and the introduction of the Creative and Media Diploma.

Joanne Millea

Whois biennialFreerunner?

biennialFreerunner Productions is the creative collective formed out of this Biennial project. It soon became apparent to Dave and Jo that the pooled talent, the excitement and the dedication of the students and graduates had naturally formed into a "Hot Group" of multi-disciplinary creatives. As such, the project Jo had brought to Dave had evolved beyond its original scope and remit. It was therefore only natural to give this multi-disciplinary team a collective identity. The biennialFreerunner blog had actually become biennialFreerunner Productions.

There are 6 core collective members and 1 associate member of this collective: co-founders Dave Wood and Jo Millea, Adam Hamilton, Matt Frodsham, Dave Bentick and Stas Krakiewicz. Jose Flores is based in Brighton and his opening scenes were produced remotely.

Already one member of this collective has gone onto make a music video for a band as a result of his experiences as part of this collective.

See www.biennialfreerunner.com for more information or email info@biennialfreerunner.com.

Books by Dave Wood