biennialFreerunner: Great developments!

Tuesday 24 June 2008

Great developments!

Hi all,

Some ace developments, love the infinity design. Just had a couple of questions one being, do we still need extra time with the lads? Only three weeks left of term now and would need to plan when we could go out. Also do you want a title from us because I can get that sorted this week? Dave and Jenny what are you gaming references (if thats the right phrase!) as I am writing the statement for the Biennial also this week. I will post it up here before I send it though so feel free to comment.

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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot24 June 2008 at 17:41
Hi Jo,

Give me some dates when the lads will be free. It will only be for half a day at the most. I can then book Adam and more importantly ICDC's green screen. I'm not sure if they said it would be really busy in July but I'll see.

Also a title would be great. We still are referring to the project by biennialFreerunner :-)
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Anonymous24 June 2008 at 19:49
Jo would it be possible to rephrase what you wrote , as i am abit slow today and i had problems understanding some of what you typed.
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jo25 June 2008 at 22:45
Hi Dave, I just need to know what you have used as your references when designing the game environment. It just might be useful for me when writing the statement. I remember you talking about unreal but I dont know if that is relevant or not to what you are working on at the mo.
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jo25 June 2008 at 22:53
Hi Dave W,

I will try and get some dates but its a bit tricky at the mo with them being out of school. (lads if your reading let me know when your free) The only problem now is that we dont have any money this time for transport etc but if its half a day we could get the train to keep costs down. Did you say ICDC is free? Also Id really like to attend the meetings on Friday but I teach at that time, next fri I could get over to you for 12:30pm if thats any good? Or we could meet at some point next week to discuss how its going and have a look at the developments. I'd also like to talk to you more about the blog idea as Im thinking of using, not this project, but the notion of a blog as electronic sketchbook for my next assignment. Anyway Id best be off so see you all soon...
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The Project

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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.

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