biennialFreerunner: Poem

Friday 27 June 2008

Poem

Just e-mailed that guy(?) about the poem asking permission to use it in exchange for credit and world fame haha, hopefully he'll respond favourably. I've lost count of how many parkour websites I've had to register with now, I'll be getting invited to the christmas party!

Did everyone who needed them get the texture photos?

Dave W is this info document basically just to present all the concept art, diagrams, photos, screengrabs so far? Might be best if you do a quick list of everything that needs to be enclosed so I have an idea of where to start, e.g if it should be in any sections or subheadings?

I talked to Stu about his MA project and that seems simple enough, I'll be able to do something nice for that I think. Hopefully he'll throw in a copy for my portfolio seeing as he's getting cheap labour, not as cheap as you mind ;)

Dave Bentick just had a quick mooch for keylight for mac but no luck so you'll have to put the plugin and key on the CD for us if that's ok? Gonna watch some tuorials to swot up before I get the footage on monday.

Stas I'll have a look through my folders for any signs or logos and post the images on my blog over the weekend, I designed an eastern brush/western blackletter fusion type font during the last term so I'll make a new one from that too.

I think that's it, good luck with the workload everyone
-matt

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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot27 June 2008 at 17:32
OK, I'll email that to you for Sun
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Matt Frodsham27 June 2008 at 17:40
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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.

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