biennialFreerunner: Very well done everyone!

Monday, 16 June 2008

Very well done everyone!

A big thank you to the entire team in front of and behind the camera for what was achieved today. It was a fantastic team effort. All collaboration and no ego. A text book job. Well done.

A big hand to Adam and Steve for their skill, humour, ideas and tenacity to get the best shot every time.
Thanks to Nikki Rose from Toxteth TV for her expertise and support.
To Dave Ball for his freerunner wrangling ensuring the lads performed safely and for his ideas for the routines.
To Dave Bentick for his chroma key and compositing advice.
To Jenny for her patience and observations that would help the build of the digital environment.
To Stan for his vaulting horse wrangling.
To Jo for her project.
…and last but not least to the lads themselves for their energy, passion and amazing acting abilities.
… …and to Matt for his great fort holding '-P

Adam has texted me to say the footage is looking fantastic.

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jo16 June 2008 at 20:32
I would just like to echo Dave's comments there. We had a fantastic day and it is so inspiring working with such organised, creative and genuine people. Although I am kind of like a spare part at the mo, I am learning so much from you all and am overwhelmed by how much enthusiasm and drive you all have to make this project a success. Thanks again and good luck with the next stages!! :)
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Matt Frodsham16 June 2008 at 21:07
Sounds like it went great today, well done everyone. Now for the good stuff.
-Matt

ps.no thanks for me?! I stayed home and held the fort! haha
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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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