biennialFreerunner: biennial logo

Monday, 14 July 2008

biennial logo

In regards to what Stas said on friday about creating some mock up logo's/stings before the actual titles I have found the biennial site which has quite a nice logo. I've emailed them to see if I can get a vector version or failing that a higher res version (and failing that it's a lot of clicking in Illustrator tracing the type unless anyone knows what font that is, it's like a geometric-ised eurostyle but it's probably custom for the logo) Those multiple blocks lend themselves to a quick simple dropping in animation in after effects (or c4d if I'm feeling brave and have time).

Also I've done a quick poster to put in the last scene with Adam's name in lights and also gets the lads name in there again. I'll do some more signs in different formats to hang from the buildings and also I'll sort out a story board for the titles to check the order of everything is ok before I get started putting it together in a HD comp. I'm going to leave the the credits until they're all finalised, the motion's very simple so might as well just start from scratch when all the info's ready.

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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot15 July 2008 at 23:53
I think for Adam's poster maybe a nod and a wink to the great directors of the past.

Here are some suggestions…

Adam Hamilton's

Citizen Kane 2: Rosebud's Revenge
or
Casablanca: Playing It Again
or
Taxi Driver: The U-turn
or
Raging Bull - TURBO
or
8 1/2 …and then some!
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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.

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