biennialFreerunner: Result

Tuesday 22 July 2008

Result

Hi Matt,

Very well done!!! If you don't already realise it you have achieved a result some professionals strive for. To animate an established logo (without permission) and then get the green light is a BIG achievement. Very professionally handled, I'm proud of you!

Keep that professionalism going and you'll go far.

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Matt Frodsham22 July 2008 at 19:06
cool, thanks. Just sent a follow up e-mail asking if they would have a use for it in the future for any motion/online submissions... Dip the toes before asking them to give me money for it :)

Got a meeting tonight about that band's album design so should make a bundle on that if his budget's ok (got to get paid for something!)
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Matt Frodsham22 July 2008 at 23:14
Got that job, £400 for all the print design (covers, posters etc.) and we're discussing a music video.

...just got a summer brief off Paul. Has Dave 'sci-fi' Woods set this one?...

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The brief
Create a striking new look for the “Space Opera” book series.

Target audience
Readers of science fiction and fantasy novels : traditionally this broad male audience
aged 15-80 ) has been a group of closet sci-fi junkies – we want you to make them come out and be proud!

(not sure how to take that last phrase haha)
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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot22 July 2008 at 23:57
Nope nothing to do with me, but if you need to do some primary research into 40+ year old sci-fi freaks then I'll happily introduce you to some of my mates. But be warned they are HARDCORE (and relentless). To be honest I could do with a break from their space bollocks so please talk to them! '-)

Well done on the job. I see a bright future. Just remember me when you're earning big bucks on big projects :-)
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Matt Frodsham23 July 2008 at 00:53
I think I'll pass on that thanks. me and shell had a run in with a comic book guy at a stall at the cinema once (like off the simpsons but he looked like curly watts off corrie from years ago, odd). I only wanted an iron man comic and I ended up buying 5 and being invited to a convention 'for real fans' after a long chat about a figurine that was painted the wrong colour but worth more, or something. That was scarier than the horror film we went to watch.

I need to sleep more
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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot23 July 2008 at 01:53
Now you know how I feel every week ;-)
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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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