biennialFreerunner: Website Feedback

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Website Feedback

Hi Matt,

Good job. You've achieved what was in my head (no mean fete) and in places excelled it. I've added my initial comments (not cryptic :-P) to the images. On Friday if you can amend the visuals and upload them I'll advise further. Jo is now back so I can arrange to sit down with her to discuss the content. A pleasure to work with you!

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Matt Frodsham13 August 2008 at 00:01
cool, will do my best...

Just a phone camera pic will do for the portraits next time you see each of the people, they would only need to be 200px tall, just adds a bit of personality. I like the idea of the thumbs of work, have you anything in mind for Adam though?

I think the space up top right could be used for thumbs so you have a bit more breathing room and then the text pop up in the boxes if we disregard the photos. The boxes could feature a web link at the bottom and the box itself would link to the personal sites if available, this would do away with need for a profile page as the profile info could easily fit into those boxes, they could even be extended a little if they're too busy.

For the extras box I was initially thinking of a shot the end scene/ infinity sign as this would be the main content of the section but the rough one on the blog wasn't doing it at such a small size. Like you said the images are just placeholders.

That particular photo is off getty images stock, its fairly plausible we bought it for $2, it's not a google image from anyone's personal work. I'll sort through the concept images I put together for the site as I think we can get away with the Getty comp images, I'm not sure how they would enforce tracking how their images are used and who paid for the web sized ones or not?

I might have found a drum & bass DJ who programmes orginal music, He's sending some stuff to one of the guys at greenhouse on thursday, he knows it's for this project so I assume he isn't after any money.
I'm not sure how flexible he'd be for scoring an orginal peice to fit with the vid, but at this point we might be best just to take a track and cut it in places we need dynamics, I'm sure it's a breeze in FCP.

If you let me know when the editing meeting is I can come down and transfer the sfx to your laptop, and depending on when it is and how much time I have over the weekend and next couple of days maybe transfer the titles and credits too, bring a HDD!

that was a lot of typing, cheer matt
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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot13 August 2008 at 00:32
Well done on everything so far, you've certainly transcended the original graphic design job role! Put your suggestions into the next visuals as its late and my brain is frazzled. Keep an eye on the blog for the details on the editing day. Now get some sleep I'll let you and Dave get 4 hours every 72 hours. Industry standard ;-)
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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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