biennialFreerunner: DLS....They say YES!!!!!

Saturday 6 September 2008

DLS....They say YES!!!!!

Yeeeeah!! There is no probs with the money from our end. What is the best way to do this, shall we send you the money following an invoice from you and it gets sorted your end? Or do you want me to sort all the dvds, paying FACT etc and so I invoice you for the dosh?? I dont mind either way but clearly you have done so much that it should probably be me who does the paperwork!! Worringly, Fact arent returning my emails so I will ring them Monday instead.

Matt, I could pay you £xx for a 2hr workshop after school (3-5pm) to work with the 4 lads from this project. The idea would be to make some of the poster type images that you have created so that they can further their Photoshop skills, we have PCs or Macs. Are you up for it? If you are can you let me know what nights are best for you over the next few weeks please and if not don't worry.

See you all soon....

4 comments:

Matt Frodsham6 September 2008 at 21:08
That's great, would it be possible to do it when I'm back at college so I'm already in the area? I go back on tuesday 23rd if you wanted to do it that week but any mon, tue or wed after that is fine.

I think macs would be best if only for the reason I wouldn't have to translate keyboard shortcuts etc. ...and PCs are rubbish! :)

Just let me know when would be best. I'll get thinking about how to fit a few techniques into one project in a couple of hours
cheers
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jo7 September 2008 at 09:08
Yes thats no probs. That weeks a bit hectic so I will give you a few dates and you decide. (weve loads of trips etc already so the diary is filling up!)

Mon 29th Sept, Tue 7th Oct, Wed
8th Oct,Mon 13th Oct or Tue 14th Oct.

Thanks Matt...
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Matt Frodsham7 September 2008 at 11:09
Wednesday 8th would be great
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Dave Wood is Scouse-Scot9 September 2008 at 19:10
Hi Jo,

A bit short notice but would you be free Friday afternoon for a meet? I need to get to Glasgow late afternoon so early afternoon would be best. Am I right in you saying Friday's are freer for you? If not let me know when you'd be free and we'll sort out a mutual time. Adam is back and rearing to go so I'm meeting him tomorrow and he can start the edit. We are still short of a music score but once Adam can get a rough cut I'll attempt to blag some beats. The website is finished to alpha test stage ready for content so we can start to source that when we meet. It's all go go go. Exciting. Also I'll let you in on our merchandise idea too to see if we can make some money.
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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.

Books by Dave Wood