Sacla Pesto

Saw this on the box the other day and thought it'd tie in quite nicely for my research into 'What is a line?' Sequential sounds edited using video and audio combined; not too distant to what I am trying to achieve within this module.



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What is a line? - An Intentional Statement

To give some clarification on the 'What is a line' front, I have finally narrowed down my direction of focus towards two main areas; even though a third might act as an on going sub-exploration if you will? In opting for the stimulus dictating the notion of "a connected series of events, actions or developments" the most promising direction for me so far is increasingly appearing to be that of sound-scaping (possibly VJ'ing to some); as a method of documenting audio and video simultaneously. As already researched, many adverts on television tend to use this, not to mention the many artists within the music industry that I have yet to document on this blog. In reference to this specific idea, I intend to research into minimalist composers as this form of music lends itself well to the direction in which I intend to take this project; the notion being that music can be created in linear sequences where no two notes/drums are hit at the same time.

In addition to this, I am very interested in documenting the journeys that I will be embarking upon over the duration of the coming two months. I'm keen to pursue this through the forms photography as well as illustration, but more significantly through found materials that will allow me to produce collaged work within sketchbooks and notebooks. What's more, video recording may also be of some relevance should I cross reference my ideas back to the processes mentioned above.

Finally and perhaps less importantly, I am quite intruiged to document the deconstruction of various items, objects and events as a way of flipping the idea of progression on it's head. Although this is interesting on a more abstract level, I am not ceretain as to how much I may persue this path given the time available.

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Timber by Coldcut

Cheers to Ollie for introducing me to this... Another video which pretty much hits the nail on the head with what I want to achieve throughout this unit; more so than anything else I have come across so far to be honest.



I have some sounds collected from my journeys to/from home. That's about six hours worth of train traveling each time I visit. Stayed tune for an update soon.

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Video Experiment 01 part two

The alternate edit of my original video experiment as promised. Think it works a lot better than the first draft; the audio aspect is much stronger and suitable to what I want to achieve. Still room for improvement however, but I'm not going to polish a turd... time to move onto bigger and better ideas.



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Video Experiment 01 part one

Completed this a couple of nights ago, it's my first real experimentation using video editing software since my first year of A levels; I'm a bit rusty so many apologies for that. The editing style I was trying to aim for was in the vain of Prodigy's video for 'Smack My Bitch Up' that I posted earlier this month as research. I'm a big fan of the choppy and slightly disorientated outcome. For my own video I decided to use a favourite music track of mine on top of the originally recorded sound (Early Grave by Architects). I simply made this decision as it was the track that I was listening to on the recorded footage. In all honesty, I'm Not really sure if I like the final result; it's a bit gimmicky like a music video... it's a bit of a silly thing to say I know; but it just didn't turn out as successful as I would have liked. It's also not really the path I had intended for this project to take. Overall, it would have perhaps been more successful to just use the natural sound from the journey itself. I'll post an alternative once complete!



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Re: Prodigy

If you don't know of this video I'm sure you've had your head in some sand for the past decade! Highly controversial, but I like it and it lends itself well to what I want to achieve within my 'What is a line?' brief.



Sadly as anticipated, this is the only clip I could find anywhere on the internet as it has been banned from most places.That's what the world is coming to I guess? Really like the editing style. Scratchy, chopped and confusing to the eyes. Would like to try documenting some of my journeys in this format; it relates well to The Chariot videos posted previously as well. Nice Nice.

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OUGD102 Design Process Evaluation

What practical skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

Over the duration of this module I feel that I have learnt numerous techniques which have helped me to develop on both a personal and professional level. In terms of hand crafted approaches, the most valuable skill I have learnt would be the process of binding and creating a full-section, perfect bound book. Not only did this look professional and slick given the correct craftsmanship, it also helped to inform my design process whilst dealing with the question 'what is a book?' Furthermore, in working with digital design for a book it was more than useful being familiarized with the program Indesign. Overall this definitely helped me to accomplish an array of mock up publications as well as final pieces.

What approaches to/methods of problem solving have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

On a personal level, I found this module really beneficial in correspondence to keeping a blog and gaining feedback from ever evolving updates. In addition, the habit of keeping design sheets and visually communicating ideas was essential in being able to develop my design process and therefore advance with the multiple approaches I had operating at any given time. Group work was also good in sharing methods of approach whilst rebounding ideas from one person to the next.

What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

From my point of view, I am particularly fond of the resolutions created where I worked alongside the subject matter in question; Joker cards in this instance. Most primarily, the bolt hinged cards were of significant success and should the idea have lent itself to presenting 100 cards more appropriately I would have most definitely pushed this further overall. In addition to this, I feel my research for this module was well informed and therefore lead to stronger idea development and design progression.

What weakness can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

Although contradictory to the context of the brief, I would have liked to have reached a more professional level in terms of the final resolutions that were produced. Furthermore, I felt that in some cases I only scratched the surface with some methods of approach and as a result I would be more inclined to limit the range of design processes that I try to deal with in any given brief.

Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Limit the range of ideas that I try to develop and instead develop a more focussed selection more comprehensively

2. Engage with my blog posting even more than previously as this seems to be an ever more useful process of acquiring feedback and development suggestions

3. Im going to try and keep myself busy between one module to the next as letting myself out of routine has notably resulted in a lack of motivation in some instances.

4. Build upon my skills with Indesign as I have come to realise this is a very useful piece of software; especially in conjunction with designing for a book.

5. Yes fred, I want to manage my time better! I have the worst sleeping patterns at the best of times and this can often lead to idling about the studio.

Are there any things we could have done differently that would have benefitted your progress?

Take a more aggressive line on how constructive feedback should be given, and not to book out mac suites and print rooms on days where you are going to pen in mandatory crit sessions.

How would you grade yourself on the following areas?

Attendance - 5

Punctuality - 3 or 4

Motivation - 2

Commitment - 3 or 4

Quantity of work produced - 3

Quality of work produced - 3

Contribution to the group - 5

Revealing ey?

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