- I need to redesign a timeframe, to which I need to strictly stick to.
- Figure out a new testing method to analyse how and why people are linking visuals and recordings. Additionally analyse their reactions to seeing the same visual twice with a different recording / audio in the background.
- Design an interface for the visuals and elaborate on how everything will be displayed in random format.
- Decide on the style of filming and editing.
- Decide whether to include some kind of performance, and whether the person telling the story should make an appearance in the videos or not.
- Length of the stories.
More Details / Answers to my Questions:
Everyone agreed that people will most probably link videos and recordings. This would be a great outcome because I want the viewers to be able to experience perhaps the same story with a different meaning. What I need to test now is see how I can see how the viewers are linking – identify patterns.
Everyone agreed that there should be focus on interaction. This is also something I felt would make the project more engaging – which is why I need to brainstorm how this is going to happen.
Everyone agreed people will probably be interested to hear someone else's stories, depending on how interesting it is.
There were mixed opinions on the subtitles. I think I will simply have to include something for the user to be able to turn them on and off.
Overall I found the general reaction to the work done so far to be positive.
Key Figures, works and books to check out:
"Devotional cinema" by Nathaniel Dorsky, suggested by Mariana who also quoted this from the book:
"If we do relinquish control, we suddenly see a hidden world, one that has existed all along right in front of us. In a flash, the uncanny presence of this poetic and vibrant world, ripe with mystery, stands before us.”
Nam June Paik, suggested by Madeline and previously also suggested by a friend of mine but I still haven't looked into his work in much detail.
'Thomas Beale Cipher' an animation by Andrew S.Allen, and works of Laurie Hill, suggested by Jedrzej.
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| Eva said one of my experiments reminded her of 'The wanderer above the sea of fog' by Caspar David Friedrich |
Here are the answers to other questions asked by my peers:
Mariana: How many conceptual videos from the stories? I am also curious to know how do you ask people to tell you their stories, are you guiding them to either eerie or dreamy stories?
I will be translating half of the videos into visuals – either video, animation or both. This really depends on the stories. As for the stories, all I’m asking people to do is to ‘tell me a story’ anything about their life or someone else’s. I’m keeping it as vague as possible and trying not to influence them in their choices. As for the dreamy and eerie, this is how I usually work so it will obviously emerge in my interpretations of the stories, whatever they are.
Osiris: I Think recording & editing 100 stories will take a very long time. What time frame will Moira need to reserved for this?
This is true, although I already have around 20 stories so far (some people tell me more than one story, although if I have time I would like to have 100 stories from 100 different people). This doesn’t really concern me as much, I’m a fast worker ☺
Eva: I am interested in the documentary format? possibility of this work alongside the 'random' result element of the practice.
Perhaps if I have time, however I'm not filming every person I am recording (due to some of them feeling uncomfortable in front of a video camera)
Osiris: I say Yes people will try to link videos. Is this a problem for you ?
Not at all, I’m just interested to see how will they try to link them, but I still need to find a good way to ask this question and gather results.
Mariana: When you talk about continuous randomization, do you mean that the conceptual stories, audios and visuals will appear randomly with out a predetermined order. So I guess a system will determine randomly what is the next thing the viewer will see.
Yes, there will essentially be a random code (either in Actionscript or Processing, depends which one I use).
Olympia: I was wondering whether Moira noticed any overlapping in the stories - and if so what was the percentage
So far, I’ve noticed people tend to want to tell me funny stories, but when they get more comfortable, the stories get more serious.
Madeline: The interpretation is personal just ike the people telling their stories
Yes, and this is not a problem, however I wanted to work on a concept given to me by someone else – several different concepts which keep changing.
Mariana: I like very much the artists that are currently influencing you. Gregory Crewdson uses great settings and lighting, are you thinking of producing your conceptual stories taking into consideration with such importance those visual elements?
Eva: Gregory crewdson mirrors filmic scenquences a fantasy I am wondering how the film stories could be translated into a crewdson esque errie visual?
It will be impossible to get a polished result like that of Gregory Crewson, I was looking at the concept and the story behind the pictures rather than the aesthetic (even though he is quite well known for the aesthetic).
Claire: I wonder if Moira might want to develop / strengthen the concept of narrative, particularly of this genre, e.g. suspense etc
Yes I suppose this is important and will need to be taken into consideration before filming and editing.
Eva: experience as interaction is about the viewers perception how will you be able to get this perspective if you are filming?
This is no longer the purpose of my project, this was the title of my previous proposal.
Claire: it may be good to think of a performance video also i;e; someone interacting with the work good as a backup also
This is interesting – will need to think about it.
Osiris: How long can 1 Story be ?
I wanted it to be a minute, but so far they are all between 2 and 5 minutes, so some heavy editing is needed – I do not wish to bore the viewers.
Madeline: Can the viewer not somehow ineract and slect the stories they want to hear?
Yes I thought about this, however I still want the visuals and music to be randomised, therefore selecting the same story twice can give it different meanings.
Louis: so many projects want to rely on RANDOM, but is it truly random or random within a defined set?
Olympia: there is no randomness infinity proves that at some point there is perfect coordination
Eva: could this randomness be choice on some subconsious level
Louis, I’d like to think that the project is not relying on randomisation, but is merely using it to assist with my testing of the project, and as Osiris specified randomisation is always within a defined set – in my case there will be 100 stories, I wish I could do more but don’t think I will have time ☺
Olympia: Yes it would be interesting to see whether the puzzle will come together at one point and a lucky viewer will witness it!
Eva: Randomisation cannot be choice in this case since I will be using a random code / system to mix and match the media. This will remove all control from beyond my hands and into the hands of the machine.
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