May 2012
15 posts
WatchFinal Film!
WatchThis is a rough edit of the inks, that will be over layed on the footage. Once again the audio is very wrong and not the finished version. The inks, although in need of some finalised tweaking, are looking effective and I am pleased with the result!
WatchThis is a partly finished film footage part of my final film. I will overlay the ink over this video in order to create the effect. The audio for this is very wrong, so it is not the final piece. I am pleased with the pace of the editing and look forward to overlaying the ink!
Thoughts Before Editing
The editing of my film is a highly important aspect for the flow and sense of crescendo I intend to create. I want the editing between clips to become shorter and more dramatic as the film progresses. I also want to edit all my ink clips together so that they correspond with the audio as much as possible. Also, for the more movement-filled clips, filmed ink in water as opposed to paper to create...
WatchAnother technique I tried, pressing ink and washing up liquid between glass.
WatchAs my film builds up in a crescendo, I want the imagery to have more and more a sense of movement and a kind of rhythm, so once again, drawing upon things that are around my own life which a Synaesthetes may perceive differently, I thought Magic Balls would be an interesting source of movement (and sound) to use. This sense of movement is also built up through the spinning of a bike wheel, a...
WatchTravelling through the mountains in Switzerland- potential beginning for my film with the bird noises!
WatchAnother film of a lake in Switzerland. These videos are meant to be very simple, because the ink overlay will make the experience overwhelming in some aspects.
WatchThis is one of the many pieces of footage I plan to have under the ink videos. These and the ink footage will correspond with the audio.
WatchFrom the beginning of this project, I always wanted, or felt it would be good to record a train station, as I felt that it was a place that involves a more ‘sensory experience’. In the film, I have put a few things that I consider to be more personal to myself, or sensory things that I experience: ie: Cycling, cycling to the train station, forests, walking, travelling and so on. I...
WatchThis is a stop-frame I made a while ago. It involves ink and washing liquid pressed between two pieces of glass, as I pull the glass apart, it creates some incredible patterns. I think, once sped up, it will be a dramatic ending for my film.
This is my final audio for the film finished! Most...
http://www.freshmilk.fr/
Do you find this way of perceiving the world inspirational? If so, in what ways do you express the inspiration you gain? I don’t know if I’d describe synesthesia as inspirational for me. I’m more just interesting in figuring out how mine works the way it does. I like creating art based on my synesthesia as a way of exploring it more for myself.
Sometimes I wonder if studying and developing my...
Interview with a Synaesthetes
What kind of Synesthesia do you have?
Strongest: Graphemes → color + shapes + texture Sound (music and noise, people’s voices, etc) → color + shapes + texture + spatiality + sensation in body Touch (when others touch me) /internal physical sensation → color + shape + spatiality Units of time / number / etc → color + shapes + spatiality
Less strong: Some smells → color + shapes Some tastes →...
April 2012
20 posts
Kate Hoskin, Answers My Questions
I was also delighted to be in contact with Kate, who kindly answered my questions, through words and image. What kind of Synaesthesia do you have?
The most vivid type of synaesthesia I have is my perception of music as images with both shape and colour.
I have a maths degree, and see the realm of complex algebra as a vast landscape.
Words, letters and numbers have colours for me. Some words have...
theshapeofsounds.com
This is the website of Timothy B Layden who is a Synaesthetic artist who also creates his own audio tracks he calls ‘soundscapes’ which I have found useful and inspiring to my own work. I would blog his images, but I can’t get save them off of his website (which is fair enough!) I have been in brief contact with him, and he kindly agreed to answer a few of my Questions: What...
Re-thinking the Project! So this was what I...
This is one of the first audio tracks I tried...
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Another tester with the ink overlay, this is a little more cohesive than the previous overlayed video, however it still needs a lot of thought. I also think animating over this technique will help bring the concept to light. I need to storyboard and decide exactly what ink footage I need for my final film.
WatchThis is a very short and simple animation of Printed Bubbles I hope to overlay on some film footage!
WatchThis I liked! Definitely going to refine this technique
WatchReally quite a strange overlay I decided to try…
David Hockney at the Royal Academy in London
I went to see the David Hockney exhibition in London at the Royal Academy on 16th March. To be honest I hadn’t really had much time to research into Hockney before hand, so I wasn’t sure what to expect! The exhibition was probably one of the most engaging and visually interesting I have ever been to. It really was very inspiring. I walked around taking notes on his technique and any...
Watchaaaand another!
WatchAnother, this time with some food colouring.
WatchExperiment! The detergant on the cotton bud breaks down the protien in the milk. The ink in the milk indicates the effects of the reaction.
WatchInk in water, a slightly different technique.
WatchA more refined version of what I was trying out before.
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March 2012
8 posts
Watch
This is the first of many videos, filming ink in water in order to be the basis or background for my future film/animation. I have refined this technique as you will see in future posts, but I hope eventually, for this to correspond with audio and animation.
WatchThis video is mainly dealing with the convergence of sound and vision and although not as informative as a documentary, delivers the kind of feel I want for my film/animation. I would like to try creating visuals that correspond with sound, however, the soundtrack to this video is purely musical, I wish try recording many sounds combined with more musical sounds. I want my visual aspect of the...
WatchThis video, ‘Derek Tastes of Earwax’, gives an interesting insight into Synaesthesia and why some individuals have it. The title ‘Derek Tastes of Earwax’ relates to one particular person who is being filmed, who, when experiencing sound and texture, experiences his Sense of taste stimulated. This can become unpleasant and confusing. Although, when asked if there was a cure...
Synaesthesia-the convergence of the senses
As my work has been developing, I have started introducing a strong use of colour and digital work combined with more hand drawn elements, therefore, the subject choice of Synaesthesia seems like a wonderful opportunity to further develop and continue using the methods I have created into the medium of animation and film. Synaesthesia is an intriguing neurologically based condition in which the...
