If I were to record the interview again I would make sure I had lighting set up properly so you wouldn’t be able to notice the scene getting darker. 

What I didn’t realise until after I had completed my video was that we were asked to use the video within an installation. As I didn’t attend my lectures I had I didn’t know what I had to do therefore I couldn’t do it. If I had done an installation I would have like to have created a scene that looked like a living room with tv and and had the interview playing on the tv. If I had done anything to obstruct the video or manipulate it in anyway I think it would have ruined it.

A part of a workshop learning how to create video, we were asked to do one ourselves, I wanted to create something linked to my personal work which is documenting Swansea Community Farm in Foresfach. After talking to my lecturer Ryan he suggested I filmed an interview, I liked the idea of of it and did it.
I really enjoyed filming my grandmother talking about her time at the farm but soon realised how difficult it was when editing the footage. As she didn’t have a script the story would change slightly every time she would say it, I recored the interview four times using two different cameras at different angles so I could get a head on shot and and a closer head shot on the side. When it came to editing what I found most difficult was chopping up the footage i had to use the bits I liked best and so that it still makes sense but also to have the sound match perfectly with image as I was swapping angles it didn’t match the original.
I also went back to the farm to capture moving image of the animals, I feel I have done well in merging all the footage together and I really enjoyed working with film for the first time.

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The red blur in the corner of this image is caused by a light leak. when trying to get the film out of the camera I realised that it hadn’t been would on completely and I lost a lot of images I had taken.

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Just to get some practice using my new camera I took random photos of the street as I walked around, I enjoyed having a camera on me at all times and I enjoyed documenting what I saw around me, however I am disappointed that I didn’t use it to create photos linked with my university projects.

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The detail on the pieces was incredible!

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One of my favourite pieces of work was by artist Tonico Lemos Auad, I think what I liked most is that I felt I could interact with the work, I was in control of when the lights would come on, as they were motion censored. Being able to walk in-between the different lights was a great privilege to me as I felt like I was a part of it, it was very difficult not to be able to touch them especially as I was so close.

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Them 15. 2005 – 215 cm x 178 cm, Archival Photograph. Edition of Five. © Danny Treacy

Photographer Danny Treacy collects discarded clothing he finds lying around in streets, car parks and waste ground. He then stitches the items together to create unusual and sometimes frightening costumes, which he then wears to create life-sized portraits of himself so he can become them.
Having such a dark black background the faceless figures evoke urban warriors, mythical beasts and distorted creatures.

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On our trip in Cardiff, after going to the Turner house Gallery we went to the Chapter Gallery to look at the 3AM exhibition, I much preferred this style of exhibition as there was many artists work to look at therefore lots of variety.
Francis Alÿs, Tonico Lemos Auad, Jordan Baseman, Sandra Cinto, Dorothy Cross, Dornith Doherty, Anthony Goicolea, Marc Hulson, Rachel Kneebone, Nathan Mabry, Michael Palm & Willi Dorner, Hirsch Perlman, Ed Pien, Lucy Reynolds, Sophy Rickett, Paul Rooney, Anj Smith, Fred Tomaselli, Danny Treacy, Bettina von Zwehl and Tom Wood were all the artists we looked at who explored “Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night” within thier work.
The exhibition demonstrates how this particular nocturnal hour has captured the imagination of these artists though paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and video, some made especially for the show.
When first walking in to the show you notice this striking sculpture by Nathan Mabry, having it so big and leaning over you as soon as you enter is a great way of capturing the audiences attention.

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Recently I bought a Fuji STX-2 film camera from a carboot sale and thought I would try it out, the camera is easy to use and I am excited to see what the photos look like.

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Having the images scattered up and down made the audience view them as a story, I liked the he had placed them in chronological order of how he took them, it made me feel like I was doing the journey with him.