Filed under: Memory Artifact - coming up with my idea
Obstruction for Memory Artifact – Do something very different that you have not tried before.
I have taken this into account and will start to think of my idea with this obstruction in mind. Before I start to think of an idea I will list the different types of memory I can think of to give myself a starting point.
List of different type of memories
< Human memory, computer memory, technological memory including phone, camera etc, alarm clock
From this list I found that I wanted to do a piece revolving around human memory. I feel I have much more creative freedom with this type of memory. I will began to research around human memory to come up with an idea for my artifact.
I want an idea that has a sense of amnesia and nostalgia. I searched around for material relevent to these issues for my idea.
My first idea was heavily influenced by the Bourne identity because Jason Bourne has amnesia. I watched this film and thought the amnesia concept would work extremely well. nostalgia also works well in this film because Jason Bourne is told about his past and he gets a sense of nostalgia.
Coming up with my idea
First Idea – Man (me) sitting down in front of a psychologist, the man is suffering from amnesia and does not remember anything about his past. The psychologist will be showing the man different objects to see if the man can link them back to anything in his past. The objects include a pen, driving licence and football. The pen and driving license will be shown to the man and the man would not recognise these at all. He is then shown a football and this time he is able to link it back to his past when he went and watched Arsenal play at Highbury. The man gets a sense of nostalgia because the football memory was always in his head but he needed to see an object (football) to trigger the memory off.
Seminar feedback and change of idea
I told my seminar teacher about my idea. He liked the fact I was linking an object to another e.g. football to the past. He did not like the amnesia part because he felt I was contradicted myself because one minute I do not know anything thing and then suddenly I do. I agreed that my idea could be better and started to think how I could change it. I knew I had to think of something that linked a memory to another. This is because that was the strong point of my first idea and I had to lay that as a foundation to make this artifact the best it could be.
Final Idea – I am going to mix still image with moving image, All of my images are from my point of view and what they remind me off. I am going to link items with what they remind me of with past experiences influencing my decisions. For example my first shot is going to be of a petrol station, when I see a petrol station it reminds me of cars so I will then film cars, cars remind me of engines so I will film a car engine etc. This idea allows me to link items together with my memory choosing the next item I film. I really like this idea and look forward to shooting it.
Here is a list of what I am going to film and in the order I am going to film in
Petrol station, car, car engine, a heater, a warm top, snow, christmas tree, watching t.v., beer and chocolate, Sainsburys, beer being put on shelf, the aardvark (pub), football fixture (Arsenal vs Chelsea 29/11/09), football being kicked in a park
That is the full list of what my artifact will include. All of these items come from my memory and is what I think of when I see these items. The last item (Beer being put on shelf) may not make sense but it does for me because I used to work in a supermarket on the alcohol section where I packed alcohol onto the shelfs.
Producing my idea
23/11/09 – I planned all the shots that I wanted, I come up with my narrative structure. I wrote both of these down and memorised them for the first day of shooting tommorow.
24/11/09 – I shot most of my still images, The weather was overcast and that helped a lot in the quality of my photos. I did not have to worry about any sunlight ruining my images. I was very happy with the images I got, I am going to film the moving image shots tomorrow as I need someone else filming for me.
25/11/09 – My friend agreed to help me out and I filmed the remaining moving image footage, I was again very happy with the final outcome of my footage.
26/11/09 – I went and filmed one last shot that I forgot to get on the 24/11/09. I then edited my piece and added my music. I am extremly happy with my final piece as I feel it fully meets the criteria that my seminar lecturer told me to base my artifact around. I also added the music to completly finish my artifact and uploaded it onto my blog.
The Music
I wanted a calming song for this piece because it is all about memory. I am showing the journey I went through by remembering things when I see a image and linking them to what I remember. The music I have decided to use is called ‘Time to pretend’ by a band called MGMT. I felt this music goes well with all of the images I have included and feel this is the best song choice I could have chosen.
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