Time based media - Evaluation

I have found working with contemporary times/ base forms in art quite valuable as it has allowed me to look further into different types of art and experience different methods. 

To research time based media we experimented with different recordings. I feel the best method I used was the zoetrope and the thaumatrope as they both turned out very clear and looked the best. The iMovie turned out the worst. I feel this was because we were insure on what to do, leaving us with little time to film and edit which led to an unintentional silent film. I feel the reportage drawing also went well and I feel the overlapping photos looked effective even though the drawings were very rushed and messy.  The stop motion animation was my favourite to complete as it was funny to film and was easy to edit. I also feel it had a good outcome. 

I feel my artist research is very effective to some extent. I have commented on what each artist does however for some artists it was very difficult to obtain information about them. I have also included images of their work and personal thoughts too. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the civic exhibiton. I felt it gave me a great insight on what time based media is whilst showing great examples of work within that genre. I thought it was very interactive which made the whole experience better than if it where just pictures of time based media. 

To plan, organise and prepare design solutions for time based work I created a storyboard before filming the stop motion animations film to give me a basic idea to develop from whilst filming the animation. I also collected a few images that would work well together for my GIF. 

To apply practical skills, understanding and methods to solve time based problems in art and design I have obtained a set of skills that has allowed me to do so. One being creating a short video on how to screen print, this allowed me to gain skills in both filming as I was the director and also editing. The stop motion animation project also allowed me to practice these skills. Through reportage drawing I am able to develop on my quick sketches and rough drawings as I have never been confident in this area. Creating GIFs was a difficult task as I could not fully remember how to create one, therefore testing my memory, as well as my skills on editing and using photoshop. 

I have not really faced any difficultly within this project. However, videos would not be uploaded onto blog entry's therefore I have had to upload them into YouTube and paste the link into the blog. Another difficulty I faced was creating a GIF. As j could not remember how to create one using photoshop I had to play around with the software and work it out for myself. 

To improve my blog content I feel I could have gone into more depth in the descriptions of some blog entry's as I feel some of them are quite vague. I feel I could have also annotated them more than I have. 

I feel this project has been my best for time management. As I was away for the first half of this project this only allowed me with a week to complete the whole project, to which I managed.