CWC Staff Awards- EQUIPMENT LIST

Equipment List

• 3 Panasonic Camera's
• Telepromter (Auto Que)
• 2 Tripods
• Newtel Tricaster Vision Mixer
• Talk Back
• Headphones
• 4 DSLR Canon Camera's For Photography

Lighting Equipment:

• ETC Vivid R
• Selecon Pacifie Spots
• Selecon Fresnal
• Selecon Raina
• Parcans LED Lights
• Selecon Arena Floods

Tate Modern

Tate Modern is a modern art gallery that is located in London. This gallery shows international modern and contemporary art from 1900.


IMAGES:

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One of the displays in the gallery is called 'Tiny Deaths 1993' by an artist called Bill Viola. Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist who is one of the most important practitioners in over forty years. Here's the image (shown below).

Tiny Deaths was created in 1993. It is an image of someone standing up which has a dark background but you are hardly able to see the actual features of the person. The light and sound of the image makes us see a small bit of drama that's going on in the image.


2.
Another display in the gallery is called 'Incidents 021, from Incidents 2012' by an American Photographer called Henry Wessel, Jr.
Here's the image (shown below).

Henry Wessel captured these images from his car, on the street and in other public places. He created these images in order to let them have a narrative to it.

VIDEOS:

1.
One of the videos in the gallery is called 'Fase: Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, 1982' by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
Here's an image of the video (shown below).

This installation shows a dance choreography that informs the audience about music and dance and she tries to show the audience how music and dance comes together rather than the dance illustrating the music.

2.

Another video in the gallery was of an artist called 'Andrea Fraser' who was shown having a conversation with Chris Dercon. 

Here's an image of the video (shown below).

Andrea Fraser creates a projection of different effects where she interacts with the image on the opposite wall and she interacts with the viewer

Installation Nasties!

Individual Research

What is a Video Installation?

A video installation is an art form that joins video technology with installation art. This makes sure that all aspects of the surrounding environment are included so that it affects the audience. Different colours, effects, lighting and the environment that you choose to film video installations are important as that's the main thing that is going to attract the viewers attention more.
















Sam Taylor-Wood
Still Life



Sam Taylor-Wood produces English films, is a photographer and a visual artist. She began doing fine art photography around the early 1990's. Then she started doing multi-screen video work.

In class, I watched a video installation called 'Still Life', that was created by Sam Taylor -Wood. This video installation shows the process of decomposition. There are 3 objects used in this video, they are:

• A basket
• A bowl of fruit
• A pen

Throughout the video clip, we see a bowl of fruit that gradually starts to decay. I thought it was quite unusual to have a video clip showing what happens to fruit after it is left for a certain amount of time but at the same time, I found it quite interesting as it was something different to watch and I have not been aware of how fruit looks like after a certain amount of time as I get rid of the food once I have finished with it.

At first, I didn't understand why the basket and the pen was in the video, until I thought about it and realised that Sam Taylor-Wood used these objects to show us what these items look like after the same amount of time that the fruit has been left there for. We see that the basket stays the same, apart from some of the remains of the fruit that is left on it. However, the pen stays the same throughout the video as it wouldn't be affected.

Sam Taylor-Wood
A Little Death




I watched another video installation that I watched was also by Sam Taylor and it was called 'A Little Death' which is in the same style as the other video called 'Still Life' where it was also decomposing. Throughout the video, we see a Hare gradually being decomposed. When I first watched this video, I felt a little bit uncomfortable as I didn't understand what was going on and I didn't really like what I was seeing. However, as I continued watching the video, Sam Taylor-Wood caught my attention as I wanted to see the end process of the Hare.
Both of the videos are canvas- still images and time lapse is used to make these videos more affective.




Nam June Paik
Electronic Superhighway


Nam June Paik was a Korean American Artist. He done a variety of media work and is considered to be the founder of video art. In 1974, he was credited with an early usage of the term 'Electronic Super Highway' which refers to telecommunications.

This video installation caught my attention as I saw a lot going on in it and I wanted to know what it was all about. This video shows a variety of shows being repeated on many TV screens. At first I was wondering why there were so many TV's with different shows on it, then I done some research on his work and realised that he created this type of work because when he came to The United States in 1964 he was able to go on the superhighways and when he went on it, he saw the enormous scale of the nation.
He also wanted to show how some people are obsessed with TV.

The Neon outlines and the glowing parts, used in this, shows motels and restaurants which made American's open the road. However, all the colours show us the individual states that still have their own distinct identities and cultures.

I thought this was a very creative and unique thing to do as I like all the different colours used and even though there are many things going on in his work, I was still able to focus on it as a whole.

Although this is a different type of work, I feel that Nam June Paik and Sam Taylor-Wood's work are kind of similar as both of their videos make you think about why they created these types of videos and it catches the audiences' attention.

Tony Oursler

Video Art

Tony Oursler is an American Multi-Media and Installation Artist. His art work covers different types of film work such as:

• Sculpture
• Installation
• Performance And Painting

I chose this video installation as I thought it was unusual. This video is of someone's facial features in the shape of a Frog's face. The left and right eyes are not in their right places, which makes it look a bit weird. I'm not too sure what the person in the video is saying, but I think that they're talking about different things at once. As the eyes and the speech aren't put together properly, I think that Tony Oursler created it this way so that it would catch the audiences' viewers a little bit because the whole video doesn't really make sense and I think the viewers would try and watch the video to the end to try and understand what they are saying and what is going on in the video.


Conclusion 
Overall, my favourite one was 'Electronic Superhighway' by Nam June Paik. I liked this one as I thought it was very interesting finding out the reason behind the whole picture and it was creative and I liked all the colourful colours that were used in it.

The video installation that I wasn't too keen on was 'A Little Death' by Sam Taylor-Wood. This is because it made me feel quite uncomfortable watching it and I wasn't sure why that object was used to portray something decomposing. I feel that other viewers watching this video would also feel uncomfortable and would of wanted to stop watching it once they saw the Hare.
However, even though 'Still Life' by Sam Taylor-Wood had an object that was also decaying/decomposing, I felt that I was more comfortable to watch this video installation than the other one as this one only showed a bowl of fruit, a basket and a pen. I think that it was good to see the different with these different objects once they are left over time.

Nam June Paik's video was a bit similar to Sam Taylor-Wood's video in the sense that both of their videos made me think about what the actual reason behind these videos were. It made their videos more interesting.

Tony Oursler's video was completely different to the other Artists' videos as it was just of someone's facial features in the shape of a Frog's face. This video didn't interest me that much as I was getting a bit bored of it. However, I still thought it was a creative thing to do.

Sport Relief Telethon- MUSIC VIDEO

My Photography Evaluation

Evaluation
For this assingment, we had to take a few photographs of anything that we like that would
be relevant for a magazine of our choice. We then had to choose our final photography image that we wanted to display.
To help us have an idea of what we wanted our images to look like, we were able to experiment using different types of lighting such as: 

• Light Painting where the background is dark and you use a small light to draw anything that you like for a few seconds, until you see your final image.
• Gel Lighting filters which come in different colours such as; Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple and it makes your photography more effective.
• Soft Lighting and Hard Lighting.

After looking through the different photography techniques that I done, as I really liked the Gel Lighting Technique, I then came up with an idea and I was going to use this Gel Lighting technique.
Music is something that I'm quite passionate about and so I wanted this magazine cover to be suitable for young people or anyone that has a passion for music. So I went onto the Internet and I researched a few images that were to do with music and people performing. Once I had a clear idea of what kind of music photography I wanted to do, I then created a mind map on different ideas that I could use when creating my image. My mind map of ideas included the location that I was going to take these images, who I needed to be a model for my images, the props that I was going to need and the lighting that I was going to need.

Once I done that, I created a mood board which included a few images to do with what I wanted to have in my final image. My mood board has images of a microphone and a microphone stand, with a few people looking like they are performing individually. All of these images that I chose have bright Gel Lights in the background which make the person performing and the microphone stand out.

I chose to use these images as I wanted my photography to be for a music magazine and I wanted to use the Gel Lighting technique. I thought it would be a good idea to take my images in the TV Studio at City Of Westminster College because I was able to have a dark background and I could use the light stands and the Gel Lights to create the image that I wanted.

I was going to use 2 models for my final image, but then I decided to use one male model as I thought that you'll be able to focus on that one person in the image. I also captured a Medium- Long Shot of the model holding a microphone with a microphone stand next to it. I wanted to capture the shadow of the model so that the image could have more of an effect to it.

While I was taking these images of the model, I was able to communicate with them well and direct them to how I wanted them to stand and what I wanted them to be seen doing with the props that was used.

Overall, I really liked my final image as I liked how the model was positioned to one side and on the other side of the image was the models shadow. I also liked the way the colours blended together. If I was to do this project again, I would make sure that I gave myself enough time to take these camera shots and then edit them properly. I could also add the Light Painting Technique to make my image look more effective.
Based on the feedback that I was given, I would also use different colours so that my image could stand out more.

My Photography Show Reel & Final Photography Image

Final Photography Image