MELBOURNE: March 2009

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Beat Generation website with great summary

Check out this page to all Year 1 Interactive Design students. I found this the most useful page in summing up the 'Beat Generation' for Wayne's assignment.

http://home.clara.net/heureka/art/beat-generation.htm

Friday, 20 March 2009

Recent Portrait photography

Below are a selection of Portraits captured by myself on a recent photo shoot for my girlfriend Amy Sayles. I am a huge fan of black and white photography, I also decided to shoot all the images using only one spot light and a clean white backdrop. The purpose of this was to bring out the shadows and highlights of the subject as well as add a vintage look to the images.

Melbourne 2009

Check out th GUI interface at Talk to Frank Basement its sick.

Check out this graphic interface for the cocaine part of talk to frank you can snort lines and make your heart rate rise and talks about addiction in the most playful but effective way I've seen. http://www.talktofrank.com/basement.aspx

Check out the GUI interface at www.emiliechollat.com

Hey this is an amazing playful GUI interface i found for the site http://www.emiliechollat.com. The site is to showcase the work of a French illustrator 'Emilie Chollat'.

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

The addition of Film/Flash to sound.

Below is the video composition for my Digital Practice assignment 'Adding Flash/Film to sound'. I created a short film to add visual narration to my Soundscape that was composed to represent the word 'Nervous'. The Soundscape was performed and recorded by myself using various musical instruments. I wanted to set a similar tone for the video as I did for the music. My final idea was to gradually build the tension for the audience, making them more and more anxious. Then just as they get uncomfortable, they experience an on screen visual attack. The purpose of this tension build up was to allow the thought of fear to take over the viewer until they reach the climax of the film where everything becomes instantly black. This emotional journey constructed was intended to be similar to the feelings you would get if you were having an actual panic attack. I decided to create a dream/nightmare sequence using actors, D.I.Y camera tricks, costumes, Flash and digital effects.

Monday, 2 March 2009

Typography - 72 experiment (Excessive sleep deprivation)

The purpose of the 72 experiment was to inform students on a chosen topic related to the word 'EXCESS'. The subject I chose which I thought was relevant is 'excessive sleep deprivation' and how it can be harmful to to before your physical and mental health. For this assignment I decided to personally stay awake for 72 hours and catalogue the effects using video diaries, time-lapse imagery and personal thoughts. I also chose to back up my results with surveyed information taken from 100 people currently studying at Lincoln University.

Melbourne 2009

http://www.richardmelbourne.co.uk/id1/typography/72

Please allow time for the website to load as it is a
large flash animation due to the content.