http://youtu.be/tyDV9kIOBUY
This is some of the footage we took from the first day when we were scoping round manchester for sites

http://youtu.be/AjnhlFyyk6g
This is a video of us testing out the projector on different surfaces to see how it would look and how people would react

https://youtu.be/oGcUvU7YzRQ
This is the final film including our intervention and the reactions it got

https://vimeo.com/128602075
Here is some of the initial site analysis we did, when we were planning on using an outside space

https://vimeo.com/128579964
This is then the footage after post processing. A tilt shift effect has been added along with motion blur to generate a degree of separation tweet the viewer and those being filmed

https://vimeo.com/128258511
This is some of our sped up footage of the art school lobby. This was part of our backup plan to post process footage when we couldn't source the equipment for our livestream

Doing site research round the back of the Arndale.

Persons reaction to fake grass

Minions setting up

Story Screen from film

Final model.

Still from short film

Frames between scenes

Searching for a good site.

After a day of filming and editing, we projected this film onto various surfaces throughout the art school.

Finding some interesting camera angles.

Some action shots from filming.

Getting ito the role.

After difficulty sourcing equipment on the same day. We as a group decided to go forward with the projector concept. However rather than live streaming it, we would loop a film of the art school lobby and cafe with the tilt shift effect applied in the editing stage.

At this point Dylan and I began to work on a back up idea while Nick figured out the logistics of filming with a tilt shift lens and live streaming this footage through a projector adjacent to the site we were filming. After watching ’12 Angry Men’ we decided to try and change the way people viewed their environment. This would have come through a perspective warped photo on an unremarkable brick box in the northern quarter.

Following discussion with other group members these ideas combined with ideas generated by watching ‘The Wings of Desire’. To become something surveillance based. We looked initially at phone boxes to see whether or not we could draw people in through calling them but the ring turned out to be too quiet.

One of the ways in which Gattaca expresses social hierarchies is through scale and level. In these concept diagrams I have looked at how similar effects could be achieved through the change in level on a street and the interaction between objects at different scales.

The modernist architecture in Gattaca serves serves as a backdrop to the ideas of social hierarchy within the film itself. In a world where an outlying eyelash can have potential to ruin a man, the sterile, hard lines of modernism enforce the notion that to exist in this perpetual modernist concept one has to be more than human.

So this is basically our precious model ... burning! Wish we could actually set it on fire instead of spending the whole night on making animations..
Enjoyed every bit of Events - group work, discussions, site visits, filming, editing, cutting, drilling, drawing, photographing, staying awake & having fun. Glad that I got into the group I wanted.
All outputs are ready for review, hopefully we did well. :)

Final storyboard of the trailer

Editing and animating , easier said than done but nonetheless it was enjoyable. With the combine effort of each teammates we manage to divide the tasks equally and did our best.

Casting got , setting ready , camera action and the filming begins!!! We embark on our three days journey across Manchester to gather films to contribute to our trailer.

Construction of our model's structure at the Benzie building's workshop using MDF and steel.

After having a concept to work on we decided to visit various different sites to find the best possible location for filming our movie/trailer.

Howl's Moving Castle and the initial concept inspired by the movie. We were intrigued by the notion of augmented reality and an another dimension.

storyboard to aid in the filming of the short film.

editing the footage for the final edit.

Title frame of the short film.

filming location 02.

Filming location 01.

Testing the projector.

Poster for film

Our first projecting and filming position.

Continuing with the live stream idea but without the capabilities of live streaming. We decided to record speed up and immitate a tilt shift effect on the film that we would display. This image shows new location and tilt shift effect.

Model with forced perspective image.

2 distinct ideas running side by side. Idea 1: live stream of filming from vantage point. Idea 2: creating false perspectives and realities from specific view points.

Second location. Vantage point. Move away from phonebox intervention

initial ideas centred around a vantage point from above for filming and a phone box for our intervention

Video was projected on different areas inside Chatham while the movements of people were recorded.

projection testing for different angles and heights.

The final poster of our film "Henchmen".

A still from filming. Be afraid.

Setting up the cups.

Our model showing the obstacles we thought the public would avoid walking over.

Filming in front of John Rylands library.

Searching for a dark and narrow alley in the city centre, to place our model (for the final scene of the movie)

Our final model placed on site (a narrow alley in the city center).

Poster showing how we developed our idea

Photo taken in the John Rylands library (study room) during our first visit as a group. The library has been the location for most of the scenes of our film.

Building our final model in the workshop

Thursday, 3pm, the group is on 8th floor working very hard on the project which is due tomorrow!!

The green screen animations made for moving monsters in the film.

All members of the group (1st & 2nd Years) in the John Rylands library. We spent a lot of time there, filming, discussing, thinking.

Photoshopped to make us look like ghosts since we are shooting a horror trailer ) Excited!

P.S. The trailer will have a hint of comedy... )

The main output is a film. So, after brain-storming the ideas for the film, we decided that it will be a trailer to a fictional horror movie called "Henchmen".

The photo is our group in the process of shooting the footage for the trailer. We had the storyboard and all the equipment ready before we went on sites for shooting.

It was hard work, but very enjoyable )

A number of ideas were developed from our brain-storming group sessions. Some, unfortunately, turned out to be unsuitable for our time limits, budget limits (we have zero budget) or simply criticised by the group.

However, we agreed that we will base our project on the idea of a door hole with various filters to emphasise 'heart' elements of architecture or to create alternative realities of spaces. All inspired from the film we chose - "Howl's Moving Castle".

So, we built a 2m high model which would allow us flexibility in positioning the filter according to the site. It is easily transportable, made out of scrap materials, stable and abstract - exactly what we needed.

So what is it? A sculpture for public? A magic portal? Or just a metal stick on wooden base..?

We decided to base our "Architecture as Actor" project on the animated fantasy film "Howl's Moving Castle". It is an amazing film and we were very inspired by it.

So we started drawing sketches, thinking how we can interpret the film into our project.

Editing screenshots of our film in order to make the poster.

During our experiments we caught a film of someone purposely falling over.

Adding quotes of influential and relevant people to our poster.

We filmed a character taking a stroll, the character would then have his day messed up..

The final poster for our film Junket.

Mans reaction

Setting up

Editing footage

Our first experiments with tape in the Northern Quarter

Setting up our fake grass for filming.

Frames for the stop motion./21052015

Taking photos for a stop motion movie/19052015

Augmented reality/development/use of character from my own imagination/chinatown @ 18052015

First trial of augmented reality/Character from the movie Howl's Moving Castle/14052015

Making models in workshop./15052015

Visual effect made by red acetate./John Ryland Library @ 13052015

Final poster of our group's final movie Henchmen!

Final model in site location!

Trying to create an augmented reality!

Filming and acting in movie!