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. :)

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.