Questionnaire

I decided to make a questionnaire for this project as I wanted to see what ‘sense of place’ meant to different people, I also wanted to see how many people attach this feeling with a memory/place. I chose to do this early on in the project as it is a good way

I felt that starting off with this questionnaire was a good way to get the ball rolling on the project and a burst of inspiration from finding out what people would say.

I decided to ask the age of the people taking the questionnaire as I wanted to see if there was a link between the different generations and their place as well as their understanding of ‘sense of place’.

From my results, I realised that not everyone understood what sense of place meant or understood what it meant but they couldn’t apply it to a place. I also feel that not everyone answered this truthfully as they thought it had to be applied to education, I know this because someone told me they did the questionnaire and that’s what they thought they had to do.  Saying this not everyone did that I got really useful results that gave me an insight to how people interpret ‘sense of place’

Bibliography

Books:

·      Light, Paper, Process,  Reinventing Photography – Virginia Heckert

·      The Polaroid Book – selections from the polaroid collections of photography – edited by Steve Crist

·      Experimental Photography; A handbook of Techniques – Thames and Hudson

·      The Darkroom Handbook – Michael Langford

·       Mirage - Richard Long

Internet:

·      https://www.lensculture.com

·      https://www.magnumphotos.com

·      http://mikedeere.com

Unit 7: Sense of Place

Review

The last two years prior to the UAL course I studied a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Photography, also at Weston College. This made me realise how much I loved photography and gave me the starting point fuelling my ambitions and curiosity. Starting the foundation course, I knew I had Photomedia as a preferred pathway choice and I also wanted to take the opportunity to learn new skills and techniques within art that I hadn’t used before. Part 1 and Part 2 of the course has allowed me to do so. In the Fine Art option, I learnt how to transfer 2D work into 3D and using repeated patterns. The Visual Communication option allowed me to explore collage through photography. I have found that I am still drawn to photography and doing this course has really opened my eyes to how much I enjoy this subject.

Project Concept

For my FMP I will be looking into idea of a sense of place where I will be investigating people’s memories and capturing that memory within a photo. I plan getting people to talk about their memories of a place, take quotes from them and use them within the exhibition. This creates an opportunity to see how I can capture and portray this memory in a single photograph. I also want to investigate the experience of a place through looking at the term Genius Loci. The meaning of Genius Loci has changed through the ages and I aim to investigate how it has changed from looking at appreciation of a classic landscape to the feeling or atmosphere any landscape and place can hold.

I aim to investigate photography and literature through artists’ work, which will allow to expand my theme further. I plan on looking into Mike Deere as he has links to the idea of a ‘sense of place’ and he also use landscapes, which I am drawn towards within this project.

I plan to use audio recording as a recording tool with my subjects, to ensure I can keep coming back to their memories, get the quotes in their words etc. This might have a part within my exhibition, matching their audio quotation with the photography output.

The materials and physical resources that will be required for this project will mainly be photographic or moving image equipment, both analogue and digital cameras. I have decided to use film photography and want to experiment with different formats such as medium format and silver based processes. I might use digital cameras as a backup/ addition.

Evaluation

I will be documenting each stage of this project on my blog to ensure that nothing is forgotten or left out. I will also be having regular tutorials to make sure I stay on target for my FMP but also to ensure I can get the right advice when needed. I will also use the people on my course for feedback throughout this project though peer assessments.

All work, experiments and development will be dated on my blog to show the journey of my project and how it’s adapted along the way.

The Cube Cinema

we went to the cube cinema and did a workshop where we had a couple of frames of a film where we scratched into the film as well as painting ink over it. After this we got an opportunity to put everyone’s work together and screen it.

We also got the chance to look round the cinema and go behind the sense to look at all the equipment that not ever cinema has these days.