First day of filming.

Yesterday we had our first day of filming, in Kid30's studio . Heres some of the photos we took during the day.

From this image I saw two men, who are the focal point of the shot. They are seperated by the table, but both seem to be worlds apart in terms of situation.
I get the impression that the main in the suit is important, respectable and maintained, and doesn't seem to be in as bad a situation as the other guy. I get this impression from his calm posture, he looks very relaxed and casual.
The other man almost looks as if he is in prison, he seems to be quite laid back, open posture, legs apart and not to botherd about his situation.

Hits The Fan

After spending the last two weeks planning for our documentry, our main charachter who we were basing the documentry on has disapeared and is unreachable. So rather than waste any more time trying to contact him we have changed the idea of our documentry and basing it on someone completely different. Because most of our group havn't lived in England for the past 5 years, it was difficult for us to think of any contacts we had that would be interesting. Then all of a sudden, one of our group members got speaking to a member of the Oxygen Thievz, who are a griffiti group from Nottingham.
All members of our group were interested in following this up, and nathan one of the group members said he was more than happy to help. The documentry is mainly going to be focused on him, but also include other members of the group. Their work can be seen around Nottingham, and since they have been brought to our attention I have noticed some of their work.(Mansfield Road, on the side of the Ohmygosh record shop)

Here are some of the points and questions of our documentry -
1.How he/they got into graffiti
2.Urban Art
3.Do you think it should be considered an art of criminal offence?
4.How have they gone from breaking the law, to being asked by the council to run workshops, and spray designs in places around the city.
5.Insight into an urban artist
6.Getting an insight into the emotion behind graffiti. i.e. what their tags mean
7.Is graffiti an escape?
8.Does the illegal element attract you to it initially?
9.Have you ever been caught?

Our target audience is art fans, and people who appreciate art no matter what type it is. And generally give an insight into graffiti. Our group is meeting up over the next couple of days and the weekend to finalise ideas and storyboard.

Discussion

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper was painted in 1945. It was painted to create an image of lonliness. He began painting the picture after Pearl Habour and it was inspired by the gloominess across the country. My knowledge of paintings is limited to say the least, but this is one painting that has always stood out in my mind, and when we were set this task it was the first image that came to my mind. The main thing that attracted me to the painting was the image of lonliness that it does create, and upon immediatly looking at the photo I was able to tell where it was meant to be and what time.



This is the version banksy re-created of Nighthawks. HEAVY PICTURE!