Today has been a series of experiments on the piano with the music: ‘I dont like Mondays’…
Well, actually it started off with me getting half way through the tune and then forgetting the key signature a few times in exactly the same spot. :/ So I found a bright red pen and vigorously highlighted that bit of the music. Very cathartic. :D
Then after I got the hang of it, I thought I’d try adding to the melody, changing bits and generally just experimenting. And then my hands got cramp.
I’m still debating what kind of style to use- whether to go with the straight up original or a twiddly version. I think I’m rather partial to the twiddly version as it means there’s more room to experiment and deviate from the original tune, which could be useful with my plan of playing it live in case…
a) I miss a note.. or two…
b) The film ends up a certain length and I have to add/subtract time from the song so it all fits smoothly
Anyway, the following video is my twiddly version… although whether It’ll sound the same the next time I play it is another matter :)
‘I don’t like Mondays’ piano version
You know you’re an art student when your shiny package of 36 glue sticks finally arrives and you get excited…
Anyway, new plan: Use a famous song, with a less obvious storyline as the base for my stop motion animation. I’m thinking Boomtown Rats, I don’t like Mondays… should be fun to play about with a black key glissando on the piano for the start of the film… :)
So after making sure the cat wasn’t around, (or more precisely tempting her outside with tasty treats) I started work on a school playground… (see pictures) So far I have a slide and a base of 2 schools (little and big) which need some twiddly bits.
I think I might have to make multiples of each object so I can do a more dramatic ‘zoom in’ to the scene. Only problem with that is I tend to get carried away with improving the prop design, until supposed replicas of the same item look rather different. I guess a better plan would be to start with the small scale model and then do improvements to the bigger one so as it zooms in, the viewer can magically see more detail… like the bigger school has an extra room for instance ;)
Today I discovered that my dear little cat has a secret appreciation for my book sculptures.
Sadly, this isn’t the ‘Wow! My cat stares at my art transfixed’ kind of appreciation…
more the: ‘My cat has discovered that by wildly batting at the paper models with her paw, she can turn them into playthings that fly round the room’ … :/
Anyway…
After that I I thought I’d have a break from paper models and play about with some shiny pastels. Does it have anything to do with my art degree final piece? I don’t know yet. Was it fun? Yes. :)
I thought I’d add a video of me playing the Titanic film theme tune (My heart will go on…) to go with the little paper model :D hopefully this will work! It’s a bit tinny sounding as i rested the camera on the piano itself but hopefully you get the idea. :)
Titanic on piano :)
Yayy!! It’s finally finished! After copious amounts of glue gun, the remnants of a tatty book (it was otherwise going to be pulped so i only feel slightly bad about cutting it up) and many hours of slicing, sticking and caffeine, I finally have one complete titanic book sculpture :D :D :D
I’m now debating whether or not to make a second identical ship to tear in half for the sinking part of the film, or whether to use the original one and hope Ive filmed all I need to of the intact version… hmm…
I think I’ll leave it alone for a day or two and come back to it at a later date when I’m feeling more adventurous. :)
