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Brainstorming - 4th of October Appendix 1 

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Through finding out our groups in today’s session, we have finally begun the brainstorming processes for our piece. I’m happy with the people I'm working with, they are all lovely and incredibly talented individuals who I am very blessed to be able to work with. To begin with, we started with figuring out three main themes, so we had solid foundations to start branching out to. They were:

·       Jazz age to Disco

·       Ballroom Vogue

·       Futuristic/out of body/quirky

Through equal parts discussing openly, we quickly found the futuristic, quirky theme pulled us in more, and felt individually we could express ‘a’ vision – whatever that may be. Melle then went on to introduce us to an artist called FKA Twigs, specifically a music video called Eusexua. We were all super intrigued by FKA Twigs use of movement, clothing, and surroundings, and we all got excited about using this style of stimuli for our piece.

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Brainstorming - 8th of January Appendix 9 

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In our session today, Jasmin reintroduced the solo section of this choreographic devices’ module.  Covering aims and objectives, deadline goals for both visual creation and theory, and a schedule for us to stay on track and motivated by.

I've started this process by just jotting down words or expressions that I am drawn to:

·       ripples through water

·       lighting

·       mirrors

·       not recognising yourself

·       self-hate

·       demon of comparison

·       dark and light

·       inside the brain

·       internal monologue

·       clouds

For this week I'm going to try and tunnel into each word that just came to me and see what concepts or thoughts I have surrounding them.

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Brainstorming - 9th of October Appendix 1

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Brainstorming - 9th of October Appendix 1

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In today's session, we really wanted to pin down what exactly our plan was for the piece. Obviously, we had a vague idea visually of what we wanted to create, but nothing solid for a theme or storyline. Therefore, we began with brainstorming. It was hard to begin with, some people were getting frustrated due to not understanding people’s points of view for a concept, so we really had to work on our communication. Eventually, after our teacher came down and spoke with us, along with talking and talking till we reached mutual idea points we wanted to, we started to create a storyline.

We have a 'main character', time traveller, who gets sucked into a potential future. We have divided the piece into our time traveller being sucked into the world, fashion and expression, human connection, power, and class and ending on technology. I feel confident on the format, although slightly nervous to begin as I feel there is a slight clash in communication/what the intention is in the group. Some people clearly want a commercial fashion theme, while others want it to be quirkier like we originally discussed. However, now we have divided the sections, we each have a specific part we will lead on - as well as still having group contribution. Therefore, homework for next week is to find music ideas for my section which is power and class.

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Brainstorming -  16th of October Appendix 1

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Brainstorming -  16th of October Appendix 1

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In today's session, Jasmin gave us a checklist to go through for our creative brief that we must start putting together for Friday!

It went smoothly, I feel that we understand our group concept way more, as well as inspirations and stimuli we want to incorporate. Reflecting on the turbulence of last week with not understanding everyone’s intentions, I feel as a group we really respect each other, so we focused on understanding everyone today. Therefore, I feel solid in our ideas, just worried about the timeframe of getting it to Jasmin within two days.

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Planning and music,  18th of October Appendix 2

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Planning and music,  18th of October Appendix 2

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Today was a super productive session, in which we planned the next 7 weeks, what we need to accomplish individually during the reading week and completing the creative brief for Jasmine.

For the reading week, we need to each figure out exactly what we want from our section as well, which is key for me to understand what I want to say/create/do in my section confidently.

I feel that we understand our group concept now, and what we want to portray to the audience. Finishing the creative brief as well, everyone got super excited about it which was brilliant to feel as a collective!

Eve also started mixing music as well, and Melle got another mood board going for costumes as she said she was heading that. We’re in a solid place for our 4th session, so leaving today feeling positive on the direction we’re heading in.

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Oliver created the plan for how we will stay organised and on target during reading week Appendix 2

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Oliver created the plan for how we will stay organised and on target during reading week Appendix 2

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Starting High Fashion, 30th of October Appendix 3

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Starting High Fashion, 30th of October Appendix 3

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In our session today, we had to create 5 main goals that we wanted to achieve in our session.

Then we split off and finalised our sections music and story line, which has really helped me to visualise in my mind what I want to create. I experimented with some movement but felt overwhelmed with the noise and amount of music in the room, as I didn't bring my headphones with me! Hindsight for next session.

Then Ollie taught us the first 25 seconds of his piece, which was super exciting as the choreography is solid as well as the formatting. It's a strong beginning and I can't wait to continue!

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Finishing High Fashion,  31st of October Appendix 3

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Finishing High Fashion,  31st of October Appendix 3

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Today was an extra lesson not originally timetabled.

It was meant to be a ballet class, but it got cancelled so we got to have an extra rehearsal which was brilliant. I got started on some choreography that I liked and want to set for the piece, and we also finished Ollie's section which feeds into Lola and Emma’s. So the introduction to our piece is done which considering we got it done it two session is pretty good for the group moral and feeling that we are on top of things.

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3 hour session, 1st of November Appendix 3

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3 hour session, 1st of November Appendix 3

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Today we have a three-hour slot for choreographic devices but only 4 of us – Lola, Emma, Summa, and me - were in the session as the rest were in Soar rehearsals. We sat down at the beginning of the session and roughly planned what we all wanted to individually achieve during the session and then as a group. Emma and Lola needed to choreograph their duo and Summa had finished her section so wanted to focus on her padlet. I needed to do my section and quite honestly this session was hard for me.

I feel a lot of pressure having an entire section to choreograph on my own, whereas others have partners, its only me, Ollie and then Melle that have their own sections. A big part of the stress I feel is because I'm new to this group and people - last year FDAs and BAs were kept separate and from my experience last year the teachers compared our groups and made the FDAs look up to the BAs quite a lot, so I’ve been struggling slightly with self-confidence and being sure of myself and what I have to offer since being moved up. Although this does create motivation to create something that will showcase my ideas, I do have real anxiety to choreograph and make this section.

Either way, after having a chat with both Bee and Jasmin, I did some mind mapping and slowed my process down. I spent time just sitting and really trying to work out what I wanted from the piece. This did help my brain and anxiety. After a quick 15-minute break, we went into our final hour and a half of the session, and I called Summa over to learn what I had done so far. Summa was really grounding to work with, and gave brilliant feedback and ideas, as well as saying in a frank way that I am overthinking it a tad and need to go with the flow more and the visuals rather than just bashing out 8s. I feel so much better from that and showing it to one person in my group and getting feedback and validation in what I've created so far. Although I'm still feeling anxiety, I do feel better in my vision and teaching it to them soon.

I’m incredibly grateful to Summa, Jasmin and Bee for taking the time with me today, it meant a lot!

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Collecting my thoughts through a technique Bee taught me - Appendix 4

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Collecting my thoughts through a technique Bee taught me - Appendix 4

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Finalising ideas, 6th of November Appendix 2

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Finalising ideas, 6th of November Appendix 2

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In this session, we finalised costumes and our individual sections. We were missing people so didn’t want to teach loads, especially because we have a session on Friday anyway!

I feel like I’ve got a clearer picture compared to last week of what I want from my section, but I’m still nervous as struggle to visualise what it’ll look like on other people.

Towards the end of the session we learnt the beginning part of Jessie’s and Summa’s which was good! I’d already learnt Summa’s bit when we had independent rehearsal but it was nice to see it in the formation to see the vision

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Timeline for my original section, flow of choreography Appendix 4

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Timeline for my original section, flow of choreography Appendix 4

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Teaching my section,  8th of November Appendix 4 

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In this session today I taught my section of the piece! I was super nervous to do so, but I feel it went smoothly and everyone contributed ideas in sections they thought could be better which I appreciated.

I’m happy it’s taught, as it’s one less stress and we learnt and did it all in one session which was perfect 🙌

Link to the video for my section:

https://youtu.be/MhlnSybGb-Y?feature=shared

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Changing the piece,  15th of November Appendix 3  

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Changing the piece,  15th of November Appendix 3  

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Just to preface, we have had two other sessions this week, however, we were mainly focusing on planning and the theory side of this project!

However, on Thursday, in Yaz’s commercial we asked for the session to be devices and then at the end did a 'show and tell' of what we had choreographed so far. I think for my group they felt disheartened as we don't have all the transitions sorted compared to the two other groups we watched, where it all flowed a lot better - but I feel that that was good to see so we could suss out where we were. However, Yaz's feedback was that it was difficult to follow in storyline, so in this 4-hour session on the 15th we sat down and decided we weren't happy with the piece. We got Jasmin to watch it, give her thoughts - which were it isn't clear and doesn't feel that it flows as a cohesive piece. We re-jigged the storyline, so now it's that Eve and Melle are trying to find a connection IN a militaristic future, with Ollie being the dictator.

From there, we reordered the beginning, and started a completely new section that goes into that - writing up a new story. Although we started off stressed, we are feeling much more solid on the concept and content, but now need to play catch up!!!!

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Completing music, costumes and timeline, 20th of November Appendix 5

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Completing music, costumes and timeline, 20th of November Appendix 5

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Today was such a productive day, as a group we are very happy.

we finished our:

·       music

·       costumes

·       timeline

·       storyline

All our classes got cancelled, so we basically spent from 13:00-18:00 on the piece. We now only have 30 seconds left to choreograph, and it flows nicely. I feel like in our sessions it’s an open safe space for communication, with everybody's feelings being valid, and the vibes being positive. Therefore, we get a lot done! We rewrote the storyline again, thanks to Ollie who has a strong vision for what he thinks it should be now. Especially finishing the music, it’s a clear vision for what we want.

I’m just so happy my group values everyone’s input, even if what people are saying is confusing, we always take a minute to unpack it. I feel like every single person has had a say and it’s tried out before we make an opinion. Today has been truly enjoyable.

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Showcasing and feedback , 22nd of November Appendix 6

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Showcasing and feedback , 22nd of November Appendix 6

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For today, Jasmin started the class saying how we'll showcase our pieces at the end of the lesson to her and the rest of our group for individual feedback. So, we had an hour to clean it and get it ready. It was useful just to go over what we had already completed and feel that it flowed, as well as clearing up arms and answering questions in that sense.

Once we had showed it to her, her feedback was super positive! She loved the changes we made and thinks it’s got a lot of potential that we are using - as well as thinking outside the box with movement ideas and intentions. Jasmin suggested we have almost a preface section at the beginning introducing the characters of Melle and Eve - Ollie as dictator. We are taking that on board to add, but it was just lovely to see that she was enjoying what we created. Her feedback and ideas are so valued to us, we’ve written it down and will enter the next session with the intention of going off her notes.

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Completing the piece, 25th of November Appendix 5

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Completing the piece, 25th of November Appendix 5

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Today we had a quick two hour session on our day off to do the beginning and the ending. Although it was a rough brainstorm of ideas, it was nice to do it in a quiet space without others to distract. It was difficult at first to get ideas flowing, but once we did it didn't stop and we got completed what we wanted from the session which was perfect.

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Figuring out what is left , 26th of November Appendix 2 

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In our session today, our main aims were:

·       send lighting plan to Bee

·       send music to Jasmin

·       figure out what we have left and do it!

Safe to say first two goals got completed, with the third goal half-way completed…

After counting the music, we found we had two eights of transitional music, six eights of choreography, then three eights before going into the ending which we choreographed yesterday.

Although we managed to roughly complete it, it was the first session where I felt we were stressed as a group, and therefore ideas weren't flowing as smoothly as usual. I believe a massive reason why was because of the two other groups with us, it was incredibly noisy with music and people not being considerate with noise levels, making it difficult to even hear each other talk.

However, we managed to roughly complete the amount we had left, so for tomorrow I'm hoping we can polish that.

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Showcasing with everyone, 27th of November Appendix 3

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Showcasing with everyone, 27th of November Appendix 3

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Today was a wonderful day 😊

We had a session where we cleaned what we had, as well as joining the duo and trio into the main choreographed sections. Feels so much better now we’ve cleaned it and performing it in its entirety.

We did have a slight scare, as poor Ollie injured his ankle in company last night! However, he is an absolute troper, and took it easy throughout the day so he could perform it later in the showcase.

Then we had a showcase 18:30-21:00, where everyone got to show their pieces in the order it’ll be in. I L O V E D seeing how creative everyone was, and the support in the room was out of this world!! And then getting to perform ours last was amazing, genuinely we have so much respect for each other as group, and love the piece so much, that it just feels wonderful to perform something that we’ve put a lot of blood sweat and tears into.

We only have a small section left to choreograph, so we will crack on with that and then we’re done! I can’t lie, it’s quite clean already so I don’t think we will have to spend hours on it next week, mostly the last section if anything.

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Costume and run through, 2nd of December Appendix 5 

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Today we came in on our day off to polish it! We cut off the 30 seconds we hadn't done just as it wasn't needed, filled in two counts of eight and then spent time cleaning and running it. We also tried it in costume for the first time, which was awesome as the costumes look sick!

Very excited for the show run tomorrow :)

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Show runs and feedback, 3rd of December Appendix 6 

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Today was chill but productive. During the week we decided to cut the 30 seconds we hadn’t done, leaving only two counts of eight to complete. That didn’t take long either, so we worked on our presentation and got the creative brief completed while we were together which was brilliant. We did it twice before the show runs. The show runs felt solid, Jasmin was happy with how it went. Our feedback was mainly for Melle and Eve for their duo, but we did get one note which was for the ending 'battle' section. We need to face each other, make our heads/looks have more intention.

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Day before the show 🙌

We came in around 16:30, and spent an hour cleaning the piece a final time. The ‘battle’ scene at the end that Jasmin suggested we change/make the heads more obvious towards each other, we focused on.

We changed the directions on certain sections, as well as heads - so it looks way more interesting now. We also changed the levels on the Feminine Energy beginning, for the runway that Ollie walks through. It goes from low-medium-high.

Overall, solid changes were made and we are all feeling super confident and excited

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I've been looking into choreographers who might inspire our piece or certain sections of the timeline. Tian Ćehić uses emotional stimuli for her choreography, and then will use that as the centre of her choreography. A brilliant example is her Stages of Grief performance at AVANTGARDE show 2023.

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George Orwell's final speech, potential song choice - Appendix 4 

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George Orwell's final speech, potential song choice - Appendix 4 

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Orwell's final warning - Picture of the future

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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. ”

― George Orwell, 1984

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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Looking into 1984 and how George Orwell depicted the future regarding class and power has helped inform how I want to portray this theme in my section.

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Ideas for my costuming and lighting - Appendix 4

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Ideas for my costuming and lighting - Appendix 4

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Words to describe what I want my costume and lighting to portray:

harsh

intense

blinding

stark

unfeeling

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Rough outline of new storyline - Appendix 2 

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Rough outline of new storyline - Appendix 2 

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Original concept to new concept - Appendix 5

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Original concept to new concept - Appendix 5

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Ideas for showing themes through formation - Appendix 3 

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Appendix 1 - Brainstorming group work

Appendix 2 - Preparing and Planning group work

Appendix 3 - Movement Reflection group work

Appendix 4 - My Section group work

Appendix 5 - Completion group work

Appendix 6 - Feedback group work

Appendix 7 - Show Day group work

Appendix 8 - Visual Mood boards group work

Appendix 9 - Brainstorming solo work

Appendix 10 - Mind Maps and Visuals solo work

Appendix 11 - Exploring Movement solo work

Appendix 12 - Binaural Beats solo work

Appendix 13 - Feedback solo work

Appendix 14 - Planning and Organising solo work

Appendix 15 - Filming solo work

Appendix 16 - Wrapping up loose ends solo work

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wow wow wow wow

A brilliant day performing with truly talented people, showcasing what we all worked hard on in a lovely environment.

We had a tech run in the morning, and it went very smoothly. Then we did a costume run, and it also went well for us. The lighting sheet we gave was followed to a T, so we didn't need to change or stress about that either. Overall, the feedback we got from everyone, as well as watching back the footage from the runs filled us with excitement.

With the show completed, our principle Sue said our piece was her favourite and has the potential to be in another show!! This made me so happy, as we all worked so hard during this process to create a piece that was individual and out of the box - that getting that recognition felt brilliant!

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Beginning to mind map - 15th of January Appendix 9 

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Throughout our session today, Jasmin and Bee came around offering advice on the ideas we have so far. I only have a small mind map going, but Bee encouraged my ideas around nature and its connections to the human body. Therefore in the session and the rest of the week I’ve been looking into the similarities between the body and nature visually and aesthetically to determine to vision I want for my video.

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Furthering mind map ideas - 22nd of January Appendix 9 

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Similar to our previous session, Bee and Jasmin left us to continue to brainstorm, while coming around and seeing if we needed help. Since last weeks’ decision of going with the theme of nature, I’m still exploring our human connection to it, and the impact it has on our mental well-being. I am slightly struggling with the timeline of it or trying to pin down what I want it to look like on camera. Although Jasmin was very busy helping others throughout the session, I managed to grab her right at the end. She said I need to follow what ideas/images that are already conceptual in my brain right now, and not try and timeline it like I have been struggling to do.

This has helped, and I'm going back like last week to just finding media such as videos, images and sounds to inspire me this early on in the process rather than trying to put everything in a box right now.

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Honing in on the idea of 'snippets of nature' Appendix 10 

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Honing in on the idea of 'snippets of nature' Appendix 10 

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Exploring visual ideas and concepts pt.1 Appendix 10

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Exploring visual ideas and concepts pt.1 Appendix 10

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Exploring visual aids and concepts pt 4 Appendix 10 

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Exploring visual aids and concepts pt 4 Appendix 10 

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Exploring movement options - 29th of January 

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In our session today Jasmin made us do free styling with motifs, developing on them and then using the ABCD order to categorise and experiment. Although I love and appreciate the space I train in, due to the smallness of the studio and quietness, I must admit I found it slightly awkward! It was packed, and the music was quiet, so it wasn’t exactly a comfortable or ideal space to start experimenting in. I think Jasmin picked up on our slight stress and lack of creativity, as it didn't feel like a space I could properly experiment in if I'm being honest. However, I did enjoy learning about motif development through freestyling, and I aim to start implementing this in my choreographic freestyling sessions later on this week and next week.

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Exploring visual aids and concepts pt 5 Appendix 10 

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Camera and visual inspiration Appendix 10 

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Camera and visual inspiration Appendix 10 

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【4K CinemaScope.ver】RiverBank- The fusion of contemporary dance and tricking by 陸/Riku

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Initial movement development Appendix 11

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Initial movement development Appendix 11

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Playing with the idea of:

growing

slowness

controlled movement

specific intention of mimicking nature

taking time

Also been researching Binaural Beats and the calming effect it has on the body! Taken this into play when free-styling

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Snippets of Nature - Movement development 1

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This week in our session we independently worked on our creative brief with the goal of getting it finished for after half-term. It was quite productive, as I feel that I took the time to understand the outcome of the video that I wanted today, as well as finding loads and loads more visual inspirations. Additionally, I've started putting together dates I want things done by and the goals I need to hit to get the whole video and theory side completed by. Overall, this week I’m feeling really organised and on-top of my work, and what I want my vision to be.

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The session before half-term!

Jasmin went through all our key dates, and wrote a massive email full of everything that we need to check off our lists as we go along.

Therefore, after we did this, I took the time to update my action plan so I could have a clearer idea written down of what I need to achieve. I also explored more movement later in the week, focusing on simpler movements and holding the space with presence and calmness.

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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. And some see no nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." –William Blake

"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has." –John Lubbock

"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.” –Buddha

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Played with the motif of slow, intentional walks.

I have sped up this video though so it's easier to watch.

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Snippets of Nature - playing with the motif. Sped up in 2x

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17th of February - Half term! Appendix 15

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17th of February - Half term! Appendix 15

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During half-term, I was incredibly productive and achieved everything I wanted too!

I live in a very rural area surrounded by many lush forests, so on Monday the first thing I did was go round them all and decide which had the best filming location and energy that I want for the video. Equally, the composition of the trees and the popularity came into play as well. And then on Wednesday I went with my brother (who helped film) around 8am to the woods I decided on and spent a few hours playing with angles, footage and intentions. We had to leave by a certain time due to having other things happening during the day, however, doing it with my sibling who I'm very close with helped create the environment of safeness, and someone who understood want vision I wanted. Some things worked - others didn't - but it was so incredibly helpful to not be theorising about how it will visually come across and just experience and see it. I know what I want to create now, and with the mock footage I can begin to plan what shots I want.

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I've begun free styling slowly to audio tracks of slow instrumentals or just the sounds of nature - birds, trees swishing, ocean waves, rain. Appendix 11

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I've begun free styling slowly to audio tracks of slow instrumentals or just the sounds of nature - birds, trees swishing, ocean waves, rain. Appendix 11

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In this process I want to understand my physical reaction to these sounds and how I want to portray the idea that my soul is peacefully connected to the Earth.

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canva

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canva

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After submitting the creative brief this week, I immediately went into the session today with the intention to show the footage I have so far. After spending the first 40 minutes adding music and colour-grading the footage a tad, I showed Bee what I had. Even though it's only 1:30 it felt very nerve racking so was super good just to show instead of gate-keep!

I said to her how I was feeling slightly stuck - which is true! I feel like I got loads of footage but conflicted on how to use it all in the piece, and the flow of the video being relaxing but not boring.

Therefore, the feedback and pointers I got were:

·       shots were it’s just me moving in nature, juxtapose with the same scene without me in it

·       add moments of crazy as nature and humans are unpredictable, you never know what can happen

·       being human in nature means vibes change mood changes depending on weather

·       add even closer shots of my back and the similarities it must bark, continue to do so throughout.

Therefore, I feel way less stuck now and understand what I need to do next.

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This week we got the timetable for scratch night - an evening event throughout the week to discuss your ideas for your solo with a small group of people. I feel really excited for this, as I adore watching other peoples creativity and seeing what they have gone with. I am slightly nervous and scared to show mine, but this is only natural and its so important for me to get second opinions on what I have so far and any additional clips to add.

Therefore, this week I've been focusing on making a shorter presentation for the event, as well as finishing editing/choosing the final footage shots I want so far from my 1 minute and a half.

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I've been looking into how binaural beats have the same mental affect as being in nature for 1 hour can have on the body. It signifies and sends signals through your brain to relax, calming anxious thought cycles and on reflex calming the breathing. Therefore, I will be using binaural beats as my background music for the piece, as well as keeping in the audio of my surroundings, e.g. tree sounds, wind sounds, bird sounds.

Overall goal is for the audience to feel incredibly relaxed

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A short essay on what binaural beats are, the link they have with nature and my intentions with this Appendix 12 

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A short essay on what binaural beats are, the link they have with nature and my intentions with this Appendix 12 

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What an incredible week for my solo development!

In our session with Jasmin, she suggested areas we could be working on as we've hit the 4-week mark now heading towards submission. She briefly mentioned making sure your contextual research was in-depth enough to inspire and make sense, which really got me thinking - I haven't written enough or placed down my thoughts on certain themes/facts that I want to use. Therefore, in this session I wrote a short essay on binaural beats, looking into the science behind them and then how they exactly connect to my piece. I feel so much clearer now that I've done this on my actual thoughts, rather than vague thinking’s that I've been basing it off.

Scratch night was also a massive success. First off, amazing to see what everyone else had created! Second, I got such helpful feedback/pointers, as well as so much love and appreciation for what I've created so far. I tend to feel that my work isn't good enough, creative enough or anything enough to make sense or make people feel things - but doing this this evening has given me a newfound confidence and appreciation for the people I train with and my amazing teacher Jasmin. Some feedback/pointers I got from the session were:

·       having moments of silence

·       sounds of rain/storm/lighting

·       overlaying images

·       more reminiscent of leaves and fern

·       get inspired by the movement of animals

·       add a body of water to the film to break up the shots for the audience.

So I’ll be going back home this weekend to implement these changes, and fingers crossed it rains.

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Feedback from Scratch Night ❤️ Appendix 13 

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Feedback from Scratch Night ❤️ Appendix 13 

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This week has been a crack-on week!

In our session with Jasmin this week we got reminded of our 1,000 word reflective essay that's due with our padlet. So I went up to her and asked for a little recap on what's needed + the structure of it. Then got on with laying it out on a document and starting on what I want to include.

I've also booked a train ticket in the session to get home so I can continue filming this weekend and hopefully finish the video.

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The weekend of the 22nd/23rd Appendix 15 

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The weekend of the 22nd/23rd Appendix 15 

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Home time to finish the video.

This weekend is all about using the notes from Scratch night, as well as personal feedback from Jasmin and Bee to collect - hopefully - all the footage I need for my video. Working with my brother who is filming it definitely makes a comfortable environment for experimentation of ideas, as well as reining in some of my slightly wacky ones that don't read very well.

I've edited and colour graded most, and I've just been experimenting with the editorial side of it, such as:

slow mo

sped up

pixel transitions

order of videos

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A brilliant productive session with Bee feedback - YAY!

I spent the first half of our class today editing and double checking transitions, as well as music. I changed the binaural beat track I originally chose to one that's slightly more bland in flow, in order to put the volume up on the clips of movement and nature. I felt that it needed to feel more connected in that aspect, and give it more dimension.

Then I showed it to Bee and it felt so good to see her enjoy my ideas and execution, as well as getting a bit of approval that I'm on the right track. Feedback that I did get though was:

more gritty back movements with the shoulder blades

with the braided tree, pan to me mimicking the tree, have more experimental movement choices

the missing link is me and nature being intertwined

Therefore, my plan of action is to go home again this weekend and finish filming it on Saturday/Sunday, but I think in order to be more productive when I'm there and make sure I'm executing what Bee's said - I need to go in the studio and plan some motif movement/bits of choreography! So far it's all been freestyle and how it's felt in the moment, but now it needs more complex movement choices and intentions I believe I'm going to need to plan it and have ideas going into the filming session.

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Worked on a small motif focusing on intertwining hands to mimic branches.

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Weekend of the 29th and the 30th Appendix 15

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Weekend of the 29th and the 30th Appendix 15

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This weekend I went home again to finish filming! In regards to Bee's feedback, I went in with two intentions:

me moving with nature

gritty back movements

I really experimented with different angles of me with nature, and making more intricate patterns and shapes. I used a tree I saw that had braided intertwined twigs and leaves moving up the trunk, and then mimicked that with my arms. I felt that that was a useful motif, and helped me bounce off of replicating and mimicking things around me.

Also experimented with moving with the wind into a tree, I found a tree that had a perfect hip dip/indent that I could lean into, as well as a strong wind. Although I didn't want to go crazy with loads of new ideas I do believe I'm going to include this shot as I really connected with it. It felt like the wind was guiding me into the tree to meld with it - I don't know if that sounds crazy or not! But it felt very meant to be and intentional.

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2nd of April + 9th of April Appendix 16 

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2nd of April + 9th of April Appendix 16 

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These last two weeks have been incredibly similar so my reflection will be encompassing both in one! I've purely been focusing on finishing the video and completing the written reflective essay. The video got finished in the first week, showed it to Bee and she completely approved - so I am incredibly excited to submit and get more in-depth feedback from Jasmin!

In my written reflection I've been struggling to stick to the word count but working hard to not waffle while keeping it detailed. Honestly, I wish it was 10,000 words long!!

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Snippets of Nature by Hannah Spence-Thomas