Showing posts with label josh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label josh. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Basic Shooting Schedule
Skin
Hair
2103
2104
Ears
2142
Brows
2119
2120
Eyes
2139
2154
2155
2157
2161
Nose
2117 (lighten)
Cheek
2118
Mouth
2150
2156
2168
2165
2169
Neck
2066
Collar bone
2111
Back
2172 x3
Arms
0972
Hands
2060
2061
2062
2063
Legs?
Feet?
Monday, 17 October 2016
ideas development by josh
IDEA
Here is our developed idea of what we are going to produce. It wouldn't have any particular narrative through the visuals but a sense perspective and meaning will be introduced through the audio.
Cinematography:
The cinematography style that we could use be effective through the method of replicating the ideology of gender neutrality removing gender in the way that we film our product, showing no gender and just focus on humans and life. We would focus on parts of the body that do not depict an obvious gender - areas such as hands, ears and noses. We would also frame and compose the visuals in a way that doesn't show the gender of the subject. This could be very challenging but also if done correctly could be very rewarding. The colour scheme that we would use would be very natural, consisting of earthy tones which avoid any colours associated with gender. It could relate to the womb of a baby if we used warmer colours.We also considered using a new born baby as at such an early age it is very difficult to differentiate between genders.
Experiment with voice editing:
Through discussing the potential ideas that we could progress with we decided to experiment with some audio and editing. This is because despite the prospect of the cinematography of our piece being effective we couldn't help feel that the theme and meaning/message could be lost, causing people to think about life in general rather than the subject of gender neutrality that we are illustrating. So in order to make our message clear we felt that we needed to add another aspect to our product. By including audio and in particular dialogue/monologue we felt that we could successfully portray the subject of matter. The use of a voice discussing gender neutrality would directly associate the visuals with the audio and allow the audience to understand the point of discussion. However when thinking about what type of voice to use we believed that it wouldn't be successful to include a male/female as it would defeat the object eliminated gender and wouldn't correspond with our intentions. To avoid this issue we thought about using the audition software and edit the audio by either making it sound like a robot (having no gender) or also mixing voices together and altering E&Q to make the identify and gender unrecognisable. We also will experiment with including a heartbeat soundtrack which will add to the natural atmosphere adding to the semantic field of life and humans. We brought up the possibility of editing this heartbeat, perhaps making it irregular or even adjusting the E&Q levels to make it seem like it underwater, corresponding to the womb of a new born baby.
Projection:
Another way that we felt that we could include a different media platform to convey our message was through projection. This then adds a lot of importance to the images that we project onto the subject as they would be the main element of the product and would illustrate the message/story. We debated whether we could include images which confront gender discrimination or promote gender neutrality. Either show the negative issues and show the discrimination and struggles associated with gender or show gender less images such as new born babies. Project on the back of the subject, not showing their identity.
Friday, 7 October 2016
gender neutrality
Definition (Cambridge Dictionary) - Gender neutrality describes the notion of "relating to people and not especially to men or to women". This movement separates a person from gender in order to avoid gender discrimination.
It could be considered that gender neutrality is a subculture when applying Dick Hebdidge's theory. He believes that "A subculture is a group of like minded individuals who feel neglected by societal standards and who develop a sense of identity which differs to the dominant on to which they belong." Many gender neutrals wish to detach themselves from gender as they could feel discriminated by the dominant "societal standards" would cloud over gender and even sexuality.
What is Gender Neutral?
Public policies - Gender neutral restrooms have been designed to eliminate gender distinctions, without distinguishing the gender of the person using them. They act as an anti-discrimination protections on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy status, age, disability, and genetic information. According to Dalhousie University, Canada: "A gender-neutral washroom is one where the signage is visibly identified with open, inclusive language, not just male or female. It's evident these facilities are void of gender identity and have accommodations that are especially sensitive to the needs of a greater range of people. Some people are not comfortable using male or female-designated washrooms."
We feel that the awareness of Gender Neutrality isn't vivid in society and believe that a lot of people do not know what being gender neutral is or are confused about it. Our aim is to attempt to create a piece that educates our audience about the subject and raise further awareness.
It could be considered that gender neutrality is a subculture when applying Dick Hebdidge's theory. He believes that "A subculture is a group of like minded individuals who feel neglected by societal standards and who develop a sense of identity which differs to the dominant on to which they belong." Many gender neutrals wish to detach themselves from gender as they could feel discriminated by the dominant "societal standards" would cloud over gender and even sexuality.
What is Gender Neutral?
Public policies - Gender neutral restrooms have been designed to eliminate gender distinctions, without distinguishing the gender of the person using them. They act as an anti-discrimination protections on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy status, age, disability, and genetic information. According to Dalhousie University, Canada: "A gender-neutral washroom is one where the signage is visibly identified with open, inclusive language, not just male or female. It's evident these facilities are void of gender identity and have accommodations that are especially sensitive to the needs of a greater range of people. Some people are not comfortable using male or female-designated washrooms."
We feel that the awareness of Gender Neutrality isn't vivid in society and believe that a lot of people do not know what being gender neutral is or are confused about it. Our aim is to attempt to create a piece that educates our audience about the subject and raise further awareness.
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
questionnaire - primary research
http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/3CARJ/
We felt that it was very important to carrying out some primary research and in particular a questionnaire in order to gain both quantitative and qualitative data. We felt that we needed to gain an understanding of what society knows about Gender Neutrality in order to have an idea of what to explore in our project. We asked several questions surrounding gender discrimination and also wanted to see if society knew if there was a way of avoiding gender discrimination. Here we attempted to indirectly diverge the person towards gender neutrality and if people did not know of a way to avoid gender discrimination we would come to the conclusion that they perhaps didn't know about gender neutrality. This would then allow us to decide on a motive for our project, and in this instance the motivation would be to educate the audience about gender neutrality and raise awareness.
We felt that it was very important to carrying out some primary research and in particular a questionnaire in order to gain both quantitative and qualitative data. We felt that we needed to gain an understanding of what society knows about Gender Neutrality in order to have an idea of what to explore in our project. We asked several questions surrounding gender discrimination and also wanted to see if society knew if there was a way of avoiding gender discrimination. Here we attempted to indirectly diverge the person towards gender neutrality and if people did not know of a way to avoid gender discrimination we would come to the conclusion that they perhaps didn't know about gender neutrality. This would then allow us to decide on a motive for our project, and in this instance the motivation would be to educate the audience about gender neutrality and raise awareness.
Judith Butler - Theorist
Judith Butler is an American philosopher and a gender theorist who played influential role in shaping modern feminism. She is most recognisable for a her book “Gender Trouble” which promotes the notion that Gender is “performative” meaning that “gender is the repeated stylisation of the body, a set of repeated acts within a highly rigid regulatory frame that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance”.
She believes that gender roles are constructed by society which form the stereotypical categorisation of gender. She feels that gender is developed, stating that " nobody is a gender from the start" and that "Gender is culturally formed" but “it's also a domain of agency or freedom". The idea that gender ideals is formed by society suggests that those who do not follow these ideals will have to “resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms” which comes in the form is gender discrimination.
Gender discrimination is a situation in which someone is treated less well because of their sex, usually when a woman is treated less well than a man. We as a group found this very interesting as through our research we found that one of the main purposes of the Gender Neutral movement is to avoid gender discrimination. We believe that gender neutrality allows a person to be judged on who they are as a person rather than their gender and if the conform to gender stereotypes. Being gender neutral allows people to do and act however they feel.
She believes that gender roles are constructed by society which form the stereotypical categorisation of gender. She feels that gender is developed, stating that " nobody is a gender from the start" and that "Gender is culturally formed" but “it's also a domain of agency or freedom". The idea that gender ideals is formed by society suggests that those who do not follow these ideals will have to “resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms” which comes in the form is gender discrimination.
Gender discrimination is a situation in which someone is treated less well because of their sex, usually when a woman is treated less well than a man. We as a group found this very interesting as through our research we found that one of the main purposes of the Gender Neutral movement is to avoid gender discrimination. We believe that gender neutrality allows a person to be judged on who they are as a person rather than their gender and if the conform to gender stereotypes. Being gender neutral allows people to do and act however they feel.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
fingering fruit- Stephanie Sarley
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfQuRn-dFRH1953qz0RorQ/videos
http://stephaniesarley.com/videos/
We also found the sexualisation of objects interesting and felt that Stephanie Sarley's use of fruit was also interesting due to the role/identity that fruit has in Botany. In Botany a fruit is the ripened ovary or ovaries—together with seeds—from one or more flowers. The fruits of a plant are responsible for dispersing the seeds that contain the embryo and protecting the seeds as well. So we felt that this worked well in relating to the women's reproductive system and opening up various interpretations as to why the fruit was being touched in a sexual manner.
http://stephaniesarley.com/videos/
We also found the sexualisation of objects interesting and felt that Stephanie Sarley's use of fruit was also interesting due to the role/identity that fruit has in Botany. In Botany a fruit is the ripened ovary or ovaries—together with seeds—from one or more flowers. The fruits of a plant are responsible for dispersing the seeds that contain the embryo and protecting the seeds as well. So we felt that this worked well in relating to the women's reproductive system and opening up various interpretations as to why the fruit was being touched in a sexual manner.
Sanja Ivekovic
Sanja Iveković is a Croatian photographer, sculptor and installation artist. Her work is known to tackle such issues as female identity, media, consumerism, and political strife. She was the first artist in Yugoslavia to actively engage with gender difference, tackling the commodification of women's roles with the onset of consumerism in the country.
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