Initial Ideas
- Story book
- flip through pages
- Used the pigeons outside to tell a story (Interviewed them)
- Looked around the area for inspiration (Church and talking about war in Britain).
- Create a 3D book to display a church in using popsicle sticks.
Developed thoughts after finishing
In this week in a group we were assigned to create a story on how elephant and castle was founded. This was to help foster teamwork and push our minds creatively when coming up with stories and presenting those stories as well.
What I enjoyed most from this project was how the creative process created itself. There was only a starting point of a prompt where I was unsure where to take the idea since I was only just aware of this area of London however this project showed me that once you have an idea it can be stretched and developed with a backstory as long as there is a solid foundation to it.
Applying that to our creative process , we went out side looking at our surroundings we had an idea of a conflict of war that brings the two sides together. We used found objects from the classroom to make a church as there was a church near University, this is where the process started creating itself unravelling in front of us.
I contributed with ideas and giving assistance with the structure as well as keeping an open mind for other ideas for the backstory. I could have also assisted more in the creation of the church but as it is I am content with how it has come out.
Thoughts while making
- Developing this story is very free and feels like anything can make sense as long as it has a strong foundation to the idea (example in this case is church, love story and war which are aspects of Britain’s history.
- I could have done more when helping as train strikes prevented me from staying long to help, if there wasn’t any strikes I would have been more present in the filming aspects of this film.
- I assisted more in ideas and with covering the book in black paper.
Developed thoughts after finishing
These shots shows how we developed the church as a team. Overall I enjoyed this project much more than anticipated. This workshop helped me become more vocal within group projects and helped me overcome a sense of fear when working with others with differing opinions.
I have also developed my creative process more by expanding my ability in story crafting. An example is using subjects I would not usually use and combining them could result in opposing ideas that don’t clash but work well with each other almost subverting expectations much like I have learnt in another workshop.
We also used what was available to us which challenged my mind creatively in problem solving however we persevered and used those objects effectively to tell our story across well. The way we presented this story was inspired by Maria G. Pisano. She is a book cover artist that creates art using books and book covers using all types of books in her artwork too. An example is her artwork ‘Infiorata – Carousel book with Pamphlet’ we ended up making a opening book to reveal the church as well as have a smaller accordion book in the center of it much like how Maria’s book has a pamphlet inside of it.
A summary of the story is the elephants and the castles were two factions against one another, however one of the castles fell in love with one of the elephants . Them being together brought the factions together living happily ever after.
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