On a facebook page that posts pictures of the ‘Old Liverpool’ my dad came across these images of himself and a few of his friends playing in abandoned houses and bomb sites from WW2 that had not yet been renovated. My dad says he remembers a student photographer coming up to him and asking if it would be okay if he took a series of images of them for his project, and of course being 9-10 year olds who had never seen a professional film camera before- they were extremely excited. When covering our brief for the seconds project, what really struck me was how much consent from your models were necessary- particularly if they were children, when I asked my dad, he said that him and his friends did not sign anything and the student actually never even told them what university he went to or asked their parents for permission. I think this really highlights how much photography has changed and developed over the years, as being a student if you did not ask a parent their permission to take an image of their child with a proper consent form, it would be illegal. 

When I asked my dad what he thought of these images, he said it really captured the deprivation and poverty of Liverpool in the 80′s, with Margaret Thatcher being the Prime minister at the time, many Liverpudlian dock workers were made redundant and so many people were struggling to find work, my dad said as a kid he didn’t understand the dangers of playing in these bomb sites and was oblivious to the hardship surrounding him, when I asked him why he didn’t go to a local youth centre or park to play, he stated it as because there were none. 

In the past 10 years Liverpool has become a very different place, many areas have been done up and the Beatles museum and Mersey River bring a lot of tourism to the city, to me these images show how important Photography is to document the past and present, as these bomb sites have now been turned into flats and the area has completely changed. These images inspired me  to document people from around the area where I live, as I would like people to look back in 10-20 years time and see how things have changed. 

We were put to work to make a tutorial video with these criteria:

Create an instructional video for a ritual you perform often (every day).

Optional medium, video or animation (but if this is new to you, choose video).

Do not use text or speech to explain.

Use real sound.

Maximum length is 1 minute (.mp4 format).

I am gonna be brutally honest about this one:

I did not enjoy this one as much. Creating a video on a topic that doesn't interest you can be a challenging and tedious experience. I had to force myself to research and script the content, and found it difficult to stay motivated throughout the process. Despite my best efforts, I never developed a personal connection to the topic and felt relieved once the project was finally complete.

The video came out alright, but not as I had imagined it. But, it was fine for this one time to not enjoy a task because I know I will do so much more fun stuff later on!

Brief 2: Instruksjonsfilm

How to: Greek salad

Title is self-explanatory, enjoy

Here's the final product we presented 🌸. Basically an instructional video on making lunch.

Reflection: If we had more time, we would have perhaps made even shorter clips to make the film flow at an even snappier pace. We would've also filmed a more satisfying conclusion.

Here's what my teammates had to say about the project:

Amalie @designavva

It was good practice to try out some editing software. This time I learnt how to censor somebody's face in Premiere. It was satisfying to work with keyframe animation.