At the dawn of the final semester, I am resolving outstanding issues regarding the bath bombs, their packaging, and the planning for the film project.
I will be ordering the new colorants and supplies: midnight blue la bomb, activated charcoal, cornflower blue la bomb, teal la bomb, and more citric acid. I have found epsom salts of the original desired grain and can reasonably phase out the dead sea salts, as I recently discovered the issues surrounding the state of the dead sea.
The following links synthesize research related to Inuit and Indigenous substitute ingredients, such as fragrances and moisturizers, as suggested in critique. It has pointed me in the direction of Indigenous made oils, and also the possibility of using blueberry fragrance, as relating more to the Inuit experience and relating to the blue hue of the bath bombs.
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/oct/inuit-paradox
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/business/all-natural-beauty-7-indigenous-owned-skincare-and-cosmetic-lines-youll-love/
https://motherearthessentials.ca/collections/essential-oils
Isabel also mentioned that the iridescent white of the salts was kind of jarring, so I have decided to consider eliminating this, or using less, and including a thin layer of white mixture below the white epsom salts instead.
Some colours and sizes as well as ingredient information will have to be updated for next week. I have decided to use Spoonflower’s eco canvas for its low shrink percentage, and print the designs side by side with bleed to eliminate the alignment issue. Two layers also opens up possibilities for packaging.
I have decided upon 00:02:00 minutes length.
I will incorporate the following types of footage:
people interacting, eating, out at events, in nature, with technology, mundane practice
Footage will be edited in premiere first and then thrown into after effects. I want to utilize some of the effects used in my silent motion project from last year, with muted, screen displaced colours, vignetting, artifacting, displacement maps, and possibly image masks of the satellite maps.
I will display information and facts from the following source: Forget Shorter Showers by Derrick Jensen. The video will incorporate subtle aspects of my Inuit-centric research while focusing on drawing all of Canada and the world into this perspective. I have to decided to give everyone 2 weeks to submit any footage before I officially compile everything. I will create an email address and post calls for submissions on my social media accounts.
