Dialogue Exhibition
A graphics students that I lived with last year asked me if I was available to document her exhibition that she set up with a fellow course mate. The Dialogue exhibition aimed to showcase screen prints from Leeds College of Art students, as well being open to public entry. The night was held at the corn exchange in Leeds city centre on the 27th of April.
The night kicked off to a busy start as I entered the exhibition. Due to a busy schedule I made it down to the exhibition for 7pm, 30 mins into the show. At 5pm I had to wait at University for the photography equipment as well as eating back at home, then making the 45 minute walk into town. As I looked back over the footage I regret not making time getting down to the exhibition earlier. I felt that I missed opportunity to capture a few establishing shots of the premises and the empty exhibition space.
For when I arrived the small space felt rather claustrophobic due to the amount of people that packed out the art space. It was also hard to navigate the shoulder mount and camera rig in such a busy environment.
Although I missed some vital establishing shots of the art space I still had to piece together an energetic and exciting video out of the footage I had. Since the exhibition was very busy and lively I thought the video should reflect the atmosphere of the night. I decided to use a stimulating rock n roll song from the British blues band 'Groundhogs'. The song is snappy with a intricate yet fluent drum pattern, perfect for cutting on beat adding that lively feeling.
I used crowd shots and establishing shots of the room in this section to give the sense of the crowded atmosphere in the exhibition. As the song came to an interlude before the chorus with a mellow guitar rift it was at this point that I showcased most of the art work. Applying the warp stabiliser pre set on these clips gave a nice panning effect of the artwork that worked fluently with the mellow rift.
The night kicked off to a busy start as I entered the exhibition. Due to a busy schedule I made it down to the exhibition for 7pm, 30 mins into the show. At 5pm I had to wait at University for the photography equipment as well as eating back at home, then making the 45 minute walk into town. As I looked back over the footage I regret not making time getting down to the exhibition earlier. I felt that I missed opportunity to capture a few establishing shots of the premises and the empty exhibition space.For when I arrived the small space felt rather claustrophobic due to the amount of people that packed out the art space. It was also hard to navigate the shoulder mount and camera rig in such a busy environment.
Although I missed some vital establishing shots of the art space I still had to piece together an energetic and exciting video out of the footage I had. Since the exhibition was very busy and lively I thought the video should reflect the atmosphere of the night. I decided to use a stimulating rock n roll song from the British blues band 'Groundhogs'. The song is snappy with a intricate yet fluent drum pattern, perfect for cutting on beat adding that lively feeling.
I used crowd shots and establishing shots of the room in this section to give the sense of the crowded atmosphere in the exhibition. As the song came to an interlude before the chorus with a mellow guitar rift it was at this point that I showcased most of the art work. Applying the warp stabiliser pre set on these clips gave a nice panning effect of the artwork that worked fluently with the mellow rift.
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