Brief for Beyond the Camera

Our next assignment for Beyond the Camera is to create a Digital Artifact in groups. The film should be no more than 2 minutes and help to explore and develop a narrative through motion images and sound (though some video can be used).

This assignment is an opportunity to learn to tell a story a uniquely different way. Techniques such as rostrum camera, which allow you to zoom and pan within a single image can take one still frame and transform it into a full narrative. I'm quite excited to see if we're able to make something as interesting and engaging through images/sound.

I'm working with Stevie and Josie, I know them well and they're really hard working people so I know we can pull this off!

Stevie came up with the idea of 'A Day in the Life of Liverpool' starting from early morning sounds up to late at night. I really like the idea of taking 'A day in the life' and reinventing it through a new way of storytelling, hopefully making it more intriguing. The first thing we did was come up with a list of all the types of sounds of the day:

Bin men/street cleaners
Seagulls
Traffic
Shopping centres
Liverpool One
Tills
Markets
Taxi's
The Beatles
Nightlife
Bold Street
Restaurants
Echo man
Football
Doors
Clocks

After this we got straight to organizing when we could film it all and when was the best time of day to capture each sound. The three of us are lovers of lists so we created a schedule for the task:

Tuesday 23rd October
9am - Meet at University building to pick up equipment
9am-11am - Albert Docks and Liver Buildings
11am-12pm - Liverpool One
12pm-1pm - Matthew Street
1pm-2pm - Find a shop to collect sounds
2pm-3pm - Bold Street
3pm-4pm - Cathedral

Thursday 25th October
5am-7am - Early morning shoot
Cleaners, market set up, traffic, Lime Street
9pm-11pm - Late night shoot
Music, laughter, people, drinks/glasses, party

Hopefully we can get all the sound/images we need.. And that early morning start doesn't kill me!