so my film idea is to shoot repetitive actions. i filmed myself putting on lipstick about 13 times, as this is the number i usually get to when i count in my head before i tell my self to STOP itt. then i start again...I then filmed myself putting on mascara and tried liner but the camera had given up by then and i was ready to jump out the window! However, i refrained and packed up, emailled my tutors to rant about how im going to fail! then went for a walk and bought popcorn. I have since eaten most of the popcorn and I plan to go see my tutor on monday. phew.
here is a test i did of the filming where i repeatedly applied lipstick in different colours.
this may be closer to the money than my idea to do it 13 times with the same colour as
"the only thing that can be repeated ultimatley is difference between repetitions. thats what repeated, the difference."Tom McCarthy, The Same Roturns.
Talk at projectspace 176
November 2009
the shoot idea was to show repetition. ha! obviously! but im trying to show that its the action of repetition that brings the calm, order, control etc...but i cant quite do it...in my head i see a girl sitting in a chaotic place, ordering objects, be it building blocks, cups, shoes or food and doing it the same way in every shot, the objects are spraypainted so that there is a blanket of colour to void any communication of the object itself.
Idea..one with the model at a desk, school desk? lining up coloured pencils. the pencils sprayed too. the model in a place, a large space, cluttered, but not overly. where??! with large objects, a chair, a table, lamp, cushion (?) kettle, trunk. painted. in the same colour order as before but not neccesarily in a particular formation.
I shot with a friend in her wonderfully messy room, and with my beautifully spraypainted cups:
The idea is there....but where does make-up and hair and styling fit in?? i need to have an epiphany. FAST.
