Exhibition Project – More project discussion 14th May 2014

At college today I discussed again my idea’s for the “Work, rest and play” narrative.  From last weeks post i’d decided to try a sleep, a day at work and the drives to and from.  Which I posted here.  The lecturer and my fellow classmates liked what I shot.  Although the sleep section wasn’t great.  The day at work was pretty fascinating.

We decided that for rest and play I should do a sort of time-lapse gogglebox.  A TV program where you see the reactions of people watching TV that’s been on that week.  I could also shoot myself playing x-box.

For work I should try shooting from behind my monitors to see my face, with the rest of the office in the background.  Just to give some interest when i’m away from my desk.

Speed is also something that was discussed.  25 Frames Per Second (fps) is ideal for playback as this matches television.  However this means taking and processing a lot of images.  The majority of video’s i’ve been setting to 15fps playback.  There is also the issue of battery life.  To shoot something for 6 hours without swapping the battery I have to set for 1 shot per minute, so that the battery lasts.  This does mean that I miss some detail and the video’s can look a bit jerky.  Where as something like a drive to work can be shot at 1 shot every 2 seconds, so it looks smooth.

With a day at work there is a natural break after 4 hours for lunch, so I can swap the battery and not miss anything, but this still means i’m limited to a shot every minute.

My only option is to invest in a mains adapter for my camera, but i’m spending so much on college at the moment with the exhibition I don’t think this is an option.