A retrospective look at the Summer

Over the summer, we picked up three briefs,

1. To make a typographical piece based on a quotation that sums up our life philosophy.
2. To make some form of image from the following films:

• Spellbound- Hitchcock
• 8 1/2- Fellini
• Brazil- Gilliam
• The Third Man- Reed
• Moulin Rouge- Luhrmann
  

3. A series of snapshots based on the following:

• Fade away and radiate
• Life is a minestrone
• The road to nowhere
• You're so vain

For the first brief I applied the quotation "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: This is the ideal life" across the spines of books I selected, some being my favourites, some being my friends' favourites, and some just being "literary classics".

For the second brief I modified and rewired an old radio to give it a more steampunkish feel to fit with the general look of Brazil. I liked the clash of the wood and the silver metallic parts, and of course the valves. Gotta love valves. If I had more time and expertise, I would have liked to have added more mechanical parts.

For the third brief I created a series of snapshots on a Polaroid camera for "Fade away and radiate" trying to show the amount technology has invaded our lives. We moved into a new house this year, and were without luxuries like the internet for quite a while, and our behaviour changed a lot, always going to the library or pubs with free wi-fi, having to travel quite far to get our laundry done etc.

The snapshots I used were:

1. My housemate playing solitaire with proper playing cards
2. My housemate writing out notes and filling in forms in a big folder
3. My housemate using a public payphone
4. My housemate listening to my radio
5. My housemate using a computer in the library
6. A shot of an analogue TV showing static

I wanted to add another for the public laundromat, but we didn't need to do any washing until after the project was due. Oh well.

I found the second brief the most fun, but the hardest to actualise, as it took me quite a while to find my radio.