Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Unit 35: Video Installation

Installation Production Booklet

Name: Joe Bartlett, Hamish Campbell

and Patrick Sadd

Order of contents (italics show areas you must add in yourself)

Mind-mapping
Past and current video installation practice
Installation plans
Sketches on the content of your animation
Draft script of the animation
Installation / set skecthes
Progress of ideas
Types of visuals
Sound design
Lighting design
Projection vs screen
Single or multiple screens
Technological convergence
Possible venues
Location recce
Identify venue facilities
Risk assessment of venue
Final script
Storyboard
Cast and Crew and Production roles
Production schedule
Copyright issues
Venue booking confirmation
Risk assessment of installation

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Mindmap of ideas for your installation

Create a mindmap showing ideas of how you might install your video.
Define what type(s) of visuals you will use.
(Eg. video cameras, still cameras, hand crafted artwork, film, animation, digital technologies)

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Past and current video installation practice

From your research into video installation, give two examples that you think influence your work / ideas
in some way.
One should be a past practitioner, the other should be contemporary.
Past Practitioner
Name:

Eadweard Muybridge

Biography

Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer from England who

is famously known for his work The Horse in Motion. He
created this to reveal evidence of whether all four legs of a
horse lifted off the ground as it galloped.
He is also known for his work in photographic studies of
motion and early work in motion-picture projection.

Images

Notes on their installation

Eadweard Muybridge is the pioneer of the Zoopraxinoscope,
the successor of the Zoetrope and Praxinoscope. The
Zoopraxinoscope was an early projector that used a glass
disk, a set of images and a limelight which projected the
images onto a wall. Storytelling was the main use for the
Zoopraxinoscope.
How is it similar to your ideas?
Our ideas relate to that of Eadweard Muybridge because we
are using projections to show our footage, in a similar style
that people would stand around to view these images much
like our projection of music videos which people will be
standing around to view in a similar way.

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Contemporary Practitioner
Name:
Marie Jo Lafontaine
Biography
Marie-Jo Lafontaine is a contemporary artist born in Belgian. In
1977, she won the prestigious "Award for Young Belgian
Painters" for its textile works (monochrome black wool). Over
the years she has won many other awards, especially for her
works such as Babylon Babies and Victoria.

Images

Notes on their installation

She injects the viewers with the conforting realisation that
being alone isnt that bad.
Its very technolodgy based.
She creates a whole enviroment to make the viewer feel
alone and to see the videos from a first person point of view.
She uses a spiral to create this atmosphere, a sense of
enclosure.

How is it similar to your ideas?

It is similar to our ideas because we are trying to create an
atmosphere and evoke something out of our viewers
however using a different set of pieces. She has created a
spiral that people stand in, and has synchronised her footage
to make the viewers feel alone. We are making the our
viewers feel like they are in a recording studios through the
use of the environment we are creating (drum skins, guitars,
amps, lighting, recording equipment, cables) and sound
(tuning up instruments, rambling and arguments in the
background, static amp sounds, reverb). We want our
audience to feel something by putting them into that
environment through something artist and unique.

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Installation / set sketches

Draw a series of thumbnail sketches showing ideas for your installation. Add labels to your diagrams to
identify equipment, where the image will be seen, where the audience will stand etc.

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Draft script of FMP

Insert your draft script here. Remember to use correct script formatting.

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Sound design
What sound will your FMP / Productions have?
Music that people made their music video to,instuments being tunened,drums being hit static from
amps ect as people are walking around the room as well as the recording of two people (from the
band) having an argument about the music. Imbetween each video is the sound of a tape recording.

Will you use headphones or speakers for this sound?

We will use over-ear head phones to listen to the music with the tape sound and with the sound of
tuning and the argument and the static there are speakers.

Why?
We chose to create sounds of tuning,static,arguments and drums being hit to immerse the person to
feel like they have an inside perception of being in the studio while a band is recording. It gives them a
comforting feeling of not being alone while they are actually alone.
The head phones will be for listening to the music with the sound of a track recording to put the person
in a first person view of a producer,like they are listening to an album.

Lighting design
What lighting will you have in your installation? Consider health and safety.
Dingy,yellow lighting good enough to see the videos.making it look like a 70s recording studio

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Projection vs screen
Will you project your video or play it on a screen?
We will be projecting our footage on to a sheet crafed with drum skins.

Why?
The enviroment is inspired by the 70s
music industry and the art scene that came
with it like andy warholes influence on the
music. Projecting the videos gives a
homemade effect that draws the viewer
into feeling comfortable which makes it
easier to evoke emotions in them.
Projecting it onto a wall, rather than playing
it on a screen, will help create the illusion of
you being in a msuic studio because if it is
projected onto the set, which is a music
studio, then you feel a part of it.

If you are projecting what will

you project ONTO? (ie fabric,
screen, materials etc)
Drum skins put together to make one
big shape. The skins will either be stuck
to poles or hanging from the ceiling.

If you are using a screen, will you

use a single screen, or multiple
screens?

How will that change how your

audience READS your animation?

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Technological convergence
What is technological convergence?
Its the way technolodgy changes/evolves to best fit the enviroment or the time.

Will you be using this in your installation?

No

Explain your answer.

We keep the projector for all the videos and the way that people listen to the videos stays the same just
so that it saves time having to change it. We also dont have enough space to change equipment and
the style of the enviroment.

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Venues
Locate and show research into three possible venues for you to show your work.
Venue:

Red lion

Location:
Positive aspects of this venue:

Red Lion Hotel, Hart St, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2AR

1. They have venue rooms

2. They have previously allowed Henley College to exhibit

their work

3. They tailer to make the venue rooms more suitable to what

you want

Negative aspects of this venue:

1. We are only allowed one room

2. The venue doesnt have a high popularity, although it does
have good ratings.

3. Moving equipment in will be difficult due to it have a

minimal amount fo parking spaces.

Venue:

Shiplake Memorial Hall

Location:

Shiplake

Positive aspects of this venue:

1. Lots of space to show work

2. Car parking space

3. Kitchen area to supply guests with food and drinks

Negative aspects of this venue:

1. It is difficult to get to compared to Henley for some people

2. It is an expensive venue

Venue:

Henley Meadows

Location:

Henley on Thames

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Positive aspects of this venue:

1. Lots of space

2. Free water supplied throughout the day

Negative aspects of this venue:

1. It is outdoors therefore it wouldnt be a suitable location for

the majority of people to show their exhibitions

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Location recce
Complete the location recce for the final venue.

Type of room/area: The

Red Lion Hotel Long
room
Location Address:
4 Hart St, Henley-onThames
Sat Nav details (Post code):
RG9 2AR
Nearest Train Station:
Henley-on-Thames Nation
Rail station (8 minute
walk)
Nearest Bus stop: Bell
Street

Lighting Information:

Solutions:

All the rooms already have wall and ceiling lighting.

We will also be using our own lighting (2 lamp lights)

Because the lighting in the venue may not be enough

we have two lamp lights which will solve this.

Sound Information:

Solutions:

We will be using speakers to play out the sounds of

the studio and headphones for people to listen to the
productions. There will be people walking around
possibly chatting.

Functioning headphones will be provided.

Ask people to be respectful of peoples work and not
talk too loudly when viewing an exhibition or standing
nearby.

Power Information

Solutions:

Each area has plenty of sockets in the walls. We will

be required to bring along extension cables for all the
equipment we wish to set up.

Ensure we have a backup cable in the case of the fuse

blowing or another problem with the power.

Hazards

Solutions:

The lamp lights and other equipment may become

quite hot which could cause injury and well as cables
lying around on the floor posing as a trip hazard.

Warn people of the hazards, maybe even put up a sign

to say Stand away from the lighting. Keeping the
cables as tidy as possible using tape to hold them
down to prevent people tripping up and pulling them
out.

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Risk assessment of venue

Complete risk assessment for the VENUE

RISK ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITY

HAZARD

RISK
H/M/L

PRECAUTIONS

IN
PLACE

REVIEW
DATE

People
moving
around the
exhibitions

The
exhibitions
will have
equipment
including
lighting and
cables.
These can
pose as both
scolding
hazards and
trip hazards.

High

Ensuring
people are
informed of
the
equipment
and to mind
where they
walk. Tape
should be
used to
hold cables
down.

YES

Exhibi
tion
week

Joey
Bartlet
t

Due to the
amount of
equipment,
it easily be
misplaced,
confused
for or even
stolen

Equipment is
expensive
and can be
damaged or
misplaced
easily if not
looked after.

High

Ensuring
that
someone is
always
present
when
equipment
is set up.
Checklistin
g and
labelling
will lower
the risk of
equipment
damaged or
misplaceme
nt.

YES

Exhibi
tion
week

Joey
Bartlet
t

Please leave this section blank:

Risk Assessment checked by: Name ..
. Date

REVIEWER

Signed

KEY:
Activity :
Describe the component part of your pursuit.
Hazard : List the things you anticipate might cause harm or the things associated with your
activity that have the potential to cause harm. Consider the likely harm.
Risk:
Assess the risk as either H (High), M (Medium) or L (Low). When concluding your
assessment consider all of the circumstances.
Precautions:
Consider what you could do to minimise / negate the risk.
In Place: Will the precautionary measures be in place at the time of the activity?

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Review Date:
When would it be reasonable to review your assessment? Remember it might
be whilst you are undertaking the activity.
Reviewer: Name of the person responsible for completing the risk assessment.
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.

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Installation plans
From the ideas in your mindmap, create a more definite proposal for how you will install your video.
Diagram of final plan:
Add labels to clearly identify your diagram

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List the equipment you will need:

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How have the following influenced your ideas?

work of the artists you have researched

How we can make our work

different and stand out to other
exhibtions, how to use the space
we are given to make our work
look good and how to show it in
different styles.

venue and facilites

What venue will be suitable for the

work we are producing. However I
believe that an art gallery or
something similar would be better
however we are using the Red
Lion as our venue.

lighting
How we should light up our
exhibition using different colours
and tones to set a mood and make
it interesting for our viewers.

sound

Having headphones so that people

are more engaged to our
productions as well as having a
speaker playing at our exhibition to
the idea of being in a 70s
recording studio. This will in turn
draw in viewers and engage with
them by placing them into an
environment and making them feel
part of it.

screens / projectors

With all the research we have

done on artists and exhibitions we
have decided to use drum skins to
project the work we are showing
on to. It shows that we can work
with technology in an interesting
and creative way, still fitting in with
our theme of a recording studio.

speakers / headphones

We are using both speakers and

headphones. The speakers are
being used to draw in our
audience and the headphones are
for showcasing what we have put
together.

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Production schedule
Complete the production schedule for your animation. Complete one for each day of filming.

Time
Monday 20th
June

Location
Red
Lion
Hotel

Crew
Everyone

Activity
Setting up
exhibition

Monday 20th
June

Red
Lion
Hotel

Everyone

Private
exhibition

Tuesday 21st
June 15:0016:00

Red
Lion
Hotel

Patrick
Sadd

Manning
exhibtion

Wednesday
22nd June
12:00-13:00

Red
Lion
Hotel

Ollie
Macmillan

Manning
exhibition

Thursday
23rd June
09:00-10:00

Red
Lion
Hotel

Joey
Bartlett

Manning
exhibition

Hamish
Campbell

Manning
exhibition

Thursday
23rd June
11:00-12:00

Required props
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player
Drum skins,
microphone,
drum kit,
guitars,
speakers,
headphones,
reord player

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Copyright issues
What potential copyright issues could your FMP infringe?
We are using clips from other students work, possibly sound clips taken from the web that may not be
royalty free and other peoples exhibitions may share similar characteristics to our own.

How can you be certain that your work does not violate any copyright infringements?

We will have to research into other music video exhibitions and see that we are doing some unique and
different from any previously done installations.

Venue booking confirmation

Add the booking confirmation from the venue here: