Previously I’d gained some footage from the TV that I attempted to make into a triptych as an experimentation to understand how the editing works and how the look can be achieved.
Upon reviewing the footage, and having it played side by side, it came to my attention that it held a certain appeal; it seemed more eye-catching than the previous idea of silhouetted figures, inspired by Daniel Askill. For a second opinion I grabbed one of the tutors in order to see if the aesthetically pleasing look was the same for them, seemingly the turn out was the same, and the idea was put across that I use found footage to bring forth variety and larger amounts of footage.
With the new plan going ahead, I aim to put across the feeling of worship through different aspects of my subjects. Previously mentioned with my editing experimentation, I aimed to get an array of programmes for TV to put across the idea that the public would watch anything, and a lot of the programmes that we do watch and surround us have the purpose of escapism. There are other programmes that act as a guide to how people should live their lives, dress etc. These are the certain types of TV footage that I wanted to get, as I feel it links to the Bible. The Bible acts as a guideline on how to live a full life and to be a good person, the modern form of a bible is more about self-image, a way of living and how to behave, or rather how not to behave (I.e. programmes like Big Brother that seem fond of showing people at their worst and most stupid.)
I'd spoken to one of the tutors about footage that could be gained and took the suggestion of what kind of footage I could get, specifically for football. Within the discussion I had to consider what message I was trying to put across about football and how I was going to show it. Taking all possibilities into consideration, I had to make a decision on whether I show crowds being happy, chanting, whether I show hooligans and violence or whether I were to just show the highlights of football (mainly scoring goals.)
I had to stick to my original idea of showing worship, and with that in mind I was shown various pieces of footage available online and on TV, that would allow me to show football crowds at their best and worst, how far they go in their 'religious' beliefs ( painting their bodys, tattooing themselves, to the further extremes of all out gang fights with other teams nationally and internationally.)
And finally Celebrity footage will orientate around such things as red carpet scenarios, premieres and even golden globes, showing celebrities when they're celebrated for their roles in the media, and also delving into the idea that these celebrities are idolized, stalked, copied, set as heroes in peoples eyes etc. Putting across the idea that people set celebrities as their gods.
As far as my piece is concerned, I felt that using TV as a source would also reinforce the theme of TV as one of the styles of triptych. With the ideas that are going to go into the type of footage that I want to get , and why, I feel that footage gained will convey a better and more stronger meaning behind my piece than my original plans.
