PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATION: INFLUENCES & WORK

As the first session for the course proper we were asked to bring in Pecha Kucha style presentation of 20 slides of my work and influences. This was a really interesting start as it made me really consider my own work, experiences, what inspired and influenced me and obviously start an internal (and external) dialogue of possible directions for my MA in Arts practice. The presentation I made was a moving image one and it is below with a list of what the influences work were underneath.

1. Collective cinema going experience. Still from Cinema Paradiso
2. A Life Illuminated. Clip from a documentary I made on country's oldest cinema projectionist.
3. John Alton cinematographer. Wrote seminal book "painting with light" and still of his work.
4. Night Mail clip. Hugely influential genre busting documentary by Basil Wright & Harry Watt.
5. High Rise. Interactive on-line documentary exploring 13 cities around world from their rooms.
6. Fallen Angels. Film by inspirational Wong Kar Wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
7. Oliver Jeffers. Childrens author and illustrator. I am a huge fan of his mood, tone and style.
8. Animation clip from A Life Illuminated. I work in multiple styles and this is an animation.
9. The Possibilities Are Endless. Amazing poetic documentary about Edwyn Collins.
10. 3 Stages of Love. An idea for a documentary about the nature of love through my Grandma.
11. Lets get Lost. Beautiful and heartbeaking documentary by Bruce Webber about Chet Baker.
12. Siblings. Idea for a documentary/installation I am developing on my sons sibling relationships.
13. My Winnipeg. Bonkers, creative and highly stylistic documentary by Guy Maddin.
14. The Door Into The Dark. Immersive, bespoke, installation documentary about getting lost.
15. Type faces. I come from a graphic design background as well as TV and love fonts.
16. Graffitti. I have made documentaries on the art form and couples my love of art & typography.
17. Walter Murch. Clip from apocalypse Now. An editing hero as well as film sound designer.
18. A Life Illuminated. A Re-enactment scene from my most recent work. see earlier.
19. Henri cartier Bresson. Photographer influence and his capturing the everyday philosophy.
20. The Arbor. Amazing & pioneering documentary by Clio Barnard on the life of Andrea Dunbar.