The Metamorphosis

Monday, 28 March 2011

new layout

So this is a very basic very simple depiction of how the room will look, this has been drawn by Laura Treeby and i think it makes more sense then the last drawing because we have put into consideration other flats int the building, the fact that you need a central hallway that Greater talks to Gregor from, how the fire place works within the building and where the street is, what you cant see here is the living room windows face out on to the main street, also we used some creative licencing and made it so Gregor's room looks out on to a courtyard shared by the block instead of the street, if you think about it though you cant see out of it any way so it doesn't really matter and he can still see people walking by. We added in some doors that don't work but are needed for everything to make sense and we moved the fire place. I think this all fits really well but let me know what you think as we have to show our plan to the tutor tomorrow. this is only basic I will draw it out again properly.

meeting 28/3/11

Today we didn't discus much in the meeting but we tried to mark out on the floor what the room would look like and where the walls will be altered, where doors are and where windows will placed, then how big any of these will be. during this discussion a few things were flagged up by some of the group members and basically we hadn't thought how the flat would work within a block of flats and doors and windows were placed in such a way that it just wouldn't work as a real world situation so we discussed this and have come up with a new floor plan, it keeps everything we had already decided, not much has changed its just a few windows and doors have changed around I'll put up the ruff sketch we did then do a better one on the computer and put this up (i'm sorry John that you had already done a floor plan) please have a look and if it doesn't make sense let me know or if your not happy then we can flag it up. The things we looked at for the room changes were :

Where in the block of flats was it?
What type of block of flats was it?
where is the corridor that runs beside it in the book?
Bogey doors, where to place them?
how will the layout work?

we also revisited the London Trip idea to go see the titanic exhibition, the other group has also been invited to go and I have all the information if any one is interested in going. Please let me know and I will send you all the information or you can link to the event on face book.

set building lesson tomorrow 10am

Attended the meeting:

Laura Treeby

Adam Boxall

Hannah Dersley

Emma Cross

Stuart Lennon

Sarah Longbottom

Eleanor Lewry

Emily White

Jo Ray

Jessica FitzGerald

Gregors Window

Here is a couple of sketches of what i think Gregors Window should look like, I found this art nouveau pattern in one of my books, and it looks decidedly buglike so I thought it would be cool. I dont know whether this is gonna be too complex though? And also, im having a few issues with autocad, if we are making it up to scale then what kind of measurements should I use? Just make them up lol? ahh.

Also I think I'm meant to be doing the curtains too? I havent reserched the fabrics and stuff just yet, but ive thought about some tie backs...

A couple of more Art Nouveau/bug-like designs for some curtain tie backs. i like the biggest one in the middle, it reminds me of like a larva and it looks a bit shelly and evolution-y.

meeting

So sorry I forgot to put up that we are meeting in the bar down stares today at 1 I just put the time, so if you weren't at the last meeting that is where we shall be. see you at 1

Sunday, 27 March 2011

Set

hey we are making a film set so we need to think about where the cameras would be. What are we going to do? Heres a picture i found to demonstrate what i mean. I know we have two rooms which will be joined but we need to think about access to them both with big cameras and equipment. I know that it wont actually be used for filming but it is meant to be for filming therefore we have to keep the detail level high etc so i think its worth addressing

Im in nottingham still and wont be back until tomorrow, because i couldn't attend last weeks meeting ive just been dong sketch book designs and journal work but im not sure specifically what you need me to do to contribute. As im stuck in notts would someone take notes of the meeting, and il arrange to catch up. is their anything research or design wise i would be helping out with.

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Art Nouveau Fireplaces

Hey guys I hope this is ok, but I figured as the living room seems to be mainly based around art nouveau it would be easiest for me to look at reclaimed art nouveau fire places. The plus with this is that they are cast iron so still look quite gothic but also have tiles that we can distress. Here is an image of what I have in mind:

This is a reclaimed art nouveau fireplace which I will use as inspiration for my final design. What dya think?

Heres another example:

http://www.salvo.co.uk/chimneypieces-grates/forsale-2.html#58180

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Autocad

Just thought id post this if anyone is interested. this is how you can get autocad on you own computers. link to the one you want is here

but if link doesnt open you can get to it by going to students.autodesk.com, clicking get software at the top and selecting auto cad. 32 or 64 depending on computer (I got 32-bit and works just fine). youll need to register using student email and try to leave a few hours to install and activate as it needs to be done on the same day its downloaded or you have to wait three weeks.
2011 edition works the same as the one at uca but is all different colours as a default.

thought id put this up to remind everyone about the taxidermy idea and colour schemes

Meeting 24/3/11

Hi Guys

At todays meeting we:

Had a look at the designs that had been brought along
Decided that we would use subtle bug designs in our work, e.g Bug wings carved into a chair.
In the living room we are going to use a washed out color skeam, with pinks and such colors that have been washed out over the years.
In Gregor's room we would use dark earthy colors like greens and browns
In the living room most the lighting will come from the wall lights with a little coming in through the window which glass will be slightly frosted and dirty on the outside.
Gregor's room, the light will only come in through the window (at the moment) but the window is going to be very dirty, the lighting in this room may be something we need to play with more once the flats are up.
the selling in Gregor's room will be slanted most probably towards the back of the room but we can think about this further for the next meeting.
There will be a chimney breast shoot on one of the walls in Gregor's room and we need one behind the fire place in the living room.
There is the idea of raising the floor so we can have things pocking out or broken beneath the floor boards or we could look at building a platform for the set.
John had the great idea of doing three layers for the walls in Gregor's room, 1 under coat that is all grimy and horrible with roots and lumps, 2 wall paper, 3 mold and grime. (sorry if this is not explained very well)

The other thing we talked about was going on a trip to London to visit the Titanic exhibition in the O2 arena. I think this would be a fabulous idea and we plan to go next Friday which would be the 1st of May after the presentations. The tickets are £13 but Hannah sent me to a website where the tickets are on a 2for1 offer http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/titanic-the-artefact-exhibition , so that would only be £6.50 each there may be booking charges but its better than £13 I tried to get through to the ticket agents but I kept being cut off so I will try again but I think this is our best option, also Hannah talked to the people at Chatham station and they said with 12 people as a group you get 50% off. So see what you think and let me know by Monday who wants to go to the trip on Friday and we can start sorting it out.

The next meeting will be on MONDAY at 1PM , we need final designs

Meeting Attendance