assesment

Just finished the assesment and it confirmed my suspicions, the animated puppet is a little distracting, it removes some of the elements of the actual film piece which is more powerful due to the sound and motion.

As statement to the piece, the following is a descriptionof what I want to achieve with it.

'he' is heavily inspired by the community outings with ARC and Youth Point. During the 'Big Day Out' when we visited the Big Wheel at the Albert Dock shortly followed by the Yellow Duckmarine, I noticed the community enjoyed the interation between the different generations. Afterwards (by a few days) there was a little get together reviewing the day out with the community with tea, snacks and games, it was then that I learnt of The Ghost of The Cinder Path. The story has some variation and the older generation seem to have more experience of its sightings. Mostly the ghost is of a male in a flat cap and blazer vanishing up the path where he was killed by the railway.
The film piece is based upon the experience of a haunting, the questioning of the reality, and sense of loss. The puppet created as a physical representation of this lost spirit is choreographed represents the mind of the audience. Is the Cinder Path really haunted or is a function of our inner minds tricking us into believe in it?

The fact that I am now removing the animation from the film is also statement to a feeble mind as they pass by once, the film un-noticed, but at a different point curiosity brings to focus the audience and straight to the description of the piece once again leading to a deception. Is there something in the film representing the ghost? The answer, yes, the perspective of the audience especially during the slight pause where a spec of dust outside the screen may be interperated as a ghostly orb.

This links back to my initial thoughts at the beginning of every project, I love the audience's perspective on a work of art, then to eliminate what they expect lead to a detemination to find it, and they will. To shock is the most satisfying aspect of modern art.