Final Piece

I am very happy with this as a whole, and feel that the two themes work well together. I feel that there is still room for expansion, therefore in later projects I could develop another section to the animation if it is appropriate.

Music

I chose 'In The Mood' as my final choice of music (the same music as I had used with the previous project). This is because I wanted to continue with the idea of a homely environment and look at using cakes in the animation again. In the presentation, the topic of the Women's Institute came up, which I will research.

Edits of animation- Various Steps (Forming an animation from a series of stills)

This is a very rough cut of a section of the animation. It is quite slow, as I decided to speed the pace up later in production.

Final Idea

As my previous stop-frame animation was so successful, I have decided to continue with this. After presenting this to my tutors and peers, it was felt that this idea could be expanded upon. I am going to expand my stop-frame animation from a previous project and relate the next part to LOVE.

Development

After looking at all of my research together on this blog, I have decided to look at using household objects to spell out LOVE and words relating to LOVE.

Shoot 1

Food Glorious Food

Je ne veux pas travailler

Qui a le droit

Ideas

I am thinking of expanding on the idea from my poetry project. I used a home environment as a setting and used objects commonly found in the home as a main focus. I am thinking of using cupcakes as a 'canvas' - drawing and writing onto them to create a series of stills.

Cindy Mcintyre

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irinaloveangel (photobucket.com)

Inspiration

http://thetrueloveproject.com/

I like the way this photographer portrays raw emotion within the subjects rather than a painted-on smile or fixed pose.

The Idea of Love

Most people have an idealistic view on love, forgetting the possible problems that love entails. I may look at these people to give me inspiration for my final piece.

Materialism

I may choose materialism as my form of love to look at. I would photograph people with the objects/brands that are special to them and possibly present them as adverts for the specific thing. Or I could have the object/brand cropped out of the image, leaving the viewer to guess.

Variations of Love

Love :

• Between family members
• Of a person
• Between friends
• Of a place
• Of a celebrity
• Of a pet
• Of a sport
• Of material objects

Flowers

(http://www.smithersoasis.com/)

Places Associated With Love

Tennis Scoring sourced from uk.answers.yahoo.com

The origins of the 15, 30, and 40 scores are believed to be medieval French[citation needed]. It is possible that a clock face was used on court, with a quarter move of the hand to indicate a score of 15, 30, and 45. When the hand moved to 60, the game was over. However, it was realized that the game could then be won by luck, so the idea of "deuce" was introduced. To make the score stay within the "60" ticks on the clock face, the 45 was changed to 40. Therefore, if both players have 40, the first player to score receives ten and that moves the clock to 50. If the player scores a second time before the opponent is able to score, they are awarded another ten and the clock moves to 60. The 60 signifies the end of the game. However, if a player fails to score twice in a row, then the clock would move back to 40 to establish another "deuce"[4].

Another theory is that the scoring nomenclature came from the French game jeu de paume (a precursor to tennis which used the hand instead of a racquet). Jeu de paume was very popular before the French revolution, with more than 1,000 courts in Paris alone. The traditional court was 90 ft in total with 45 ft on each side. When the server scored, he moved forward 15 ft. If he scored again, he would move another 15 ft. If he scored a third time, he could only move 10 ft closer.[citation needed]

The origin of the use of "love" for zero is also disputed; it is possible that it derives from the French word for "the egg" (l'œuf) because an egg looks like the number zero.[5][6] "Love" is also said to derive from l'heure "the hour" (more likely to be translated as "the time") in French. Another possibility of the origin comes from the Dutch expression iets voor lof doen, which means to do something for praise, implying no other reward (so monetary gain would be zero). The word 'lof' has changed over time to 'love'.[7]

Price Tags

I am thinking of having price tags hanging off of things associated with love, for example flowers, chocolates, jewellery etc within a photograph.

The Price of Love

I am thinking of looking at how love means nothing to a tennis player, how love means everything to some people and how commercialism has put a price on love. I will produce a photography-based final piece, and may look at a stop frame animation aspect of the project. I may also look at places associated with romance but have completely contrasting objects or events as the main focus of the image. 

Valentine's Day

There are many commonalities in the ways different cultures celebrate Valentine's Day. Flowers, candy, and greeting cards are among many universal symbols of the holiday

Valentine's Day - a day that represents love and romance- is celebrated on February 14th in most English speaking countries around the world. In modern times Valentine's Day is largely considered a "Hallmark Holiday," due to the robust amount of commercialism associated with the day. But St. Valentine's Day does have religious origins at its roots.

A Brief History of Valentine's Day

It is said that Valentine's Day is named after two specific Christian martyrs, both named Valentine. The first is Valentine of Rome, and the second is Valentine of Terni. Oddly enough, there are limited connotations of romance attached to these two Christian martyrs.

Since the 19th century, Valentine's Day has been represented by the winged cupid, rather than any saints or religious icons.The association of romantic love and Valentine's Day is said to begin in England during the Middle Ages, when courtly love sprouted. And by the 1800s, Valentine's Day was widely popular among all social classes in Great Britain. It was around that time that Valentine's Day cards originated.

 
(sourced from suite101.com)

Love and Hate

It is said that there is a fine line between love and hate, as both are very strong emotions. I may look deeper into this theory to develop some ideas. I am thinking of photographing people with something/someone they love or hate.

Valentine's Day Customs in France (sourced from lost-in-france.com)

An old Valentines day custom in France and now officially banned was called the "une loterie d'amour" or "drawing for love". This entailed single people of all ages entering houses that faced opposite each other and calling out through the windows till eventually they paired off with each other. The male suitor if not particularly attracted to his partner would leave her and the women left single would build a large bonfire and ceremoniously burn images of the men that had deserted them whilst simultaneously hurling abuse and curses at the ungrateful men. Though this was probably very therapeutic for the rejected women inevitably it was a practice that soon became out of hand and was eventually banned by the French government.

In France Valentines cards are called cartes d'amities, the first recorded Valentines greeting was supposed to have been sent by the Duke of Orleans, a Frenchman who was held prisoner in the Tower of London after his capture at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. During his imprisonment the young duke is said to have sent poems & love letters to his wife in France.

It is also traditional for religious pilgrims in France to travel to St Valentin a pretty village in Indre that is named after St Valentine. These days the village holds many events and ceremonies dedicated to Valentines day including marriage vow renewals.

'The Language of Love'

According to many, French is the language of love and Paris is the city most associate with love. I am going to look into this further by experimenting with using French language in early ideas and possibly basing an idea on France and French culture.

Oxford Dictionary Definition of Love

Love

noun

[mass noun]

• 1 a strong feeling of affection:babies fill parents with intense feelings of love their love for their country
• a strong feeling of affection and sexual attraction for someone: they were both in love with her we were slowly falling in love
• affectionate greetings conveyed to someone on one's behalf: give her my love
• a formula for ending an affectionate letter:take care, lots of love, Judy
• 2 a great interest and pleasure in something:his love for football we share a love of music
• 3 [count noun] a person or thing that one loves:she was the love of his life their two great loves are tobacco and whisky
• British informal a friendly form of address:it's all right, love
• (a love) informal used in affectionate requests:don‘t fret, there’s a love
• 4 (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) a score of zero; nil:love fifteen[apparently from the phrase play for love (i.e. the love of the game, not for money); folk etymology has connected the word with French l'oeuf 'egg', from the resemblance in shape between an egg and a zero]