Monday 10 October 2011
Sunday 9 October 2011
Day 7
What we did...
- Spent all hours day and night editing the collected clips and previous rough video compositions.
- All the time looking to express all aspects of the charrettes as well as our own perspective.
- Through the piecing together of all footage and audio our narrative became apparent and we development the concept of connecting our journey of the week to a visual journey of a map around Byker encompassing everything we learnt and experienced from the Charrette.
- Completed final film that will become our main documentation of the week.
- Completed supplementary video of students at work and their comments on the projects. We decided to keep this as a separate entity to convey atmosphere of the studio and asked questions that were different to the previous line of enquiry.
Positives...
- Managed to complete a mammoth edit and collected a huge amount of information.
- Technically progressed our editing and recording techniques.
- Became immersed in Byker and what it means to the residents.
Negatives...
- Time is always an issue.
- It's a shame we were unable to become more integral to each groups progression through the project.
Conclusion...
- We found it interesting listening and analysing the recorded student audio clips.
There was a trend for often dramatising issues and situations in order to construct an argument as a basis for design solutions. We feel that certain interventions could be of benefit to the residence but the main underlying issues seem economical not architecture driven.
We hope you enjoy the film portraying our week in Byker...
John & Andy.
Saturday 8 October 2011
Day 6
What we did...
- We arranged follow up interviews over the phone with residents David, Fiona and Herbie and went to meet them in their own homes in order to better capture their opinions on Byker and our Charrette projects.
- Questions we asked them...
1. An easy question start, Tell us about one happy memory from your time in Byker?
2. What does living in Byker mean to you?
3. What one thing would you change about Byker?
4. What does the future hold for the young people of Byker?
5. If you trying to persuade someone to live in Byker what would you say?
6. Do you think the students of the Charrettes project can really understand what living in Byker is all about?
-Began moving towards a final edited film.
- We realised that we had many separate fragments of film and audio from our documenting of the week and needed a cohesive narrative in which to string them together.
- Discussed at length options for the final output of a couple of short films or one master edit.
Positives...
- We collected some really great interviews and came to know David, Fiona and Herbie on a more personal level.
Negatives...
- Interviews ran too long and a back log of other footage meant that we would be disappointed to cut the interviews short.
Friday 7 October 2011
Byker Hackers- Day 5
Today everyone was assigned to a group and a tour guide. The groups assembled within the Byker wall outside the housing office before being taken on a tour around the site. The group I was with was led by Michelle Bell and Gordon Humble who told us all about the investment that is being carried out on the site and the upgrades that will have to be made to the building as Building Regulations alter. They spoke about the involvement that the residents have with the council and everyone living within the area has had some level of involvement with the changes being made to the site. Following the site visit we were all able to gather enough information to understand the site and the issues that are being dealt with, or which haven’t been resolved yet.
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