Blog – Page 3 – Karyn Easton

May 08

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Little Wins #12

The Man from OFSTED – ‘Says Yeah!’ – It’s not officially confirmed yet, but we have received exciting news from OFSTED. I’m not allowed to say too much at this stage as it all needs to be formally verified, but let’s just say we received a lot of ‘outstanding’ comments about a number of key areas 🙂 We scored very highly in the area of special needs. This is something dear to my heart, as I often teach students with complex special needs such as autism, severe anxiety and ADHD. Our department welcomes these students and all of us work tirelessly to make a difference in these students’ lives. For me, it’s one of the most rewarding parts of the job.

May 08

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Little Wins #11

University Invitation to Speak at the HE Research Showcase 8th May 2024 – I had another of what I refer to as my ‘Little Wins’ today. I was invited to give a talk about my MA research paper at the University of South Devon’s annual HE Research Showcase. The screening suite is a great venue and I was really excited to be involved. One of my colleagues who works in HE remembered that I had chatted to him about my research paper and that it was primarily about AI art. The focus of the talks this year were about AI, so he notified the organiser who approached me to speak. One of my ex students was in the audience, so I asked if he would shoot a few stills and videos for me. It was a great opportunity to revisit my research paper. A number of students approached me afterwards to say that they had found my participatory talk really interesting. This made my day! Below is a quick edit of some of the clips that my ex student Kirk kindly shot for me. Hopefully a full video of the showcase will go up on the USDC college website soon, if […]

May 07

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Little Wins #10

Artists Join Me – One of my project goals was to gather perspectives about AI generated art from a wide variety of people across the arts industries. I have already begun to ask some of my colleagues who lecture in art and design and some of my students. I was also absolutely delighted when a number of high profile artists agreed to give me quotes and share their thoughts on AI art. More about this can be found on my ‘Balance of Power Book’ blogpost.

May 06

by Karyn in Experimentation, Film Production, My Work, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: Experimentation, Film Production, my work, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos

Film Concepts

Three Finished Film Concepts – When I started the journey into the production of my five minute film, I genuinely hadn’t expected to end up with three full versions! This really was not my intention. I am very tired now and yet still not completely happy. However, over the summer I do hopefully intend to work on my film making along with many other art related projects. For comparison purposes I have listed them all here. The film I chose in the end was the second film. The reason I chose it was because of personal preference coupled with small polls conducted among family and friends. On my final film page, I have listed the reasons why I rejected film number 1 and 3. Film 1 – Resolve or Evolve? The concept behind this film was simply to show my work while talking about the rise of AI. In this film, I pose the question is it possible to evolve with AI art instead of resolving never to use it? More information can be found on my film submission page. Film 2 – The Balance of Power This is the film I chose for my final […]

Apr 30

by Karyn in Film Production, Problem Solving, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: Film Production, Problem Solving, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos

Final Cut

Film Mark 2 is Finally Done – I really hated my first film so much! The audio was way too noisy and my voiceover audio really wasn’t great either. However, after making a second film, even though I still had clips missing I was feeling more satisfied. In my last tutorial, Jonathan gave me some great pointers regarding music and sound. Looking back over some of my videos, it’s now changed my whole view of them. I think if I was doing them again and adding music, I would take a much more subtle approach. I now find myself taking so much more notice of sound and audio when watching films. This whole film making exercise has been a real ‘eye opener’ for me! Jonathan suggested that possibly tweaking the music in my film might improve it. He gave me a particular tip that I really wanted to try. I went back to the drawing board and I tweaked the latter part of the audio. I slowed down the music to echo the darkening tone of the narrative. I’d never really considered the jungly tone of the piano before, but slowing down the audio really did seem to add impact. […]

Augmenting the Book

Augmenting the Balance of Power Book – As part of my body of work I felt that it was really useful to produce an explanatory book all about the ‘Balance of Power – Unity in Bits’ mobile. When I began the journey into the augmentation of the book I hadn’t really planned to shoot many clips, just enough to fill any gaps in my final film (Film Mark 2) and to give a flavour of the fully augmented book. However, as I began creating each clip I decided to go ahead and augment the full book. This needed to be done anyway as it will form part of my body of work. Once each of the pages had been augmented with video I decided to run all of the clips together to see how it looked. What I hadn’t necessarily expected was that the total length of the resulting film was just over 7 minutes. I wondered therefore, would it be possible to trim and tweak these clips to make the resulting film exactly 5 minutes? My thinking was that this would afford me yet another possibility in terms of films to choose from. I was also keen to experiment […]

Apr 30

by Karyn in Experimentation, Film Production, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, My Learning, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: Experimentation, Film Production, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, My Learning, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos

Audio Revamp

Missing Film Clips and More Audio – Today after work, I thought that I would afford myself a little break. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t take my mind off my film, so here I am at nearly midnight working on it again. I’ve got to be up for work in a few hours, but at least I wan’t feeling quite so ill today. The more I learn about sound and audio, the more I realise how little I actually know and how much there is to learn! I really can fully appreciate why film companies employ sound engineers. It is a whole art form in itself! Looking back I really wish that I’d paid more attention at college to film and sound. Thirty years ago I was much more interested in just pure photography and photographic techniques, but fast forward to the present and now I am somewhat regretful. There’s just so much that I still want to learn and so much that I want to achieve, I think this latest bout of feeling poorly has really made me reflect. However, enough of the self pity this will not help me finish my film. Tonight as I’m just about to go […]

Apr 30

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James Lake – Artist Talk

Amazing What Can be Done With Cardboard – Today we were very privileged to have the amazing James Lake giving a talk on campus. A friend of mine had previously introduced me to his work, so I was really excited to meet him in person. His cardboard sculptures are absolutely stunning! We were also really privileged because we were the first people to see his newly animated film. James had worked with an animation company to animate one of his cardboard sculptures that was based on himself. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link to show this as he hasn’t gone public with it yet, but it really was superb! Below I have posted a selection of slides for reference. A Selection of Slides

Apr 23

by Karyn in Artists, Augmented Reality, Film Production, Final Major Project, My Work, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: Artists, Augmented Reality, Film Production, Final Major Project, my work, Unit 3 Blogs

Balance of Power Book

Concept, Rationale and Reasoning As part of my overall body of work, I decided to fully augment a large square art book. This book contains images of the ‘Balance of Power’ mobile along with examples of some of the surface patterns used in its creation. However, most importantly it helps to explain both the rationale and concept behind the piece itself. At the start of the project I wanted to gather many views from across the arts, about AI generated art. Over the last few years it has become increasingly evident that people involved in the arts industry have both wittingly and unwittingly been exploited by the big tech giants. This is not only true for the artists who have had their work taken often without knowledge and consent, but also for the image/data ‘taggers’ at the ‘bottom of the food chain’ who facilitated all of this. I figured that in the first instance enlisting the help of more well known artists might help encourage voices of others, thus creating a snowball effect. Therefore, in the initial stages I approached some of my favourite more famous artists and invited them to comment on their feelings regarding AI generated art. I […]

Apr 22

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Tutorial #6

Mobile Logistics and Film Sound – I had a really interesting tutorial with Jonathan today. We discussed the logistics surrounding my mobile and the ways in which people could access the augmented reality without actually being told what to do. One of the ways in which this might be achieved is to place small QR codes onto each of the active elements of the mobile. That way when people point their phones at the mobile they will naturally invoke the augmented reality. I really like this idea and over the next few weeks I will definitely trial this. On the back of our conversation I am also going to try and stay until at least Wednesday night of the show so that I can see how the vibe and atmospheres change between the bustling private view and a more normal and quieter gallery day. As I’ve noted in my blog before, I have often compared my work to that of a couple of other students from last year. I felt that my work was really falling short and as a result I have been feeling so dissatisfied with what I’ve done. Jonathan suggested that maybe the music could be improved […]

Little Wins #12

Little Wins #11

Little Wins #10

Film Concepts

Final Cut

Augmenting the Book

Audio Revamp

James Lake – Artist Talk

Balance of Power Book

Tutorial #6

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