Monday (in college):

This morning I went in college to mount my third board against the back so that I could create a small room. Overall...

Saturday (D-Day):

This morning I was round B&Q at 8.00 am getting the boards to mount my work on: I got 6 separate boards which I taped up together with strong duck tape so I could fold it up for easy transport and be able to mount it up as 3 pieces. I also bought a hook to place my headphones on which is actually a door stop but will look good once mounted up. I then went to Hobby Craft to get a piece of A2 mounting foam board, double sided tape and whilst I was there came across a paper cutter with a guide, which I bought so that I could cut all of the photographs the same size.

Once I had got all of the things that i needed for the exhibition, I started to cut the photographs, cutting each side of every photograph one by one so I could make sure they were all the same size - This was a very tedious process and took a lot longer than expected. I then measured up on the boards the space I would be putting the photographs, leaving a 2" boarder around each side as well. Then I got the correct order and stuck them down with double-sided tape which was very fiddly and time consuming and this had to then be repeated two more times. The whole process was very long and I am glad that I decided to do it before Tuesday and overall I think it looks really good consider how difficult it was to do.

Friday...

- Continued updating evaluation

- Finished majority of sketchbook

- Started to write blurb to go alongside exhibition

Overall I am feeling stressed about the exhibition but I feel once I have got the boards to mount the photographs on and that is all done then the biggest worry for me right now is going to be out of the way.

Printing of photographs...

I searched around for printing of my photographs but found that it was very expensive for all of the photographs so in the end I was able to go to UWE and use one of their printers so all I had to do was buy glossy A4 laser photo paper, which I bought 100 sheets for around £17.00 in Staples - which I thought was very reasonable (not that I'm advertising Staples or anything!).

The print themselves are of a high quality but perhaps I feel that paper slightly let it down as it wasn't as glossy as I first anticipated. Also the prints weren't as high contrast as I expected so the background aren't really 'black' black more grey/browny tones, which is slightly disappointing. However in comparison to the printer I normally use which is Xerox laser printer I feel that the tones are more natural where as the prints I have in my sketchbook are more blue than black and the white is very bright and slightly over-powering. The perfect scenario would be for both print qualities to meet somewhere in the middle but I know nothing is ever perfect!

Wednesday...

Today I continued to create my sound piece to be played alongside the photographs shown in the exhibition. I started off by cutting audio from the video clips filmed of people watching horror films so that I could incorporate this alongside the music and sounds from the film clips themselves. One problem that has occurred is that there is a lot of swearing and strong langiage in both the film clips and the responses and I don't want to offend anyone but I feel by taking this out I am being biased as to the genuine emotion expressed which is exactly what I didn't want to do. So after some deliberation I decided to keep the swearing in but as moderate as possible so that the affect is still there but I will place a warning sign next to the ipod saying that it contain strong language.

Tuesday...

For the majority of the day I have been finishing off missed out parts in my sketchbook and drawing out exhibition plans so I know what I need to get before next Tuesday. I also started the evaluation of my project as I want to make sure this is done to the highest standard possible and I want to proof-read and re-write a few times before I reach the final copy.