Artist Statement

Here is my artist statement that I have included within my exhibition;

My final major project is based around the secret world created by photography, I feel throughout the past 4 years in which I have been doing media based courses, I have found myself working with photography more and more within projects, it is a form of art that I believe releases a new and fresh outcome on an image and throughout this process I have developed not only my photography skills but been able to show a world that is unseen to the natural eye.

The four images within this exhibition are the final outcome, of a process that has been changed and developed for one year. Throughout researching and photographing many images, it has led me to what I have called ‘The Secret World’.  The collage shows a selection of the photographs I have taken towards this project, the three enlarged images are the select images I have chosen, that demonstrates the secret world perfectly.

These photographs and the overall thought of the secret world demonstrates the idea that a photograph can capture, ‘a moment in time’ however the way these have been captured is in a way that the natural eye does not capture, creating a whole new world. Without a camera this world would be missing and go unknown.

The three enlarged photographs capture the secret world in three different ways, it is open to your imagination to take you there and the sound effects are there to enhance your experience and guide you on your journey into the secret world.

If you are interested in understanding more about the secret world and seeing my research and development, please view my online blog;
http://www.stephhodgkinson1.blogspot.co.uk/

Stephanie Hodgkinson
Final Major Project – The Secret World
HND Creative Media Production

Finished and Installed

Today I finished painting and installing my exhibition, my three main photographs, the photo collage and my artist statement have been put in my exhibition space ready for Tuesdays open evening to the public. I will set up the CD player on Tuesday afternoon. I will take photos of the evening and upload after.

Sound Effects Finished! :)

Today I finished my sound effects.
I spent the day editing, overlaying all the different sounds and making changes, but finally the soundtrack to match the photographs are finished.
The Motorway sound effects are slightly different to originally planned, I found when I was editing that I didnt want to include the medical jargon, the overlay of all the sounds builds the tension and creates an atmosphere and by including the jargon I would have to turn all the background sound down, therefore I decided to cut it completely.
The Flower and Train station sound effects are still exactly as I planned.

Train Sound Effects

Today I went to Oxford so took the opportunity to record all the callouts and atmosphere of the station to see if I could get better sounds, in comparison to the sounds I had first gathered at a different train station.
As it was bank holiday it wasnt as busy as it would normally be, but I still managed to get hustle and bustle at the Oxford station.
I managed to record great callouts, very clear platform calls and also on board callouts for tickets and the following destination.
Overall I am very pleased with the recordings and will use them all within my project.