Future Grower Trailer

I handed in all my work last Monday - so I've officially finished my degree!! Wooo!

This is the trailer I made for our exhibition which is opening this Tuesday evening in sunny Falmouth. If you're around then come and see our work! Click here for more info.



I'm also showing my work in Bristol between the 6th & 14th July at the RWA, more info here.

Lunchtime Film

This is the film I shot on the same day as the stills in the last post. Pretty sure the final piece won't have music, but it's a little weird watching it without... so enjoy! And yes that's icing sugar been sprinkled on carrots and parsnips - inspired!

Life on a Farm Intro

So this is the introduction piece I handed in for the most recent assessment.

I'm not entirely sure what I think of it any more as it turned out a lot more commercial than I had envisioned... I'm hoping that the final piece for my hand-in in May will have gone in a different direction... So yes, enough waffle. Let me know what you think;

 

AfterEffects Wizardry

So I spent last Friday evening geeking it out and watching AfterEffects tutorials online. I wanted to create a title page something like on this video (Skip to 1:00 for the title sequencey bit)

So after watching this tutorial on repeat for the last couple of hours...

 

 I finally did it! It's still a little rough and I still can't find a font I like - but here it is;

Winter Days

Here's a little clip of some footage that I've gathered over the past couple weeks;

It's just a rough edit of some of the footage I've gathered so far which shows the quietness and stillness of the farm over winter. Let me know your thoughts!

Cusgarne Apple Pressing

I returned to Cusgarne Farm last week to record some film footage and an interview with Greg and I managed to catch their annual apple pressing! They make and sell pressed apple juice from their own orchards, and I can honestly say after sampling some freshly pressed that afternoon that its some of the best I've had! Here are some stills from the footage I captured which show part of process;

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Carrot Portraits

So here's some shots from yesterday's shoot in the studio. I'm not all that used to shooting in a studio setup and I've got a lot to learn. I am looking at comparing the products sold in supermarkets, and those sold from Cusgarne Farm's shop. So here are some of the more weird and wonderful looking carrots that wouldn't have made it to the supermarket shelves but are just as tasty, if not more!

Cusgarne Farm

So here starts a new year and a new project! I'm looking at organic farming and today was my first shoot. Over the summer I visited Cusgarne Organic Farm, a local family run farm between Falmouth and Truro. They grow fruit and veggies (pretty much every type you've ever heard of and quite a few you haven't!), keep a herd of beef cattle and about 100 chickens. Here's my first selection from today;

It was pretty great to be out shooting again and I'm excited for what this project holds in store!

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Sneak Preview

Here's a clip of part of the final video of this project. I've been spending the last week rendering and re-rendering timelapses and collecting some extra footage. This coming week I'm working with my housemate to make a soundtrack for it, and the final video should be ready to upload by Friday! I can't wait!



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Bluebells

So after a long wait the bluebells in Cornwall are out in all their glory. I went down to Enys Gardens, home to the largest area of open parkland bluebells in the country. I primarily did some filming and a couple of timelapses, but here are some macro shots that I couldn't resist taking.

If you can make it down there, by this weekend you should see them fully opened. http://www.enys.co.uk/index.html

Frogspawn!

So on the way back from my 3rd trip to B&Q in 2 days, I spotted a huge pile of frogspawn in a muddy and almost dried out puddle.

I took a sample and have set up a timelapse on it overnight. I doubt it will do much in these early days, but I want to capture the growth from right at the beginning. Here's the camera set up;

On the lightbulb front, I've made headway at last! I found a suitable fitting and with the use of a timer I can have it on fixed time settings and fingers crossed it will not overheat! (Many thanks to the technicians and the Campus Electrician) I'll be setting up the rest of the timelapses which needed the daylight bulb in the next few days.

Timelapse Backgrounds

I've been out shooting backgrounds for my timelapses to be shot against today. Here are the final ones that'll be printed tomorrow...

Hope the out of focus-ness doesn't mess with your eyes too much!

All images ©Lydia Harris 2012

Clouds

I'm pretty excited to announce that my certificate and badge arrived in the post to officially welcome me as member 28,415 of The Cloud Appreciation Society. Here is a timelapse I made whilst I was appreciating clouds... enjoy!