2 way mirror

I've managed to blag a free bit of 2 way mirror/glass for the next step of my practice. I'm interested in moving the '4 minute' women forward by placing them in front of a mirror rather than the camera len's to see how they change, it will obviously form a different relationship between the subject and the viewer, does subject also become viewer (of self)? does she become more animated or more comfortable with the familiarity of self looking back at her? does it then create a 3 way relationship between subject, subjects reflection and viewer behind the mirror, the lens? Ive had to do research on how to actually light it, it needs darkness behind the camera, well light in front, lighting the actual subject as bright as poss. am going to experiment with black fabric over camera to see if that works before i start building myself a black box!!

Good tutorial with Gill Addison

Good tutorial with Gill Addison this afternoon. Looked at the idea of '4 minute woman' being a cinematic film, a durational piece, I've already put it together like that on DVD and like the idea, will continue filming then try it out.
Also getting an understanding, thanks to Gill's help, of my practice at present being about 'being looked at'. Am just gonna keep pushing forward and deeper.

Technical ability!

Am looking at improving my technical ability! Am playing around with my camera equipment along with using iMovie and iDVD to all help me get a more professional finish to my videoed pieces. I am also considering lighting and setting of filming. For '4 minute women' (new title- previously 'naked 4 minute women') I wanted it to be inside with natural daylight so had to make sure I filmed each woman around similar time of day and had to rebook a few when the day turned out to be dull grey sky's.
I'm also questioning the installation of each piece more and how that affects the way in which I film. For '4 minute women' I am looking at projecting the video large scale onto Walls so the quality of the film needs to be really good so I don't loose detail, which is very important- wrinkles and twitches need to be seen! The room will also need to be very dark.
I'm considering if any of the videoed pieces could be shown in a cinematic situation and if so then a high quality DVD with titles and sound need to be considered.
I think all of these considerations will help me pull my practice up a level to being in line with my critical thinking.... Well, that's the intention!!

Feminism & Postfeminism

Have just started reading 'The Routledge Companion to Feminism & Postfeminism' by Sarah Gamble, it seems so far to be easy to read and looks like it has just what I need, an all round introduction...

'Naked 4 min women'

Its interesting seeing whats coming out of filming the women without makeup...not only can you see insecurity in some but there is a real sense of age in the performances as a whole. I see the younger women actually as more uncomfortable without their makeup which is the opposite of what i'd expected to see.
Am thinking of ways to install the performance/video, i am thinking about projecting large, onto 4 walls of a room/gallery, showing young opposite older woman. Will have to set up and experiment...if i can get a bookable space....like sometime in the next few weeks ha!!!!??????