Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Unit 35: Video Installation

Installation Production Booklet

Name:

Order of contents (italics show areas you must add in yourself)

Mind-mapping
Past and current video installation practice
Installation plans
Sketches on the content of your animation
Draft script of the animation
Installation / set skecthes
Progress of ideas
Types of visuals
Sound design
Lighting design
Projection vs screen
Single or multiple screens
Technological convergence
Possible venues
Location recce
Identify venue facilities
Risk assessment of venue
Final script
Storyboard
Cast and Crew and Production roles
Production schedule
Copyright issues
Venue booking confirmation

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Mindmap of ideas for your installation

Create a mindmap showing ideas of how you might install your video.
Define what type(s) of visuals you will use.
(Eg. video cameras, still cameras, hand crafted artwork, film, animation, digital technologies)

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Past and current video installation practice

From your research into video installation, give two examples that you think influence your work / ideas
in some way.
One should be a past practitioner, the other should be contemporary.
Contemporary Practitioner
Name:

Jessica De Muro Unspeakable

Biography

"Unspeakable" two installations by Jessica De Muro, an artist

based in Los Angeles whose work focuses on both
installation and photography. Born in Ann Arbor, MI, before
pursuing photography, she received BA in Journalism from
Michigan State University. Later, she earned an Associate
Degree in photography from Harrington College of Design in
Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from
Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. Her
current work addresses issues dealing with trauma,
dissociation, and sexual violence. In her installations De
Muro expresses a fragmented state of mind - which often
results from sexual trauma - and generates in a physical form
the compartmentalized alienation of the viewer's own body
and mind. In her installations a kinetic movement and energy
is achieved by suspended prints which brings a sense of life
to the work, giving breath not only to the pieces themselves
but also to what they represent. Addressing the emotional
consequences of rape, as opposed to the act itself, gives
viewers a unique and genuine insight commonly overlooked
when examining sexual violence.

Images

Notes on their installation

Personally I feel like her work has a message behind it and it
there to make you feel something. I think its supposed to
confuse you and make you want to understand the people in
the photos.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

How is it similar to your ideas?

The photographs themselves have nothing in common with

our installation. But in the sense of how it is being displayed it
is quite similar in the fact that it makes an image. Ours is built
up to make a iPhone for Instagram.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Past Practitioner
Name:
Biography

Annette Messager
Annette Messager (born 30 November 1943 in Berck, France) is a French visual artist. In
2005 she won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale for her artwork at the French
Pavilion.She currently lives and works in Paris, France. Messager is known mainly for her
installation work which often incorporates photographs, prints and drawings, and various
materials.Messager has exhibited and published her work extensively.

Images

Notes on
their
installatio

The above image was shown in 1995

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

How is it
similar to
your
ideas?

similar to the other installation although the images don't really relate to ours the way they
are being displayed will be similar. the sense it will be creating an image.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Installation / set sketches

Draw a series of thumbnail sketches showing ideas for your installation. Add labels to your diagrams to
identify equipment, where the image will be seen,
where the audience will stand etc.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Sound design
What sound will your FMP / Productions have?
Sound effects to represent each concept behind the images e.g. a river flowing for Ollies photos of the
riverside, camera clicks and perfume sprays for Tazs fashion/perfume shoot.

Will you use headphones or speakers for this sound?

Headphones

Why?
To block out the surrounding sound of peoples chatter and other exhibitions and make it all about our
exhibition grasping the viewers full attention

Lighting design
What lighting will you have in your installation? Consider health and safety.
L.E.D strips across the back of the display instagram page to shine through the gaps between the
photos giving a phone effect. It wont however be too close to the display to avoid hazards

Sketch out your lighting plans for the installation.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Projection vs screen
Will you project your video or play it on a screen?
Project one video on the wall aswell as the photo display and have all videos and stills on iPad screen.

Why?

Becauseusingbothisastetically
pleasingandbyusingavarietyithelps
entertaintheaudiencemore.

If you are projecting what will

you project ONTO? (ie fabric,
screen, materials etc)

Awhitesheetorboard

If you are using a screen, will you

use a single screen, or multiple
screens?

Singlescreen.

How will that change how your

audience READS your animation?

Itsmoreintimateastheyarent
focusedonmanydifferentscreens.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Technological convergence
What is technological convergence?
This is how technology has evolved and advanced over time

Will you be using this in your installation?

We will be using an iPad and projector which wasnt available in some installations a while ago as
technology had not advanced to that. We are incorporating social media which again is a somewhat
new advancement to technology.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Venues
Locate and show research into three possible venues for you to show your work.
Venue:

Red Lion

Location:

Town centre / riverside Henley on Thames

Positive aspects of this venue:

1. Popular location
2. Side room, we would have it to ourselves
3. Astetcially pleasing

Negative aspects of this venue:

1. Very limited parking

2. Not very spacious
3. Quite a distance to transport all eqiupment

Venue:

Rotherfield Hall

Location:

Top of hill Henley College Henley on Thames

Positive aspects of this venue:

1. spacious
2. lots of parking available
3. easy to transport all equipment as all will be stored at
college

Negative aspects of this venue:

1. There is an echo in the room

2. Not very aesthetically pleasing
3. Not very accessible to members of the public

Venue:

Old Fire Station

Location:

Town centre Henley on Thames

Positive aspects of this venue:

1. Very spacious

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

2. Not as expensive as other venues

3. Easily accesible to both college students and members of
the public
Negative aspects of this venue:

1. Fully booked
2. No parking
3. Its not in the centre of town so you would have to know
about the event before hand

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Location recce
Complete the location recce for the final venue.

RedLionHotelHenleyonThames
TypeofRoom/area:
Dininghall
LocationAddress:
Red Lion Hotel, Hart St,
Henley-on-Thames,
Oxfordshire

Photographoflocation

PostCode:
RG9 2AR
NearestTrainstation:
HenleyTrainStation.

Lightinginformation:
Notalotofnaturallightontheentire
space

Solutions:
Bringpluginlighting

Soundinformation:
Therewillbesoundfromotherpeoples
installationsaswellassoundsofpeople
talking

Solutions:

PowerInformation:
Therearequiteafewpowersockets

Solutions:
Bringanextensionleadjustincasetheyare
beingusedbypthergroupsortheyarentin
reach

HazardInformation:
Therewillbepeopleconstantlywlaking
aroundsowecanthavewiresetcoutas
peoplewilltrip

Solutions:
Tapewirestofloororkeepthemnehindour
set

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Risk assessment of venue

Complete risk assessment for the VENUE

RISK ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITY

HAZARD

RISK
H/M/L

PRECAUTIONS

IN PLACE

REVIEW
DATE

REVIEWER

Sarah
Low ceiling

Cables

Making
signs to
inform
others

Taping
them to
floor/ tying
them up out
of the way

Boards
falling over

Make sure they

are kept up and
durable

Yes

th

20
June

Yes
20th
June

Jake

20th
June

Please leave this section blank:

Risk Assessment checked by: Name ..

Signed

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Date

KEY:
Activity :
Describe the component part of your pursuit.
Hazard : List the things you anticipate might cause harm or the things associated with your
activity that have the potential to cause harm. Consider the likely harm.
Risk:
Assess the risk as either H (High), M (Medium) or L (Low). When concluding your
assessment consider all of the circumstances.
Precautions:
Consider what you could do to minimise / negate the risk.
In Place: Will the precautionary measures be in place at the time of the activity?
Review Date:
When would it be reasonable to review your assessment? Remember it might
be whilst you are undertaking the activity.
Reviewer: Name of the person responsible for completing the risk assessment.
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Installation plans
From the ideas in your mindmap, create a more definite proposal for how you will install your video.
Diagram of final plan:
Add labels to clearly identify your diagram

List the equipment you will need:

Table
Light
iPad
Projector no longer displaying profiles on the side, we will display 2 instagram videos
Polaroids
Sketchbooks

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

How have the following influenced your ideas?

work of the artists you have researched

venue and facilites

lighting

sound

screens / projectors

speakers / headphones

Both artists hung up the photos to

create one big story through
images. We have slightly taken
from this as we are putting
together a social media account.
Which is like a modern
interpretation of their work.

They were both displayed in a gallery

which is also what we are doing for our
installation. Photography works better
in a gallery as its where all photograpy
is shown. It gives the essence of a
high standard.

Quite dim lighting, we are doing this to

create a phone effect which although
isnt necessarily similar to the artists
idea but we are using dim lighting to
create a certain effect. Which is what
the artists we have researched have
also done.

Sound wasnt used in the

instalations we researched

Abbette Messager instead of

projecting her photos she hung them
up. We are using this in our installation
as we felt seeing the photos rather
than a projected image of the photos
worked better with photography.

This wasnt used in the installations we

researched

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Cast and Crew and Production roles

Research into each role. Define what they do, what skills they need to accomplish their task and who
will be completing the taks in your animation.
Director
Describe their job.
They are in charge of the entire making of a production.
As well as being in charge of the exhibition itself.

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Creativity and imagination
People skills
Brilliant organisational skills
Excellent time management
The ability to lead
Be able to motivate your team
Be able to make decisions confidentally
Who will be completing this task in your animation?
Gilbey

Producer
Describe their job.
They oversee the entire project and our involved in the distribution of the project.

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Good knowledge of the production process
Good people skills
Creativity
Leadersdhip and management skills
Who will be completing this task in your animation?
Ally
Set builder
Describe their job.
Build the entire set and everything surrounding the set

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Creativity
A good eye for perfection
Able to take ideas
Time management
Leadership skills
Be able to negotiate ideas

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Who will be completing this task in your animation?

Jake

Stills Photographer
Describe their job.
They take the photos to be displaed in the installation

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Eye for perfection
Creativity
Be able to negotiate ideas

Who will be completing this task in your animation?

Hamish/Jake.Dan/Taz/Holly/Ollie - everyones work we are displaying
Lighting Director
Describe their job.
They are in charge of all lighting to do with the installation

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Good management skills
Be confident with the equipment
Good eye
Who will be completing this task in your animation?
Taz

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Production schedule
Complete the production schedule for your animation. Complete one for each day of filming.
Time

Day

9am 3pm

Monday 20
June

6:30pm9pm

Activity
th

Location

Setting up
exhibition

The Red
Lion

Monday 20th
June

Private
View

The Red
Lion

11-12

Tuesday 21st
June

Gilbey at
exhibition

The Red
Lion

1-2

Tuesday 21st
June

Taz at
exhibition

The Red
Lion

12-1

Wedneday
22nd June

Ally at
exhibition

The Red
Lion

11-12

Thursday 23rd
June

Jake at
exhibition

The Red
Lion

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Copyright issues
What potential copyright issues could your FMP infringe?
Not crediting the photographers.
The music we use in the instagram videos also not being credited.

How can you be certain that your work does not violate any copyright infringements?
We will put the names of each photographer to ask if we can use certain photos as well as make sure
the audience know whos photo is whos. We will also email the music company for permission to use
their music in a video we are going to create.

Venue booking confirmation

Add the booking confirmation from the venue here:

Unit 35 Installation Production Booklet

Risk assessment of installation

Complete a risk assessment for the INSTALLATION

RISK ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITY

HAZARD

RISK
H/M/L

Lighting

Lights could
over heat
potentially
causinfg a
fire if they
are too close
to anything
flammable

PRECAUTIONS

Make sure
the lights
are at a
safe
distance
and are
turned off
when not
being used.

IN PLACE

REVIEW
DATE

YES

Please leave this section blank:

Risk Assessment checked by: Name ..
. Date

REVIEWER

20/
06/
201
6

Jake/
Gilbey
/Ally/T
az

Signed

KEY:
Activity :
Describe the component part of your pursuit.
Hazard : List the things you anticipate might cause harm or the things associated with your
activity that have the potential to cause harm. Consider the likely harm.
Risk:
Assess the risk as either H (High), M (Medium) or L (Low). When concluding your
assessment consider all of the circumstances.
Precautions:
Consider what you could do to minimise / negate the risk.
In Place: Will the precautionary measures be in place at the time of the activity?
Review Date:
When would it be reasonable to review your assessment? Remember it might
be whilst you are undertaking the activity.
Reviewer: Name of the person responsible for completing the risk assessment.
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.