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Ashton Blyth
Ashton Blyth
Feb 4, 2022
Storyboard (live document)
Storyboard in order as I currently have it on my computer (will be updated regularly with changes). The progress of creating the...
Ashton Blyth
Feb 4, 2022
Moving Titles
With a rough version of the intro finished, I decided to start animating the text parts: Presenting... , An Ashton Blyth Animation ,...
Ashton Blyth
Feb 3, 2022
Another chapter emerges, the 'mix up'
Today I found out that I got removed from the NHS waiting list for a Gender Identity Clinic 3 and a half years ago. It's quite a hard...
Ashton Blyth
Feb 3, 2022
Preparation
This session was mainly about preparing us, for both the interim show and the assessment in less than three weeks. We discussed the...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 31, 2022
Out of proportion
So, I thought I'd made some steady progress, I was the majority of the way through having animated the first couple of shots, and then I...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 28, 2022
After I finally had a breakthrough!
Tutor: Jonathan Kearney Date: Friday 28th January 2022 I had my second tutorial with Jonathan today, it came at the perfect time where I...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 27, 2022
Vulnerability
Great scholar = great listener Experimental group tutorials: What is the biggest challenge with your work? 6 minute silence - problem,...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 26, 2022
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
Overall take from film - use of lighting and music throughout to direct the audience's attention, look at how I can use music within my...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 25, 2022
Chapterising the film (roughly)
1. Introduction General introduction to me, and add that I'm transgender 2. Family Where I was born Who I live with My extended family 3....
Ashton Blyth
Jan 23, 2022
I needed a break from editing...
… so I started to animate! As I said in my study statement, I need to interchange whether I'm editing or animating so I don't get fed up...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 21, 2022
b-arts is like the moon because...
b-arts building made out of old spaceship parts Creating little scenarios throughout the space (like with Toy Story army men)...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 20, 2022
Artist - the professional hoarder
Artist = collector (but no a hoarder) Discuss the following questions: Show each other something that is near you right now What is the...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 20, 2022
Moontopia
Images of the moon everyone brought: Building a ladder to the moon Moon still makes same dazzling impact Moonface CATS the musical moon...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 18, 2022
Bibliography
Books Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard - Alex Bertie Bertie, A. (2017) Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard Performative Acts and Gender...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 17, 2022
The intro (roughly)
In preparation for my tutorial with Jonathan, I wanted to get a rough draft of the intro completed to give him an idea of how the film...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 13, 2022
Explorer
How do you motivate yourself? Food - Justin Fear - Sophie Last minute - Vlad Getting older - Donald Part of a team - Sophie How to be an...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 10, 2022
A Place in the Middle (Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, 2014)
In the Hawaiian language, kāne means "male" and wahine means "female". But ancient Hawaiians recognised that some people are not simply...
Ashton Blyth
Jan 7, 2022
Galaxy Youth Group
During March/April I will be running an arts based programme for the LGBTQ+ Galaxy Youth Group in Stoke-on-Trent. Working with a group of...
Ashton Blyth
Dec 23, 2021
Starting to storyboard...
I've now realised I missed out a key step... story boarding. I started to just chop and edit clips within premiere seeing what would work...
Ashton Blyth
Dec 20, 2021
Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
Like flipping through another person's family photos, Boyhood is both intriguing and gripping, yet also drags a bit at times. What may...
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