48 Hour Smartphone Challenge

Our new first year have been asked to use their smartphones create a 2 minute digital media work as a fun activity for Induction Week.  

They have been asked to explore their relationship to the environment and each group group of three will research into artists, filmmakers, factual information, literature or other relevant sources to come up with a concept by using the wonderful UCA library as well as searching online.

We've told them that their moving image work could be linked episodes of short videos, animations or a series of stills and their challenge is to use at least one of their favourite apps to capture or manipulate their material but to use them more critically and to reflect on how they are used on social media for representation and interaction.

“When I was young, most people just assumed the permanence of the fragile system which we were living in. Now we cannot deny the interconnectedness of everything we do” Olafur Eliasson.

We are excited to see what they do tomorrow. Check back here to see what they come up with... 

And here they are...  https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/48hoursmartphonechallenge/

Two more videos from our 48 hour smartphone challenge now uploaded on our YouTube channel! Check them out below!
 

Wow wow wow! Everyone made an amazing attempt at the challenge and hope you all had fun. There are still some wonderful films saved locally on our archive drive to upload so this is not the end of it. So much talent in this group and we're all so excited to be working with them. Keep watching this space...