After listening to Tom Pope talk about his work at the Jersey Societe we were faced with the challenge of coming up with our own idea’s to create a piece of film in St Malo. I gathered into a small group where we brainstormed ideas of what we would like todo in St Malo. We agree’ed that we didn’t want to over plan as we needed it to have some spontaneity however we did decide on some ideas;

Buying a bunch on roses from a local supermarket and walking through the middle of town and handing out these roses to people as a kind gesture. I am looking forward to seeing the public’s reaction to this gesture, as it is something that we have no control over. I also really like the idea of getting the public to interact with our work as it creates excitement.

Another idea was to bring along the prop of an inflatable ball. With this prop a number of idea’s branched off of it. We would stand in the middle of a public space, for example out side of all of the restaurants and we would play catch with this ball. However we would pretend that the ball is really heavy. This game needs to include improvisation. I think some of the best work comes from improvisation as it creates something unexpected. From this game, action pictures can be captured of the people playing the game, and also picture’s of the public walking around us- and how they react to us playing this game in the middle of the street. Another idea from the ‘ball prop’ was the idea of letting the ball roll down the hill whilst someone runs after it, this is a very simple idea but in St Malo the flooring is all cobbled stones and the walls are man made, therefor the shot will be very rich in detail.

One other idea from our brainstorm was to bring a large blanket and lay it out in the middle of the street. On this blanket a couple of us would sit down and meditate. We would film the whole  setting up of the meditation area and the mediation. The camera would stay in the same position throughout the whole performance so it can capture the audience walking past an the audience’s reaction.

In our time in St Malo, whilst doing our original ideas I would also like to do the ideas that we think of spontaneously in St Malo, these ideas could include found objects or a scenery. My main interest in this project, is seeing the public’s reaction to our performances as I think this is a very naturalistic thing.