OUR FILM-
THEME: Rebellion
SUBJECT: anti-art, risk, absurd, authority
VISUALS: inspiration from The Rebel Bear, Banksy, political street art in Melbourne and general everyday graffiti
SOUND: hustle and bustle of life, ambient street sounds, interspersed with periods of quiet and one individual in isolation
TITLE: pending
ROLES: we are all sharing the roles of producer, photographer and editor equally so that we can understand what goes into each role and learn more about film-making as we work
RISK+ABSURD+ANTI-ART
- vandalism, laws/legality, challenging comfort zone
- Dadaism, nonsense words, randomness
- Dadaism, graffiti, political messaging, Banksy
EXAMPLES-
Banksy 
Banksy 
Banksy 
Banksy 
West Bank wall art 
more graffiti on the West Bank separation wall
OUR PLAN-
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where, don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
Above are the words we are planning on graffiting because they come from a song that was popular during Jersey’s occupation and it also relates to lockdown, loneliness, and feelings of isolation.
We planning to create a soundscape made up of ambient beach and weather noises, mixed with sounds of large groups of people talking switched with silence, to represent the difference between before and after/during quarantine.
ARTIST REFERENCES-
BANKSY-
Banksy is a world-famous British anonymous street artist, who uses a distinctive stenciling technique to reveal strong political messages and question society and its issues. His works often sell at auctions for hundreds of thousands of pounds, even millions, but other times they are defaced within hours of being painted on public streets. He has been described as the trigger for a cultural revolution, making graffiti and street art not just mindless vandalism but a legitimate art form worth money and attention. A concept, “the Banksy effect” has even been created by journalist Max Foster, describing how other street artists have also grown and gained fame due to Banksy’s success. His anonymity has led to an almost cult-like following f fans who track his every visible move and treating his work as the highest of art forms.
EXAMPLES-
THE REBEL BEAR-
The Rebel Bear (also known as the Scottish Banksy) is an anonymous Scottish street artist who created lots of street art during lockdown and quickly became well known for his often political monochrome graffiti. He says that his work is “not strictly legal”, and apparently goes out in the middle of the night to avoid being noticed or caught by the authorities. His art often has strong political messaging, relating to many contemporary issues like the pandemic, climate change, or the general state of humanity.
EXAMPLES-
MELBOURNE’S POLITICAL GRAFFITI-
Even more anonymous street art, this time over is Melbourne, Australia, well-known for painting enormous street artworks with strong political messages. The work is almost always highly political, but recently a lot of it has been painted over or taken down, to the outrage of many residents and the artists, who feel as though their freedom of speech is being targeted.
