Assessment

Final pieces for Assessment

"How it felt" Film for showreel
"How it felt" Looping DVD for presentation with extra clips
Sketchbook
DVD cover
Poster
Debz Puppet
Mark Puppet
Gair puppet

“How It felt” is an ongoing video project between Deborah Chapman and Mark McGreehin. The work examines the inherent difficulties faced by sufferers of Depression as they attempt to engage with the world outside their heads; specifically the immense challenge of communicating their trials to those around them. This is something the artists have faced in their own struggles with depressive illness.

Deborah and Mark created hand puppet doppelgängers of themselves through which they speak about depression and related issues on camera. Early in the process Deborah and Mark began recording their conversations; capturing raw and unscripted perspectives. From the hours of collected audio were compiled short dialogues dealing with various aspects of their illness.

This edited sound was played back at filming locations where Deborah and Mark performed the puppets' mouth movements in time with the pre-recorded audio. The dialogue in the mouths of the puppets allows the performers to present their usually hidden thoughts to an audience remotely yet emotively.

The completed clips are to be made available to view online where the artists earnestly hope they will help sufferers and non-sufferers alike to better articulate and discuss what it is like to live with depression.

Deborah Chapman - Blog and Documentation
                             Photography
                             Creating sketchbook with her own work and Mark's combined
                             Creator of Debz puppet
                             Performer of Debz puppet and Gair puppet
                             Editor of Audio for film
                             DVD cover
                             Poster

Mark McGreehin -  Creator of Mark puppet
                            Creator of Gair puppet
                            Cameraman
                            Performer of Mark puppet
                            Harnesses
                            Lighting
                            Film editor
                            DVD

Overall input from each other through the project's process as well as help and support with ideas, equipment, planning, materials, puppeteering, and documentation.

Extra help and thanks to Aimee Stewart and Louise Mccusker.

Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQnN6ZpxSV4N1EzRj9A-zA