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Critical induction

Critical Induction  The psychedelic era was a time of boundary breaking characterised by hallucinations and disorientation. It was an art style influenced by psychedelic drugs such as LSD which compliments the ‘psychedelic vibe’. It all began mid 1960’s having a massive effect on not just music but also many aspects of popular culture such as: style of dress, art and literature. Taking the generation by storm with raves becoming more and more popular to the young generation allowing them to take drugs and listen to music that complimented the drugs in such away that it was irresistible making it a target in the market and thus became the commodification of psychedelic rave whether it was printed on a t-shirt, album cover or a poster. The name “psychedelic” refers to drugs that were a hit at the time of the era, companies who try and commodify escapism by visually representing tripping out when advertising. ‘Victor moscose’ names a master of psychedelic art known best f
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Process book  Week 1  In week one we watched a few examples of some short documentary’s we also discussed different modes of documentary’s such as: Poetic Documentaries First seen in the 1920s,  Poetic Documentaries are very much what they sound like . They focus on experiences, images and showing the audience the world through a different set of eyes. Abstract and loose with narrative,  the poetic sub-genre can be very unconventional and experimental in form and content . The ultimate goal is to create a  feeling  rather than a  truth . Expository Documentaries Expository Documentaries  are probably closest to what most people consider “documentaries.” A sharp contrast to poetic,  expository documentaries aim to inform and/or persuade  — often through omnipresent “Voice of God” narration over footage  devoid of ambiguous or poetic rhetoric . This mode includes the familiar Ken Burns and television (A&E, History Channel, etc…) styles. Observational Docume
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documentary ideas

Ideas - To look into specific tattoo artist and their view on the culture of it within Brighton, and how its progressed throughout the years and become mainstream. Also looking at the recent 'Brighton tattoo convention' - Another idea was to focus on the skatepark in Brighton and what and what kind of people it brings, could also look into the history of it - Third and final idea was to focus on a up and coming artist from south London, and talk about the culture of the genre and how he has progressed in his career.
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modes of documentary

Poetic Documentaries First seen in the 1920s,  Poetic Documentaries are very much what they sound like . They focus on experiences, images and showing the audience the world through a different set of eyes. Abstract and loose with narrative,  the poetic sub-genre can be very unconventional and experimental in form and content . The ultimate goal is to create a  feeling  rather than a  truth . Expository Documentaries Expository Documentaries  are probably closest to what most people consider “documentaries.” A sharp contrast to poetic,  expository documentaries aim to inform and/or persuade  — often through omnipresent “ Voice of God ” narration over footage  devoid of ambiguous or poetic rhetoric . This mode includes the familiar  Ken Burns  and  television  (A&E, History Channel, etc…) styles. Observational Documentaries Observational Documentaries  are exactly what they sound like —  they aim to simply observe the world around them . Originating in the 1960s with
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