Elephant Project

I’ve realised that I’ve haven’t posted anything about Elephant, so thought I’d write a little quick overview of what I did for the project.

My film was shot mostly inside lift number 6 in elephant and castle underground station. I focussed the camera on individuals as they made their way up or down. I opted to use video this time rather than stills, mainly because it helped to increase the sense of waiting and the passage of time. Also with video, I could capture the slight gestures or movements by the passengers that really gave away their discomfort of riding that lift.

In total the film runs for about 6 minutes before it repeats. 6 minutes from about 10 hours spent in that lift…mmm good ratio. It would be quite impressive for anyone actually to sit through the whole 6 minutes without breaking out into a cold sweat. For the privilege of filming in the Underground, I had to hand over 30 quid to TFL for an official looking pass. Only got shouted at a few times. The lift only broke down twice while I was in there. Now I mostly take the stairs.

I’ll do my best to try and upload the film onto this blog…