Jordan Smith
The Drifter: Short Clip
As I was unable to build and film these scenes in the studio I had to compromise and do it at home due to the lockdown. This meant I wasn’t able to film the scenes in the way I initially intended. To combat this I did my best with the equipment I had to show some footage of what I wanted to produce.
Prague Quadrennial: Creative Playground "The audience was invited to observe and interact with a team of "Future Makers" in a circular space that sat between a factory and a gameshow. An endlessly recurring process to build a future utopia is activated by chance and imagination, and overseen by a mysterious authority figure."
Prague Quadrennial: Future Utopia At the begging of 2019 I was chosen alongside eight others to represent students throughout the country at Prague Quadrennial 2019, working with the Society of British Theatre Designers. We had to design and create an exhibition which represented the future for performance design students, the idea we revolved around was that the future is in our hands and we are able to do with it as we please.
Einstein’s Dreams: Technical Drawing Having a technical drawing was a big help when building my models. Being able to refer back to the measurements of each piece of the build and being able to build a white card models to understand the composition and positioning of a model.
Einstein’s Dreams: Tea House “Height has become status. When a person from his kitchen window must look up to see a neighbour, he believes that neighbour will not become stiff in the joints as soon as he, will not lose his hair until later, will not wrinkle until later, will not lose the urge for romance as early” (Lightman, 2012)
Einstein’s Dreams: Mountain We were set a catalyst which was a verse from the book Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman. I found that the story of ‘April 26th, 1905’ (Lightman, 2012) inspired me the most, as it depicts a world in which the further away people became from the earth’s centre, the slower time passed.
Einstein’s Dreams: Rhino Render Before modelling I created renders using Rhino to give me an understanding of the size and scale I was working with the composition I was going to set the buildings in.
The Drifter: Saloon Scene This project was designed around a western script with a modern/dystopian twist which meant the cowboys and bandits were construction workers living underground working on the railways. These scenes were designed with theatre like sets.
Designing “The Drifter” Before I built my sets for The Drifter, I spent a module designing all the scenes and costumes. My catalyst for this module was the first act of a western script a close friend of mine had written for his dissertation. To take a twist on the western genre I decided to design the western in the tunnels of the London underground
The Drifter: Train Scene The second scene I built was replicating a tube train with the theatre theme, which meant I stripped back the walls and anything unnecessary to the scene. The Drifter, is main character of the story so I decided to keep some key western motifs in his character.
Jordan Smith
Multi-disciplinary artist/designer
I am a multi-disciplinary artist/designer with a BA (Hons) in Design for Performance. Throughout my academic career, I have had the opportunity to work at music festivals and work on an exhibition in another country. My ambition to pursue a career with the film and production industry is continuously growing. I completed my degree at Birmingham City University and I am now looking to gain as much experience as possible. I have a passion for creativity and bringing ideas to life and love experimenting with different formats to find new approaches and innovative concepts.