After considering the time I have left, and the equipment/ facilities available to me, I have available to me, and after researching and developing my idea, I have decided that I will do an installation including two films, instead of three.
One of the films will be shots of a bed, and of a person sleeping in the bed, and they will be displayed on the television screen. This represents the person and how, when in a nightmare or an episode of sleep paralysis a person is trapped within the 'nightmare'. The camera will be placed above the bed voyeuristically, to represent how sometimes while having sleep paralysis another 'presence' is sometimes felt in the room.
The projection video will be a film, reminiscent of the type of film created by painting on, or scratching onto celluloid film, and I will use a software such as Final Cut Pro or After Effects to create flashing, quick-moving geometrical patterns, which will be similar to some of the Hypnagogic Hallucinations seen in sleep and during episodes of Sleep Paralysis.
This idea, instead of creating three films to be shown in three simultaneous projections, will be more effective at reaching an audience, as I feel that the smaller, more personal/compact size draws them in, as well as the fact that while people try to focus on the images on the television screen, the flashing and confusing images of the projector, (which will be projected over the television,) will lead to confuse and disorient audiences, as they have difficulty focusing on the main point of the installation.
I am now also going to inquire about rooms and locations in university in which I can display the installation.
