This project was so much fun for me:
I once again had the sense of accomplishment from a film project when we watched the finished one minute clip on the projection screen.
I had never used celluloid film before this--and playing around with it was so interesting! The dark room was hard to navigate at times and this was really a trial run for me to figure out what kinds of things would work and what kind of things wouldn't.
I used to be a studio art major, so the painting on the film was more my element, as well as drawing on it. That was so cool! I never realized how much time it took of drawing nearly the same thing over and over again on several feet of film to get only a few seconds of animated images. But the effect at the end was rewarding for me.
This is relevant because we understand the history of film and what changes had to occur for the film industry to get to where it is today... All of the mistakes, which turned into meaningful mistakes, which reformed the norms of filmmaking.
Also, like the media fast, it helps us appreciate how much we have to learn from others and the space available for forging our own mistakes appears limitless.
I have discovered that as a filmmaker, I would like to explore the world of animation a bit further.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Hand painting
I think the hand-painting on film strips is more fun to create than to watch. Although these projects are delightful during several minutes of "exciting" painted matter, it's difficult to remain attentive after about two minutes. But, when you as a filmmaker begin with a vision inside your head and watch it transform from your fingertips onto film, and then watch the final product in real-time, the experience is more exhilarating.
I was originally a Studio Art major, so this task for our first film will be enjoyable for me. Hopefully the outcome will be rewarding, as well.
I was originally a Studio Art major, so this task for our first film will be enjoyable for me. Hopefully the outcome will be rewarding, as well.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Synesthesia and Cymatics
Synesthesia
I have heard about synesthesia before, but I'm not sure where. The closest my experience has gotten to synesthesia has been either when I've stayed up too late reading and the words start turning colors, or when I'm getting a migrane.
I think that synesthesia is such an intelligent phenomenon of the neurological impulses; perhaps those who learned certain subjects would not have been able to with out their case of it! Although that is difficult to determine, imagine if natural selection occurred and that was the normal thing for a brain to do to learn more effectively and efficiently. People could potentially learn more languages, subjects, or sports--and it would be a common occurrence!
Maybe through studies and film experiments this neurological phenomenon could be acquired as a child watching TV programming. Like Little Einsteins (or is that the attempt already in process?).
Cymatics
Does cymatics (the visualization of soundwaves) have to be scientific? Could a soundwave be subjective? Perhaps there is a specific pattern in each soundwave moving through space, but like two people cloud-gazing, they perceive it as a different experience.
This creates a spark of curiosity inside my head because this is the way film should be portrayed and discussed--how else would we learn about human experience! I remember coming to UNCW with ideals about how music videos are ultimately the most powerful for of media through the art of persuasion...
ethos--
Are there subtitles/PSA type music video? Credits with information at the end?
pathos--
Thanks, Sarah McLaughlin.
logos--
Logistics/linking research and topic back to thesis
When sound and image syncopates on film, the creator has the opportunity to create a powerful impact through their use of editing. But, both aspects have to be on their game: both song and editing must have a climatic point of power, i.e. key change. Top five songs with amazing key changes/peaks (don't judge, this is purely on the key change's impact):
5) "Thong Song" - Sisqo
4) "Love Story" - Taylor Swift
3) "Shake It Out" - Florence and the Machines
2) "Countdown" - Beyonce
1) "Old Pine" - Ben Howard
With "Livin' On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi as an honorable mention
I believe we as a generation could further cymatics as the visualization your mind creates when listening to moments of impact, almost like living out your own personal music video.
I have heard about synesthesia before, but I'm not sure where. The closest my experience has gotten to synesthesia has been either when I've stayed up too late reading and the words start turning colors, or when I'm getting a migrane.
I think that synesthesia is such an intelligent phenomenon of the neurological impulses; perhaps those who learned certain subjects would not have been able to with out their case of it! Although that is difficult to determine, imagine if natural selection occurred and that was the normal thing for a brain to do to learn more effectively and efficiently. People could potentially learn more languages, subjects, or sports--and it would be a common occurrence!
Maybe through studies and film experiments this neurological phenomenon could be acquired as a child watching TV programming. Like Little Einsteins (or is that the attempt already in process?).
Cymatics
Does cymatics (the visualization of soundwaves) have to be scientific? Could a soundwave be subjective? Perhaps there is a specific pattern in each soundwave moving through space, but like two people cloud-gazing, they perceive it as a different experience.
This creates a spark of curiosity inside my head because this is the way film should be portrayed and discussed--how else would we learn about human experience! I remember coming to UNCW with ideals about how music videos are ultimately the most powerful for of media through the art of persuasion...
ethos--
Are there subtitles/PSA type music video? Credits with information at the end?
pathos--
Thanks, Sarah McLaughlin.
logos--
Logistics/linking research and topic back to thesis
When sound and image syncopates on film, the creator has the opportunity to create a powerful impact through their use of editing. But, both aspects have to be on their game: both song and editing must have a climatic point of power, i.e. key change. Top five songs with amazing key changes/peaks (don't judge, this is purely on the key change's impact):
5) "Thong Song" - Sisqo
4) "Love Story" - Taylor Swift
3) "Shake It Out" - Florence and the Machines
2) "Countdown" - Beyonce
1) "Old Pine" - Ben Howard
With "Livin' On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi as an honorable mention
I believe we as a generation could further cymatics as the visualization your mind creates when listening to moments of impact, almost like living out your own personal music video.
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