Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Project 4: Power Rangers on Crack
So here it is, the final project. Pretty much I edited audio, video, screen shots and made a crazy video out of it. I dont have a good camera, or camcorder either and for some reason TCNJ doesnt let me borrow anything so I took everything I learned over the sememster and made a music video. The video is an episode of Power Rangers, with a twist. The audio was found online since im not quite a composer, however all the video editing was me, and I defineatly changed the audio to incorporate sounds, different beats... etc. This was an awesome project, and and awesome class, Ive learned so much.
Project 3: Imagine
So this video is an animation that I day dreamt... I drew every slide individually so it proved to be very time consuming, but very fun. I left it black and white because I decided thats usually how I dream... I guess. I think I couldve added more slides and actually made it the entire song, but it wouldve taken forever.
Pretty much the moral of the story is the world is going to end if we dont take care of it and live in peace... The universe is something we cant even comprehend, and last but not least, ancient civilizations (the pyrmaids, egyptians) know things about the past that either A: we dont agree with or B: just havnt found yet. I know, im a wack job.
Project 2 "Rocky Time Travel"
This video is a look into how by using YouTube, a 31 year time span (Rocky came out in 1976, Rocky Balboa was just released in 2007) can be easily viewed in 5 minutes and change... By doing this you can easily examine and analyze works of art past to present and see the progress (or lack there of) that was made.
In this case you can see the similarities in all the movies and notice that nothing really has changed... I love Rocky, but it was drawn out of 6 movies with pretty much the same plot, and same ending.
Project 1 "The Showdown"
This was my first project based off of a bunch of pictures I took. I added and manipulated the audio to give it somewhat of a western feel. I had a lot of fun learning how to use Final Cut, and I think overall this first project came out good.
Critiquing myself, I couldve probably changed the glow to the pictures, but I dont know, I kindve like the feel it gives. Also there are a few parts that seem unclear to me, so I can just imagine what someone watching is thinking.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
project proposal
so, I think I want to base my final project mostly off of animation. I want to incorporate taken photos into the animations I draw. Obviously I need to add video in there somewhere so Im still trying to figure out what exactly to do. Because track is such a big part of my life right now and it consumes my thoughts every minute even in my dreams, and because my coach is such a character, I think I want to do something that has to do with that. I havnt really decided what I wanted to make exactly, but something that has to do with training all month (obviously excellerated) dealing with workouts, diet, sleep, time managment etc. leading up to the final race. this Idea is still very broad but Im still in the process of thinking about it. As my schedual clears up hopefully Ill have a better understanding of what I'd like to do. Hope youre having an amazing time in South America Anita, see you when you get back.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
2 questions that were critqued about my work...
Frame Rate & Also the non use of colors
With respect to frame rate and non colors I have to argue the fact that it already took forever to do and scan the drawings. I liked the pencil feel that was shown in the video during class so I really wanted to stick to that... I def will be adding more images so I can increase the frame rate and make the images smoother, but I guess I enjoyed the fact taht people could appreciate my drawings with the slow frames. Also I would love to be able to add color however I think it would take away the somber mood of my work.... To critique myself I think that I need to edit the audio a little better as well and make it flow more. Im honestly really excited to start working on this again, just have to get the Marketing presentation, calc exam, track meet and wrestling tournament out of the way first... Hope you enjoy argentina Anita.
Frame Rate & Also the non use of colors
With respect to frame rate and non colors I have to argue the fact that it already took forever to do and scan the drawings. I liked the pencil feel that was shown in the video during class so I really wanted to stick to that... I def will be adding more images so I can increase the frame rate and make the images smoother, but I guess I enjoyed the fact taht people could appreciate my drawings with the slow frames. Also I would love to be able to add color however I think it would take away the somber mood of my work.... To critique myself I think that I need to edit the audio a little better as well and make it flow more. Im honestly really excited to start working on this again, just have to get the Marketing presentation, calc exam, track meet and wrestling tournament out of the way first... Hope you enjoy argentina Anita.
I cant believe i keep forgetting to write on this thing... Anyway I loved doing project 3... animating is amazing. I love drawing thats all I really do so this project really was fun for me to do... I just wish I had more time to work on it. I decided to just draw and scan images which proved to be very time consuming. My argument is lack of time was the reason why I didnt really try to use photoshop and flash to animate my images but a counter argument to that is that I ended up spending the time i didnt want to waste, on scanning and drawing all of the images. As an end result I have good drawings but at 1 seconds frames it proved to be very choppy and not smooth. I cant wait to have the time to redo my projects and make it look like the ideas I have in my head.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
commercials
its a little late, but I wanted to talk about the silent commercials... As a marketing major im already pretty aware of how a commercial is put together... whenever an advertisment comes on the tv it interests me to try and figure out how and why they created the message, how they are trying to relay that message, and who they are targeting by their message. Without sound commercials are very wierd. We as consumers and humans in the 21st century rely a lot of how we perceive a mood on what we hear, especially in an advertisment. If theres suspenseful music playing the ad is meant to strike suspense, etc. Because of DVR, a couple of the commercials I saw I had the oppurtunity to watch both with sound and without. Some of the ads you could understand right away what they were selling or informing about, others were very abstract and pointless. The audio in these advertisements including speech and ambient sound help a bunch to relay their message. All in all what I have learned from this is that, though sound is important, if the visuals are strong enough, that much sound isnt always necessary.
2nd project
Im not quite sure yet, but I think I wanted to do something with the 7 rocky movies that came out starting from the very beginning rocky one, showing him working out from all his movies... him defeating all of his "final fights"... not quite sure... or I wanted to do something with the old start trek, like william shatner star trek... beam me up scottie star trek... I think that show is rediculous enough to make something really really intersting. Ill post a story board tommorrow with beter illustrated ideas... Im really excited to use video instead of picture. peace
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Project 1... Project 2
Ive gotten a little bit of a late start on this blogging thing... but hey, better late then never. Hopefully I can blog a lot to get credit for the weeks I've missed!
So, Project 1... I had this great idea of having a chess match and dubbing words and music behind it... What a failure that was... soooo boring. I also wish i had better equipment, because god knows you cant rent anything from this place unless you give them like 3 weeks notice. But anyway, anita gave me the idea to put actual pictures from a war movie to try and break up the monotmy. I think I mightve gone a little over board though. A lot of pictures from 300, and a lot of recorded audio as well. Some things I just couldnt do myself and had to go online. Everyone's project was awesome, and mine was so much different then theirs! Its ok though, now that I know whats expected and what i can actually do, im certain my next project will be much better and creative.
Im actually really excited about the 2nd project. I love movies from the 70s, especially making fun of them. Ive seen wonderwoman before, and loved it. I want to hopefully do something with that but maybe with star trek and william shatner, or lost in space... I just love the way films looked in the 70s and 80s with the technacolor. Also, im allocating a lot more time for this one. I really want it to come out good now that I know what we are capable of. I feed off of other people's ideas especially since its been so long since ive been in an art class.
So, Project 1... I had this great idea of having a chess match and dubbing words and music behind it... What a failure that was... soooo boring. I also wish i had better equipment, because god knows you cant rent anything from this place unless you give them like 3 weeks notice. But anyway, anita gave me the idea to put actual pictures from a war movie to try and break up the monotmy. I think I mightve gone a little over board though. A lot of pictures from 300, and a lot of recorded audio as well. Some things I just couldnt do myself and had to go online. Everyone's project was awesome, and mine was so much different then theirs! Its ok though, now that I know whats expected and what i can actually do, im certain my next project will be much better and creative.
Im actually really excited about the 2nd project. I love movies from the 70s, especially making fun of them. Ive seen wonderwoman before, and loved it. I want to hopefully do something with that but maybe with star trek and william shatner, or lost in space... I just love the way films looked in the 70s and 80s with the technacolor. Also, im allocating a lot more time for this one. I really want it to come out good now that I know what we are capable of. I feed off of other people's ideas especially since its been so long since ive been in an art class.
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