Heh .... just to check in ......
Hi anyone or everyone who is still on here .....
HOWDY!!!!
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HOWDY!!!!
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Well, might as well post .....
Hiya! Just getting info on blogs for a school assignment. Not that anyone's going to read this, but hope you all are well!!
~ beau
Hey! You could always come join me on gaiaonline.com!!
Chiao!!
~ beau
Hey! You could always come join me on gaiaonline.com!!
Chiao!!
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I'm back!!
(You can tell I'm bored .... my honey doesn't have his cell right now .... )
And Kimmy, since you're prob gonna be the only one who sees this .... how are ya?? caught your lost couple of postings .... things are changing for you, huh??
*hugs*
And Kimmy, since you're prob gonna be the only one who sees this .... how are ya?? caught your lost couple of postings .... things are changing for you, huh??
*hugs*
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Writer's Block: God For a Day
If you could be God for a day, what three things would be at the top of your to-do list?
2. Give everyone food to eat, safe places to live, and loved ones to surround them.
3. Clean up the environment!!!
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Questions for 2700 class:
1) AFTER someone watches your finished video (Motion/Emotion) project. what will they THINK/REMEMBER?
That this girl overcame her fear when she had not much other choice.
2) what emotion will they FEEL? (“That video made me feel _________________________ ?”)
Empathetic.
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What I learned about video shooting ....
Or really, just the two tips I found the most useful that I didn't know:
1. Rolling Blank Tape Before You Shoot .... never knew, never would have thought of it. They say to roll it for 30 sec w/ the lens cap on to avoid film crinkling at the start of the tape. Ok. Cool
2. Hold your shots. Nice. Also never knew. You need to hold the shot for at least 15 sec before you pan, zoom, or shoot something else. They say to even count it out .... that it's better to have too much film than not enough. I think another section also goes into how you can make the viewer dizzy if you switch too fast.
Sweet. Now I just have to learn how to USE a video camera ...... I KNEW I should have bought one last Christmas .....
Anyway, Hi Kimmy!!
1. Rolling Blank Tape Before You Shoot .... never knew, never would have thought of it. They say to roll it for 30 sec w/ the lens cap on to avoid film crinkling at the start of the tape. Ok. Cool
2. Hold your shots. Nice. Also never knew. You need to hold the shot for at least 15 sec before you pan, zoom, or shoot something else. They say to even count it out .... that it's better to have too much film than not enough. I think another section also goes into how you can make the viewer dizzy if you switch too fast.
Sweet. Now I just have to learn how to USE a video camera ...... I KNEW I should have bought one last Christmas .....
Anyway, Hi Kimmy!!
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Media 2700 Assign Color, Sound, Pacing 2
And now onto the contrast to the 'angry artist' ... Milt's story is filled with hope, and goodness and the desire to bring wonderful things into the world. The contrast of the two was breathtaking. So different in approach, yet somehow so very similar!
Milton Glaser
Color:
Everything was presented in its natural, full color. By that I mean, there was no de-saturation, and although some of his work was done in black and white or perhaps two color, it was planned in its design that way. I felt that some of his designs contained an interesting color combination; particularly the RMA logo as well as the bombs in the anniversary poster. I didn't pick up any particular pattern to the colors or the way the works were presented, but there was definitely more of them shown than in the prior story, and I'm sure that can be chalked up to the fact that Milt's been in the business longer than James.
Sound:
Milt's story didn't have the varied range in music that James' did, but there was a distinct, pleasing, lovely melody that was present throughout, with occasional bouts of silence to focus the viewer on Milt's voiceover, and that it was important to pay attention to. I loved the fact that a banjo was very prominently displayed near the beginning, a still that was focused just on it, and that after the 'tomato' poster, small banjo twangs were worked into the melody. It was a very nice, beautiful touch that somehow you noticed in the back of your mind even when you weren't actively focusing on the music itself. There was no music in the beginning at the question: 'Where am I going in Design?' and at the question: "Why do I teach?' ... indicating THIS artist's reasons to be. Very effective. Another place the music as well as the voice-over stopped was at the poster, 'Together' ... once more giving prominence to one of Milt's special points. He seems to be more about changing people in a cooperative way, whereas James seems to like to shock people into reality. Again, different approach, but each is successful in different degrees depending on the project itself. After the last moment of silence, a small tone starts, joined by a bit of banjo music, a few more elements and then as Milt climbs the staircase, physically and symbolically, the music swells and your ears are filled with beautiful, loving, hope-filled music. Wonderful.
Pacing:
The pacing for Milt's piece seemed to grow and continue and steadily to increase. It didn't jumped around quite as much as I feel James' did, and seemed to reflect what he spoke about as being one of the fortunate ones to be able to still experience the world as wonderful in the last 3rd of his life. The walk up the stairs at the last few frames, also underscore that. It was really a powerful scene, he was STILL climbing, still learning, still experiencing wonder. And it was a wonderful way to present that concept! (yes, I know ... that was a bit droll! :) ) I really enjoyed the way Hillman took parts of so many pieces on here, showed small sections of it, and then took awhile to show the whole thing. The longest drawn out tease was the Dylan poster and though the other story contained some of that, how it was treated here was incredible and very authentic. Very nicely done in fact.
Conclusion:
Both stories, though contrasted and differently handled, were very profound and in fact, the points the artists made were very profound and thought-provoking. Milt's take on GD was that as all art does, GD establishes similar experiences in those that view and assimilate it, and that that common ground, lessens that chances that those people will kill each other. James uses GD as a big club to knock sense into people, Milt uses it to establish common ground, build up more communication, and to keep conflict from taking place. I think both of their views on GD are both valid, and very effective. Nice job on both of these pieces.
Milton Glaser
Color:
Everything was presented in its natural, full color. By that I mean, there was no de-saturation, and although some of his work was done in black and white or perhaps two color, it was planned in its design that way. I felt that some of his designs contained an interesting color combination; particularly the RMA logo as well as the bombs in the anniversary poster. I didn't pick up any particular pattern to the colors or the way the works were presented, but there was definitely more of them shown than in the prior story, and I'm sure that can be chalked up to the fact that Milt's been in the business longer than James.
Sound:
Milt's story didn't have the varied range in music that James' did, but there was a distinct, pleasing, lovely melody that was present throughout, with occasional bouts of silence to focus the viewer on Milt's voiceover, and that it was important to pay attention to. I loved the fact that a banjo was very prominently displayed near the beginning, a still that was focused just on it, and that after the 'tomato' poster, small banjo twangs were worked into the melody. It was a very nice, beautiful touch that somehow you noticed in the back of your mind even when you weren't actively focusing on the music itself. There was no music in the beginning at the question: 'Where am I going in Design?' and at the question: "Why do I teach?' ... indicating THIS artist's reasons to be. Very effective. Another place the music as well as the voice-over stopped was at the poster, 'Together' ... once more giving prominence to one of Milt's special points. He seems to be more about changing people in a cooperative way, whereas James seems to like to shock people into reality. Again, different approach, but each is successful in different degrees depending on the project itself. After the last moment of silence, a small tone starts, joined by a bit of banjo music, a few more elements and then as Milt climbs the staircase, physically and symbolically, the music swells and your ears are filled with beautiful, loving, hope-filled music. Wonderful.
Pacing:
The pacing for Milt's piece seemed to grow and continue and steadily to increase. It didn't jumped around quite as much as I feel James' did, and seemed to reflect what he spoke about as being one of the fortunate ones to be able to still experience the world as wonderful in the last 3rd of his life. The walk up the stairs at the last few frames, also underscore that. It was really a powerful scene, he was STILL climbing, still learning, still experiencing wonder. And it was a wonderful way to present that concept! (yes, I know ... that was a bit droll! :) ) I really enjoyed the way Hillman took parts of so many pieces on here, showed small sections of it, and then took awhile to show the whole thing. The longest drawn out tease was the Dylan poster and though the other story contained some of that, how it was treated here was incredible and very authentic. Very nicely done in fact.
Conclusion:
Both stories, though contrasted and differently handled, were very profound and in fact, the points the artists made were very profound and thought-provoking. Milt's take on GD was that as all art does, GD establishes similar experiences in those that view and assimilate it, and that that common ground, lessens that chances that those people will kill each other. James uses GD as a big club to knock sense into people, Milt uses it to establish common ground, build up more communication, and to keep conflict from taking place. I think both of their views on GD are both valid, and very effective. Nice job on both of these pieces.
Media 2700 Assign Color, Sound, Pacing 1
I really enjoyed this assignment. I've often wondered how trailers and such were constructed, and this gave me a good basic foundation for beginning to understand this skill. In wanting to produce my own books, and ultimately, my own movies, I've known this is something I needed help in trying to understand, but didn't have the time or people in my life to help me with it. On to the assignment!!
James Victore:
A very angry individual in some aspects, very nice contrast to Milton Glaser. I appreciated his fire and drive.
Color:
Black and White with his interviews and his posters started out in B&W as well. His posters went to red, black and white, then spot color, and as he reached the pinnacle of his 'why' in GD, there appeared a celebratory poster in full color - and as the music builds to a crescendo, the type: 'We love NYC' appears. Stunning when taken slowly, although it was striking at regular speed, but at that speed it was a bit more difficult to delve into the 'why'.
Sound:
Starts out with deep, sporadic, almost depressing, morbid tones - at his first interview, sporadic drum beats and high tones that counter balance the deep steady beat begin, the feeling is a little more uplifting. At his 3rd interview, a little guitar and a small melody star. As he begins to talk about the 'Columbus/Native American piece the music lowers until at the full pic of the chief, there is no music at all. When the
'truth' image appears, quiet music begins again until at his next interview as he begins to describe his definition of GD, there is no music playing. When he finishes talking about Graphic Design functioning as a 'big fucking club with spikes' the music begins to swell for the first time, lending further credence to his 'truth' about GD and additional elements are added to the music, other instruments and even low voices. As the images flow past, images with a more solid social conscience, the music continues to swell and to get louder until at the 'we love NYC' poster, it reaches a crescendo - lasts through the 'mad as hell' piece and then all music stops when he speaks of 'the mad ones are for me' - the 'story' is over, end credits roll and then a loud, blues song is heard. Very effective.
Pacing:
I touched on this a bit above, but I want to add that the pacing is very deliberate and focused, (easy enough for a novice like me to pick up on it!) starting with black and white images and a spare, deep tone that is somewhat regulated and somewhat sporadic. The works go to spot color, then there are interviews in black and white, slow low tones with drum and chime, which begin to swell at his 'big fucking club' comment - which I took to be his most important point - and then they end with a full crescendo and full color poster of NYC that is vibrant, exciting and has text that says 'we love NYC'. The crescendo lasts through the 'mad as hell' poster, and then there is no music for his final comment that the mad ones (posters) are for him, then the end credits roll and a loud blues song starts.
I felt the pacing on this was very effective, and I grew more excited the more I concentrated on this, because I was able to then take in, the marriage and meaning of why the images, sounds, and pacing were put together the way they were. Wow. Without the study, I don't think I would have gotten it at all.
James Victore:
A very angry individual in some aspects, very nice contrast to Milton Glaser. I appreciated his fire and drive.
Color:
Black and White with his interviews and his posters started out in B&W as well. His posters went to red, black and white, then spot color, and as he reached the pinnacle of his 'why' in GD, there appeared a celebratory poster in full color - and as the music builds to a crescendo, the type: 'We love NYC' appears. Stunning when taken slowly, although it was striking at regular speed, but at that speed it was a bit more difficult to delve into the 'why'.
Sound:
Starts out with deep, sporadic, almost depressing, morbid tones - at his first interview, sporadic drum beats and high tones that counter balance the deep steady beat begin, the feeling is a little more uplifting. At his 3rd interview, a little guitar and a small melody star. As he begins to talk about the 'Columbus/Native American piece the music lowers until at the full pic of the chief, there is no music at all. When the
'truth' image appears, quiet music begins again until at his next interview as he begins to describe his definition of GD, there is no music playing. When he finishes talking about Graphic Design functioning as a 'big fucking club with spikes' the music begins to swell for the first time, lending further credence to his 'truth' about GD and additional elements are added to the music, other instruments and even low voices. As the images flow past, images with a more solid social conscience, the music continues to swell and to get louder until at the 'we love NYC' poster, it reaches a crescendo - lasts through the 'mad as hell' piece and then all music stops when he speaks of 'the mad ones are for me' - the 'story' is over, end credits roll and then a loud, blues song is heard. Very effective.
Pacing:
I touched on this a bit above, but I want to add that the pacing is very deliberate and focused, (easy enough for a novice like me to pick up on it!) starting with black and white images and a spare, deep tone that is somewhat regulated and somewhat sporadic. The works go to spot color, then there are interviews in black and white, slow low tones with drum and chime, which begin to swell at his 'big fucking club' comment - which I took to be his most important point - and then they end with a full crescendo and full color poster of NYC that is vibrant, exciting and has text that says 'we love NYC'. The crescendo lasts through the 'mad as hell' poster, and then there is no music for his final comment that the mad ones (posters) are for him, then the end credits roll and a loud blues song starts.
I felt the pacing on this was very effective, and I grew more excited the more I concentrated on this, because I was able to then take in, the marriage and meaning of why the images, sounds, and pacing were put together the way they were. Wow. Without the study, I don't think I would have gotten it at all.
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Media 2700 Assign 10.7 Part 2
2nd quote:
"When the pain of remaining the same if GREATER than the fear of change, THEN people change." ~ Anonymous
"When the pain of remaining the same if GREATER than the fear of change, THEN people change." ~ Anonymous
Media 2700 Assign 10.7 Part 1
1st quote:
"If you tell the people the truth without a sense of humor, they will kill you." ~ Oscar Wilde
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"If you tell the people the truth without a sense of humor, they will kill you." ~ Oscar Wilde
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