I had a lot of fun doing this project.
My Haiku
Please look at the website before reading the next section.
The home page is a snapshot of me that I edited on photoshop. I was going for a comic effect, so the website could make the viewer feel that they are going through actual pages of a comic that come to life due to spring (seen through the addition of color).
Line One shows a picture of purple flowers, a feel that flowers help signify spring.
Line Two shows a picture of some cherry blossoms. Whenever I see cherry blossoms, I smile.
Line Three shows the statue of liberty with a sunset. I thought that symbolized peace and serenity.
Hope you like it. ^_^
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Fabiola
My video has had a hard time compressing, but it is still downloading for upload on both Vimeo andYoutube.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
John Canemaker Screeening
The screening of John Canemaker’s The Moon and The Son, as well as his other works, such as a Confession of a Stardreamer utilized an intermixing of different media mediums. I think his films were special to me because he seamlessly tied together his short films with animation, pictures and video.
John Canemaker approaches his film by the concept he is trying to deliver. He determines what looks great, where, due to the emotions and messages he wishes to evoke. I thought this was very creative, for as he said, while trying to create a film (perhaps for children or just PG), at times you don’t want to be too vulgar or explicit (a good reason for using animation instead of live action). Still, the choices of installing certain colors, the choices of which object is smaller or bigger, the selection of which piece has more airtime, the intensity shown within the voice. They all contribute to making a powerful film. While speaking about powerful imagery, live action perhaps wouldn’t have been the best choice for his featured film. I’m paraphrasing, but as he said, with animation, you are free to roam, you could express anything and are not limited to human boundaries. With animation you could push the limit to express a certain message, a limit that perhaps cannot be broached through complete live action.
John Canemaker’s choices of sound were interesting and forever changing. I think this helped in keeping the audience interested. There were times in which there was realistic sound design, for example, the clip of his family (real footage) within The Moon and The Son. Then within the same film. there are a lot of stylized sound design examples which were purposely put there to deliver a point, emotion, and/or reaction. The filmmaker also used both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. In Confessions of a Stardreamer, the actress is visible and speaking directly to us, later on we don’t see her and we still here narration (diegetic).
Overall, it was nice to learn that he did the interview and had the transcripts first before actually drawing the plans for The Moon and The Son; it was as if we were following his footsteps with our projects.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Production Notes
A film; a complex medium, when done well, looks simple.
I loved doing this project; a piece of my own. I'm happy that I was able to interview "the subject" myself, direct, and edit. It's amazing to begin a project and see it all the way through.
I've tried to make short films before and they were also a hard feat, but this time I felt more prepared and for this I am thankful. Still, I realized that even though last semester provided me with some experience, there are always some things that I need to learn and brush up on.
1. The most important thing in the world and perhaps the one taken for granted in terms of creating a film: Save all your material in one place! This is not a request, it is an imperative action that I've learned personally. For some strange reason, I didn't have enough room on my login and had to save everything onto scratch (not good). I also spread my work around on my USB and worked on another computer (not good again, but I wanted to do a good job which required extra time outside of Room 432). These methods both accidental/purposeful were setbacks, but I learned from them. Next time, if I see that my information won't save, I will invest in a larger external drive and begin my project the right way by saving it all in one place. ^_^
2. Next time, I would like more time with the camera. My partner and I have different schedules, but we still found ways to meet outside of class and send information to one another. Still, while doing this process, there are a lot of things that happen by chance/spur of the moment. A camera in hand could have captured them and make the film extra special.
3. I wish I had better organized my time around this project. I did my best to create a piece that does my partner justice, but perhaps, as an artist, I will never be completely satisfied. Like always, I would have liked more time (especially for the video). I tried coming through the break, but I also had conflicting schedules with the labs. Perhaps I should save even more money to invest in some extra software (I have, it is just a slow process). ^_^
In terms of appreciating filmmaking. I always knew that every shot, frame, scene, etc., took an enormous amount of thought and processing for beautiful symmetry. Not to be repetitive, but as always, with each project within the media department, I learn some more new things and grow even more in love with the pre-production, production, and post of every project (outside films and mine alike). Film is amazing and the way we incorporate different types of media to bring forth a message is both empowering and well, special.
I want to learn more and I will be practicing on different softwares to become a better artist.
Thank you for this assignment.
P.S. I loved making the storyboards and my log notes. They were a huge help. Next time I will go to even more detail.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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