Time-Based Media (Fall 2008)

Russian Church redo

2008-12-14T11:46:00.002-05:00

I made a few changes after class critique. Enjoy.

Aqua

2008-12-11T18:04:00.001-05:00

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My original idea for this short was to summarize my trip to Baltimore and Washington DC by making a video montage consisting of different short video clips and photographs that I took during Thanksgiving break. Because a majority of my clips were taken at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, I decided to stick with just the aquarium. However, because I enjoy nature and animals I wanted the video to focus more on the fish and sea creatures, and the mood of the deep-sea environment. I didnt want the focus to be on the aquarium itself. I wanted to give it desolate, lonely and somewhat eerie feel. After finding adequate ambient music I then synched the video clips to the songs. The main difficulty was that in all of my clips there were children running by and reflections of people and camera flashes. Also, because it was very crowded and I was using a still camera to take short clips, I had some difficulties taking quality shots and keeping the camera still. I made some compromises and left in a few shots with obvious reflections, flashes, people or shakiness because I liked the piece overall, and frankly I did not have very many clips to choose from when creating the final edit. Music by Ecko.

Artist's Statement-Annie DeVane

2008-12-11T17:46:00.004-05:00

HAND DRAWING

I thrive on circumstance and beauty. My first love will always be hand-drawing. Ink, pencil, marker and pens of any sort are my preferred tools and I'm striving to translate my skills on paper into meaningful digital projects. I see movement in every drawing I do and am frustrated when they don't immediately animate themselves. All still drawings have movement when I look at them.

In this particular piece, I'm combining the hand drawing of a still image with stop-motion frames that animate the process. As an added bonus, I used a clip from my father's composition "If It Itches" off of his album Strutting the Dog. My father always entertained my fanciful drawings and songs, so his presence here carries on that tradition of playfulness.

Chili Dog, Triumphant - revisited

2008-12-11T15:20:00.005-05:00

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For this piece I wanted to capture the rhythm and timing of working in the kitchen, as well as capture the monumental accomplishment of creating the chili dog. The entire piece is meant to feel like a crescendo, a build up to the final explosion of sensory elation. When cooking any meal this escalation is obviously evident; you start with raw ingredients and climb your way to the finished plate.

However, on a more personal level the culmination of sprinkling cheese on top of a child dog is the pinnacle of my college football Saturday. It is a conquering feeling knowing that I get to watch football, drink beer, and eat chili dogs for the next several hours. For me, finishing the meal preparation is truly triumphant and is the highest point of the day.

The synchronization of the scenes with the music is meant to exemplify the need for rhythm in the kitchen. Obviously the music lends greatly to the feeling of accomplishment, but it also creates the rhythm of the piece. The pace of the music is meant to match what happens in the kitchen, with periods of frantic rushing, but also with slow, more sensual moments, like the spreading of the chili. The heroic music and the scenes from the kitchen meld about as well as chili and hot dogs.

Music: Frederik Magle - Rising of a New Day

Artist Statement

2008-12-11T15:17:00.010-05:00

While far from boring, my life has become fairly predictable. I came to this realization while working on my film "Rob Goes to Work"

I am not sure if I should be worried about this.

My second film tries to show viewers that basically, this is my life, and this is where I am coming from.

Toothpicks with Artist Statement

2008-12-11T15:12:00.005-05:00

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We eat toothpicks when there's nothing else

I initially had not intended to continue the zombie theme. I had shot footage of my parents home, my father, and a cat. I was going to juxtapose the comfortable situation I had as a child, with the situation i am in now; a little broke and in school. It was highly exaggerated, I don't eat toothpicks obviously, but I have always been afraid I won't have any money when I need it. The scene with the three poor men is also my hyperbolic take on the current economic recession. We don't eat a lot of filet mignon in my house.

Final Assignment

2008-12-11T14:35:00.001-05:00

My final assignment and artist statement:

http://www.simplymelissa.com/art/TimeBasedMedia/

Music and Sound

2008-12-11T13:12:00.009-05:00

Artist Statement:

From the good to the great movies, I've often realized that the feature which enhances a movie (or sometimes provides its sole redeeming quality) is usually the music and sound. Images and sound are the primary contents of a movie and while images can deliver a message on their own, for me music can be just as powerful. It can enhance or detract from the scene it is linked to. Sometimes even music that is in discord with its accompanying image can bring forth a desired reaction (such as a feeling of unrest or agitation).
I wish to expand on my knowledge of composition and matching scenes to sound and interesting music. I listen to all kinds of music and I have as much love for the classic pieces as I do the modern tracks (there's nothing wrong with appreciating both Lil' Wayne and Chopin).

Adel Abdessemed

2008-12-11T12:49:00.003-05:00

Going over my posts, I realized I didn't publish my bit on the exhibit earlier. So here it is...

I liked the two adjoining videos. They first caught my attention because of their names (even with my paltry German vocabulary I understood the titles). Both videos conveyed the message of departure, a “goodbye”. The first piece, “Tschüss”, featuring Adel's son waving goodbye was gentle and almost wistful. The second video “Schnell” was a free-fall from a helicopter, a more violent send-off. The contrast between the two was what kept my interest. Why would anyone choose such a violent end? Wouldn't the pull of a child's love not be enough to keep them? For me, it was the most compelling of Adel's work on display.

2008-12-11T12:13:00.002-05:00

Artist Statement

Most of my work exhibits layout, color, and design. Throughout college my art work leaned towards painting or drawing people and still lifes. Color and contrasts of lights to darks have always fascinated me. My work captures things in my surroundings.

For the final project in this class I chose to revisit my composition of Transformation. The definition of Transformation is, "A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better." I have always been on the print end in the art world. I feel my life is in transformation. I am now going back to school to learn the digital end too move forward and change some direction in my life.

I have read how artist's should write their statements by analyzing all of their work and then talk about what inspires them. Since I am in this "time of change" I felt this piece symbolically shows my life now.

B-Movie: The Shredder

2008-12-11T10:32:00.003-05:00

This is a link to the compressed version of my short task-oriented film.
Enjoy the thrills. Spooky.

B-Movie: The Shredder

On a related note, JOIN THE BOSTON DIGITAL MEDIA NETWORK!!! Post your work, your bio, and network with classmates and other digital media professionals. Work it!

www.bostondmn.com

Quincy to Cambridge

2008-12-11T08:18:00.009-05:00

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Artist's Statement:

My favorite view of Boston is from the Longfellow Bridge at sunrise. I'm always surprised at how few of my fellow Redliners even bother to look. In this piece, I document my Redline ride from Quincy to Cambridge.

Quincy to Cambridge

2008-12-11T07:41:00.004-05:00

Final Assignment

2008-12-10T21:32:00.003-05:00

Artist Statement

I have enjoyed photography for over 20 years; discovering digital in 2005. The program at Northeastern has allowed me to further my artistic vocabulary in the digital arts. Several years ago I acquired a collection of family slides dating back to 1958. I’ve wanted to incorporate these slides into my artwork through collage to explore themes of family, memory, and culture.

WBUR recently aired a segment about a special exhibit from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, at the Russia at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA. I was able to visit with my parents over Thanksgiving, and later interview my Mother about the exhibit, and our family history with the Russian Orthodox Church. My personal history with the church was intermittent and I never became grounded in the religion, but certain aspects of the culture are inescapable.

With this collage of video, family slides, and music I explore an important element in the cultural backdrop of my childhood and our family history.

Backdrops by Ted Garland

2008-12-10T21:03:00.004-05:00

Artist's Statement

I love movies. I love to watch them and I love to make them. I never tire of the magic that comes from filming one thing and having the audience believe it's another thing. That's the experience that inspired this short film.

When my youngest daughter was cast in a recurring role on the TV show "Brotherhood", we began filming the pilot in a proud but poor neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. When we returned a year later to film the second episode, the neighborhood had been photographed and the images turned into enormous backdrops hanging in a soundstage, several miles away. This video conveys my journey from the real world to the make-believe world of motion pictures. The music is from the soundtrack of "Paycheck" composed by John Powell.

Artist Statement

2008-12-10T19:02:00.001-05:00

Artist Statement

I've been interested in photography for as long as I can remember, but it was a friend who lived in my dorm freshman year of college who inspired me to start taking classes. I went into her room one day and she had these really amazing black and white photos tacked up on the walls. We started talking about photography and she showed me her portfolio. The next semester, I enrolled in what was to be the first of several classes. And I've been hooked since then.

I've noticed a theme in my own work, one that shows up over and over. I am fascinated by architecture, but not just by the buildings themselves; I like to explore the way light and angle can transform them, making them into something abstract. Sometimes I'll be walking down the street and, looking up, I'm shocked by what I see. I grew up in a small town in Michigan, so I think my love of architecture and cityscapes comes from the fact that they still seem so foreign and exotic to me.

Adel Abdessemed

2008-12-06T18:59:00.003-05:00

I just went to the List Visual Arts Center to view the Adel Abdessed exhibit. After hearing that it helped having a guide, I decided to do a little research on my own first. Still, after reading up on his background I think I definitely needed a tour guide.

This exhibit was nothing like I have seen before. Immediately entering the exhibit all of the combined noises and the different films going on portrayed a lot of emotion with out even reading any statements or articles. For example the films with the foot crushing different objects showed anger and frustration.

This exhibit is a perfect example of one that the audience would need some type of artists statement. For example, I was confused with all the small TVs with the cats until reading about them in the second room.

All in all my favorite two pieces were the burnt car and the short film where camera was dropped out of the helicopter. I walked around the car a few times. Just standing next to this piece was very powerful. When I first entered the next room the loop of the helicopter film was at the end. I almost overlooked it. Then it was interesting to see it start up again after realizing what it was.

My least favorite two pieces were the short clips that showed a man talking. One was in the first room and he was wearing fangs and the second he was wearing a clown nose. Even after reading about what they meant in the statements on the wall, I just found them not interesting at all. I found the last one that he was laughing and talking about being a terrorist especially annoying to even watch.

I do feel this exhibit made me feel uneasy and a little confused. This is not something I normally would go to see but I would like to go back on the 20th to hear what the guide would have to say about my unanswered questions.

Assignment for December 11

2008-12-05T12:34:00.001-05:00

1. Revisit a previous piece you created for this class or create a new one -- in any medium you choose -- and write an appropriate artist's statement, or project statement for that piece. Here are some links to look at.

2. You can download FrameThief if you want to work with that.

B-Movie (task is shredding)

2008-12-04T17:52:00.001-05:00

this is a link to my wee movie on my online storage space. spooky.
https://myfiles.neu.edu/devane.a/B-Movie%20The%20Shredder.mov

redo of assignment 2

2008-11-29T21:10:00.003-05:00

I reworked assignment 2 with final cut express and music which is royalty free. While I prefer the previous music. This music is suitable.

Taking the Dog Out

2008-11-20T19:26:00.002-05:00

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hopefully larger... I've tried this three times and in larger formats and still looks small when posted.

Yeah... just viewed it. No matter how large I make the dimensions in Final Cut it gets squished within the black area around it. help.

Organized Chaos

2008-11-20T19:02:00.004-05:00

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Toothbrush

2008-11-20T18:02:00.001-05:00

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The relationship between man and toothbrush. I had some frustrations with my movie clips not resizing properly.

Rob goes to work

2008-11-20T17:33:00.001-05:00

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Going to be late

2008-11-20T17:32:00.002-05:00

I'm going to be late. See you in half an hour. :-)

Organized Chaos

2008-11-20T17:24:00.001-05:00

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An unexpected visit leads to a hasty clean-up!

Assignment 6 Ted Garland "Wake Up"

2008-11-20T13:25:00.001-05:00

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A look at a typical morning in my home.

Chili Dog, Triumphant

2008-11-20T13:16:00.001-05:00

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Coconut Shrimp

2008-11-19T21:30:00.001-05:00

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A new recipe

Coconut Shrimp

2008-11-19T19:38:00.004-05:00

Reaction to Adel Abdessemed: Situation and Practice

2008-11-19T15:15:00.002-05:00

I first entered the smaller of the 2 rooms without a guide and was greeted by a snake bite loop and a kitten lapping milk. I loved it! The yelling David Moss in a clown nose was more effective the second time I saw it with the gallery guide.
I entered the larger installation and the first thing in my eyesight was one of his earlier pieces of the woman removing the veil. I thought it was effective and lovely. Short, but not sweet, is how I would describe most of his works in the show. One of the reasons I like the installation was because Abdelessemed wanted the window out onto the construction area to remain open and unblocked as a supplement to his show. I thought this was a great use of spontaneous installation because the window added a lot by continuing the vein of realism and street-life from which much of Abdelessemed's art springs.
The guide said something that really helped my understanding of the show as a whole. He described Abdelessemed's view of video as a conduit of sonic art, not necessarily a visual experience. With his still photos (where there existed quite a bit of movement and tension as well), he catches things he feels would not be any better presented on film as moving images. I closed my eyes and stood in the room and heard the sounds of a factory, a hammering, a cacophonous place in time.
Surprising to me, the foot crushing the lemon was one of my favorites. It had a very erotic quality to it that was amplified by the size of the projection screen. I took the show as a whole piece and came away with a million thoughts spinning. Usually a good sign when leaving a gallery.

April's Hot Chocolate Movie

2008-11-18T19:51:00.002-05:00

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Junk Zombie

2008-11-18T17:04:00.001-05:00

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A short film...

What to do when your junkie roommate turns undead?

Assignment for November 20

2008-11-18T07:50:00.003-05:00

1. Finish your video in Final Cut Express

2. Export as QuickTime, testing out different compression schemes. For standard 4x3, I recommend 320 by 240 (ie. QVGA), for 16x9 you can use 480 by 370 which is becoming a de facto standard.

3. Post online -- preferably to blip.tv -- and cross post to our class blog. Remember to cross post with blip, you need to add our class blog by logging in with your blogger/gmail account name/password.

Taking the Dog Out

2008-11-17T14:28:00.002-05:00

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A silent movie about taking the dog out.

Out for a Beer

2008-11-16T09:06:00.001-05:00

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A man leaves home to get a beer.

2008-11-16T08:51:00.002-05:00

Royalty free music

2008-11-15T22:22:00.003-05:00

In my quest for legal compliance, I found this website for royalty free music:
http://magnatune.com/info/
Interesting concept with support to the artists.

Making Breakfast

2008-11-15T17:09:00.002-05:00

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Short 2 minute film about someone waking up and starting the day by making scrambled eggs.

Breakfasts -- Episode One

2008-11-14T17:03:00.001-05:00

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They are what they eat -- at least they were in October!

breakfasts

2008-11-13T19:35:00.000-05:00

Field Trip - Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-13T17:28:00.003-05:00

I enjoyed the exhibit, specifically the cats. The juxtaposition of cats drinking milk and the cat eating a rat made me think of my house cats in a different way. It was interesting that many visitors had been disturbed by the house cat and the rat but it is perfectly ordinary to watch a lion or tiger eat a deer on the Discovery Channel and not think anything of it.

2008-11-13T16:32:00.002-05:00

I had trouble with the artist's idea of "moments" because individually I didn't think his videos were that disturbing, not for someone with his history. I felt it was a disappointing use of time-based media until I considered the time-line of walking through the exhibit itself. That was more of a journey and more satisfying.

Field Trip - Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-13T15:44:00.003-05:00

I enjoyed seeing the Adel Abdessemed exhibit, but I did not feel much emotion in the pieces. I tried to understand where he was coming from in terms of his religious background and his nationality, but did not get any particularly strong messages from his work.

The ceramic cast of the torched car was very interesting and I feel this was his strongest piece. We can see burned-out cars quite often on the news, but I think the seriousness of actually burning a car in rage was really captured by having that replica.

Overall I think that his work is interesting, just not as incendiary as the guide suggested.

Field Trip - Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-13T10:04:00.002-05:00

The piece that stayed with me the most were the holy books at the end. If the Qu'ran, the new testament or Torah are transcribed by prostitutes are they any less valid. When some religions don't consider literature by women to be valid, and and on top of that they also often condemn prostitution, is a volume of a holy book less holy or less meaningful when written by a prostitute. It really makes you think about the silliness of sexism and how society judges certain individuals. Also, just the thought of him going up to prostitutes and offering them money to transcribe books is hilarious.

Overall I thought the show was effective at making me feel uneasy and uncomfortable. The use of video I think was much more effective than still images because the movement and the sound really captured my attention, and the constant repetition really nailed it into my head.

Field Trip: Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-12T21:50:00.002-05:00

The piece that stayed with me the most was the video of the fall from the sky. I love the idea of throwing or dropping a camera and letting it capture whatever it will without controlling it.

I also liked the cat eating the rat. It made me think that the action captured (and actions much more disturbing) happen all the time and that I should watch it. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not happening.

Another thing I thought about was the different timing of the videos and sound in the room and how that timing depends on the order in which the videos are turned on.

Field trip: Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-12T19:23:00.003-05:00

In general I was not particularly moved by many of the pieces in this exhibit. The opera singer, speaking as a terrorist, was really just irritating. The cat eating the rat was disgusting in an expected way. The exhibit was loud.

The one piece where I was able to appreciate complexity was where milk was poured on the man's head, not because it looked demeaning, but because the man looked like he was suffocating. He reportedly hated milk. I felt suffocation, or claustrophobia.

At the end I spent a little more time with the cat videos, and I was able to see them as skittish in a desperate way, but I'm not sure if I would have gone back if I had not been told they were feral cats.

I was particularly struck by the cocoon of humidity I created once I finally took a seat in the subway car on my way home.

Field Trip: Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-12T15:59:00.002-05:00

Adel Abdessemed's show prompted me to think about how important (or not) context should be when evaluating art. When I first walked into the exhibit, I didn't see much that was appealing. When the curator started speaking, though, I found I was more engaged in the exhibit. But then I started to question whether context should be considered important at all. Does a video of a coke can being stomped on become more interesting when we know the artist is from a war-torn country? Would the same video be as interesting if the artist were from a comfortable, upper-middle class society?

The one exhibit I did find interesting was the transcription of holy texts by street workers. I thought the question posed -- are holy text still holy when transcribed by prostitutes -- was thought-provoking.

I realize this post has nothing to do with time-based media, but these are the impressions I took away.

Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-12T12:17:00.002-05:00

Overall, there weren't a lot of pieces that made me think about anything other than what it was at face value. To me, the burnt car was a burnt car, and the cats drinking milk were cats drinking milk... However, all of the pieces as a whole melded well together and that is a testament to the artist's vision and to the curators. Adel's pieces do not stand well individually, but as a group they tell a great story about Algerian history. Having said that, there was just one piece that really stayed in my mind after I left the exhibit:

The camera falling out of the plane didn't really fit with everything else. After seeing this piece the first thing that jumped into my head was: "Boy, that is dangerous; what if the camera hit somebody?" And then I realized how funny that was because that is not going to go through one's head if they themselves jump out of the plane. This piece fit well with the video of the artist's son waving obviously, but I felt it could also have been powerful on its own. It made me think about a difference between life and death; in life you (might) care about other peoples' well being, but in death, especially in suicide, one is going to have a tough time to consider other people. In the end, the piece shows how selfish suicide is.

Field Trip: Adel Abdessemed

2008-11-10T12:48:00.003-05:00

As requested, here is my feedback of one piece from Adel's show:
The piece that struck me the most were the large scale dual videos showing the fall from the plane next to the image of his son waving goodbye. If looked at separately, each video tells its own unique story and/or one's own interpretation of the story. Together, the images add another dimension. They feed off eachother and allow the viewer to construct a reason why the individual in the plane would want to commit suicide with a young child eagerly waving. Is the image of the child from long ago and has since died, leaving the jumper distraught? Is the jumper so distanced from reality that the child is insignificant? The combination of images basically makes me try to read into the story rather than take each video at face value.

Field Trip / Assignment for 11/13

2008-11-03T12:07:00.003-05:00

A reminder that we will not meet at the classroom this Thursday (11/6) instead we will gather over at the List Visual Arts Center at MIT at 20 Ames street (see map) for a 6 pm gallery talk. Let's meet there at 5:45, please. This IS mandatory, so if you can't make it Thursday you need to let me know and also schedule time to see the exhibit.

Please complete your video edit for our class on 11/13.

Here are some resources for editing:
-- links from videomaker.com
-- tips from metacafe.com
-- transitions tips from Ken Stone (lots of good stuff on his site)

DIY storyboard-POCKETMOD!!!!!

2008-10-23T19:15:00.003-04:00

http://www.pocketmod.com

i've also included an image of a completed storyboard one, but the sky is the limit as far as variations go...
drag n drop, print, fold
super awesome fantastic time

2008-10-23T17:42:00.000-04:00

My sequence. An ode to the Rockford Files.

Story Treatment

2008-10-23T17:38:00.004-04:00

The protaganists friend has scored a new brand of smack. He shoots up and slips into a coma. Fearful of polic intervention and encouraged by his friends persistent heart beat, the protagonist lets him be on the bathroom floor. He remains ever vigilant of his friends state.

After a passage of time the protagonist can keep his eyes open no more. As he sleeps his friend reawakens, in a changed state. He can only moan and shiver on the floor. Awakened with a start the hero jumps from the room as his once friend reaches an ashy hand towards his ankle.

While locked in the bathroom the newborn zombie lashes at the door and raises his moans. It is here we find out how to deal with a zombie in your bathroom.

storytreatment

2008-10-23T17:35:00.001-04:00

Setting: Kitchen/Patio/Living Room
Characters: Me
Narative Arc:

I cook the hotdogs and the chili, pop open a beer, and I watch some football.

Story Treatment - Ted Garland - Assignment 04

2008-10-23T17:28:00.001-04:00

Sometimes the simplest things can be so complicated. Especially when the simple thing is waking my kids for school. The characters are Roger, my son, age 18, a high school senior and Madison, age 12, a seventh grader, and then me, of course. I play the villain.

The story begins with the bright, cheery morning greeting when dad (me) pokes his head into each room telling each that it's time to get up. After going away for a few minutes, the dad returns to find them both back asleep. Thus begins the routine of gentle encouragement, ignoring, cajoling, deception, threatening and eventually torture.

The story ends with the two school children standing clean, dressed and ready for school, in the doorway to their father's room. They gaze at him as he lays out cold, exhausted from the ordeal of waking his children.

Story Treatment

2008-10-23T17:27:00.009-04:00

Evening, city: A man gets a phone call on his cell. We only hear one side of the conversation, but the news he is receiving is obviously bad. The conversation goes one for several minutes.

Story treatment - Organized chaos

2008-10-23T16:45:00.000-04:00

Treatment:
Organized chaos

A girl gets a call. A friend is coming over. She then realizes just how messy her room is. She starts cleaning.
She gets distracted by a book she was putting away. Continues tidying.
Takes a snack break. Continues cleaning.
Makes her bed. She's done.
Goes to open the door for her friend.

The end.

Story Treatment-Annie

2008-10-23T14:28:00.002-04:00

getting ready-clothes style
in the morning, waking up, digging through clothes to find something to wear. after various outfits, our hero walks through the door victorious in outfit selection.
fin

Story Treatment

2008-10-23T14:02:00.003-04:00

How to Draw A Penguin

Taking place in front of a desk, a man on a fake How-to-draw TV program teaches the audience how to draw a penguin. Using simple geometric shapes he creates a silly looking penguin. Much to his surprise the penguin moves around on the paper and gestures and winks at the audience.

Assignment 3 Ted Garland

2008-10-22T21:54:00.002-04:00

Okay, this is very late. Last week I was on the set of this TV show. It gave me a chance to shoot additional shots but we didn't wrap until after the class was over. Sorry to miss out on everyone's work.

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2008-10-22T06:43:00.003-04:00

Out for a Beer

A young man and a young woman are in a living-room, each reading a book. The man is obviously less interested in reading than the woman.

The man tells the woman he is going out for a beer and asks if she would like to come. She says that she will meet him later but for now she is going to continue reading.

The man puts on his coat and hat, says goodbye and steps out the door.

The man walks up the street and enters a bar nearby.

He orders a beer. The bartender places the beer in front of him. The man takes a sip.

Story Treatment

2008-10-21T19:16:00.006-04:00

Coconut Shrimp

A middle aged woman is home in bed on a sick day. While on a conference call on her cellphone, following a presentation on her laptop, she is watching a muted cooking show where they are preparing beer battered coconut shrimp (This part is a true story).

Several weeks later, she and George will make the shrimp. We will see her shopping, and then see the couple preparing and cooking the shrimp as Nemo and Bo (cats) look on with rapt attention. All will then share in the feast. Settings include the bedroom, hall, and kitchen in a small ranch house, with additional scenes in Market Basket and Whole Foods.

Story Treatment

2008-10-20T17:34:00.004-04:00

Task: Taking the dog out

The setting of my video will begin upstairs in the house, then down the stairs, in the kitchen, out in the backyard and then in the car. The main character will be my husband with appearances by my son and dog.

My husband will be rushing to leave for work but needs to take the dog out. Trying to get organized to leave he is unable to find his wallet. While searching for it, he is bothered by the dog wanting to go out. He takes the dog out and waits for the dog to finish his business, only to find that his wallet is among the gift left in the lawn. He grabs the wallet, checks it out, puts it in his pocket, sends the dog back in the house and gets in the car to leave.

Story Treatment

2008-10-20T15:01:00.002-04:00

For my simple treatment I am going to make breakfast. There is only going to be one character in the film. Since I will need someone to film and someone to be the character, it will be either my boyfriend or myself as the character. The story will take place in my kitchen. I will put toast in the toaster. Then I will start to make scrambled eggs. I will put the eggs into the frying pan. While these are starting to cook, I will take out a plate and silverware and set it on the kitchen table. Then I will pour a glass of juice. Next I will scramble my eggs. Then sit down and Breakfast is served!

storytreatment

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My idea for the video involving a simple task will be set in my kitchen, starring just one character (me), and the task I'll perform will be to make a cup of tea. I will fill the teapot with water, set it on the stove, and turn on the burner. Next I will get a mug from the cupboard, take my powdered chai tea from the pantry, and add a scoop of chai to the mug. I will then get some milk from the fridge, and add a little to the chai. When the water is hot enough, I'll remove the pot from the burner and add water to the mug. I'll get a spoon, stir the chai, milk and water together, and then take a satisfied sip of tea.

assignment 3

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I think I figured out how to post my video assignment.

Here it is:

Assignment for 10/23

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1. Develop a "story treatment" for a short video that demonstrates a simple task (for example, parallel parking a car).

Be descriptive:
where is the setting?
who are the characters?
what is narrative arc? -- the flow from beginning to end

Post your treatment on the class blog, please label your post "storytreatment".

2. View this post about camera shots to gain an awareness of shot styles in advance of storyboarding your simple task project (which we will do in class next week).

Assignment 3 - Table scene

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The kitchen. A place where meals are made and roommates chat after a long day. A place of peace and tranquility...Or is it?

Assignment 3

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Continuing with the same narrative as my image sequence I decided to make a digital book.

Click the image to go to the site. It may take a moment to load. Best viewed with the sound on!

Assignment 3

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My ideas went everywhere from novels/poetry/government documents/field guides.
I ended up with maybe a little of each?
Approx. 4x6 in size. Folded paper & ephemera (photos, labels, clips, stickers).

Assignment 3— Atumn Leaves

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Notes on video and tonight

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Kudos to all posting their videos.

We WILL talk about compression and posting, so hopefully some of the quirks and headaches encountered will be resolved. I'm fine with all of you showing work "locally" off of a drive tonight.

I'd like to look at the work you've done tonight, but I'll save deep commentary for the class blog in the interest of continuing to move forward with our class objectives.

Also -- there's a slight chance I might be a bit late for tonight's class as I have a conference call here at work until 5 -- but I WILL be there. I can stay later if other people can as well (not sure if there's a class in that room after ours).

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Assignment 3: The music is the 'Main Titles' track from the soundtrack of 'Delores Claiborne'. Since I was not able to get out to buy final cut express, this was made in imovie. I can verify that it is one of the least user friendly software packages I have ever used. For some reason this file is 62MB. I nearly killed the internet uploading it. I made another version in iphoto, which is much smaller (~3MB), but I was not able to synchronize the music. I would like to try another verision with final cut express.

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The book will be attending class tonight.

-Melissa

Assignment3-ArtBook

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I'll be bringing in my artifact today to class, will try to get up a pic of it soonish :)

Assignment 3

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Music: Shine, by Alcorus

Assignment 3

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Links for Sequence Assignment

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Here are some bookbinding/bookmaking links:

http://www.csparks.com/Bookbinding/index.xhtml
http://www.zumgaligali.com/projects/bookbinding/book_5st_1.html
http://strangelittlegirl.com/books/stabbindings/instructions.html

And a link on working with Key Frames in Final Cut:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_fcx_keyframing.html

Ted Garland Assignment 02

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This is a good article that was in Sunday's Globe.

The site it references is www.artofthetitle.com.

Assignment for 10/9

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1. Read this article about artist's books by Angela Lorenza.

2. Read this essay on La Jetee (which you can watch here.)

3. Think of how you could take the concept of your image sequence to translate into either an artist's book or an image sequence. Come into class with some ideas!

Sia Video-All Polaroid Style

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPcYqn0p4Y

Assignment 2 - Viewpoint

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Assignment 2 - Sequence

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This is my sequence.

Love, Liam

assignment2-transformation of transformation?

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i hope this turns out decently! i'm including the pictures that this came from, i had to redo last weeks assignment so the fence w/tree trunk is my pick for that.
(redo of last week's)

(2nd component of picture)

Assignment 2

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Night

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Assignment 2

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Assignment02

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Assignment02

Click the picture to be taken to my Picsa album. I could not get the collage feature to work. Any advice?

Red Balloon x5

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Assignment 2

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reaction

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Here is my 2nd transformation assignment:

Transformation

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This is a little late, but I'm the new kid in class. What I hope to learn from this experience is just to have a better and more comprehensive knowledge of time-based media.

Transformation - Light

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I love the way the light touches the leaves at night... I'd like to learn more about visual images and sound and how they affect the way we perceive our environment.

Assignment for 10/02

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1. Read this blog post on Sequence.

2. Extend your single image concept into an image sequence of five -- so you can start shooting "fresh", you don't need to incorporate your first assignment picture. You can use tools like photoshop to scale, crop and juxtapose. Post on class blog -- tag with "assignment02".

3. Here are the images we looked at quickly!

Transformation

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Alcohol! It transforms anti-social mutes to outgoing people, well-oriented individuals to stumbling buffoons, and bad parties into good ones. More literally, in the photograph I am transforming a full bottle of Steel Reserve malt liquor into an empty one. The transformation can either be good or bad, I have friends that are recovering alcoholics and others that just like an occasional beer or three, but one thing is certain... it does transform.

In this class I would like to learn ways I can improve the composition, overall look, feel or other aspects of my work by actually creating new works. Also, I'd be happy if I could find inspiration to create some movies or more animation (I've been neglecting it in order to do more 2-d graphic design and artwork). Also, anything I can create during the class to add to my portfolio would be a big plus. I'm more interested in the practical application of certain techniques than reviewing theory (because my background is already in a related field).

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This was taken at the golf course where I work. You could say the sun is transforming night to day. I also hope this class transforms my career, because I don't want to cut grass much longer. I want to get a better understanding of the various forms of digital media beyond video. I've never done animation and I've only done web editing in passing. I've done video, but I have lots of room for improvement. Help me Ravi Jain.

Transformation

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This photo is taken of my basement. Although very dark and full of cobwebs, I spend a lot of time down there doing laundry, playing pool and hoping the spiders don't bother me while I'm on the treadmill. It is a very old house and the cellar has a lot of interesting textures, shapes and lighting.

What do I hope to get out of this class - I hope to learn more about video and implementing it in projects I do outside of classes. The majority of my experience is in web graphics so video and animation are definitely areas I need more exposure to.

-Melissa