So this project is very interesting to me. The ideas I have so far seem to work together in my head but obviously when they come out things are a bit more difficult. So far a problem has been in the of the past of getting enough footage. A huge problem arose when I was taking actual pictures people kept on getting in the way of the whole process and the camera moves a bit. The amount of photos I took I believed I took a ton of them but only ended up with half as many photos as I wanted. So there is going to be a need of a lot more editing in this to get the process to look smooth. But there is hope the frame and relative size of the object is almost exactly how I planned it to be so that is good.
Another problem is with the size, yes I just said that was a good thing and it is good. However, the tripod I have is too high and for the shot that I wanted to get needs to be as if it was on the ground. So I came up with the idea of creating a green screen and using that photoshop automate program that we recently learned to get it looking as if the moving is in the right location.
Also I need to make the look of the images a littler darker to see how it overall feels a little sadder or more not as happy a neutral, I want it to be decided negative but not too negative, so again I will be testing around with the photoshop automate program. Photoshop seems to be my best friend fr this project since I know very little final cut as of now. One thing I know for sure is I am definitely going to be using the opacity tool in the final cut for transitions, well if I need transitions that is.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Notes in Class: 1/20/10
Going over the chapter reading
Frame: How you compose a shot, amount of shots for time. One frame is one thirtieth of a second.
Close-up: Focused close to the image.
Long shot: is an establishing frame.
How to use the shots to establish relationships in a movie. Long shots use as an establishing of a zoomed out perspective of the generality of the setting. Establish with a close up does focus on something that could be easily missed if used a long shot first, but does particular detail. Establish with zoomed in first saying that the piece is about that certain character, it established the singular character as more important than the setting, that the world is the character.
Any art we are creating a world giving them what information that we want to give them. The chronological information given is determined by the designer. We can establish things then question then and or not question and have it resolved and is expected or just upheavals the world that was set up.
Scene: One particular action from a perspective, a sequence is a collection of related shots and scenes.
As you edit how to these scene and sequences more from one to the next. Do the scenes have the same rhythm in the speed. Transitions implied violence through movement that have things go opposite. Comparing and contrasting the subjects when you transition between two different ones.
Duration difference is that plot duration within the film and the story duration is the rest the greater things in the world beyond the film what is going on in this world. What is going outside the frame what the story is outside of just the actual film where do these things live.
How does the character relate to the setting and scenes that are shown. The view of the camera where the framing could be and the way it talks about the person who is behind the camera if they have some input on the scene, complex camera angles brings attention to that idea.
Constantly asses and look back at the piece and how it is all working together. Take a break and look at it from a further view. Think about all the relationships brought about together.
Remember to use the White Balance thing in the lighting for manual setting.
Frame: How you compose a shot, amount of shots for time. One frame is one thirtieth of a second.
Close-up: Focused close to the image.
Long shot: is an establishing frame.
How to use the shots to establish relationships in a movie. Long shots use as an establishing of a zoomed out perspective of the generality of the setting. Establish with a close up does focus on something that could be easily missed if used a long shot first, but does particular detail. Establish with zoomed in first saying that the piece is about that certain character, it established the singular character as more important than the setting, that the world is the character.
Any art we are creating a world giving them what information that we want to give them. The chronological information given is determined by the designer. We can establish things then question then and or not question and have it resolved and is expected or just upheavals the world that was set up.
Scene: One particular action from a perspective, a sequence is a collection of related shots and scenes.
As you edit how to these scene and sequences more from one to the next. Do the scenes have the same rhythm in the speed. Transitions implied violence through movement that have things go opposite. Comparing and contrasting the subjects when you transition between two different ones.
Duration difference is that plot duration within the film and the story duration is the rest the greater things in the world beyond the film what is going on in this world. What is going outside the frame what the story is outside of just the actual film where do these things live.
How does the character relate to the setting and scenes that are shown. The view of the camera where the framing could be and the way it talks about the person who is behind the camera if they have some input on the scene, complex camera angles brings attention to that idea.
Constantly asses and look back at the piece and how it is all working together. Take a break and look at it from a further view. Think about all the relationships brought about together.
Remember to use the White Balance thing in the lighting for manual setting.
Stop-Motion
This is the story board, I am not a good drawer obviously but that gives a basic idea on what I want to do at least with the camera angles. I will add actual photos once I have them. But basically, the lighting will be from the building itself and it will take place at night. There will be a dark feeling in the piece hopefully, while being very simplistic.
To decide what sore of creature was to be portrayed took a while to determine and finally decided on some sort toy action figure like but not an actual action figure. Thinking of the toy as a self portrait for an earlier time and an innocence.
However, that innocence is lost because the toy disappears and it doesn't come back. I thought of making someone emerge from the void of where the toy was but then thought that makes the point too obvious and I enjoy ambiguity.
Chapter 13: Aspects of Time
The chapter touched on many different things when a designer is crafting some design or art exhibit that is dependent upon time. Mostly this is thought about in the sense of movies and cartoon shorts, well that's what I think of right away. Essentially it described various ways in how different elements shape a piece and help form it to making some sense or not sense. That there are many things to think about one is the time or duration something is, that a short clip acts much differently than one that is drawn out in a lengthy process. Also the way things are portrayed the angle the camera sees, and what is not seen. Basically there are a lot of different things a person needs to think about before they even reach music which can be helpful but if the rest of the film does not follow with the mood in the rest then it will be off in a sense with things feeling out of place.
The one thing that stood out a lot was basically using the example of Schindler's List and explaining how it worked. That in the movie it followed a repetition of the black and white picture. However, that repetition stopped at times to show and highlight a very significant thing and draw the viewer into looking in that area. Also in the chapter it talked about the chronological order of things going in according to the designer that it is normally viewed in a linear fashion by an audience and if you chose to go out you need to make sure to give clues to the audience that the time has moved around. This stood out to me because I have to tell my moo many times what just happened every time in a movie when the movie moves forward or back in time.
I do ascribe to the notion that it is important to realize in any piece the time in which it is being displayed. Whether this is in the morning or night, or dependent upon very recent events around the world. That someone would view something differently after looking at it for an extended period of time or after a couple of days and go back a piece can speak differently to someone.
The one thing that stood out a lot was basically using the example of Schindler's List and explaining how it worked. That in the movie it followed a repetition of the black and white picture. However, that repetition stopped at times to show and highlight a very significant thing and draw the viewer into looking in that area. Also in the chapter it talked about the chronological order of things going in according to the designer that it is normally viewed in a linear fashion by an audience and if you chose to go out you need to make sure to give clues to the audience that the time has moved around. This stood out to me because I have to tell my moo many times what just happened every time in a movie when the movie moves forward or back in time.
I do ascribe to the notion that it is important to realize in any piece the time in which it is being displayed. Whether this is in the morning or night, or dependent upon very recent events around the world. That someone would view something differently after looking at it for an extended period of time or after a couple of days and go back a piece can speak differently to someone.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Looking at Some Stop Motion
I have been looking as some stop motion videos recently and there is just so many good ones out there. They all seem like they take just forever to create and have really interesting camera angle changes and many different things to do to just create the simple parts of each video.
In that video at least the very beginning is stop motion with added special effects. I presume that they accomplished most of that in photoshop frame by frame. Also the camera angles were really interesting since they moved the camera and the characters at the same time and it was still smooth, I am thinking about maybe using that in my stop motion video that is if I can figure out how to do it.
In that video at least the very beginning is stop motion with added special effects. I presume that they accomplished most of that in photoshop frame by frame. Also the camera angles were really interesting since they moved the camera and the characters at the same time and it was still smooth, I am thinking about maybe using that in my stop motion video that is if I can figure out how to do it.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Chapter 5 Cultivating Creativity:
First of all I agree with that beginning notion of the chapter in how ironically real value in companies now a days is in their intellectual properties. Well, overall the stuff in this chapter are some things that I have already been told about. It is good to just get reminded at times of these things. I rather enjoyed the referencing to the importance of history because it really urks me when people talk about how history is irrelevant. That is when I say in my head, "That's why history repeats since you all don't know what has happened."
I've meet actually very few people in my life that meet all those requirements that the chapter discusses about creative people. How about you guys meet a lot of people like that? I know I do not meet ever requirement for sure.
I found it also very true in how you can take forever to like start a project but once you get into it you just can not stop. I remember many times where I've worked all night when a project wasn't even due the next day, because I got so into it. That 20 minutes turns to 6 hours is a real thing for me at times. That is when you are enjoying what you are doing.
I've meet actually very few people in my life that meet all those requirements that the chapter discusses about creative people. How about you guys meet a lot of people like that? I know I do not meet ever requirement for sure.
I found it also very true in how you can take forever to like start a project but once you get into it you just can not stop. I remember many times where I've worked all night when a project wasn't even due the next day, because I got so into it. That 20 minutes turns to 6 hours is a real thing for me at times. That is when you are enjoying what you are doing.
Stop-motion Videos and First Project Notes:
The other day we watched some really amazing stop motion videos. Some clearly showed the medium they chose of stop motion while others were so fluid that it was kinda difficult to tell that they were made in that fashion. The work and time investment to create each video must have been an enormous amount and it kind of made me nervous bout how long of a process it would be to achieve the minute requirement for the first project. Even though Victoria said it isn't as difficult and you can repeat parts, it still concerns me on how am I going to be able to accomplish it all within the time constraints given.
The different approaches shown in videos helped to illustrate the different ways to approach stop motion, we saw people used, clay figures, and drawings. As of now I am still not sure what route of those three or others that I am going to take. William Kentridge's "Automatic Writing" impressed me the most on just sheer time investment that each drawing took and the addition of music was effective.
Limited without music seemed as if it was a dilemma that could not easily be overcome, however after seeing the clay stop motion creating the human form, it did not see overtly necessary as I previously thought sound would be. I think I will look int some of the silent films where they expressed emotions and reactions very overtly to help with getting the point across. Then again I do not yet have a point or direction and have a couple tentative ideas on what I want to convey but no subject.
The different approaches shown in videos helped to illustrate the different ways to approach stop motion, we saw people used, clay figures, and drawings. As of now I am still not sure what route of those three or others that I am going to take. William Kentridge's "Automatic Writing" impressed me the most on just sheer time investment that each drawing took and the addition of music was effective.
Limited without music seemed as if it was a dilemma that could not easily be overcome, however after seeing the clay stop motion creating the human form, it did not see overtly necessary as I previously thought sound would be. I think I will look int some of the silent films where they expressed emotions and reactions very overtly to help with getting the point across. Then again I do not yet have a point or direction and have a couple tentative ideas on what I want to convey but no subject.
Monday, January 11, 2010
About Me
I am Ryan, I am a second year Graphic Design or Digital Media hopeful, and am attempting to double major in History. I am originally from South Florida. I have one older brother at the University of Miami, a sister that recently graduated from FSU, and I go to the University of Florida, so we definitely have a house divided. We all are vying for my little brother to come to our colleges, but that is still up for debate.
Over the break I went and visited my family in Penn. It was very cold and saw snow. The day after Christmas I went to Canada in the Alberta region. It was really fun and even colder than Penn. Went to Lake Louise and snowboarded for the second time in my life and am getting actually pretty good at it. When I came back to school I recently started a new job and am looking forward to the new year of 2010.
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