Film

For my experimental film project, I am doing all my recording in my bedroom.  This just seems to be an obvious choice since it is where I spend most of my time. Boring picture and a lot of white. Oh well, it happens.

I've never worked with film so I'm a little anxious to see how this goes.... well keep posted.

Sound.

This is my sound composition using some sounds that i recorded in and outside of my apartment. It starts out with the ticking of the clock representing how quite and calm it is in the morning. You can hear the process of me going out the door and then all of that calm sort of stops there is the sound of the chimes and birds and that would normally seem peaceful but there there is so much industrial sound. You can hear the high way traffic and all kinds of other cars. That sound all starts to build up and then i switch it back to the ticking of the clock. I really like the dramatic feel it gives to the piece. It kind of represents just taking a time out from all of the distractions of the day and trying once again to find that calm.

Wind Chimes

Deep Listening

This picture was captured after I did my deep listening.

I did my listening in the Art Studio during my morning class. I heard miltiple people talking and the buzz of conversation. Also I heard alot of machinery. There was a blender that was running off and on during the 10 minutes and also a fan and heater running. The Blender was a very dull sound and the fan seemed to change sound on a regular basis with a sort of squeaking sound. There was the sound of paper ripping and people walking around. These sounds are all what would seam to be very common in an art studio. It's happening all around me. People are laughing, but there are some angry tones in the voices of some. This is once again common to an art studio. It shows the process of being pleased or unhappy with a project. There is a hurried, busy mood that goes along with the sounds in the room. People are somewhat rushing to get their projects done. All the while, the fan and blender are still repeated their patterns of buzzing, humming, and squeeking. Although there is a very vast spread of sounds that occur they all seem to go together, as if they are suppose to be happening at that time. Without the bustling sound the studio would seem less active and productive.

Color Animation

I created this piece by drawing on a chalk board. I really like the idea of shifting a piece rather than recreate or redraw an image multiple times. So I just added or subtracted from the same board to create my changing images. I added the background in first just to set the scene. That part was the easy part. When it came time for me to add in the little people it was a little more challenging to get them to be moving the way I wanted them to. The only problem I had with the materials themselves was that sometimes a build up of chalk on the board would move and cause a black spot on the board. This was an issue because I didn't want to take any chalk off the board because I wanted a shift in the drawing not recreating it. The chalk build up eventually shifted the color a little bit, but I don't think it took away from the imaging. If anything, I think it added to the overall imaging. For me, I think this video just shows that sometimes things aren't always what they first appear to be. Not everything always has to be so black and white, but it's our job to create that color. I think the feel that comes from this video is somewhat optimistic. The conflict in this video isn't necessarily and argument between people, but a conflict between a person and the environment around them. It is resolved by creating a unique way to find color and happiness in the world.

George Rush Darker with the Day

          The exhibition by George Rush was a compilation of Pantings done in different grey scales. It looked to be done in acrylic paints. All the paintings were all displayed to be centered at about eye level. There were very clean straight lines between objects in the painting. The paintings are all of windows some looking from the outside and some looking from the inside. The set up of the exhibition was two sets of parallel walls forming a square to stand in. The viewers of the exhibition seemed to stand in the middle, and then turn from that one point to face each painting. After they did this they seemed to go closer to better examine each painting. The wall that each painting hung on was specifically made for this exhibition. Then George Rush came to the gallery to paint these walls to hang his paintings. The paintings on the actual wall were pretty much the same on each wall. The set up of the exhibition was very important to the actual content of the paintings. As you entered the exhibit the first painting of a window was looking from the outside in. After you walked around the wall the other four paintings formed a square, and the windows were painted in the view from the inside looking out. The set up of the exhibition, I think, was the most important part. Without the set up being the way it was the views of the paintings would make absolutely no sense.

         The first painting you saw when you walked into the gallery was a painting of a large window. You seemed to be standing on the outside of the window looking in. But, the inside of the window was black. It was very simple. There was no objects in this painting. The drapery had shadows from the different pieces of the window.

          After you walked past the wall, the gallery opened up into four  smaller walls. Directly behind the first window you saw, was another window that was the exact oposite of the window on the other side. It shows the window looking from the inside out. The window pane was very detailed and showed alot of depth. The shadow of the window panes is shown on the drapery.

          As you turned in the gallery there was other paintings on each wall. Each of the paintings shows a table and two chairs. The each view of the table showed different views of the objects on the table and even different objects that were hidden behind an object in another view. The table top was  very reflective. There was very distinct shadows and highlights, and the light seemed to be coming from the outside.

Muybridge Horse Remade

Coming in the near future...

Here's my story board for my soon to be animation...