final projects

Kelsey Olson- starts out too dark. but then explodes with light and fire. then babydoll with weird feathers and Indian clothing. song loop gotten from archive and edited in audacity. seems like ritual created baby and woman is the guardian. woman seems otherworldly because of filters and effects but baby is not filtered at all. inspired by legend. of eternal one that cannot die.

Nicole- monitors used for distancing because imagry is painful. tied up to draw parrallel to used of technology. dont want to leave it because u love it even though it makes u mad. music is sad and ties into it

joel- collection of pop videos. played together without much time to get into video to show the pointlessness. no real meaning so played to fast to notice

olga- added creepyness because of child and imagery. little girl sees herself in mirror different than woman would

william- shot as if was his life. actually happening. snap shots to show monotiny? sexuality added

leslie- video piece- left friends alone in front of mirror. made faces and such

mpeg 2 with 90 mins and an aiff converter

DVD STUDIO PRO

dvd studio pro- mode-advanced mode. ntsc mode. sd dvd not hd.

assets bottom left. visual top left.

drag and drop into folder or use import. new folder- "dvd thing" move all video to folder. import. click and drag wav. files.

open menue. control click. drag video to tracks. add new tracks and put in video.

if is in wrong format- use compressor. search for mpeg 2 format, click and drag up to video. hit submit

put audio on. put image on back drop. bring in still image. 720 x 480 then import and lay ontop of track

menu- double click. go to shapes. simple button, drag button onto menu and makes little screen. uncheck motion. drag video to box. in shapes can use text. NAME, TIME BASED MEDIA, TERM.

make links. click track, endjump, menu. links to menue. click track, endjump, menu connects track to menu. needs double sided arrow menu connects track and track connects menu.

colors, selected-lights where choice is

when done. hit build, select project folder. when compressed hit burn

drag and drop image to make background on menu

joel presentation

Joel- Dan Graham- performer/audience/mirror- describes in detail what he is doing. then when is turned facing mirror begins to only describe the audience's movements. deals with people's self consciousness. go to performance and dont expect to be watched or part of a piece. people put on different fronts . Floor insists movement and fidgeting . their movement is incorporated into piece. long enough so attention is still held but they are still restless. eye contact! shot in black and white to keep focus on concept. only uses natural sounds.

presentations. Olga/Gabby

Olga- Francis Alys- when faith moves mountains- took place in Lima. took over two years to put together. filmed as documentary. whole town moved sand dune several meters by working together.video is art but what shot is. so doesnt alter or edit footage. meaning of group of people moving mountain. uses shots of the slums and poor areas. poor because civil war refugees. helicopter scene made whole thing seem pointless. like machine can do what man can do but better. pity isnt the point.

Gabby- Francis Alys- work similar to fluxus. paradox in practice- pushes ice through streets of mexico city. slowly melts away. making something leads to nothing. attitude change to noncaring. Pointless task. cuts into 5 min. diagetic sound. Existentialism?? most of works are humorous. no one seemed to notice him or care. trail of moisture evaporates so wats the point?

download youtube video

Firefox- download, FULL HD. NO FLV, MP4 is ok. right hand under screen. 1 click youtube download (program)

whitebalance- registers what white is on camera

Reading

There are many ways to express a narative. you can use multiple images to create a sequence and a scene. storytelling is very important because they supply information . Beats, scenes and sequences are the same things that moviemakers use in their films. who the story belongs too is also very important. Style can affect the communication of ideas. Cause and effect is also a key tool in narratives. commercials can use cause and effect or multiple images to communicate ideas, using either straight info, comedy, realism, rationality or emotional appeals.

What was most interesting to me were the devices used to express a story. The multiple images and the cause and effect were seemed like the most important aspects of the chapter. I really want to know more about those aspects, how they are used effectively and techniques, and even more storytelling devices that weren't mentioned. it also talked about close ups and balancing the opening and ending with the citizen kane example and i would like to know more about those techniques. Most of the chapter seemed like filler, but Kane and the commercial examples were interesting. Why didnt they just have more of that?