Brainwashed pdf by Seth Godin
Making art is great.
You must learn from your experiences in order to generate better ones in the future.
This assignment is bologna.
Monday, January 30, 2012
BLOG ASSIGNMENT #2 Finding your howl
Jonathan Flaum's Finding Your Howl
Jonathan Flaum presents us with the story of the red wolf. The Red Wolf is born into a vacuum where he did not have to react with his natural instincts. After being held in captivity for so many years, he had more than forgotten who he was, he didn't even know who he could be.
Once Mumon (our red wolf protagonist) had been reentered into the wilderness, he needed to literally find his howl in order to take charge of his life as well as the lives of others. If that's not literal enough for you then go color pictures.
I take personal pride in anything I can come up with complete originality. My definition of complete originality stems from taking inspiration to create something new. Having an uninspired idea isn't necessarily reflective of someones creativity or interests, it's just lucky (although I do enjoy random bouts of ideas). I like the idea of building upon the world around me using every possible inspiration as a source of something new.
Jonathan Flaum presents us with the story of the red wolf. The Red Wolf is born into a vacuum where he did not have to react with his natural instincts. After being held in captivity for so many years, he had more than forgotten who he was, he didn't even know who he could be.
Once Mumon (our red wolf protagonist) had been reentered into the wilderness, he needed to literally find his howl in order to take charge of his life as well as the lives of others. If that's not literal enough for you then go color pictures.
I take personal pride in anything I can come up with complete originality. My definition of complete originality stems from taking inspiration to create something new. Having an uninspired idea isn't necessarily reflective of someones creativity or interests, it's just lucky (although I do enjoy random bouts of ideas). I like the idea of building upon the world around me using every possible inspiration as a source of something new.
BLOG ASSIGNMENT #1 Deconstructing Characters.
PROTAGONIST: Baako
Color:
Blue, Green, and Brown
The color scheme used for Baako, the evolved gorilla, is strictly earthly colors. The soft blues, greens, and browns accentuate his origins and orientation, which is to be the hero for where he came from. He has an inclination to protect his habitat and enjoy the wilderness.
Light:
Soft Daylight
Baako is a good-willed protagonist and very natural. While he is a significantly different creature from his unevolved gorilla counterparts, soft lighting shows that he blends in with his surroundings. The source of the light is natural daylight which reflects his preference to being outdoors in his own environment. There are no secrets in complete daylight and you can see that Baako is open and trustworthy.
Shape:
Round, Rigid
Baako's shape is best represented by an arch. Baako takes on the literal appearance of being an arch as he rests on his hind quarters and knuckles simultaneously. As a character, arches describe Baako as sturdy, a natural curve to the surface where he stands. The shape of an arch is a strong foundation for any structure.
ANTAGONIST: The Cardinal
Color:
Brown, White, and Red
The colors incorporated by The Cardinal are self selected. The white is purposely used to make himself stand out as hero in his own mind, almost holy. The brown almost seems hawklike, an attempt to blend into his surroundings and to be originated from common monk garb. The red stands off on its own and is representative of the fire at his core. Together these colors do a poor job of blending together and that reflects The Cardinal's personal inconsistencies.
Light:
Harsh, All Encompassing, Washed Out
The Cardinal is encompassed in a washed out light, from his fire, and his mentality. You can hardly get a clear cut image of who he is because of the emotional and physical intensity brought on the presence of his fire and mission. The Cardinal is often surrounded in the fire of his destruction.
Shape:
Rigid, Rectangular, Too Tall
The Cardinal is a tough man and he stands out, but the height he is and has reached is too high for him to come down. He forced his beliefs on the people around him, so everyone is aware of his presence. He does his best to burn down the world around him and in doing so has become very powerful. Despite that power, however, he is still on his end without any particular support structure making it very easy for him to "fall over". The Cardinal's shape represents his own inevitable destruction as he looms in the horizon of fire.
BLOG ASSIGNMENT #4 Reflection On Sound Design
In Requiem For a Dream, the audio production defined a lot more of the film interpretation than usual.
In the movie music is used whenever the characters deal with temptation or being high. Often sound effects seem loud and echoing which reflect the feeling of isolation and negative emotion of the characters in focus. In one scene, Tyrone is being chased by gunfire while music plays loudly. This amplifies the fact that he's having to deal with being high in a difficult real world situation which is explained with semantic and causal listening modes.
The specific scene posted shows Jared Leto's character Harry smoking marijuana and hallucinating about his girlfriend. Semantic sound incorporates alternative noises in place of things we normally would hear. When he rolls his joint, semantic sound is used to show each of his actions. The paper being whipped out sounds a like paper being whipped out, but the action of grinding up and placing the cannabis on the papers is replaced with a sound like rushing water. Next, Harry proceeds to lick the glue on the papers and the sound used for that is a much more animated sound that what would actually hear. Finally, when the bag is closed back up, a zipper sound is used.
While semantic sounds give us a perspective of the characters being high and dealing with their emotions, causal sound is used for equivocally "real world" situations in the movie. Jared Leto is caught up in his hallucination with Jennifer Connelly when all of a sudden, the music stops playing and the door opens up as Marlon Wayans walks in. The sound used for the door was completely typical.
Requiem for a Dream is an excellent example of sound manipulation. The Gestalt Principle is incorporated in the entire movie. Drug use is literally amplified as each character's perception of reality changes. Harry's mother Sara deals with temptation and eventually prescription pill abuse. Every scene she deals with having to diet has her taunted by surreal sound design of her stomach grumbling, the fridge being incredibly loud, the music is echoing and eerie. The audience is bombarded with audio, but the illusion is that often only one sound is playing at a time to add inflection to each movement.
In the movie music is used whenever the characters deal with temptation or being high. Often sound effects seem loud and echoing which reflect the feeling of isolation and negative emotion of the characters in focus. In one scene, Tyrone is being chased by gunfire while music plays loudly. This amplifies the fact that he's having to deal with being high in a difficult real world situation which is explained with semantic and causal listening modes.
The specific scene posted shows Jared Leto's character Harry smoking marijuana and hallucinating about his girlfriend. Semantic sound incorporates alternative noises in place of things we normally would hear. When he rolls his joint, semantic sound is used to show each of his actions. The paper being whipped out sounds a like paper being whipped out, but the action of grinding up and placing the cannabis on the papers is replaced with a sound like rushing water. Next, Harry proceeds to lick the glue on the papers and the sound used for that is a much more animated sound that what would actually hear. Finally, when the bag is closed back up, a zipper sound is used.
While semantic sounds give us a perspective of the characters being high and dealing with their emotions, causal sound is used for equivocally "real world" situations in the movie. Jared Leto is caught up in his hallucination with Jennifer Connelly when all of a sudden, the music stops playing and the door opens up as Marlon Wayans walks in. The sound used for the door was completely typical.
Requiem for a Dream is an excellent example of sound manipulation. The Gestalt Principle is incorporated in the entire movie. Drug use is literally amplified as each character's perception of reality changes. Harry's mother Sara deals with temptation and eventually prescription pill abuse. Every scene she deals with having to diet has her taunted by surreal sound design of her stomach grumbling, the fridge being incredibly loud, the music is echoing and eerie. The audience is bombarded with audio, but the illusion is that often only one sound is playing at a time to add inflection to each movement.
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