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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Response to Dan's Q
Q: With the merging of mediums or changes in mediums, like new media, what effect does this have on culture? or does the culture change the medium?
A: New media is affected by the people, institutions and groups that interact and create the advancements in technology and make remediation possible. It is definitely the citizens in the said culture that influence the medium. Without a demand for reality, the tactic of using media to convey reality would remain a figment of our wildest imaginations. Only when people in society take the initiative to bring the viewers a real experience did the possibilities of combining and changing media skyrocket exponentially.
A: New media is affected by the people, institutions and groups that interact and create the advancements in technology and make remediation possible. It is definitely the citizens in the said culture that influence the medium. Without a demand for reality, the tactic of using media to convey reality would remain a figment of our wildest imaginations. Only when people in society take the initiative to bring the viewers a real experience did the possibilities of combining and changing media skyrocket exponentially.
Networks of Remediation (Bolter & Grusin)
1. What is your take on the notion that immediacy depends on the cultural context? (i.e. Africans v. Westerners looking at a photograph) Do you agree or disagree that immediacy to some may look like hypermediacy to others? Explain or give an example of how this applies to you.
2. Is it the media that influence cultural changes or cultural changes that influence media? Give evidence to support this.
3. Remediation is happening all around. Is it possible for you, the viewer, to watch a movie and be drawn immediately into a scene where an actor is watching or interacting through another medium? Does the fact that you're watching someone using another medium trigger the realization that you are also interacting with hypermediated technology?
2. Is it the media that influence cultural changes or cultural changes that influence media? Give evidence to support this.
3. Remediation is happening all around. Is it possible for you, the viewer, to watch a movie and be drawn immediately into a scene where an actor is watching or interacting through another medium? Does the fact that you're watching someone using another medium trigger the realization that you are also interacting with hypermediated technology?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Response to Nick's Q
Q: Considering the current decline in print journalism, do you think it has fallen to a consumer-based rise in demand for such readily accessible media as video? What's your take on that difference in hypermedia?
A: I agree that the consumer-based rise in demand for easily accessible media is the cultural trend. It appears that print journalism is weeded out with the ever-dominant role of broadcast and digital media. However, we as citizens and viewers have the choice to expose ourselves to whatever type of media we want. Even though video tries to emulate reality by taking the viewers on-the-scene and giving them an exclusive look into any given subject, it will never attain reality. Unless we are all living in a daze or completely unaware of our surroundings, we will realize that hypermediacy isn't a substitution for reality. True, it's fun to put on a pair of night goggles and experience virtual reality, but that fantastic fantasy is almost as surreal as the idea that Elvis Presley is still alive. We as a society has forgotten the immediacy of the very paper and ink that journalists have poured their labor into paging together. The authentic news is still found from imagining the scene, not seeing it on TV. Because even though we see it, we have no real recollection or memory of experiencing it and personally feeling it. Nothing replaces reality.
A: I agree that the consumer-based rise in demand for easily accessible media is the cultural trend. It appears that print journalism is weeded out with the ever-dominant role of broadcast and digital media. However, we as citizens and viewers have the choice to expose ourselves to whatever type of media we want. Even though video tries to emulate reality by taking the viewers on-the-scene and giving them an exclusive look into any given subject, it will never attain reality. Unless we are all living in a daze or completely unaware of our surroundings, we will realize that hypermediacy isn't a substitution for reality. True, it's fun to put on a pair of night goggles and experience virtual reality, but that fantastic fantasy is almost as surreal as the idea that Elvis Presley is still alive. We as a society has forgotten the immediacy of the very paper and ink that journalists have poured their labor into paging together. The authentic news is still found from imagining the scene, not seeing it on TV. Because even though we see it, we have no real recollection or memory of experiencing it and personally feeling it. Nothing replaces reality.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Mediation and Remediation (Bolter & Grusin)
1. In the reading, hypermedia and transparent media both desire to get past the limits of representation and to achieve the real. Yet, all media is remediation. Do you think that remediation detracts from the ability to achieve reality?
2. What do you think of the idea that our culture shapes media as opposed to media shaping our culture?
3. How effective is language in visual media? (i.e. subtitles in a foreign film) Should they be omitted altogether or does it enhance the real experience of films?
2. What do you think of the idea that our culture shapes media as opposed to media shaping our culture?
3. How effective is language in visual media? (i.e. subtitles in a foreign film) Should they be omitted altogether or does it enhance the real experience of films?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Response to Aaron's Q
Q: As a writing teacher, would you focus on the importance of the writer or the reader in relation to text? Explain the faults in the view that opposes yours.
A: I believe that there is a relationship or a triad, if you will, among the author, reader & purpose of the text itself. No single category is more or less important. However, students inevitably write as though they were talking to themselves. Often times, students write using pronouns such as "I" or "me," which constantly reminds them that their thoughts & opinions matter. However, take a persuasive or argumentative piece instead of a narrative. Then, students begin to realize that the writing is not necessarily about the author but about how the author can reach his or her audience. Without that bridge between the reader and writer, the purpose of the text becomes null and void. Unless the writer tends to keep one's writing to his or herself, the audience should be given more attention. That means, the writers needs to see from the outsider's perspective and look into the text instead of looking out into the world through his/her own eyes.
A: I believe that there is a relationship or a triad, if you will, among the author, reader & purpose of the text itself. No single category is more or less important. However, students inevitably write as though they were talking to themselves. Often times, students write using pronouns such as "I" or "me," which constantly reminds them that their thoughts & opinions matter. However, take a persuasive or argumentative piece instead of a narrative. Then, students begin to realize that the writing is not necessarily about the author but about how the author can reach his or her audience. Without that bridge between the reader and writer, the purpose of the text becomes null and void. Unless the writer tends to keep one's writing to his or herself, the audience should be given more attention. That means, the writers needs to see from the outsider's perspective and look into the text instead of looking out into the world through his/her own eyes.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Response to Megan's Q
Q: According to Hampe, if you turn off the sound and can understand what's going on you have strong visual evidence, does this mean that sound evidence is unimportant or maybe even weakens your message?
A: Sound is a vital player in any motion picture or footage. If anything, audio enhances the meaning of a silent film. Yet, if a documentary or video can stand alone without the sound, the filmmaker has taken an extra step that isn't necessarily useful to the viewers. I think that in this generation, where our attention span is limited to 6 seconds of newspaper reading, it is ALL about the sound that we hear on TV that captures our attention. In order for a video to be meaningful, the audience must DRAW meaning out of it. The work itself cannot stand alone as meaningful if nobody pays enough attention or makes the effort to watch a movie without sound.
A: Sound is a vital player in any motion picture or footage. If anything, audio enhances the meaning of a silent film. Yet, if a documentary or video can stand alone without the sound, the filmmaker has taken an extra step that isn't necessarily useful to the viewers. I think that in this generation, where our attention span is limited to 6 seconds of newspaper reading, it is ALL about the sound that we hear on TV that captures our attention. In order for a video to be meaningful, the audience must DRAW meaning out of it. The work itself cannot stand alone as meaningful if nobody pays enough attention or makes the effort to watch a movie without sound.
20 things
1. concrete seating area behind Lincoln Hall... may serve as a meeting spot or a place to find one's Muse.
2. water fountains in front of Alice Campbell Alumni bldg... may serve as a place to gather & celebrate or a place to mourn & weep.
3. alley next to the Big Fat Sandwich Co... may serve as a drug trafficking locale or a scene where suspense rises
4. fraternity on Third & John... may serve as a chapel of some sort or a place to confess sins.
5. Education bldg... may serve as a jail cell or concentration camp
6. Courtroom in law bldg... may serve as a place for intellectuals to gather & present a case to the judge (we may be able to obtain a gavel)
7. walkway next to Allen Hall (leading to Lincoln Ave.)... may serve as a scenic route or a pathway where two people can engage in intimate conversation since the sidewalk is pretty long.
8. Construction next to Armory (down Fourth St.)... may serve as a scene where co-workers wearing hard hats interact or just enjoy the simple pleasures of work.
9. Swimming pool on 8th floor of 309... may serve as a scene that depicts summer & fun, could be a place where strangers meet, or a place where a child tragically drowns.
10. The roundabout hallway inside the south entrance of the English Bldg... may be taped in a manner to give emphasis on repetition or point out a recurring ideas. Also, this is a good location to shoot two people who are standing across the hallway from each other with a wide gap in between.
11. Overpass connecting the Tower at Third and the parking garage... may serve as a transition into a city scene (equivalent to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge)
12. A view from a certain height inside the Tower at Third... may serve as a place to take an aerial shot of a city. It looks even more like Chicago at night time.
13. Financial Aid bldg... may serve as an office or headquarters of some sort. The building itself is made of glass windows, so we can even shoot a scene going on inside from outside of the building.
14. Caribou Coffee inside County Market... may serve as a meeting location or a place where a job interview could take place.
15. Hallway leading to Graduate Library inside the UGL cafe... may serve as a shot where people can walk down the halls in the background and make the setting look natural.
16. Pillars outside the English bldg... may serve as a scene from Greece.
17. Krannert art museum... may serve as a scenic background when shooting city life images.
18. Business Instructional Facility... any of its rooms can be used to shoot a classroom scene. Also, we can shoot an aerial view of a scene happening on the main level (open area) from the 2nd floor balcony. We can shoot people walking up and down the stairs from halfway across the building, too.
19. Ditch near tennis courts by Allen Hall (on Dorner)... may serve as a war scene (kind of emulating the trenches during WWII)
20. Patio behind ISR... may serve as a backdrop to show a social setting that exists behind a person's home. Also, it could be used as a place to hold family gatherings.
2. water fountains in front of Alice Campbell Alumni bldg... may serve as a place to gather & celebrate or a place to mourn & weep.
3. alley next to the Big Fat Sandwich Co... may serve as a drug trafficking locale or a scene where suspense rises
4. fraternity on Third & John... may serve as a chapel of some sort or a place to confess sins.
5. Education bldg... may serve as a jail cell or concentration camp
6. Courtroom in law bldg... may serve as a place for intellectuals to gather & present a case to the judge (we may be able to obtain a gavel)
7. walkway next to Allen Hall (leading to Lincoln Ave.)... may serve as a scenic route or a pathway where two people can engage in intimate conversation since the sidewalk is pretty long.
8. Construction next to Armory (down Fourth St.)... may serve as a scene where co-workers wearing hard hats interact or just enjoy the simple pleasures of work.
9. Swimming pool on 8th floor of 309... may serve as a scene that depicts summer & fun, could be a place where strangers meet, or a place where a child tragically drowns.
10. The roundabout hallway inside the south entrance of the English Bldg... may be taped in a manner to give emphasis on repetition or point out a recurring ideas. Also, this is a good location to shoot two people who are standing across the hallway from each other with a wide gap in between.
11. Overpass connecting the Tower at Third and the parking garage... may serve as a transition into a city scene (equivalent to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge)
12. A view from a certain height inside the Tower at Third... may serve as a place to take an aerial shot of a city. It looks even more like Chicago at night time.
13. Financial Aid bldg... may serve as an office or headquarters of some sort. The building itself is made of glass windows, so we can even shoot a scene going on inside from outside of the building.
14. Caribou Coffee inside County Market... may serve as a meeting location or a place where a job interview could take place.
15. Hallway leading to Graduate Library inside the UGL cafe... may serve as a shot where people can walk down the halls in the background and make the setting look natural.
16. Pillars outside the English bldg... may serve as a scene from Greece.
17. Krannert art museum... may serve as a scenic background when shooting city life images.
18. Business Instructional Facility... any of its rooms can be used to shoot a classroom scene. Also, we can shoot an aerial view of a scene happening on the main level (open area) from the 2nd floor balcony. We can shoot people walking up and down the stairs from halfway across the building, too.
19. Ditch near tennis courts by Allen Hall (on Dorner)... may serve as a war scene (kind of emulating the trenches during WWII)
20. Patio behind ISR... may serve as a backdrop to show a social setting that exists behind a person's home. Also, it could be used as a place to hold family gatherings.
Intertexts (Ede & Lunsford)
1. What is your take on group projects at the collegiate level? Should professors step away from encouraging shared authorship through group work?
2. Why do you think individualism has become a part of the post-Renaissance culture? What events or ideas revoluntionized independent thinking and rightfully (or selfishly) taking credit for one's own work to the point where authors fight over whose name appears first on the insert or title page?
3. "Reconstruction does not imply a return to a lost state but rather an alternative conceptualization of the experience of subjectivity, enriched by the chastening experiences of the
last century." This quote written by Thomas C. Heller & David E. Wellbery was meant to reconstruct the word, "individualism." Can individualism be something more than taking ownership of one's present work? How does an individual taking authorship of a work have anything to do with the past?
2. Why do you think individualism has become a part of the post-Renaissance culture? What events or ideas revoluntionized independent thinking and rightfully (or selfishly) taking credit for one's own work to the point where authors fight over whose name appears first on the insert or title page?
3. "Reconstruction does not imply a return to a lost state but rather an alternative conceptualization of the experience of subjectivity, enriched by the chastening experiences of the
last century." This quote written by Thomas C. Heller & David E. Wellbery was meant to reconstruct the word, "individualism." Can individualism be something more than taking ownership of one's present work? How does an individual taking authorship of a work have anything to do with the past?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Response to Nick's Q
Q: What kind of documentary would you prefer to make? Do you think more can be achieved with a documentary than with the simple presentation of facts? Why or why not?
A: I would love to cover live footage of lifestyles in third world countries for a TV news station or do some personal filming to make into a documentary. It's not all that easy trying to give a fresh look at an issue like poverty or warfare because of the overuse of images portraying malnourished children in Africa or babies with missing limbs. Movies such as Schindler's List (covering footage from the Holocaust) presents the facts in the form of a documentary (Jews are being incinerated & burned alive in concentration camps), and the visual provides a poignant effect. A documentary serves as a vehicle that processes reality. A documentary is most effective when it takes an emotional approach that helps the viewers connect with the story, whereas a Powerpoint presentation, for example, remains as flat and dull as the screen it shows up on.
A: I would love to cover live footage of lifestyles in third world countries for a TV news station or do some personal filming to make into a documentary. It's not all that easy trying to give a fresh look at an issue like poverty or warfare because of the overuse of images portraying malnourished children in Africa or babies with missing limbs. Movies such as Schindler's List (covering footage from the Holocaust) presents the facts in the form of a documentary (Jews are being incinerated & burned alive in concentration camps), and the visual provides a poignant effect. A documentary serves as a vehicle that processes reality. A documentary is most effective when it takes an emotional approach that helps the viewers connect with the story, whereas a Powerpoint presentation, for example, remains as flat and dull as the screen it shows up on.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Making Analogs of Reality (Hampe)
1. What was the author's purpose of reminding us, "Some ideas just aren't visual ideas. They belong in an article, or a pamphlet, or a speech, or a recording, or a wall poster." What should we keep in mind about how to capture footage as we start our video project?
2. Have you or a friend ever gotten great footage on video for the purpose of making a point, but it didn't play back the right way or couldn't be edited without desroying the original footage altogether? What made you realize the evidence simply wasn't there?
3. What is your take on filming visual images where nothing happens? Do you think the "absense of activity" can bring forth a compelling message? (i.e. man sitting still in a chair, a child sleeping) Or should these scenes be cut out from the video/documentary altogether?
2. Have you or a friend ever gotten great footage on video for the purpose of making a point, but it didn't play back the right way or couldn't be edited without desroying the original footage altogether? What made you realize the evidence simply wasn't there?
3. What is your take on filming visual images where nothing happens? Do you think the "absense of activity" can bring forth a compelling message? (i.e. man sitting still in a chair, a child sleeping) Or should these scenes be cut out from the video/documentary altogether?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Converting Youtube clips into MP3
1. Copy the YouTube URL you want to use.
2. Click this link here.
3. Paste the YouTube URL into the bar labeled "Enter YouTube URL."
4. Click the blue "Go" button.
5. Look below for an orange link that says "Download MP3." Click on it.
6. Follow the green text that says "Click button below to download MP3" (inside the gray bar)
7. When it asks to save the file, save it into iTunes.
The YouTube clip is now in MP3 format & ready to use.
2. Click this link here.
3. Paste the YouTube URL into the bar labeled "Enter YouTube URL."
4. Click the blue "Go" button.
5. Look below for an orange link that says "Download MP3." Click on it.
6. Follow the green text that says "Click button below to download MP3" (inside the gray bar)
7. When it asks to save the file, save it into iTunes.
The YouTube clip is now in MP3 format & ready to use.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Response to Megan's Q
Q: Shipka seems to suggest that the final product may not be the most important component in a project but that authorial intent must be taken into account? However, many people might only see the final product and not know the authorial intent. Do you agree with Shipka? Or do you feel that without knowing about the author the audience does not get the entire experience?
A: Jody Shipka makes a valid point that the author's intent/thought process isn't always manifested in the final product. That is why it's important for there to be an analysis and reflection time after attempting to create a project using activity-based multimodal compositions. However, if the author's intent is far removed from the actual representation or model of the project, then the author may need to RETHINK the way he/she presents the piece to the audience. After all, one component of these activity-based multimodal projects is to find a way to COMMUNICATE with the audience members. Thus, the final product should be complex enough to show a thought process that is new and enlightening, but it should also keep the components and combinations that make up the piece simple to follow.
A: Jody Shipka makes a valid point that the author's intent/thought process isn't always manifested in the final product. That is why it's important for there to be an analysis and reflection time after attempting to create a project using activity-based multimodal compositions. However, if the author's intent is far removed from the actual representation or model of the project, then the author may need to RETHINK the way he/she presents the piece to the audience. After all, one component of these activity-based multimodal projects is to find a way to COMMUNICATE with the audience members. Thus, the final product should be complex enough to show a thought process that is new and enlightening, but it should also keep the components and combinations that make up the piece simple to follow.
Sound Engineering: Toward a theory of multimodal soundness (Shipka)
1. What was your initial interpretation of the phrase, "activity-based multimodal theory of composing?" In other words, what did you think the author was talking about before you read any further?
2. Using your newfound understanding of the aforementioned theory, let's say you were a teacher. How would you explain to a student how this theory works? Give an example of a creative assignment or project that would allow room for students to make their own choices and negotiate objectives, rules tools, materials, conventions of specific communicative genres, activitity system or discipline.
3. How can you relate to Dan or Val in some of the projects you've done throughout your years of schooling? Could you describe the activity-based multimodal project and explain briefly 1) what purpose the piece served 2) who the audience was 3) and how you appropriately chose the elements & combinations to fulfill this project (i.e. why this visual technique, why this type of sound, etc.)
2. Using your newfound understanding of the aforementioned theory, let's say you were a teacher. How would you explain to a student how this theory works? Give an example of a creative assignment or project that would allow room for students to make their own choices and negotiate objectives, rules tools, materials, conventions of specific communicative genres, activitity system or discipline.
3. How can you relate to Dan or Val in some of the projects you've done throughout your years of schooling? Could you describe the activity-based multimodal project and explain briefly 1) what purpose the piece served 2) who the audience was 3) and how you appropriately chose the elements & combinations to fulfill this project (i.e. why this visual technique, why this type of sound, etc.)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bernie Somers: Women & Children (The Moth)
This segment of the Moth was hilarious. To open up the night, Bernie Somers sings a song that he made up about how he would imagine people to react on the sinking Titantic. "Women and children FIRRR-RST..." I would definitely rather be there in person to watch this stand-up comedian rather than listen to it without a visual supplement. As difficult as it sounds, I'm trying to envision sitting next to complete strangers and laughing as though I was one of the people in the crowd. Truly, podcasts do detract from being in the actual setting. However, the sound effects (i.e. laughter, clapping of hands and the detailed intonations of the speaker) all give this segment more substance. I enjoyed being entertained, and I think I automatically laughed during the parts where the audience collectively laughed. Even though I don't know these people and I can't interact with them, they influenced me. It's interesting to think that people, in this case, are merely part of the audio. I use my ears more in this segment and catch subtle tones and voice changes because I rely on one of my senses to remain keen.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Initial Interpretation of People's Photo Essays
Susmita:
This piece seems to shed light on a typical Monday night of Texas Hold 'Em. The people in the photos appear to be enjoying the game of poker. This may emphasize a tradition or value of enjoying time with good company. I liked the use of numbers on the whiteboard to show that poker was a mathematical game based on chance. The game of emotions is displayed.
Rasheena:
This is a powerful example of how a child and a young adult view the world. I understood the contrast between a young innocent mind and a more experienced and developed mind. The whole presentation was a juxtaposition of the child's way of identifying/using an object versus the way everyday people in society might respond to typical things such as a bed or wall. I thought it was interesting that you displayed shoes in the last slide (walking in a child's shoes v. adult's shoes).
Raquel:
The images in the first half of the presentation were taken on Green St. The photos seem to capture some of the newer additions to the campus life (Urban Outfitters, Panera Bread, Starbucks, etc.) That's my guess, but someone who might not know about the campus developments may not understand that idea. (Maybe my interpretation is skewed, too). Then you took photos of construction going on with emerging apartments in a neighborhood. I liked this contrast because it was a good indicator of developing areas. This shows hope, progress and growth and renewal.
Nick:
You took pictures of construction heavy areas where you take the viewer into the eyes of you, the camera man. It's interesting how you show the contrast between the developing areas and all the construction and as you travel down the road we encounter areas that are more modernized and developed.
Megan:
The enclosed area in the apartment stands as a stark contrast to the open greenery that you show later on in the slideshow. I thought that the door was a good transition into the outer world. These outdoor, nature pictures are very eye opening. It's almost as though the audience feels the stuffiness of the apartment and then once they see the sky and trees, we all seem to breathe more easily.
HK:
Your message was deep. It looks like the photos are meant to show that global issues are powerful with people protesting and fighting for social justice. Yet gradually we see the pictures digress into images of people who deal with smaller, more personal issues. I think to myself, we must be a nation caught up in self-image. It seems selfish in a sense. We deal with less significant issues compared to starving children and human rights. You could've played with black and white & color. Show more emphasis on the more serious pictures and use color for the less significant ones.
Dan:
Before I saw the ordered photo essay, I thought that it was meant to show how lighting affects the viewing of the same or similar images. I wasn't sure what you meant to do by playing with the different angles of the book aisles.The ordered photo essay flows better because I saw you tried to zoom out of the bookshelves, changed the lighting and gradually gave the message that we need to see with a broader perspective. Nice use of movement and adding life to the images.
Aaron:
The beach theme really got me excited. I like the usage of different aspects of the beach instead of just the ocean itself. The lighting of the photos is vivacious. First the images were just of the beach and the sky. There are a lot of single object, still life shots with human elements. I thought that was really interesting.
This piece seems to shed light on a typical Monday night of Texas Hold 'Em. The people in the photos appear to be enjoying the game of poker. This may emphasize a tradition or value of enjoying time with good company. I liked the use of numbers on the whiteboard to show that poker was a mathematical game based on chance. The game of emotions is displayed.
Rasheena:
This is a powerful example of how a child and a young adult view the world. I understood the contrast between a young innocent mind and a more experienced and developed mind. The whole presentation was a juxtaposition of the child's way of identifying/using an object versus the way everyday people in society might respond to typical things such as a bed or wall. I thought it was interesting that you displayed shoes in the last slide (walking in a child's shoes v. adult's shoes).
Raquel:
The images in the first half of the presentation were taken on Green St. The photos seem to capture some of the newer additions to the campus life (Urban Outfitters, Panera Bread, Starbucks, etc.) That's my guess, but someone who might not know about the campus developments may not understand that idea. (Maybe my interpretation is skewed, too). Then you took photos of construction going on with emerging apartments in a neighborhood. I liked this contrast because it was a good indicator of developing areas. This shows hope, progress and growth and renewal.
Nick:
You took pictures of construction heavy areas where you take the viewer into the eyes of you, the camera man. It's interesting how you show the contrast between the developing areas and all the construction and as you travel down the road we encounter areas that are more modernized and developed.
Megan:
The enclosed area in the apartment stands as a stark contrast to the open greenery that you show later on in the slideshow. I thought that the door was a good transition into the outer world. These outdoor, nature pictures are very eye opening. It's almost as though the audience feels the stuffiness of the apartment and then once they see the sky and trees, we all seem to breathe more easily.
HK:
Your message was deep. It looks like the photos are meant to show that global issues are powerful with people protesting and fighting for social justice. Yet gradually we see the pictures digress into images of people who deal with smaller, more personal issues. I think to myself, we must be a nation caught up in self-image. It seems selfish in a sense. We deal with less significant issues compared to starving children and human rights. You could've played with black and white & color. Show more emphasis on the more serious pictures and use color for the less significant ones.
Dan:
Before I saw the ordered photo essay, I thought that it was meant to show how lighting affects the viewing of the same or similar images. I wasn't sure what you meant to do by playing with the different angles of the book aisles.The ordered photo essay flows better because I saw you tried to zoom out of the bookshelves, changed the lighting and gradually gave the message that we need to see with a broader perspective. Nice use of movement and adding life to the images.
Aaron:
The beach theme really got me excited. I like the usage of different aspects of the beach instead of just the ocean itself. The lighting of the photos is vivacious. First the images were just of the beach and the sky. There are a lot of single object, still life shots with human elements. I thought that was really interesting.
Response to Dan's Q
1. What kind of films or genres of films uses sounds more effectively?
I think that action movies utilize the mood and sound because these demand the most attention from the audience members. The images already stand out so once the viewers are captivated by the graphics, the music or background noise accentuate the actual experience of the film itself.
I think that action movies utilize the mood and sound because these demand the most attention from the audience members. The images already stand out so once the viewers are captivated by the graphics, the music or background noise accentuate the actual experience of the film itself.
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