for style and illustration:
Jenny Dolfen : http://gold-seven.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://www.goldseven.de/
Gabe Farber : http://theaphex.deviantart.com/gallery/
stock photos:
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
midterm crit
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/messmor1/shared/video/background.html
The final web page for my video interviews.
The final web page for my video interviews.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
follow-up
Most of the research I did on interviews and journalism were about the ways to conduct or perform interviews, most especially in regard to TV. However, I did find a few helpful things.
From Craft of the Media Interview by Dennis Barker
-what does the interviewee signify in political/social/aesthetic terms?
-could interviewee be part of a "social phenomenon"?
-can a subject or issue be opened up (distinct from a straight personal history)?
From Broadcast News by Ted White
-ask follow up questions
-interviewee may not always be accurate as they want to be seen in best light
-what info do you want? emotion/human interest/business vs home
-have no "yes/no" questions
-no "molesting squirrels" questions
-be matter of fact - don't apologize for being there
From Mastering News Media Interview by Stephen Rafe
-supplement interview with video/pictures
-think about entertainment aspect of it
-body language (approach/avoid)
My interviews are mostly entertainment. I want to put them together as a sort of "snapshot" group. It's much like portraiture, but still a little too brief to be fully. So I'm doing more of a sketch/snapshot of the people.
From Craft of the Media Interview by Dennis Barker
-what does the interviewee signify in political/social/aesthetic terms?
-could interviewee be part of a "social phenomenon"?
-can a subject or issue be opened up (distinct from a straight personal history)?
From Broadcast News by Ted White
-ask follow up questions
-interviewee may not always be accurate as they want to be seen in best light
-what info do you want? emotion/human interest/business vs home
-have no "yes/no" questions
-no "molesting squirrels" questions
-be matter of fact - don't apologize for being there
From Mastering News Media Interview by Stephen Rafe
-supplement interview with video/pictures
-think about entertainment aspect of it
-body language (approach/avoid)
My interviews are mostly entertainment. I want to put them together as a sort of "snapshot" group. It's much like portraiture, but still a little too brief to be fully. So I'm doing more of a sketch/snapshot of the people.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Things to do:
[xx] Research on journalism, esp in regard to interviews
[xx] Analyze interviews I already have, see common threads
[xx] Organize somehow: how will these (and future) fit together?
[xx] Analyze interviews I already have, see common threads
[xx] Organize somehow: how will these (and future) fit together?
week 4 projects
Monday, February 14, 2011
week 4 research
Bordewell and Thompson: Film Art
I was reading this before, but this weekend I read the chapter on editing and really drank it in. It talked about shot/reverse shot, the 180 line, match on action, establishing shots. It also talked about how editing determines and depends on graphical matching, rhythm, temporal relations, and spatial relations.
Breathless
1960 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
This movie was actually pretty fascinating in its editing. It used the jump cut a lot - moving the camera very little when cutting. Sometimes this just made it feel like there was a short passage of time, but when the actors spoke through the cut it was a little disorienting. The pace of the movie was very quick for the first 40 minutes. Basically, the first 40 could have been fleshed out in "Hollywood" style for a full length movie. Then the movie screeched to a halt while the two main characters talked to each other in a hotel room. For the last 30 minutes it picked back up with more chasing, tension, and movement.
I was reading this before, but this weekend I read the chapter on editing and really drank it in. It talked about shot/reverse shot, the 180 line, match on action, establishing shots. It also talked about how editing determines and depends on graphical matching, rhythm, temporal relations, and spatial relations.
Breathless
1960 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
This movie was actually pretty fascinating in its editing. It used the jump cut a lot - moving the camera very little when cutting. Sometimes this just made it feel like there was a short passage of time, but when the actors spoke through the cut it was a little disorienting. The pace of the movie was very quick for the first 40 minutes. Basically, the first 40 could have been fleshed out in "Hollywood" style for a full length movie. Then the movie screeched to a halt while the two main characters talked to each other in a hotel room. For the last 30 minutes it picked back up with more chasing, tension, and movement.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
week 3 projects
Monday, February 7, 2011
week 3 research
The Conversation: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje
This book is an entire conversation about film editing with Walter Murch, a famous film and sound editor. I've only just started, but it's been very good so far.
While watching the Super Bowl last night, I saw this commercial. And while I'm not usually a commercial person, when it ended I said, "Can I say I really appreciate this from an artistic perspective?" The way the music and editing fit together in a rhythm was actually quite good, and I think it's a good thing to look at when studying how only music can fit with images.
This book is an entire conversation about film editing with Walter Murch, a famous film and sound editor. I've only just started, but it's been very good so far.
While watching the Super Bowl last night, I saw this commercial. And while I'm not usually a commercial person, when it ended I said, "Can I say I really appreciate this from an artistic perspective?" The way the music and editing fit together in a rhythm was actually quite good, and I think it's a good thing to look at when studying how only music can fit with images.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
week 2 projects
The first project is another interview, this time with Jeanie Abbott.
Shopping
The second project is a Flash video based on Matthew 7:26-27, which is set to a children's song.
Foolish Builder
Shopping
The second project is a Flash video based on Matthew 7:26-27, which is set to a children's song.
Foolish Builder
Sunday, January 30, 2011
week 2 research
1) David Lynch's Interview Project
I've been watching these pretty regularly over the past week.
2) Hillywood Show Productions
Hilly and Hannah Hindi, two girls about my age, have put together an entire conglomeration of amazing videos. They're inspiring to me because of their detail, sound work, and editing. They only use one camera and do all the special effects with Final Cut, which both astounds and inspires me as that is all I have as well. While they had (have?) episodes, the thing that I am interested in is their music video parodies. (http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/ - their website)
The Dark Knight parody
I've been watching these pretty regularly over the past week.
2) Hillywood Show Productions
Hilly and Hannah Hindi, two girls about my age, have put together an entire conglomeration of amazing videos. They're inspiring to me because of their detail, sound work, and editing. They only use one camera and do all the special effects with Final Cut, which both astounds and inspires me as that is all I have as well. While they had (have?) episodes, the thing that I am interested in is their music video parodies. (http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/ - their website)
The Dark Knight parody
week 1 projects..
....finished!
Project 1 is what I stated in my previous entry. I made a "fun video" of the mission trip to Thailand. It's not formal or high quality, but then again that was not its context. This is a video for the people who went to remember, and for the people who supported the group to get a taste of what went on in the trip.
Thailand
Project 2 is another short video. I have been watching David Lynch's Interview Project, and so made a video in the same vein. I interviewed Jarod Spohrer about his experience in Thailand, and made a short clip about one of his responses.
Jarod
Project 1 is what I stated in my previous entry. I made a "fun video" of the mission trip to Thailand. It's not formal or high quality, but then again that was not its context. This is a video for the people who went to remember, and for the people who supported the group to get a taste of what went on in the trip.
Thailand
Project 2 is another short video. I have been watching David Lynch's Interview Project, and so made a video in the same vein. I interviewed Jarod Spohrer about his experience in Thailand, and made a short clip about one of his responses.
Jarod
Monday, January 24, 2011
week 1 projects
THAILAND! I went there over winter break, and came back with 50 video shots and over 3000 pictures total (from the entire group). I want to make videos about what we did there - both a fun yet informative one to show to other people, and a more thought provoking one about the trip's deeper meanings. My week 1 project is to make the first video - the fun one.
My second project is still in the thinking stage. I like to draw, and would just like to make a drawing from one of the photographs. Simple, but I haven't truly drawn (especially from "life") in over a year. I'd like to get back into that.
My second project is still in the thinking stage. I like to draw, and would just like to make a drawing from one of the photographs. Simple, but I haven't truly drawn (especially from "life") in over a year. I'd like to get back into that.
Friday, January 21, 2011
week 1 research
Film Art: an introduction
Bordewell & Thompson, 2010
While it's technically a textbook for my film class, it has a lot of good information in general that I want to use. I've only read the first chapter, but it had info about the stages of film production and various types of camera and film.
Silly, but a study on how trailers are made, what they choose to show or hide, and how music, pacing, and emotion run through it.
Bordewell & Thompson, 2010
While it's technically a textbook for my film class, it has a lot of good information in general that I want to use. I've only read the first chapter, but it had info about the stages of film production and various types of camera and film.
Silly, but a study on how trailers are made, what they choose to show or hide, and how music, pacing, and emotion run through it.
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