Creating something from something already made is not easy. What I intended to do in this video was create a sequence of events that would draw in the audience and captivate their attentions enough to want to see more. To direct them towards my friends and their videos filled with amazing writing, editing and dialogue. In doing this I took away a bit of their say in the process but gave a different attempt at doing something they had already done. While I feel the promo they made fits their presentation a bit better, I still feel mine has the ability to possibly appeal to a different demographic or audience. By showing the fantastic points in the series they are creating I was able to establish them as named characters while anyone just coming into the series might not understand their on-going jokes.
Through the typography I gave them a name with each face in order to establish the character. Character can be everything in terms of the audience and their perception. By giving them a name and showcasing a few of their moments in the video we come to know what to expect from each. In this it lets the audience know it is okay to see a character commit a certain act as it is within the confines of the established character.
Alternatively I was also trying to see what I could do as an editor. Through editing and working with their footage I was able to connect with the work and understand how certain shots were made. It sort of comes down to the concept of being the man behind the curtain and knowing what each lever does. Through this process one can see the inner workings of the video and establish themselves as part of the creative process after seeing the imagery and interpreting something completely different from the original. The same could be said of any time an author steps down and allows their assistant to continue the writing due to fatigue or the like. Ultimately though we gained respect for one another's artistic views and learned from our experiences. What else could an artist want?
Friday, April 20, 2012
COMM 333: My video
Regret is not something I feel once I have worked on something for as long as I have with this video. I worked hard, learned a great deal and thought of how I could do things differently the next time I were to attempt a new project. From a production stand point I would like to have the time to know Final Cut Pro better, but from working with programs like After Effects I feel I have learned a decent amount of knowledge I can bring to an employer. The process was not simple in the slightest but it was made easier through great resources and networking. Through my friends at TPWL Productions I was able to have great footage to work with and edit to suit the needs of the video. 16Volt was also a great resource with their willingness to allow permission to create the video with the use of their song.
I feel the typography works well, my song choice might not have been the best but at the same time I worked with what I set out to do. As they say you cannot do wrong when you stand behind what you have done. The greatest bit of knowledge to come from all this is that one cannot pull of a production like this alone without any help. Being able to work with a group or to coincide with a group that is willing to help makes all the difference in a production. In that I feel I have great prowess as an editor when it comes to making things work regardless of if they thematically work together. Transitions are also something I feel I'm rather proud of in this work.
Either way the video is something I stand by as something that should exist and something I would watch even if I myself hadn't made it. Through the use of programs and footage I was able to create something new from something already done.
I feel the typography works well, my song choice might not have been the best but at the same time I worked with what I set out to do. As they say you cannot do wrong when you stand behind what you have done. The greatest bit of knowledge to come from all this is that one cannot pull of a production like this alone without any help. Being able to work with a group or to coincide with a group that is willing to help makes all the difference in a production. In that I feel I have great prowess as an editor when it comes to making things work regardless of if they thematically work together. Transitions are also something I feel I'm rather proud of in this work.
Either way the video is something I stand by as something that should exist and something I would watch even if I myself hadn't made it. Through the use of programs and footage I was able to create something new from something already done.
COMM 333: Chapters 9 and 10 Expression, Perception, Logos and Echos
Williams - Why I [Still] Want My MTV
"Twentieth-century art has, to a large degree, brought forth the displacement of perspective as central to the representative of reality, questioning, in particular, in spatialization of knowledge and its propensity to measure all things linearly." (Williams p. 199)
To understand our reality and its confines we must explore past these linear ideas through imaginative thinking of what "could be." The moment one accepts all things to be as they are and has no desire to see them as otherwise, they cut out a piece of that "what-if" scenario that is never fully understood. With Perception and Expression we are able to justify and bend the concepts of what is reality. Through CGI we distort images and curve the idea of the minds of the audience to give a thought of wonder, a feeding into the great what-if. As in the "Knights of Cydonia" video we see various themes and images we know not to be true, but the perception takes the vision as truth for those few moments in between.
Logos/ Logic are what many justify as being the only rational means of thought. Without logic there is emotion or ignorance left as many would claim. But what of the other means we cannot define? What is beyond the intentional or directness? Symbolism seems to resonate with audiences just as much as anything else, but why take an indirect approach. With echos we see the idea of logos and the concept of representation through video.
"I suggest echos as a metaphor and way to understand the mutual interpenetration of sights and sounds- and indeed of the presence of multiple logics- and as well of the multiple ways in which such a work may be read, interpreted, and become meaningful in one's life." (Williams p. 211)
Is it a logical man that interprets any other text than its direct meaning? No, but it is a man that sees past his own hands. One that can reach towards the stars and see them as symbolic meanings as ancient civilizations interpreted them as such. With science we take these ideologies and apply them, but yet still find new and more answers. It is felt that in imagery and expression we may find a new perspective that may define our ever evolving selves.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
COMM 333: Chapter 8 Aes, Ais, Syn
Williams - Why I [Still] Want My MTV
"The goal here is to understand the superfluity and plasticity of the human experience and awareness of the world; how that world can be articulated and understood in different ways." Williams pg. 167
Music at its essence is the understanding and rational we have attributed to our world put into rhythmic and semiotic senses. With the Aesthetic, Aisthesis and Synesthesia we find further means to categorize these interpretations and meta-meanings to our ideologies. When we take into account typical aesthetics we build a set mind view of how something should be in terms of spacial and internal characterizations. A person sees something that really works and afterwards anything else similar never lives up to this set expectation. Is it wrong? Not entirely, but from the aesthetic mindset it can be very wrong and upsetting depending on the audience and their prior knowledge.
"The visual things I see appeal to my sight and to other senses as well." Williams p. 183
When a video or imagery of any type appeals to the individual on a macro scale such as the entire sense of being; an artist has then truly created something worthwhile. When a single person can feel the very essence of the music and vision through their soul it is safe to say one has given a near perfect embodiment of ideas. To touch something that important and viable is a once in a life time thing. Similarly when music makes an individual cry, laugh or enrage it is just as important. Meaning that comes with what we can see, hear, touch, taste, smell and ultimately take as part of our own being in the mind is something we all strive for in our works of life. We each want to be something to someone. In this great sense it is understood that true artists are capable of being the whole world to their fans.
"The goal here is to understand the superfluity and plasticity of the human experience and awareness of the world; how that world can be articulated and understood in different ways." Williams pg. 167
Music at its essence is the understanding and rational we have attributed to our world put into rhythmic and semiotic senses. With the Aesthetic, Aisthesis and Synesthesia we find further means to categorize these interpretations and meta-meanings to our ideologies. When we take into account typical aesthetics we build a set mind view of how something should be in terms of spacial and internal characterizations. A person sees something that really works and afterwards anything else similar never lives up to this set expectation. Is it wrong? Not entirely, but from the aesthetic mindset it can be very wrong and upsetting depending on the audience and their prior knowledge.
"The visual things I see appeal to my sight and to other senses as well." Williams p. 183
When a video or imagery of any type appeals to the individual on a macro scale such as the entire sense of being; an artist has then truly created something worthwhile. When a single person can feel the very essence of the music and vision through their soul it is safe to say one has given a near perfect embodiment of ideas. To touch something that important and viable is a once in a life time thing. Similarly when music makes an individual cry, laugh or enrage it is just as important. Meaning that comes with what we can see, hear, touch, taste, smell and ultimately take as part of our own being in the mind is something we all strive for in our works of life. We each want to be something to someone. In this great sense it is understood that true artists are capable of being the whole world to their fans.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
COMM 333: Chapters 6 and 7
Visual Communication, as found in Williams, shows that music video and other such outlets "maintain a strong relation to print models." (Williams p.131)
The visualization has to be something people can relate to in some form or fashion in order to truly be seen as a visual media. Finding an audience that understands one's work is difficult enough, but it is made much easier in music video in how they are capable of having lyrics along with the imagery of the media. As with the video seen above; we see a distinction between knowing what is and isn't reality. The visual side of it allows us to see something in reality that isn't. Vision is our reality and in turn when we are able to see that which our brain tells us isn't real it becomes the reality of the vision but not so with the mind.
Vision is something that reality cannot achieve in most senses as what we see can often be misleading and in the misbelief we sense another part of reality that we all wish to touch. "This naturalness shows itself as constructed when it breaks-" (Williams p.144) or in other words when our disbelief is destroyed from any amount of small details our vision also takes in that adjusts our reality. When we suddenly see a wire on someone that is 'flying' it ruins the entire mystique of the idea that the person is flying. The imagination is destroyed when we can see how the 'trick' works.
In turn we all want to be shown something that bends reality, but we are curious as a species to want to know how the bend works. You hear the music from a guitar and you cannot just accept the music for what it is, you must understand how the music comes out that way. As such we can see music videos but we want to know how they did those fantastic images and editing. Our minds go to all the different means they could pull of such amazing shots and imagery just because we need to know.
The visualization has to be something people can relate to in some form or fashion in order to truly be seen as a visual media. Finding an audience that understands one's work is difficult enough, but it is made much easier in music video in how they are capable of having lyrics along with the imagery of the media. As with the video seen above; we see a distinction between knowing what is and isn't reality. The visual side of it allows us to see something in reality that isn't. Vision is our reality and in turn when we are able to see that which our brain tells us isn't real it becomes the reality of the vision but not so with the mind.
Vision is something that reality cannot achieve in most senses as what we see can often be misleading and in the misbelief we sense another part of reality that we all wish to touch. "This naturalness shows itself as constructed when it breaks-" (Williams p.144) or in other words when our disbelief is destroyed from any amount of small details our vision also takes in that adjusts our reality. When we suddenly see a wire on someone that is 'flying' it ruins the entire mystique of the idea that the person is flying. The imagination is destroyed when we can see how the 'trick' works.
In turn we all want to be shown something that bends reality, but we are curious as a species to want to know how the bend works. You hear the music from a guitar and you cannot just accept the music for what it is, you must understand how the music comes out that way. As such we can see music videos but we want to know how they did those fantastic images and editing. Our minds go to all the different means they could pull of such amazing shots and imagery just because we need to know.
Monday, April 9, 2012
COMM 360: Production B
I worked with production B "2012 and End of the World" program. With the sudden loss of power it was left up in the air as to what we were going to do, thankfully power was restored. Quickly I jumped to take the guest's spot in the worst case-scenario of her being unable to make it due to the power outage. Last moment she made it so the job I had originally meant to have was filled so I worked in the booth over-seeing the production. Being flexible and quick to fill in for others is something I pride myself on, but alas it often leaves me the odd man out if I'm not needed.
Other things I helped with were things such as added a questions to the pool of things we could discuss with the guest. Helped get us more towards the subjects we took into account such as factual parts of the Mayan calendar and the global climate change issue. Had attempted to get in contact with a few clubs that might be along the same lines of thought, but sadly came up short when my digging proved for nothing. Was also integral on discussing our different options for guests as we discussed various professionals we could have on the show.
Other things I helped with were things such as added a questions to the pool of things we could discuss with the guest. Helped get us more towards the subjects we took into account such as factual parts of the Mayan calendar and the global climate change issue. Had attempted to get in contact with a few clubs that might be along the same lines of thought, but sadly came up short when my digging proved for nothing. Was also integral on discussing our different options for guests as we discussed various professionals we could have on the show.
Monday, April 2, 2012
COMM 333: Chapter 5 - Style
From Why I [Still] Want My MTV - Williams
"Videos can be interpreted in terms of patriarchy and capitalism; as within the purview of contemporary myth and ideology." -Williams p.95
Style is a massive labyrinth that we can all judge the workmanship and concepts behind it while keeping the subjective process of being the audience. The originators message can be vastly misinterpreted depending on the "contemporary." Some are timeless struggles that can be felt through the ages but others are simply a telling of the times. Creativity and style go hand in hand with the central thoughts of pastiche as we take something that was retro and conform it into the modern ideal.
With each new generation of music video there are new concepts and old concepts. Some are way out there in terms of their content but that does not diminish their artistic integrity to create them as they are. As with the Erasure video we find a strange and on some level disturbing vision while at the same time it intrigues the mind into asking, "Why?" Do we have a right answer? Not really as we can't fully tell the artist's thought process from the abstract representations.
"Videos can be interpreted in terms of patriarchy and capitalism; as within the purview of contemporary myth and ideology." -Williams p.95
Style is a massive labyrinth that we can all judge the workmanship and concepts behind it while keeping the subjective process of being the audience. The originators message can be vastly misinterpreted depending on the "contemporary." Some are timeless struggles that can be felt through the ages but others are simply a telling of the times. Creativity and style go hand in hand with the central thoughts of pastiche as we take something that was retro and conform it into the modern ideal.
With each new generation of music video there are new concepts and old concepts. Some are way out there in terms of their content but that does not diminish their artistic integrity to create them as they are. As with the Erasure video we find a strange and on some level disturbing vision while at the same time it intrigues the mind into asking, "Why?" Do we have a right answer? Not really as we can't fully tell the artist's thought process from the abstract representations.
"Rhymes may be implemented less for meaning than for sound." (Williams p.109)
In the sense of style and how it has changed over the years ambiguity is where all music thrives in the contemporary. Rock no longer holds the banner for this style choice as many other genres have taken to using the same for their lyrics and imagery. To keep the audience guessing and to not necessarily give them all the answers is also a trick most writers use today, as it stirs the feelings of the audience driving a need for more and in some cases allows them to mentally create their own content.
Style allows for many things, but in the end it ultimately allows for a true connection between the audience and the creator. Music given a life and theme to it, gather a following that love the style and message they interpret from the content, it all goes so well with the ideal MTV originally put out in the beginning. Self-promoting advertisement.
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