First and foremost due to many other individuals not attending class I had to repeat various roles in order for us to have a run through. Many were completely against even attempting the roles given as it was supposed to be a fair and black and white transition of everyone's roles being set in the sheet. For this I was unable to attempt a few roles I had looked forward to doing.
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As one with theatre experience I can understand those that fear the concept of being in the public eye, this is a natural fear from how much we are taught to fear what others think of us. I for one have been through too much in my life to worry about if I look okay on stage or with a camera in my face. Knowing myself this well has come from many experiences, but ultimately it is something that isn't learned in a classroom. You cannot learn competence in one's self or to fight that voice of fear that plays to your insecurities through a text. Only when you accept that you are the only person you can ever be can you truly accept yourself as part of the stage.
I was rather fond of directing the actions of my team though as it almost felt as it came natural. Learning more concepts and understanding the ideas of studio production will even further this feeling as with knowledge also comes competence.
In the film Helvetica many seemed to be obsessed with the simplistic nature of the font and its use. Others went on to tarnish and destroy the idea of Helvetica as a font. All in all I'm not thoroughly impressed with any of the people and their lines of work, but what I did take away and resonate in the film was my own love for fonts that truly stand out to me. Now in this I don't say the "simplistic" fonts are any less, but over idolizing them isn't what I would say to be the most stable choice. I suppose there are worse things to obsess over, but that's neither here nor there.
In all truth fonts are rather amusing to say the least, especially when there is a certain look you are going for. Where I feel it does best though is when things like Helvetica and other such fonts come along that just make sense. Words in the sense of expressions are boundless and everlasting, even from using such words as those many bits of imagery fill your head. Words mean a lot to people as much of it can lift you up and others tear at you from the core. Phrases still mean things to people and fonts mean so much more as they can convey a warning or a reward depending on the font. Art that is inspired by words can be meaningful as just a simple image on a black and white picture with 4 words can make a person's entire day or inspire them.
Here is the song I intend to use, there is a large intro portion at the beginning so I intend to sort of use that as time to sit up the exposition of the video. The first verse I am planning on using to build emotion and then once the chorus hits lead it into the first set of passion to it. The second verse drops the beat back down so I intent to convey a bit more of the situation or another's similar situation that leads back to the chorus in the same light. Overall The song is very powerful as a means of evoking emotion from those that have felt the same.
My initial idea for a video is sort of continuing from 16 Volt's "Burn" video only a similar circumstance and more of a chronicling of two individuals that are mad at the world because of their home lives. When they meet initially they hate one another and it leads to fighting among the two, but once they fight they reach an understanding somehow and walk away friends. I take this occurrence from my own personal experience with others from childhood, having had many other guys dislike me until we fought one another.
In a few Eastern culture there are stories of similar happenings, the ideology that one may "speak through their fists what words cannot."
First and foremost, studio production is not nearly as easy as one would first anticipate. Watching many videos on the subject they make it look so easy, but that is very much a misrepresentation. From hands on work it is very apparent that it takes everyone working to their fullest to accomplish the production's ideals and vision. People must each fulfill their set tasks in order for it all to be successful. Comparing it to something such as theater though it is difficult, as you can gauge your audience in a single moment in live theater versus on camera you don't see anyone. Essentially you have to take what people say after the fact as the means of deciding if it was good or bad. One thing that I kept form doing theater though is the aspect that the show must go on and no matter what technical issue one comes across you do have to work around it in some sense or fashion if at all possible.
Overall though a great start and cannot wait to do more.
By definition it is a construction, Hermeneutics that is, as it establishes itself as a science and philosophy of interpretation. Feels sort of like a paradox how one can make a science of interpreting things that are created to give meaning to action. Emotions, ideals, personalities and memory are all things we have created and use to interpret our surroundings. If we spoke to a foreign alien race, would the find the same things valuable we would? Would loved ones be a concept they could understand? Its a muddled topic one can't pin point as we are biased.
The five types of Hermeneutics break it down a bit more, but ultimately it is up to the interpretation of the individual to find the meanings and relate their own interpersonal experiences to the concepts.
Natural -basic miscommunication for the most part. (Not useful, but understanding it will lead to less instances of misunderstandings.)
Normative - using text as basis for decision making (Using things such as laws as the means of making decisions.)
Scientific- History and means of measuring to form ideas (Taking things such as events and data to use towards factual interpretations)
Philosophical - Coming up with some means of understanding existence (Finding others and being able to clearly describe my own means of understanding existence and life. Finding meaning.)
Depth - Questioning things instead of simply accepting blindly ( May help lead towards reform and the change we need in society.)
With this blog I am treading into a territory I've often tried to stay neutral on and kept an open mind. When I saw the trailer for this game though a few months ago it sends me into a conflict with myself. Lollipop Chainsaw is a new game coming to major gaming consoles that depicts a chainsaw-wielding cheerleader that fights hordes of the undead. At the helm you have Suda51 and James Gunn, Suda being well known in the gaming industry for being the "Tarantino of Video Games" and Gunn working on major films. In the first trailer it shows the protagonist, Juliet Starling, as being a cute and innocent individual while having a figure that would certainly make many feminists stand on their heads.
I chose this trailer as it stands as something of a "guilty pleasure" in which I find it mocks the mindset I have that wishes to keep the thoughts and feelings of others in mind while the other part just wants to play it and see what is going on. Knowing Suda's work though I know for a fact there is a great deal being left out that will be left to those that actually play the game. He has a way of taking a character and truly fleshing them out into a very deep and meaningful individual that his fans know him for. On the surface I think this game looks bad and many probably will be outraged by it, but ultimately trailers these days can be misleading while others hold true to what they set out to achieve and provide those that buy their products. Will I think the game will fully redeem itself? No. Will I still buy it and probably enjoy myself? Yes.
Granted I have used this example before, but it still feels well-suited.
Tank! the opening to the acclaimed series Cowboy Bebop has an exceptional use of various hues that exemplify the many facets of the characters. Spike Spiegel, the shows many protagonist, is shown in various colors in a fast paced mash-up of various ideas. At one moment he is seen in blue, calm and relaxed with a darker shade to sort of add to the mystery. The next shown in a red that almost gives that eerie look of real blood as he runs. Another frame he is shown laid back and cascaded in a deep purple that adds more sense of mystery to the character.In the next moment completely covered in a joyful yellow that is somewhat darker. All of which are faces and parts of what make the character as a whole.
In this we see simple representations as the young boy, Dr. Tran, is sitting and enjoying some quiet log time. We can tell he is pure and innocent by the hue of the baby blue shirt he is wearing. The chicken has green eyes which shows he is envious of Dr. Tran and thus why he proceeds to torment him.
