#13 Insperation Through Other Artists: Pogo

I'v known this group for a while now called pogo! They work for several diffrent big movie making companies and create outstanding pieces of music from clips from movies! It's all computer programmed and sounds amazing when put together properly. I really like the style because it's unique, making music from somthing that isen't even realted to it. It makes you feel as if your a kid again and in some sort of dream like fantasy!

This is one of their most recent pieces of music This one is
my personal favourite Their Youtube Account

Pogo Website

Chair Design Assignment: The Thrown

For the past 2-3 weeks me an my CyberArts class has been working on our chair designs and models. We used the designing process to sketch out different unique ideas based on our self thought and personality. After we finally reached our final idea we drew out three dimensional images to help us understand how we would be able to create these actual models. Afterwards we used several different dimensions to think how big the chair would be, we drew a final sketch that would be shaded and added as a reference. After we had all the sketches created we drew out the pieces needed on grid paper to help us get even lines and pieces. We used foam core and paper to create the models. The foam core was very tricky to cut out, I had a bit of problems making it smooth and even. Throne is spelt as so, but I decided to make the spelling as "Thrown" because the back of the chair is leaning out above the seat, looking as if it's going to kick you out of your spot (it also provides shade from the sun). My design is very wavy, curvy and a bit simplistic. This portrays my personality because I am usually all over the place when it comes to getting things done. Even though I am fairly organized I do tend to lose track of things every so often. I am usually always on time with assignments and consider myself to be very organized (likes planning ahead). Some people say this is a bad thing because I never enjoy the time in the present which, sometimes I think is true. I think this assignment was interesting but it really wasn't my cup of tea in the art industry. I prefer sketching and drawing. I think it was a good experience but I don't think I would want to do much more of it.

#12 Life Observation: Seasons

So this year our weather here in Canada has been extremely strange. We had almost no snow, ice, slush...nothing! The only factor of knowing it was winter was the cold and the roaring winds. but the months have been different too, in March I was able to wear a t-shirt and shorts because it felt like summer. but now as it is april, it feels like the winter! I am so confused with the forecasts and such I just don't understand why the weather is acting like this. I think one of the reasons may be global warming, perhaps effects from all the pollution are impacting it as well. It makes me wonder how the weather is going to be like in June, July and August. I have never been this intrested or concerned about the weather in the past, but it seems the future is changing.

#11 Tips and tricks: Purl Bee

So I thought for this weeks post i'd do something a little different! I searched a couple of sites and I really thought this one was really creative. it has many different projects with well thought out instructions on how to make them. I'v always wanted to take the upstairs storage room of my house and make it into a crafts/sewing room. Then I would have space to make a mess and continue to grow creatively. The sooner I learn these skills the better I will become over time. So this site shows many diffrent ways to stay busy and would be great to attempt over the summer holidays!

Click Here For The Purl Bee!

Music Videos Over The Last 3 Decades

Music Videos Over The Last 3 Decades

I was told to view at least nine of these videos from the list (two from each generation) and write a response as to what i think about these music videos. This is a great way for us to examine them for our upcoming music video assignment!

1980's

They seem to use a lot of green screen with vibrant colours, the actual film seems a little fuzzy as well. They seem to wear formal clothing and they still use original outfits and costumes. A lot of there hair style are big and curly and some of the ideas are "out of this world" sort of themes. The singing seems to be more about life than just love and In my own opinion I can actually understand most of the words they are rapping (if they are). Most of the music has a easy rock/ pop feeling to it and is pretty calming. They are still very creative!

1990's

The film is more clear and the videos have better green screen techniques. They still use the "out of this world theme" and use original outfits and costumes. Some of the videos seem to be disturbing, and it seems people are trying to get out of the whole easy pop generation. The music seems to have discovered rock and roll but still has some pop. It feels like people are trying to step out of there safety zones to try and change videos for the future.

2000's

This generation has now changed from easy going to media mania! a lot of the costumes are still being used, green screen effects have improved and people seem to have stepped out of there comfort zone. The music also has more tech effects involved in the songs. People still keep to originality and being creative. Clothing has changed from formal to just the average shirt and pants or even less, showing off more of the body.

Arcade Fire and earlier decades:

Click here to try it yourself

I like the idea of this music video. It has to be the only one I know to this day that is interactive online. I think this is a huge step forward in making people feel more connected to what the music creators are trying to express. It's very interesting how they use several different windows throughout the video to show the movement within the screen. I like how I was able to see my neighborhood and at the ending when the birds flew from the message i wrote to the other screen and trees started to grow on the google map. I think it was extremely creative and more videos should be made similar to this.


Future music video style:

I'm honestly not sure how the future of music is going to be. I'm guessing there going to be aiming towards Techno/Dubstep technological music used with effects and sound effects. With auto tuning pretty much anyone can become a singer, and it seems people like the flashing and fast music. Who knows what tomorrow will bring!

Lighting and Special Effects Tutorials

Lighting Tutorial

I found a cool tutorial on how to create a light box! Light boxes can be really expensive, and can be used for several different projects. They can be used for displaying items, photography, stop motion animation ect. The Man in the video explains how to make one fairly simple with low cost materials.



Special Effects: Cut in Half

There are many different effects used in todays video industry, I think Indymogul has several cheap ways to make it happen without all the expensive prices! It just requires a lot of time, patience and determination.

Trailer Re cut: Beauty and the Beast

After about a week of hard work and determination, it is complete! I was able to finish up my re cut trailer. In a earlier post I talk about the assignment, it was to basically re create a trailer to show a different emotion than it had originally. My final movie choice was a classic that a lot of people know called "Beauty and the Beast". This is a well known animated love story created by Disney. I chose to make it into a horror/action movie. I think I did fairly well for my first time creating videos. I think it shows the message well because the music moves you, and creates a feeling of excitement and adventure. The clips involved in the trailer show anger and action which makes it heroic. My trailer isen't too long but i chose to keep it short and sweet for a reason, more people have a short attention span when it comes to media and if it's not eye catching it dose t work. so i chose the beginning as my hook so people stay interested. I tried matching most of the audio with the clips but at some parts it was a tad difficult. My final thoughts on this piece was that it turned out well and i honestly enjoyed this project!

#10 Life Observation: The Lorax

Ok, I'm willing to bet that almost everyone has heard, read or seen Dr.seuss's "the lorax" (if you haven't click here) well recently they re made this film into a whole new world! I went to the movies to see it and I thought it was simply amazing. The animation was soft and the colours where so vivid, totally meeting my interests. The characters where easy to fall in love with and it had a great message. The movie can be loved by the whole family and people can really relate to this version. I feel as if there were only a few flaws to the film. They should have focused more on the distruction of the forest and animals rather than the child because a three minute song just doesn’t seem to show the message. The way the film relates to families and such was the Once-Lers parents and money issues. His mother always said he wouldn’t amount to anything, had no belief in him and had more than one son. I find that he was pushed into doing things from the pressure of wanting to show that he was capable of doing important operations. I find the message was more toward the individuals, what people do, say and act towards you can always change your input on the world. I am most likely going to see it again with my friends, and I rarely do that so I highly recommend seeing it!