Toy Hack Reflection

Toy Hack Reflection

If you were to box and try to sell this item, how would you describe it and its purpose? 

I would describe it as an attempt to create a sense of unity. It is taking two opposing forces, putting them together and creating something unique in the end. It's a fun way of learning to accept those who have different views than you as well as learning to work together.

What do you like most about the new toy?

What I like most about my toy is the voice box, horn and top hat. These are quirky things that make my toy unique, things that you wouldn’t see on other toys. It’s what makes a toy memorable.

What do you like least about the new toy?

It’s a small aspect but the thing I like least about my toy is the eyes. I feel like they don’t really go with the rest of the toy. They seem kind of subdued but to fit with the rest of the toy I think they should be more lively or energetic.

What would you do if you were to re-do this assignment? 

If I were to do this assignment again I think I would change the purpose of my toy. Perhaps I would do something to symbolize feminism, something with a doll. As I got older I found Barbie to be a grotesque figure so maybe I would remodel her.

Art Movie Brainstorming

Art Movie Brainstorming

Battleship Potemkin

My favorite part of Battleship Potemkin is at the end wear the carriage is falling down the steps but then looks like someone stabbing the exact spot where the baby is but it never shows the baby being stabbed.

 

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

My favorite part of Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is when the guy is looking at a list of names while being followed by someone else. It feels like that is a completely different story line; it’s quite intriguing.

Metropolis

My favorite part of Metropolis was the music. Because there was no dialogue to move the story along, I found that giving the film music gave it a bit more emotion and feeling while still maintaining the qualities of an art film.

 

Brainstorming

Battleship Potemkin

I would like to incorporate the baby carriage. It seems like very suspenseful footage that could be interesting in a storyline

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

I want to use the man checking the list of names as well as him getting on the train.

Metropolis

I want to use the part with the man reaching out and the thermometer rising. These pieces of footage seem like they could move a story along nicely.

 Loose story line

Idea #1:

·         story of a relationship

·         find secondary footage of a woman in order for this to work

·         a man and woman separated for a long time but are anticipating the day they will meet again

Idea #2:

·         show the past life of a man

·         have a reunion between family members

·         a family being separated in the past

·         let others interpret if they actually meet or not

Art Movie Reflection

Art Movie

Stephanie Brighton

Friday, April 17, 2015

Video (Premier)

Technical

In the technical aspects of this assignment it wasn’t so much learning new techniques as it was refreshing my previous knowledge of Premier. Something new for me would be downloading footage from secondary sources to use in my video. I changed the colouring of some footage and used different transitions in order for the footage clips to be smooth instead of choppy.

Idea or Concept

I started out with the idea of telling the story of a relationship. Automatically I thought of a romantic relationship. As I thought about it more I decided to change the type of relationship to a reunion between a father and son. The video starts in the past with the mother dying and her baby disappearing, leaving the father to be alone. Time then passes and goes the future where the baby is now a full grown man. Throughout the video, whenever there is a flash of white light, are flashbacks that the man is remembering from his past. This includes some flashbacks by the other main man in the video who is meant to be the father years later. The idea is for there to be a reunion between them. The flashbacks are them trying to put the pieces together, as if they recognize each other but can’t place how they know each other. One after the other they get on the same train. The last flashback is of a man killing someone. It is meant to make the viewer think about what is actually going on; has the dad or son died? Is that really them? Is this all just a coincidence?

Influences

An influence may have been human interaction. That’s one thing I like analyzing: human behaviour. I like thinking about all of the different situations people may go through in their lives. When I start to think about this then I end up wanting to show my own interpretation of something like, in this case, a father son reunion after being separated for a long time.

Motivation

My motivation was to tell a story because that’s what any artist, whether it’s musical, dramatic or visual, should do with their work. I tried to use different elements in order to create a story, such as the music, transitions and the way certain clips fit together.

Critical Assessment

I really like the music I chose for this video. Clair de Lune is one of my favourite pieces; it has such depth and emotion to it. In my opinion, this story is sort of heartbreaking, uncertain. Clair de Lune goes through many different emotions, the tempo changes which I think suits the video quite well. The only thing I found difficult about the progress was mostly the cutting of the videos. It was a bit of a learning curve to cut videos so they were precisely where I wanted them. And of course the brainstorming part took me awhile. I would think that I would have a great idea but I would keep changing my mind; I was finally able to stick to one idea and I’m with the one I chose.

Art Movie: Reunion

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