my final project

• so everything that could have gone wrong did
• but i am finally done with this project
• it is a mix of a handful of ideas that I had
• relates to the general population
• i find it humorous, thats the purpose, hope my audience does as well
• I cant believe the semester is over!
• its been a great experience!
• I even downloaded final cut pro on my home computer to keep up and work on the skills I have developed in this class

Final Critique 4/19/10

Kelsey:

• I like the overlay of the same person in one scene dong different movements around the fire.
• the transition from dark to camp fire light is very abrupt
• i like the fluctuation from calm to noisy rhythms to calm and so on
• more creepy dolls!
• focus of individual frames could be better
• did the baby doll eat a bunch of paint?
• i am confused abut the relation to the girl and doll, perhaps she turn into the doll after the chant around the fire?
• and the dog?
• made music just for project
• favorite part was ritual around fire

Nicole:

• project is being viewed from 3 different monitors
• nice song choice (RHCP)
• performance piece class interaction
• being tied up in a good way, it is necessary for the restriction of the cage because of the safety it holds
• distancing of experience
• although i like the song, it felt much like a music video, perhaps a track with no words, just instrumentals would be better?

Joel:

• a crazy mix of 5 second clips from different music videos
• i suppose that when the lyrics switch over, they are suppose to make sense
• it becomes humorous
• awfully good!
• happy songs at first, but when put together the message becomes unclear and frustrating, an the repetition can make us hate something we use to love

Olga:

• creepy child
• nice layering affects and repetition of "I wish, I wish"
• i interpreted it as a reverse ritual of "Bloody Mary" chant while looking into the mirror. Going from a dark place to a peaceful place instead of the other way around

Will

• flash of pictures then slow motion video of cruise trip (back and forth)
• wish the switch of music was more smooth
• documentation of great memory
• funny
• gave a good sense of self, through imagery and song choice
• made me really want a vacation!
• when camera swayed, it showed an interesting 3rd party idea of motion
• sort of weird

Leslie:

• 6 monitors on at once, with 1 different person on each screen
• individuals were put in a room in front of a mirror and told to wait there for 5 minutes
• each person made different gestures throughout that time
• some seemed to be interacting with each other even though it was a different recording and no one else was in the room
• our class started to interact with the people on screen as well by reacting and commenting on their actions
• project would/could have been altered and is probably every time, if the videos were to have played a second earlier or later than what we saw
• my favorite project so far!!!

Ryan:

• we viewed this project on a brick wall with real swings for a dramatic effect
• relates to childhood memories and memories in general
• we remember less and less of what really happened every time we try to recollect a memory
• so the video follows this idea and blanks-out when first person view falls off the swing
• interesting aspect
• good work

DVD Studio Pro for Final and All Projects

• Not HD-but yes SD DVD
• create new folder on desktop for all video files
• drag track for audio and video into bottom tracks
• can extend audio to make it as long as video
• drag projects onto new buttons
• deselect motion option
• choose still for each button
• click on first video
• set targets
• make sure end track is set back to menu
• highlight button and choose color
• simulate
• when complete, click on build-this will compress all files for you
• then burn to blank DVD
• if having trouble-result to google search for help options

Final Critical Essay Presentation

Joel: "Performance/Audience/Mirror" by Dan Graham

• founded own gallery at age 22
• has done performance, installation, sculpture, photography, and many more art forms
• influenced by present day life

• Great relationship between speaker and audience
• the point of the mirror is to remind us that when watching one person speak in the room, they are also looking back at us. and we may not realize what we are doing or how we look, like posture of facial expression, until he points it out, it seemed like the mirror wasn't even there
• the seating area isn't the most comfortable, so it triggers movement which Graham incorporates into the piece. Not too uncomfortable that people loose interest, but just enough to add to the performance.
• at a certain point eye-contact is made and certain people try their best to break it
• there is a very simple angle that doesn't change. simple, not distracting
• shot in black and white because color tends to distract people. the point of the piece was to get their attention on what was being said
• rehearsal of roles
• camera person can be seen in mirror and even he is incorporated in the performance
• we often forget we are being watch

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critical essay presentation

Olga: "When Faith Moves Mountains" by Francis Alys

• takes place in Peru
  
• man is planing for a mission which took over 2 years to do
• documenting people involved in this mission of trying to gather 500 people to move this doon of sand
• a line of people, that looks likes miles, are lined up shoveling and moving sand
• when they were getting closer and closer to the end, everyone shovels harder
• Alys doesnt want to use video as a way of art, just as a way to show what is actually happening (no editing)
• people thought we was crazy at first to want to "move mountains"
• tape measure actually shown measuring the doon
• goal was to move doon 10cm

Gaby: "Paradox In Praxis (1997)" by Francis Alys

• "sometimes making something leads to nothing"
• sound is diegetic
• the mans attitude towards moving the ice, the task at hand, changes with time ending in a nonchalant eventual completion of the pointless motion
• the children at the end was very random
• the block of ice left a trail of moisture to represent its existence, but that emphasis was very momentary because moisture evaporates to leave no trace at all.