Monday, December 7, 2015

Museum of the Moving Image

At the Museum of the Moving Image we viewed the demonstration of how specific audio or music affects a scene or shot. We chose a scene to view and then watched it with different music choice juxtapositions. The first music choice was dramatic and threatening. This made the scene seem as if the actor was running away from something and scared of something or someone. We then watched the same scene with a more upbeat music. This made the scene seem more funny and lighthearted. We then watched the original music from the scene. We found that any of the music choices could have worked. Depending on what the director was trying to convey through a scene the music has a big influence on the scenes atmosphere. I did not realize how influential music choice could be on the mood of a scene. Also how easily sounds can tell the viewer what they are supposed to feel. With the move to digital editing it has become more and easy to add music and sound.

Monday, November 16, 2015

Blog Post #3

I chose Young leans new music video for the song "Hoover". The video opens with the sound of tornado sirens and rain, with fades into dark and gloomy slow motion pans of a tree and a cemetery. These shots give the video a cinematic quality. The entire video's colors seemed dreary and dark which added to the aestetic. The videos consists of shots of dirt bikes with contrasting close up shots of Young Lean rapping. In the video there are slow motion shots that are juxtaposed with normal speed shots. This adds to the drama and spontaneity of the video. The video's images seem like they started out more calm and gradually got more and more aggressive as the song went on. I believe the song dictated the length of each shot. Many of the cuts followed the beat of the music, which I believe worked well and added to the dramaticness of the video. The video begins and ends with the same shot of someone jumping a dirt bike through a cemetery, at the beginning of the video the bike is beginning the jump and at the end of the video it is landing. The cuts in the scene are obvious but it works for the feel of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDiAcqbO0c

Monday, October 19, 2015

Soundwalk

I did my Soundwalk project in Avalon Park & Preserve in Stonybrook NY.  I chose this location because it is a place I know very well and I wanted to know it on a deeper level through sound. I sat in the labyrinth in the park it is a nice place to go to be alone with your thoughts.  Really listening to the sounds gave this place a different experience. 

I heard mostly organic sounds in the park.  The keynotes were a low sound of a slight wind moving the trees and leaves. I could also hear many birds chirping which I would probably have not noticed if I wasn't thinking about sound specifically.  I could tell it was the morning by the amount of birds I could hear.  I could also hear something rustling the ground behind me, which was probably a squirrel.  I could not hear a single car or train. It was meaningful to hear only organic sounds for the hour I was in the park. 

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

I wish to use photography, film, and image-making to build my portfolio. When I work with images from the world around me I realize the happiness, sadness, seriousness, and lightheartedness of the humanity around all of us. I want my work to reflect popular culture, gender roles, and stereotypes in a humorous manner. My hope for my work is that it will change and evolve with the changes in the world and in my own personal growth. My main goal is for my work to have an emotional response with my viewers. Also I want my work to change the way people view the world around them. I'm not sure about the direction of the work I make this semester, but I hope to figure things out as I go. Also I do not want to limit myself to a specific style or topic at first. I want my work to reflect my growing and changing life and world around me.