Making the video for this particular project was tough, but I was familiar with one. I always mention my film classes, but it was my only experience with a decent video editor. The project I did was similar, too- we had to pick a song and visualize the lyrics through visuals. I chose NGHFB’s Dying of the Light and various scenes from Richard Ayoade’s film, Submarine. I think there was also clips from End of the F***ing World in there... it's been awhile. In high school, I didn’t use stock footage at all. Instead, I decided that it'd be a good idea to use copyrighted movies-But now, knowing better, I did my new video entirely with stock footage. (I’ll include the video I did back in high school below, along with my final video for this project for comparison)
I chose John Lennon’s Imagine out of the three songs for this new one. This song is heavy in tone, to which I could probably have this slow, melancholy mood but pick up when the chorus starts, and it has fast cuts. Since this is also a political song, it’s essential for the visuals to reflect the message and to be diverse in its characters. I used the lovely website Pexel for the clips and used my footage mainly from a user called Cottonbro. They shot several collections of situations for free use, and the quality of the videos was immaculate. I was worried about the stock footage because sometimes the way it’s shot is without consideration of the quality, but Cottonbro’s videos were perfect. They carried the necessary aesthetic I was looking for, with the right amount of emotional weight in the visuals.
With a tremendous appreciation of making art also comes the important necessity of supplies. In the modern age of technology, traditional and 2D are past mediums. While they are still used for practice or to show diversity across the mediums, 3d and digital are now the new normality in art. Specifically for my dream career, storyboarding in animation revolves around this very thought. I was taught to be a traditional artist; It’s what I grew up with. As a result, I’ve always struggled with the digital medium, but I’ve never discouraged the thought of it. Even now, when I’m closer to finishing my degree, I need to change and adapt quickly. Through the lecture, I accustomed myself to free-to-use apps such as Synfig, an open-source 2d animation software. Unfortunately, I also saw the dread DaVinci resolve in the video editing section! Back in high school, I was a part of the Digital Design and Production Academy, and since Adobe wasn’t set up for us yet, we had to use DaVinci. I remember ...
Researching further into Animation has inspired me to look into the productions of some of my favorite animated features as of late—specifically, the production of the film, Spider-man into the Spider-verse. The Oscar-winning film for Best Animation was a phenomenal success at the box office and profoundly affected the animation industry. In Into the Spider-verse , we follow Miles Morales and his journey with Accepting Social Responsibility and what it means to be Spiderman. I am grateful for the writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller because their vision for this movie was fantastic. The aesthetic captures that comic book-like quality. Animators stated that they animated without motion blur instead of motion smearing. The frame rate also varied from 24 to 12 images per second, creating that choppy effect that is noticeable when any of the characters move. The textures of the backgrounds and the characters have that printed ...
Making my portfolio website was highly reminiscent of my art blog. It's just as customizable, but with the addition of the resume. I worried adding the photo was unprofessional, so I included the link to the document for reference. The program for making the portfolio website was odd- nothing like blogger, but It sectioned itself in separate boxes for customization. It was clunky but efficient. I tried to maintain the black and white collage image I added to my portfolio book for continuity. I use that image a lot for my headers now, but it didn't fit the aesthetic or the professional outlook of the overall website. I was going to pick another project I had done for this class, but I felt that I had already decided on the best work overall. I don't think any other project I had done was a better representation of the diversity in the digital medium. In other news, I should put greater attention into putting more work into my cumulative portfolio. I searched for different e...
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