Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Updated Surrealist landscape: Magazine


Question on Movie

1. In the video it stated humans are 99.9% genetically compatible although we don't necessarily come from the same root system. In response, I believe we are similar to both the Harmonious trees in the Pando Forest and as life threatening as the mushrooms because for example in  the video, at the end videos we're submitted to create one big song. The song was soon as harmony as people are sometimes disagreeing but find a way in the middle ground to compromise. A general thought on why we can also be the life threatening mushrooms is simply because as humans we kill each other or do horrible acts. Also we have a mind set where we can be not only other critics but also our biggest critics. This makes us as a society and the human race both harmonious and life threatening compared to the trees and mushrooms because we are exposed to the same things, yet a different content.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Stop Motion Questions

Stop Motion Questions 2/18/14

1. I was able to successfully complete all of the slides, making them transition in a proper amount of time. As I continued to watch the slide show I noticed how I was able to put the time in the proper amount of time or duplicate slides.

2. I could have improved on using a better background or making my slides a little more detailed than just having the body switch positions. For example I included the hand as the head, the feet as the arms, instead of going into full depth.

3.a. I feel that stop motion is a unique and efficient way for storytelling. Even if it's not sound, the proper amount of information provided can create a wonderful short story if everything is in place.
B. Examples of story telling with stop motion was the cartoon with clay stop motion. The dog sat and as is reactions changed, the owner continue to show a lazy side of himself. The story was able to following although there was very little dialogue. Another example shown to me was the story of the three geese in the lake. There was absolutely no sound presented but the transitions were great and easy to understand and follow.