Monday, August 31, 2015
Launching the Imagination page 292-296 Summary - Hattie Mallot
The selected pages from Launching the Imagination describe film terminology, defining the terms "frame", "shot", "scene", and "sequence". The section also describes different shot-to-shot relationships, including graphic relationships, spatial relationships, temporal relationships, and rhythmic relationships.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Launching the Imagination Summary- Dana Hatchett
According to Launching the Imagination, understanding time is an essential aspect of work and the effects of time are important in all areas of art. The four basic units of sequential structures used in film, video and graphic novels are frames, shots, scene, and sequence. A frame is a single static image. A shot is a continuous group of frames. A scene is constructed from time and continuous space. A sequence is a collection of related shots and scenes. The four types of shot-to-shot relationships include graphic relationships, spatial relationships, temporal relationships, and rhythmic relationships. Alfred Hitchcock used these four types of shot-to-shot relationships in his work to create a suspenseful and eye-catching movie.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Dana Hatchett- Quick and The Dead
Kris Martin, Still Alive, 2005 was interesting. The piece is a skull made out of bronze and the surface is silver plated. The skull appears to be a shiny silver color, almost chrome-like. According to the reading, it is an exact replica of Martin's skull made by 3-D X-ray technology. This piece employs time in content. Martin's bronze skull is not going to decay like a real human skull would if someone passes away. It shows a contradiction of the perception of time perceived by humans, because nothing lasts forever. Martin's bronze skull will exist, regardless of whether or not he is dead or alive on earth. He will always live through this piece of art. I like Martin's piece because I like the materials he chose to use. They looked aesthetically appealing. However, I really had to think hard about how this piece portrays time. I feel that the meaning to this piece is ambiguous.
Dana Hatchett- Personal Artwork
My favorite medium is photography. I really like photography because it captures moments and objects that are sometimes easy to miss. I took this picture in downtown Gainesville over the summer on a Nikon DSLR camera. It was a tall streetlamp on the side of the road somewhere near The Top. This picture isn't spectacular, but it is simple. I like to capture minimalistic and simple moments when I take pictures because it can sometimes show more than a picture that captures everything.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Sitting and Walking Observations - Hattie Mallot
What I noticed when I was sitting:
It's so humid out. It makes everything feel closer to me, most of all, my hair. There's an ant crawling across the opposite page. A group of people just walked by me. I think there were three of them. So much is happening all at once, it's hard to remember what just happened. I can't write everything that I notice because there's so much happening at once. The table I'm sitting at is damp. I hear an owl calling. I always forget it's possible to hear them around here. I forget that's a thing you can hear if you're outside around this time. I can hear many cars, mostly when they're braking. There are letters carved into the table I'm sitting at. I just saw a light come on in the reflection of a window.
The first thing I noticed when I started walking was that almost instantly my awareness heightened in my vision and relatively lowered in my hearing. As I was walking I noticed things like the amount of loose material on the ground, like sticks and dead leaves from last fall. I mean, where else do they go? I noticed that after a certain height, the sky is completely empty. while everything below that height is rich in detail. I noticed the differences in light and shadow, and how quiet it was when I turned a corner. I noticed how much movement and stillness was around me, and found myself wondering, if I took out everything that's moving in my environment, would the grass seem to come to life? I noticed a lot of color (mostly green), and how when you don't have anything to do, time passes slower than it seems to. I was noticing how the buildings around me were slowly falling apart and how even though trees are coming out of the ground, it looks like they're just on top of it because the dirt has settled and packed in around them over time. Primarily, I noticed that it's impossible to turn off the voice in your head. I was constantly narrating my thoughts in my own head.
It's so humid out. It makes everything feel closer to me, most of all, my hair. There's an ant crawling across the opposite page. A group of people just walked by me. I think there were three of them. So much is happening all at once, it's hard to remember what just happened. I can't write everything that I notice because there's so much happening at once. The table I'm sitting at is damp. I hear an owl calling. I always forget it's possible to hear them around here. I forget that's a thing you can hear if you're outside around this time. I can hear many cars, mostly when they're braking. There are letters carved into the table I'm sitting at. I just saw a light come on in the reflection of a window.
The first thing I noticed when I started walking was that almost instantly my awareness heightened in my vision and relatively lowered in my hearing. As I was walking I noticed things like the amount of loose material on the ground, like sticks and dead leaves from last fall. I mean, where else do they go? I noticed that after a certain height, the sky is completely empty. while everything below that height is rich in detail. I noticed the differences in light and shadow, and how quiet it was when I turned a corner. I noticed how much movement and stillness was around me, and found myself wondering, if I took out everything that's moving in my environment, would the grass seem to come to life? I noticed a lot of color (mostly green), and how when you don't have anything to do, time passes slower than it seems to. I was noticing how the buildings around me were slowly falling apart and how even though trees are coming out of the ground, it looks like they're just on top of it because the dirt has settled and packed in around them over time. Primarily, I noticed that it's impossible to turn off the voice in your head. I was constantly narrating my thoughts in my own head.
Sitting_Walking_Activities_08_27_15
//
// activity.cpp
// Stuff
//
// Created by Martinez,Cesar E on 8/27/15.
// Copyright (c) 2015 Martinez,Cesar E. All rights reserved.
//
//#include "activity.h"
#include <iostream>
private void Sitting() {
this.me->Library;
Library.isLocated(2ndFloor);
this.me = new NormanHallExtension_bldg(2nd floor);
thought vga = screen.displays(videogame);
thought videogame = Kingdom Hearts;
this.me = happy;
thought books = subject.drawing, subject.sculpture, subject.paintings;
this.me = amused;
return;
}
private void Walking() {
this->place = outside_bldg;
char nature1 = plants;
char nature2 = dead_leaves;
char weather1 = humid;
char weather2 = hot;
this.me = tired;
char object1 = stairs;
char light = bright;
if (light == bright) {
char person = cute_girl;
this.me = happy
}
else {
this.me = not_noticed;
this.me = whatever;
}
char firealarm = off;
if (this.temperature >= some_amount) {
firealarm = on;
char noise = very_loud;
people.leaveBldg;
this.me = angry;
}
else {
this.me = fine;
}
}
I was thinking about programming the whole time...
Dana Hatchett- Sitting and Walking Observation
Sitting Experience:
I sat by the entrance to Norman Hall closest to the soccer fields. The commotion succeeded in elevating most of my senses. The bumping sound of soccer balls as they came in contact with a person's foot were heard, the sun brushing up against my cheeks were causing me to squint. Faint conversations from multiple directions filled the air. Screeching of brakes and honks from the traffic afar were being heard. Skateboard wheels colliding against the concrete of the road and the ticking of bike gears were heard in a similar direction. I felt relaxed and content with the present moment. The sun was slowly setting behind a tall oak tree and at the end of the ten minutes, I was not squinting.
Walking Experience:
Walking around Norman Hall, I experienced more nature sounds. The buzzing of bees along the bushes that aligned the campus were heard. Movement of lizards in the bushes were seen and heard. A long brown line aligned the spine of a small baby lizard straddling along the red bricks adjacent to the bushes. Walking for some reason made me more nervous. Some of the areas in Norman Hall are more concrete and for some reason I didn't like that. I found myself turning back going in the direction of nature and trees. I enjoyed seeing and experiencing nature outside of Norman Hall.
I sat by the entrance to Norman Hall closest to the soccer fields. The commotion succeeded in elevating most of my senses. The bumping sound of soccer balls as they came in contact with a person's foot were heard, the sun brushing up against my cheeks were causing me to squint. Faint conversations from multiple directions filled the air. Screeching of brakes and honks from the traffic afar were being heard. Skateboard wheels colliding against the concrete of the road and the ticking of bike gears were heard in a similar direction. I felt relaxed and content with the present moment. The sun was slowly setting behind a tall oak tree and at the end of the ten minutes, I was not squinting.
Walking Experience:
Walking around Norman Hall, I experienced more nature sounds. The buzzing of bees along the bushes that aligned the campus were heard. Movement of lizards in the bushes were seen and heard. A long brown line aligned the spine of a small baby lizard straddling along the red bricks adjacent to the bushes. Walking for some reason made me more nervous. Some of the areas in Norman Hall are more concrete and for some reason I didn't like that. I found myself turning back going in the direction of nature and trees. I enjoyed seeing and experiencing nature outside of Norman Hall.
Sitting and Walking Observations | Week 1 8/27
10 Minutes Of Sitting
I decided to sit in the hallway outside of our classroom in the Norman Hall Addition and recorded what I experienced. For the first 5 minutes I became aware of my surroundings. There were empty tables with cords and outlets scattered around the wide hallway. One of my classmates sat about 20 feet in front of me also completing this assignment. Around me were empty rooms full of computers. The classroom to the right of me was having a lecture where I could briefly understand the words the professor was saying.
Although it was just the two of us in the hallway, there were multiple noises that I heard. Creaking bathroom doors, toilet flushes, footsteps, whispering, pen clicks from my classmate and the continuous hum of the AC flowing along the building.
After about 7-8 minutes, my hands grew colder as I kept writing down my thoughts. I kept hearing the same noises as before, but new ones emerged. I heard a bird-like alarm coming from the outside, my classmate turning some pages from her notebook, and the noise I made from my pen and hand brushing against my paper seemed to grow louder.
10 Minutes Of Walking
I began to walk along the outside of the building to continue this exercise. At first I felt relaxed, finally being able to stretch my legs after sitting in class all day. My route also consisted of walking along the field and the parking garage. I overheard multiple conversations as I passed groups of people who were standing outside. I heard multiple scooters and cars driving by, and also saw a few of my classmates walking around.
For the last 5 minutes of this exercise I decided to walk back the building. I started feeling discomfort on my left foot since I have a blister. I became aware of the pain as the time went on and only thought about sitting back down again. A constant noise that I heard were my own footsteps as I stepped on leaves and twigs, hearing a crunching sound and feeling the breaks. As time went on the humidity and heat started becoming uncomfortable and I walked back inside the building for comfort.
I decided to sit in the hallway outside of our classroom in the Norman Hall Addition and recorded what I experienced. For the first 5 minutes I became aware of my surroundings. There were empty tables with cords and outlets scattered around the wide hallway. One of my classmates sat about 20 feet in front of me also completing this assignment. Around me were empty rooms full of computers. The classroom to the right of me was having a lecture where I could briefly understand the words the professor was saying.
Although it was just the two of us in the hallway, there were multiple noises that I heard. Creaking bathroom doors, toilet flushes, footsteps, whispering, pen clicks from my classmate and the continuous hum of the AC flowing along the building.
After about 7-8 minutes, my hands grew colder as I kept writing down my thoughts. I kept hearing the same noises as before, but new ones emerged. I heard a bird-like alarm coming from the outside, my classmate turning some pages from her notebook, and the noise I made from my pen and hand brushing against my paper seemed to grow louder.
10 Minutes Of Walking
I began to walk along the outside of the building to continue this exercise. At first I felt relaxed, finally being able to stretch my legs after sitting in class all day. My route also consisted of walking along the field and the parking garage. I overheard multiple conversations as I passed groups of people who were standing outside. I heard multiple scooters and cars driving by, and also saw a few of my classmates walking around.
For the last 5 minutes of this exercise I decided to walk back the building. I started feeling discomfort on my left foot since I have a blister. I became aware of the pain as the time went on and only thought about sitting back down again. A constant noise that I heard were my own footsteps as I stepped on leaves and twigs, hearing a crunching sound and feeling the breaks. As time went on the humidity and heat started becoming uncomfortable and I walked back inside the building for comfort.
Sitting and Walking Observations-Rebecca Shalloway
Sitting
Time: 6:54 PM-7:04 PM
Location: Outside of Norman Library on a bench in Courtyard by entry way stairs
A bird is chirping right above me. Two men around 18 years old open a squeaky door to my left. With their flip flops they walking crunching dry leaves beneath them. Yelling on the field occurs. A motorcycle drives by with a roar. My pen has way too much ink on it that it bobs back and forth when it touches the paper. The boys are opening their sandwich with plastic wrap attach. The door shuts again as three girls walk by speaking either Japanese, Mandarin or Korean. Then they a laugh, a universal language. Their voices slowly fade as the pass by me and walk behind me. One of the boys reaches for a napkin to wipe his mouth. He pauses from his fast eating (He's really hungry) to take a breath. A cellphone in the opposite direction rings and catches my attention. I don't see anyone but her the common iPhone vintage phone ringtone. It stops 3 loops in.
Walking
Time: 7:05-7:15
Location: From Norman Courtyard to the End of norman Garage along Sorority Row
I walk out of the courtyard watch my steps and the pavement color (a damp gray) covered in shadow turns bright yellow from the sunlight. I look up and see the rays of the sun glaring in my eyes and see glimpses of male figures running around on the soccer field ahead of me. A fence separates me from the players on the field. I see the shadows of the fence lay against my skin since the sun is coming from the West. It is setting a deep yellow-orange color. The men on the field are yelling and clapping in congratulations of c good pass. On my other side a group of 5 girls are talking with their cell phones in hand, awaiting the next text, snapchat or instagram post. They all get into a black Honda car. All four doors shut within 6 seconds and I glance back to the other side to see one of the players dripping in sweet, panting. I reach the end of the garage and walk back towards the class. It is quiet except for the kicking of the ball, the yelling of the players, the motorcycles from 13th street and the cars that pass by me in the garage.
Time: 6:54 PM-7:04 PM
Location: Outside of Norman Library on a bench in Courtyard by entry way stairs
A bird is chirping right above me. Two men around 18 years old open a squeaky door to my left. With their flip flops they walking crunching dry leaves beneath them. Yelling on the field occurs. A motorcycle drives by with a roar. My pen has way too much ink on it that it bobs back and forth when it touches the paper. The boys are opening their sandwich with plastic wrap attach. The door shuts again as three girls walk by speaking either Japanese, Mandarin or Korean. Then they a laugh, a universal language. Their voices slowly fade as the pass by me and walk behind me. One of the boys reaches for a napkin to wipe his mouth. He pauses from his fast eating (He's really hungry) to take a breath. A cellphone in the opposite direction rings and catches my attention. I don't see anyone but her the common iPhone vintage phone ringtone. It stops 3 loops in.
Walking
Time: 7:05-7:15
Location: From Norman Courtyard to the End of norman Garage along Sorority Row
I walk out of the courtyard watch my steps and the pavement color (a damp gray) covered in shadow turns bright yellow from the sunlight. I look up and see the rays of the sun glaring in my eyes and see glimpses of male figures running around on the soccer field ahead of me. A fence separates me from the players on the field. I see the shadows of the fence lay against my skin since the sun is coming from the West. It is setting a deep yellow-orange color. The men on the field are yelling and clapping in congratulations of c good pass. On my other side a group of 5 girls are talking with their cell phones in hand, awaiting the next text, snapchat or instagram post. They all get into a black Honda car. All four doors shut within 6 seconds and I glance back to the other side to see one of the players dripping in sweet, panting. I reach the end of the garage and walk back towards the class. It is quiet except for the kicking of the ball, the yelling of the players, the motorcycles from 13th street and the cars that pass by me in the garage.
Sitting & Walking Observations - Crystal Giraldo
For the first 10 min of this exercise I decided to sit on the very comfy, single-person couch pictured above. After I stopped thinking to myself why this couch was even there to begin with, I thought I'd be able to relax. Wrong. The little headache I had got a little stronger seeing as I had become hyper aware of it. All I could taste and smell was the very colorful and saucy wrap I had for lunch, which I actually didn't mind. And as I listened to the muffled voice of a professor lecturing in the room next to me, I started to get a little colder and sleepier and before I knew it my 10 min of sitting down was up.
I decided to take a walk around the building since I've never been in it before and because I enjoy the coldness of it. I walked down this very white, shiny, sterile-y hallway before getting to this hospital looking room. Not sure what it was for but I got a weird feeling in my stomach as I stood in it, kind of as if I shouldn't even be in it. Before heading back to class I made a pit stop to the bathroom and found this random picture of a cat on floor, which made me pretty happy.
Quick and The Dead- Rebecca Shalloway
Pierre Huyghe's wind chimes is a piece that caught my attention. The work is composed of wind chimes in the Minneapolis Scultpure Garden that contain every note in the score of John Cage's Dream (1948). In this piece he questions the meaning of sound vs. music. It makes me think that sounds is randomized and that music (even a masterpiece) is organized sound. It is also interesting because what makes sound organized? When it's intentional? Or when its nice to listen to.
Quick and the Dead | Week 1 8/25
One piece that stood out to me from the Quick and the Dead exhibition was Michael Sailstorfer's Zeit ist keine Autobahn (Time Is No Highway). The artwork is made up of a car tire connected to a motor that continuously turns the wheel against the gallery's wall, leaving residue. I think this piece is a great example of art that employs a form of time because it is constantly in motion, however at the same time it shows an example of time standing still. Although the tire is spinning, it has nowhere to go which contradicts itself.
When I first saw this piece it reminded me of myself and of what I have went through these last few days of the semester. As a new transfer student, it has taken me a long time to familiarize myself with UF's campus. Like the tire, I was constantly in motion all around campus trying to find my classes and bus stops. However, since I was lost I was getting nowhere.
When I first saw this piece it reminded me of myself and of what I have went through these last few days of the semester. As a new transfer student, it has taken me a long time to familiarize myself with UF's campus. Like the tire, I was constantly in motion all around campus trying to find my classes and bus stops. However, since I was lost I was getting nowhere.
The Quick & The Dead - Crystal Giraldo
A piece that I found captivating in the showcase The Quick & The Dead was Spilt Milk by Harold Edgerton. Using engineering and film, Edgerton was able to capture the exact moment a glass of milk fell and hit the floor. The image employs time in the simple sense that it seems to freeze it, giving its audience the chance to see something they would not have been to see on their own. When I look at this piece, I see it as an event that is happening in the now. Despite this "frozen in time" effect, there is still a lot of movement going on and the imagery in this piece is so active I feel as if I can almost hear the shatter and impact of the glass hitting the floor. I know I definitely wouldn't cry after this epic glass of Spilt Milk.
My Personal Artwork - Crystal Giraldo
Fertile Fruit, 2015 digital photo & 11"x14" mixed media drawing
This is a piece I did recently for fun. I was inspired to draw this after biting into this massive strawberry (left image) and saw its resemblance to the human vagina. And of course, I gave into mankind's obsession with this image and decided to draw it. The piece serves as a representation of the vagina's two primary functions - the reproductive and the sexual.
The Quick and the Dead - Hattie Mallot
One work from The Quick and the Dead I was intrigued by was "Untitled (Lohma)" by Michael Sailstorfer. Although I am not able to see the piece for myself, the description of it as a warehouse eternally looping in the moments before it explodes really captured my imagination, because it evokes an image of the building breathing.
The image of the building breathing made me think of how life is a stage of us breathing in a loop before our eventual death, and how things that are alive are just things that are dying their entire existence before they actually achieve death in the end.
I would say that the work addresses life as a period of time that is repetitive, instead of a period of time in which change occurs. If the video was to be played backward, it would not be noticeably different from if it were played forward. I find that interesting because I think most people would see life as a period of time in which change occurs, with the aging of a human being an arrow of time rather than a cycle, but this work captures an experience of life in a moment that goes on forever.
The image of the building breathing made me think of how life is a stage of us breathing in a loop before our eventual death, and how things that are alive are just things that are dying their entire existence before they actually achieve death in the end.
I would say that the work addresses life as a period of time that is repetitive, instead of a period of time in which change occurs. If the video was to be played backward, it would not be noticeably different from if it were played forward. I find that interesting because I think most people would see life as a period of time in which change occurs, with the aging of a human being an arrow of time rather than a cycle, but this work captures an experience of life in a moment that goes on forever.
Art we shared in class - Crystal Giraldo
Hey everyone,
Here is a link to the video I spoke about in class. It's titled "A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters," created by Cirque du Soleil, so it was bound to be awesome. The music and the lighting in the beginning of the video set an eerie scene which is quickly replaced by a mystical dance between a man and autonomous drones. All the elements in place create quite the magical narrative.
Hope you all enjoy!
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
theQuick_Dead_CesarMartinez
The piece from the exhibition that I enjoy is 00:00 because it is closely related to time, the beginning of the next day. In my major, a program that runs faster and can give the correct output is a short amount of time is the best. Last Spring I took the class Data Structures & Algorithms which analyses the time complexity of several programming structures and algorithms (steps to solve a particular problem) used to store data. There are those who are fast when inserting data and slow when deleting data, for example. Today, as a computer engineering student, I focus on new technologies, such as new processors, memory modules, video cards, GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit, like the CPU or processor, but this one is just related to graphics), and programming languages; so always focusing on the next day.
00:00. Rivale Neuenschwander. 2007. New York. Metal, plastic, and vinyl.
My Personal Artwork | Week 1 8/25
This is a graphite powder drawing that I created this past spring semester for my advanced drawing class at my community college before transferring to UF. I used my mother as my model. It is about 3.5 ft X 2 ft and was accepted into my school's spring 2015 student art show in their Kendall Campus gallery.
MyArtwork_CesarMartinez
Since my major is Computer Engineering, I work with programming languages a lot, creating new software. I am currently taking Operating Systems class in which I will have to develop and create my own operating system.
I am very interested in programming languages, video game design, animations, and computer graphics (creation). This is a project that I did when taking a programming course for the first time (it was here at UF). This was the third project, and the first project that I felt like I really know how to program (before, writing lines of code did not make much sense to me...). The game is called Breakout, and I felt so confident about programming in Java language (the code is written in Java) that I added some features to it for extra credit, such as the dark background, 3 lives, a Score counter, and even music. I am currently teaching myself how to program video games.
I am very interested in programming languages, video game design, animations, and computer graphics (creation). This is a project that I did when taking a programming course for the first time (it was here at UF). This was the third project, and the first project that I felt like I really know how to program (before, writing lines of code did not make much sense to me...). The game is called Breakout, and I felt so confident about programming in Java language (the code is written in Java) that I added some features to it for extra credit, such as the dark background, 3 lives, a Score counter, and even music. I am currently teaching myself how to program video games.
Quick and the Dead - Alex SP
The piece that caught my eye in the Quick and the Dead showcase was Stephen Pippin's Fax 69. The piece is comprised of a desk with two fax machines placed on it, feeding each other an endless loop of paper upon which more and more information is recorded until it becomes incomprehensible. The piece uses time in its execution because it creates a dynamic action; as time passes, more and more is printed onto the paper, effectively recording time while accomplishing nothing. I found the piece enthralling due to the way in which it creates a perpetual, self sustained action, while still managing to mark down the passage of time. I find the use of fax machines interesting as well; using devices that are designed for communication incorporates language, and the sharing of thoughts or ideas. The irony lies how each successive passage of the paper serves only to muddle the original message, effectively drowning out any sort of coherent statement.
Previous Work - Alex SP
This piece was done for last semester's Digital Imaging class, and dealt with the subject of decay. It portrays the decay of a relationship, and a way in which it could impact other relationships.
Personal Artwork - Hattie Mallot
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| "Branwen" This is a digital portrait of a character from a story I plan to write. The characters in the story are based off fairytale characters, and many of them are actually amalgamations of several different characters. My idea for the portraits was to portray several aspects of each character's personality, themes, and motifs in one image. The character portrayed in this portrait, Branwen, is an amalgamation of the heroine from "The Seven Ravens" and the heroine from "East of the Sun, West of the Moon". I started with a bust drawing of the character, then arranged the other elements (the forest background, the white bear, the flying ravens, and the falling snow) in Photoshop. Lastly, with the composition finished, I brought the image into Illustrator and added a cutout effect to make the image look more unified. |
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