Project 2 Ideas plus Storyboards

Idea #1: "A Chef's Tool Box"

The concept is to highlight the textures of the kitchen. From the smooth water running in the sink, cool air from the opening of teh refrigerator door and the sizzzling of a pan on the stove this 6x6 envirnment is full of detail. I can show time literally through teh cooking of food, boiling of water and process like a recipe.


  Idea #2 "Decsisons"

Just like any other girl, I believe that what you wear defines you who you are. This is a documentation of all the different outfits and decisions i make within this space.

Understanding Comics Reading- Rebecca Shalloway

Does each frame represent a single moment in time in a comic? Why or why not? What about in video?


No. An example would be the top right frame on teh third page in this article! Each frame can represent a single second or a long moment! In video it always represents more thana single comic because over time the images change. Video is three dimensional because it has time, where as comics are two-dimensial. The time is implied by the viewer.

 In comics, time and space are “one and the same.” How so?

They are one because in comics time is implied through the movement in a space. 

Contrast these strategies with how artists represent space and time in film and video. How do artists represent space in moving image?

Artists represent space and time in film and video by changing the composition or adjusting the frame. 

How do we know the space is larger?

We know a space is larger because the frame moves to show more and thus more time.

How does an artist elicit claustrophobia on film or video?

Am artist can elicit claustrophobia in a film or video by  tightening the frame, zooming in, and limiting what the audience views.

Provide 2 examples from film or video of how large or small spaces are communicated to the audience.

A large space in is communicated in the sound of music (The Hills are alive scene) because the camera angles shifts and pans the entire scene. It also zooms out and up showing multiple points of view.

A small space is communicated in the Home Alone movies when the camera takes the point of view of being inside the cabinet while the character gets supplies.  It implies that the actor's hand is wiggling through the space to reach something in the back. The composition is framed by teh darkness of the cabinet frame. The light is coming from the direct center.  (where the cabinet door is opened).

Project 2 Ideas Part 2 - Crystal Giraldo

Idea 1 “Selfie”

I was thinking about executing one of the ideas I had for the first project. The one where I am fresh out of the shower, getting ready for the day and doing the whole self-scrutiny thing as I look at myself in the mirror. Until I come to realization that I perfectly fine the way I am. I was having some trouble coming up with a more interesting way of expressing the message I want to get across. (help!)

Idea 2 “Sugar”

The second idea I had is one I wrote about in my initial idea post. It is going to be an interaction between me (or an actor) and my (or the actors’) subconscious at my little kitchenette table over breakfast. The IRL character and her inner self are going to be arguing about whether or not the real self should be adding more sugar to her coffee. In the end the main character pretends to have given up and gets up to leave the table but quickly grabs the sugar and makes a run for it, while the sub character is caught off guard and forced to follow her. 

Understanding Comics Response - Crystal Giraldo

In a comic, one panel or frame does not represent a single moment. Because there are usually a few different word bubbles or visual sound effects, our minds create the connections that link the narrative of the comic together.  Unless it was a single panel that is only captioned, that moment can be considered held. Video is a little different because we are being shown many frames at once (hundreds & thousands more frames than in a comic) that if it were paused on one certain frame, yes I believe it would represent one single moment. In comics our eyes are moving through both time and space. Depending on the scenes our eyes are reading and observing, we as readers can get a good grasp on how much time has passed from one panel to the next as we also observe how the character/subject moves within the world of the panels. Does that make sense? The idea of time and space merging can be a little difficult to put into words. Besides showing us the transition from one scene to the next or by using the effect of zooming out, represented space is also something that we construct mentally from one frame to the next. Using perspective is also a way artists create the illusion of space. By using lighting, fast paced scenes, tension in sound/ music artists can evoke claustrophobia in film or music. One of my favorite artists, Peter Lik, is a wonderful landscape photographer. He successfully communicates either large or small spaces within his photographs to give the viewer a magical sense of the vast spatial relationship between the subjects.