Chris's Blog

Research of Artist

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:52:00 -0700

For my final project, the chase scene, I chose to research the film The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin in 1971. It is a true film about a narcotics seizure in which Friedkin won an Academy Award for best director. The epic car chase was actually shot in several takes on an open road going 90 mph. What makes it is effective camera views. Essentially, the driver, Gene Hackman is trying to catch up to and cut off the men in the train. The director shows both of these interspersed in order to achieve simultaneity. Also, he changes from close ups of Hackman to shots further back of the car, but he doesn't overdo it. Friedkin used only 3 cameras in this scene, restricting the angles, but simplifying it for the viewer.

Procedural Art: The Weather

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:59:00 -0700

For this project, I was thinking about chance, and I realized that few things are based more on chance than the weather. So, I decided to make abstract drawings that were based on a set of rules, defined by the 10 day forecast in a given area using weather.com. Each drawing is to consist of 10 pieces (one for each day) that are determined by that day's temperature, precipitation, and wind speed. The rules to apply to part of the drawing are as follows. For example, if Day One is 78 degrees with 10% precipitation and 16 mph winds, you would start by drawing a big red line.

To do this myself, I chose Syracuse (top), and Paris (bottom), and came up with these drawings.

Outline for Final Project

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:50:00 -0700

For next week, I will try to lay out the chase scene by selecting where it will go, how it will play out, etc. Then I will allow the next week and maybe spill into the next one to film footage for it. The last week I will take the footage into iMovie and work with the split screen effects and other effects in order to put the final project together.

"New York Times" Recreation

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:42:00 -0700

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This is a recreation of the piece entitled "New York Times" by Pia Lindman.

Edited Chase Scene

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:24:00 -0700

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This chase scene comes from a film called "District 13" found on youtube. I added some extra editing features and used this film to learn a lot about simultaneity at such a fast pace. Even though the choreography is amazing, this film helped me understand more about the elements of putting together a riveting action chase scene.

Chase Scene Storyboard

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:15:00 -0700

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This storyboard is of a chase scene that I made up to experiment with different camera angles, split screens, and plot twists.

Terrible Jamaican accent

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:37:00 -0700

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This is a news broadcast from a Jamaican podcast

Independent Project

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:39:00 -0700

For my independent project, I am planning on further exploring the concept of split screen and simultaneity by shooting a chase scene. The different ideas of ways that I can show this is first by creating a storyboard of the chase scene. Second, I could use a previous video, possibly from youtube, and re-editing it. Also, I was throwing around ideas regarding the nature of chase scenes. Maybe I could not reveal the cause of the scene until the very end or have my characters be extremely clumsy or slow or even very violent. I am going to try to just brainstorm and research different twists on chase scenes. Hopefully this work will lead to a good idea for this project.

Re-edited Commercial

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:33:00 -0800

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An old Corn Pops commercial re-edited by me.

Original Commercial

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:50:00 -0800

The commercial I chose to re-edit is an old school Pops cereal commercial from the 1980s or 90's. It opens with a boy running towards the camera and doing a front-flip. Then the music kicks in and it's a song specifically for the sale of this cereal. The next shot is of a young girl eating a spoonful of Pops. It transitions to the next shot using floating Pops on a bright yellow background. The next shot is of a a young boy hitting a tennis ball. It then shows the Pops logo with bits of Pops cereal exploding out of the O. Then the narrator states, "The Pops sensation of Kellogg's corn pops cereal...part of this nutritious breakfast." It then shows an image of a healthy breakfast featuring Pops. The commercial then proceeds to show boys playing football and a girl eating a spoonful of Pops. After that, the commercial cuts to a promotional piece that features Wacky Wall Walker toys. It shows two boys throwing these sticky toys on a mirror and the wall walkers tumbling down the wall. It then explains how this wacky toy glows in the dark and is free in corn pops. The final shot is of a Pops box and an image of the wacky wall walker next to it.

Audio Piece

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:13:00 -0800

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An audio piece using everyday sounds on Audacity.

Simultaneity Comments

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:16:00 -0800

For my simultaneity project, I chose to film two people unknowingly walking towards each other. When they turn the corner, both screens show them bumping into each other from their own perspectives. I think that Seth's was similar to mine because, while he incorporated a musical element, both used the same split screen format and involved the two people actually encountering one another. I felt like mine is most different from Jess's because her's was based entirely on audio while mine was based entirely on a visual.

Sound Sequence

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:26:00 -0800

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A crazy sound sequence derived from a squeaking door, a car, and a fire alarm.

Simultaneity Video

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:55:00 -0800

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Two views of he same period of time

Abstract Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:32:00 -0800

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An abstract animation film set to music.

The Ball Who's Had Enough

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:50:00 -0800

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A Short Narrative from an odd perspective

A Small Event in my Life

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:44:00 -0800

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A Short Narrative

Remembering an Event in My Life

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:42:00 -0800

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A Short Narrative

Itchin' and Scratchin'

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:37:00 -0800

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An analysis of how many times I scratch myself over the course of one day.

data project

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:07:00 -0800

My goal for this assignment was to monitor something that we do subconsciously everyday. For my project, I monitored every time I scratched an itch on my body for an entire day. Using a diagram of my body, I showed were every scratch was and at what time of the day it occurred. I then scanned my images and assembled them into a powerpoint/imovie.

Heyyy

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:08:00 -0800

Whats up? Nothing? Cool... Well this is my first post. Seems nice.