Monday, February 27, 2012

Midterm Progress

over the weekend i really mapped out all of the scenes i was planning to do. When i started, the scenes took so much longer than i expected. I basically got almost half of the project done. I really enjoyed my experience on this project though. I also went back and really organized my material. the Next thing i chose to do (because i couldnt go any farther without it) was the sound track. It is going pretty well so far. I just have to make a way to end it.

This is the Video!


Monday, February 20, 2012

Revision Time

When i was working on my revision of my idea i really had a hard time coming up with an elevator pitch! Even though I have one I'm still not sure that it is even satisfactory. Yet true, a lot of thought did go into straightening out my ideas for this project and I feel that it is pretty solid. I did change the ending to a very simple one for the fact that the project itself is complex so i wanted the end to be subtle. I really enjoyed working on the designs of my baby even though it took me forever to get every kink worked out. I still plan to explore more possibilities with the text and many more textures according to whatever objects my test subjects responded with. I did have a couple of problems on jointing certain parts of my character than i plan to correct in the near future.

Execution




Midterm Idea revision

"Elevator" Line – Out of nothingness, music is born and discovers itself through trial and error.

Theme – The theme is about what emotions sounds give off and what visualizations can be created through that emotion.

What is the central point you are trying to make with this film? The central point is to express that sound is more than what a person hears.

What is the central goal of the film? The central goal of the film is to open the audience mind to let them explore music in a more satisfying way through allowance of new ideas.

What is the movie about in abstract terms? The movie in abstract term is sound that can be seen.

Short synopsis:
The setting is placed in a dark void. From the dark void, the main character pops into existence with no explanation. The main character is a baby representing music. The baby is dressed in 2012 urban attire with a set of headphones that are connected to his head, transmitting sound waves through the baby’s ears. The conflict arrives when the baby is unable to visualize, at first, the unfamiliar sound of itself. This upsets the baby and causes him to cry. This is when a God like voice interrupts the baby’s crying and shouts “Listen!” He then stops his sniffling and the once unfamiliar sounds seem to formulate and the baby is amazed. The rhythmic beat begins to be a learning tool for the baby to grow upon. This makes him realize a greater sound that is yet to come.

Tone and Execution – The tone and Execution will be a spacey and mysterious yet urban graffiti type look. (Ex. ET-Katy Perry Music Video)


Objective – I want the baby to see pass the initial exterior of this presented sound and create an improved sound based off of the potential that it has. They say that you can listen to the first 15 seconds of a song and see how much it is worth. The goal is to break this saying and allow a longer realization for musical beauty.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Midterm Idea

     

"Elevator" Line – The singularity, better known as “Project: Knowing”, creates a visual guidance through sound.

Theme – The theme is about what emotions sounds give off and what visualizations can be created through that emotion.

What is the central point you are trying to make with this film? The central point is to express that sound is more than what a person hears.

What is the central goal of the film? The central goal of the film is to open the audience mind to let them explore music in a more satisfying way through allowance of new ideas.

What is the movie about in abstract terms? The movie in abstract term is sound that can be seen.

Short synopsis:
The setting is placed in a dark void. The character is introduced as a “singularity” in this void and expands into a human like creature with the facial features of a baby. The conflict arrives when “Project: Knowing” is unable to visualize, at first, the unfamiliar sound of music. The figure is dressed in 2012 urban attire with a set of headphones on, allowing the music that created it to be formed into something new. The rhythmic beat is a learning tool for the figure to grow upon allowing the mind to visualize the sounds that are put into existence and realize a greater project that is yet to come.


Tone and Execution – The tone and Execution will be spacey and mysterious. (Ex. ET-Katy Perry Music Video)


Objective – I want “Project: Knowing” to see pass the initial exterior of this presented sound and create an improved sound based off of the potential that it has. They say that you can listen to the first 15 seconds of a song and see how much it is worth. The goal is to break this saying and allow a longer realization for musical beauty.


Visual Sounds 2

Some f the visual cues in this music video captured my attention. Flickering of lights were corresponding with the rhythm and pattern of the beat. I would like to incorporate this in my project.

Visual Sounds

This video had some nice elements that i would like to explore and maybe include in my midterm piece. I love the spacey and trippy aspect of this video. One transition i was interested in was 2pac forming into a record. I don't want to take that exact approach, but i would like to express the thoughts of my subjects through morphing on the objects that saw through the sounds i presented to them.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Layer Modes

I really enjoyed this project because i felt it had the most freedom of the projects in the past. It opened a creative element that allowed me to choose what subject i wanted to focus on, which also allowed me to do what i felt could be most comfortable to work with. I did notice that the way that the layer modes show up can be based on purely luck even if you do have knowledge of each layer. When I was shift + and -ing i was basically hoping for the best on each layer. With that being said though, I still new what basic look I was going for. I titled my piece Subliminal because the look I was going for was subliminal messaging and that message is my name.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Composite Loop and Mask

So to be honest I don't think I did this project correctly. In the assignment right up it said to create a comp that would loop seamlessly. I didn't know if that meant the entire composition so when the frames finish, it wont be obvious that the scene is over. I definitely did not do that and hopefully it was just to crate a loop within the composition. Regardless i am pretty satisfied with the outcome of my piece. I did run into some problems when trying to create the illusion that the man was morphing. It wasn't working at first because I made some careless mistakes. This mistake actually caused after effects to run slower on this project and also take up more time than needed leaving my eyes very hateful of me.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Masking and Replacement Mapping

I really enjoyed the process of this project. The method I used was very simple which allowed me to easily work through the project. Sometimes I did run into the problems of releasing frames when I didn't want them to show anymore. I figured it out with a little trial and error. Since I didn't want any pixelating of the background, I decided to construct my cave from pictures of mountains and duplicating them to where they look like the hanging rocks in caves. I also wanted this project to have an intimate look considering my first project, "On The Moon," which was projected from afar. Overall i enjoyed the process of creating this project especially the creation of the flame from the lighter.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Revision

On The Moon I revised a couple of areas I felt needed revision. One thing that i wanted to address was making the sitting cycle of my character to look more natural to give the character some weight. I then created a new box with relevant and recently deceased music artists to comment on the role of music artist and how the reputation of music artist have changed.