Making animation was challenge to me. I never used Adobe Flash before and I did not know how to use it. It was not enough to take lessons from lectures and labs. As a result of that I had to download some free tutorials to understand how it works.
when I compare to previous project like podcast, making video were a lot easier to me at some point. However, making animation using Flash was much difficult to me. I made animation which was about moving fish. I had to give motion to object and it was not easy. In addition, taking care of each frame and action script was kind of hard. it was really time consuming project. I spent two days to create one and a half minute long clip and I realized that making animation needs concentration and patient. Now I know how hard making animation is.
What I liked about this project was that I made something from nothing. Starting from brainstorming to see finished project, I put my time, skill and idea to this project. When I see the finished work, I was so happy and proud of myself. Another thing what I liked about this project was I had chance to learn Flash program. I had to make web page right after this animation project for web production 1 class and I could learn quickly because of this project.
If I have another chance to develop this animation, I would like give more motion to object such as blinking eye and smiling face. However, I am quite satisfied with this project and appreciated with chance to learn Flash.
I made a video about Hunter College’s new system of turnstile. It was a news report format. Because I worked at television station for few months, from that experience I knew how to shoot and what contents should I have to bring. I satisfied with the finished video and I think I made a decent video. However, there were obstacles to finish video. Firstly, I am not familiar with Final Cut. I used to edit using Adobe Premiere. This was the first time I used Final Cut. Most of functions were working same as Premiere. But I have to come to school to use Mac since I have a PC. It was really annoying that I have to use only Mac application. Because I had to bring external hard drive and I had to finish my work before all the labs were closed. Secondly, I think there was not enough time and equipment to finish shooting. I could not finish shooting during the classes so I have to use my DSLR camera for shooting. I also borrowed microphone and tripod from media lab to make like real news report.
Even if there is another chance for this project, I will take same step what I did. I spent so much time on this project and I thought a lot for this project. So I will do the same way what I did. But I think I have to change some skills like preparing interview questions and ask different questions to interviewee. I had to throw away so many interview scenes because I asked same questions and they answered same.
The happiest thing about this project was I could have a chance of working with my partner, Emily and my friend Alex. They filled up my disadvantage and I could complete this project well.
What I think a good example for a linear time-based media is Michael Jackson’s music video ‘Beat it’. ‘Beat it’ is a hit song from Michael Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller. There is story in the music video which is about gang fight and also this video tells story based on process of time.
This video opens with the scene that two gang members get out form a diner. After they close the door, the scene changes to street. The following scene is all the other gang members start their march via foot, fork lift and from sewers, billiard room and bar. Two gang groups start their march from different areas and the camera cuts to a scene of Michael Jackson lying on a bed. The video keeps crossing over Michael’s scene and gang scene. Michael and two gang groups start from all different areas but they are eventually heading to the same place. Two gang leaders had a fight when Michael arrived the place where they were fighting and he breaks up the fight. The video ends up with all the gang members join Michael’s dance and they agree that violence does not help to solve problems what they had.
I did not look carefully this video before I do this assignment. Although this is an old film, the way they edited film was amazing to me. I did not recognize that the scenes were changing every second because the way of editing was so smooth. The scenes changed after closing door and two shot to full shot, and close up shot to full shot. And also the way of presenting different groups meeting one place was also amazing. I think I learned at least some kind of sense to edit based on timeline throughout watching carefully this video.
I usually put on my earphones when I go outside. Although, I live in New York City, I think I was unconcerned about what is happening around me. One day, I took out headphones, closed my eyes and tried to open my eyes to environment.
I could hear many kinds of sound during a day in midtown Manhattan. People were on the phone or talking each other. Cars also made loud sound. Sound from ambulance, police car and fire truck were louder than other cars. It was like they were saying that they have to go first because it looked like that they have urgent things to do.
When I passed by 54th street and 2nd avenue, I could hear many kinds of music from each restaurant. There were many kinds of restaurant and they played music, which was matching with their restaurant.
When I get home at night, it seems like I found peace when I compare with Manhattan. Since I live in Rego Park, Queens., there are not many things make noise like Manhattan. Just what I can hear from my neighbor is that sound from railroad and sometimes false alarm from cars which is really getting on my nerve all the time.
Throughout these sounds, I realize that it is hard to hear sound of nature like insects, and roaring water, leafs and wind. I really missed this kind of sound which was I used to hear when I grow up and I felt something empty.
Med 150 was my second class what I took for major in Media here. Before I took this course, I was interested in both directing film and web design. Eventhough I had to take this course for my major, I want to find myself what I really want from this course. However, I could not find yet and feel so lost.
What I really liked about this course was many practices. Still photo, video and stamp assignment. Throughout those exercises I could know what my problems were. For example, I did not care about composition or how to control light when I took pictures and videos. I just did what I felt to do. However throughout those exercises, now I know better and try to use what I learn. In addition, I really enjoyed museum trip and learning about history of media. They brought more interest in this field
What I did not like about this course was that MED150 is dealing with too broad area about media but too shallow. It feels like I just touched little bit of everything in media but I cannot say I know all. I understand that this course was introductory course. However I think it would be better if I would learn more deeply. Moreover, I think that this course should deal with something what is really useful. It does not mean that what I learn is not useful. I just want to apply something what I learned from this course to ordinary life.
I will take MED160 and I hope I would learn something really new and useful things at there
The design what I like is “LOVE” statue by Robert Indiana on Sixth Avenue at 55th Street in Manhattan. It enhances the beauty of surrounding and it seems to be a popular spot for photography. When people walking down the street of mid-town Manhattan they can see a big red statue and it spells out LOVE in big bold letters. The statue is designed by Robert Indiana and mostly made out from iron. On the statue, people can see the tilted letter and it makes the statue even more attractive. The tilted letter “O” makes this design unusual and it make people try to think and see again. In addition, the letter “O” breaks balance of the statue but the right corner of letter “O” makes edge and it makes perfect square.
Robert uses red and blue for this design. I think that by using two contrast colors, he was trying to get attention from people and full of high buildings in midtown Manhattan. The image of that area is not sweet or warm but cold and brittle. However, by placing this lovely statue, people can breathe among the starkness. It is like a colorful flower is blooming among deserted surrounding. In other words, the statue makes the area full of beauty and charm.
“Indiana was commissioned to design a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art, for which he made three small paintings of the word love in red, blue and green…Since then LOVE has become a cultural icon and has been used extensively throughout the art world and media, with and without the artist’s approval. The image has been transformed into T-shirts, mugs, rugs and posters. The 330-million United States postal stamps issued in the 1970s are one of the more popular examples of the mass reproduction and appropriation of this image.”(www.scottsdalepublicart.org)
Today, we saw the video that kind of negative aspect of Korea game culture. However, threre are many positive aspect of Korean game culture.Now it is called e-sports rather than game. e-sports created a lot of jobs such as progamer, coach, game referee and others. The game market in Korea is really huge and provide the most innovated technology in the world so far.
When the time, hacking was started; hackers never intended that harm someone or something. Instead of that hacking culture helped to develop of computer and security system. And also some employee hired person who has ability to hack computer because it was understood as hackers know about computer system better than others. However now, hacking culture gives lots of negative image. By development of technology, some hackers are able to break down systems and still someone’s money. In addition, they are trying to find new ways of break the rule due to develop technology. Two years ago, someone in Madrid, Spain took money from my account. I could not understand how did he purchase something using my debit card across the ocean. Someone might hack bank system or take my information from the Internet site. Luckily, I got money back from the bank but I realized that I should change my pin number periodically. And also i thought that I needed to find more secure bank. It is kind of risk of developed technology. However, because of this developed technology, we have to create more secure system and develop more for convenience. I think this is kind of benefit from developed technology.
Today, game culture and industry is playing big role in society. Because of feature of computer game, computer games effected by other culture such as movie, television, computer graphic and coin-operated machine. Firstly, dissemination of television helped development of computer game. Television was considered as furniture until the end of 1960s but the size of television reduced and size of screen got bigger. People started to think television as electronic product and some company like Magnavox started to produce home game machine in 1970s. Secondly, development of computer technology helps development of game culture. In 1980, people are able to show multi-dimensions, various lights and possible to edit throughout computer.
Nowadays, development technology makes us play games whenever and wherever we want. We can play video games using IPod in subway and play tennis using Wii at home. Development of technology helps a lot in gaming users. Old days, there were not so much games that women could play because the games were not fit to women emotionally. However, there are many games are targeting to various gaming users today. In other words, development of technology helped game culture to grow and people have more with of section games.
Definition of Human-computer symbiosis is that relationship between human and computer that live closely together and depend on each other’s way. Moreover, get benefits from computers. In addition, cyborg means to me is that a creature that is partly human but machine. It is possible that human can make a cyborg that looks perfectly like human. However, it is impossible that we can make cyborg’s brain which is same function as human’s does, because we did not fully understand our brain biologically. If we fully understand our body and there is biological support on making cyborg, the barrier between human and machine might be destroyed.
Early function of computer was super high speed calculator. Literally it was only for simple calculation. However, nowadays computer is evolved a lot and it has artificial intelligence. In 1960, JCR Licklider brought the idea in his book Man-Computer symbiosis which was making responsive computer. After that, people focused on the function of responsive to computer, and the idea based today’s internet and digital media. For example, electronic guitar is responsive machine. When men play guitar, music is streams out. In other words, if we cooperate with machine, guitar, we can make totally new music. The job which play guitar is our job, not guitar’s job. Machine’s job is just help human. This is Human-Machine (computer) symbiosis which depends on each other and takes advantage from one side.
There are many benefits from intimate relationship between man and computer. Firstly, computer saves our time and space. Development of technology removed a barrier that human cannot do. This proved many ways such as telemedicine, teleconference and other tele-things. It helps human to save time and space. Secondly, intimate relationship between human and computer helps communication. Nowadays, we can quickly send and receive messages from the across the world. It make to be possible that I can call my family in Korea anytime whenever I want.
Otherwise, there are also risks from Human-Computer symbiosis. First of all, developed technology helps human to be devastated mentally and socially. Due to people spend more time on computers, people tend to meet less people and they think the way what computers do. Secondly, there are lots of changes in our society because of developed technology. Many companies try to catch up changing technology and fire people who are not fit and who are not unnecessary anymore because computer can do.
I do not think we are living in an era of the post human. I agree that there are more things are done by computer than before but it does not mean that computer conduct everything without human’s decision. The supervisor is human and there are still many thins what computer cannot do. Computer is just help people. Haraway, Donna said in her book ‘A Cyborg Manifest’ that basically machines are not self-designing autonomous. They could not achieve men’s dream, only mock it(518). Cyborgs are just created because of people’s needs and we cannot deny that computers make our life abundant.
Paranormal Activity is a low-budget movie. There are no stars and special effect in the movie. This movie just set up plot, actors and situation and it is running by audience’s imagination.
Katie and Micah live in a large two-storied house in San Diego and they deal with unusual phenomenon. A supernatural started to haunt Katie and Micah and it is getting worse. Every night, something whispers to Katie and Katie and Micah, tries to find out the existence of supernatural by recording video.
One thing that I liked about this film was the way what director set up everything in ordinary. In addition, it makes us feel that this could happen to us. Micah and Katie look like real couple. They are leaving in the house that feels like a real house and the house that you might have been once. The house also plays scary part of this movie. Almost every scene is taken place in the house and it gives us feeling that they are trapped and they have nowhere to go. When physics visited their house, he said that he couldn’t help them. At this point, the one who can solve this problem is only Katie and Micah, and audience might feel that they are only person who can watch the couple in this world.
Paranormal Activity is shot entirely through by hand held camera that is constantly and roughly moving. I think this kind of technique make audience more uncomfortable. Paranormal Activity has all the elements of a great documentary-style film. I think this movie shows extremely efficient way of putting audience in haunted situation by hand held camera like Blare Witch and Clover Field.
