During the course of the two terms that Brooke and I have worked on this movie there has been alot of work and obsticles and dissapering of scenes and just about every problem you could have when making a movie but finally we finished!!!
In the past few weeks we have been rapidly photo shopping over 200 frames, editting, adding effects and music, adding titles and all sorts of things but when the bell went we were finished! Everything was done and despite all of the changes we made and the differences our movie has to our original idea it is exactly what we wont it to be...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Task
Year 9 Creative Media
Appraising Animation
1. Select one clip to analyze and interpret
After viewing all three of Matreyeks works that we could choose to analyze for this task I have chosen to do Factory. In this clip the creator has used many different programs to combine humans with factory equipment and movement. Also in this clip Matreyek has combined the appropriate sounds and sound effects to suit the scene and they are all on certain cues to mach up with there part in the clip.
2. Focus questions
In this clip there are many different visual things going on. There is a massive moving background with factory machinery and workers. Then in the foreground there are humans moving with oversized equipment in some scenes. In others there are people in what looks to be a control booth running the whole factory. The people sitting in the booths are robotically pressing buttons and turning knobs.
My overall impression of the mood of the work is that it is very busy and quite frankly boring. I do not strongly like this video but what I do like about this video is all of the different techniques that the creator has used and the skill that was required to create this clip.
In this clip it is easy to see all of the visual language and sound cues because all of the sounds match up with a piece of machinery or equipment doing some sort of movement or job. For example each time the man pushes down on the over sized spanner the sound that matched it plays in sync with the movement. You can also clearly see all of the editing as it is all of the things that you would not usually be found in that scene and also when it goes from one scene to another.
3. Analyze
Background:
The atmosphere for this film was done extremely well. The background is very detailed and life like but still has an animated feel about it. All of the shapes in this background all work really well together and the use of black and white in this clip gives it a very aged feel which suits it. All of these things work together to create a great background for the film and this really takes the film that next step up.
Performance of the characters:
There are not actually many different people involved in the on screen part of this clip because most of it is just the same person doing the same thing bu multiplied so it looks like a lot of people. One example of this is at the very start of the clip when the lady workers are all walking in. When watching it, it just looks like a lot of people walking into work when actually it is one person doing the exact same person doing the exact same thing just repeated over and over at different times. All of the people in this clip seem to all have a very robotic sense to them which completely ties in with the rest of the clip.
Editing:
The main part of creating this film would have been the editing. There would have been a lot complex technique and skill put in to make all the different parts of the film flow and work together. You can see in the film all the different types of making films that he has used. Adding all of the music and sound effects would have also taken a lot of patience and skill to put them all at the exact right time and layering them all over the top of each other.
Directors Fingerprints:
The director of this film, Matreyek, defiantly puts his own fingerprints on his work. A reoccurring feature in all of his films is the use of human body parts doing things that would not happen in real life. One example of that in Factory is when the giant hand comes out of the ceiling and has the job of a crane.
4. Interpretation
My interpretation of the work is that although it is a very complex and skillful piece of work it is really quite boring. I think although this is the case it is also a very different and creative work that most people would never come up with. I am not really sure to what meaning is behind this piece of work but whatever it is it has left a lot of room for interpretation.
When I surveyed my family I had a range of different responses. My youngest siblings who are six, seven and eight all thought that it was interesting and cool but couldnt figure out why it looked so old. My twelve year old sister thought that it was intersesting but got a bit boring after a while and my thirteen year old brother didnt have the patience to stay in the room to watch it.
The more i seem to watch it the more I seem to like it as you seem to see something new each time you see it. When I surveyed my mum though who probably wouldnt like her age in my creative media assignment, she had the most positive response of everyone. She thought that " It was very interesting and out there" which helps me decide on who this film was targeted at.
I think that after surveying family and friends from all different age groups, although my seven year old brother thought it was “ fully sick” I think that the intended age group for this piece of Matreyeks work was probably from around older teenagers and adults.
The way that the visual imagery informs my interpretation of this clip is the way he has used everyday items in ways we would usually never even think of. I think that Matreyek has put a lot of imagination into this work to make it like nothing we have ever seen before.
Matreyeks use of sound in this piece of work made the clip even better. Adding the machinery noises to all of the moving hands and things like that made it more obvious as to really what there part in the film was and made it all tie together really well.
Year 9 Creative Media
Appraising Animation
1. Select one clip to analyze and interpret
After viewing all three of Matreyeks works that we could choose to analyze for this task I have chosen to do Factory. In this clip the creator has used many different programs to combine humans with factory equipment and movement. Also in this clip Matreyek has combined the appropriate sounds and sound effects to suit the scene and they are all on certain cues to mach up with there part in the clip.
2. Focus questions
In this clip there are many different visual things going on. There is a massive moving background with factory machinery and workers. Then in the foreground there are humans moving with oversized equipment in some scenes. In others there are people in what looks to be a control booth running the whole factory. The people sitting in the booths are robotically pressing buttons and turning knobs.
My overall impression of the mood of the work is that it is very busy and quite frankly boring. I do not strongly like this video but what I do like about this video is all of the different techniques that the creator has used and the skill that was required to create this clip.
In this clip it is easy to see all of the visual language and sound cues because all of the sounds match up with a piece of machinery or equipment doing some sort of movement or job. For example each time the man pushes down on the over sized spanner the sound that matched it plays in sync with the movement. You can also clearly see all of the editing as it is all of the things that you would not usually be found in that scene and also when it goes from one scene to another.
3. Analyze
Background:
The atmosphere for this film was done extremely well. The background is very detailed and life like but still has an animated feel about it. All of the shapes in this background all work really well together and the use of black and white in this clip gives it a very aged feel which suits it. All of these things work together to create a great background for the film and this really takes the film that next step up.
Performance of the characters:
There are not actually many different people involved in the on screen part of this clip because most of it is just the same person doing the same thing bu multiplied so it looks like a lot of people. One example of this is at the very start of the clip when the lady workers are all walking in. When watching it, it just looks like a lot of people walking into work when actually it is one person doing the exact same person doing the exact same thing just repeated over and over at different times. All of the people in this clip seem to all have a very robotic sense to them which completely ties in with the rest of the clip.
Editing:
The main part of creating this film would have been the editing. There would have been a lot complex technique and skill put in to make all the different parts of the film flow and work together. You can see in the film all the different types of making films that he has used. Adding all of the music and sound effects would have also taken a lot of patience and skill to put them all at the exact right time and layering them all over the top of each other.
Directors Fingerprints:
The director of this film, Matreyek, defiantly puts his own fingerprints on his work. A reoccurring feature in all of his films is the use of human body parts doing things that would not happen in real life. One example of that in Factory is when the giant hand comes out of the ceiling and has the job of a crane.
4. Interpretation
My interpretation of the work is that although it is a very complex and skillful piece of work it is really quite boring. I think although this is the case it is also a very different and creative work that most people would never come up with. I am not really sure to what meaning is behind this piece of work but whatever it is it has left a lot of room for interpretation.
When I surveyed my family I had a range of different responses. My youngest siblings who are six, seven and eight all thought that it was interesting and cool but couldnt figure out why it looked so old. My twelve year old sister thought that it was intersesting but got a bit boring after a while and my thirteen year old brother didnt have the patience to stay in the room to watch it.
The more i seem to watch it the more I seem to like it as you seem to see something new each time you see it. When I surveyed my mum though who probably wouldnt like her age in my creative media assignment, she had the most positive response of everyone. She thought that " It was very interesting and out there" which helps me decide on who this film was targeted at.
I think that after surveying family and friends from all different age groups, although my seven year old brother thought it was “ fully sick” I think that the intended age group for this piece of Matreyeks work was probably from around older teenagers and adults.
The way that the visual imagery informs my interpretation of this clip is the way he has used everyday items in ways we would usually never even think of. I think that Matreyek has put a lot of imagination into this work to make it like nothing we have ever seen before.
Matreyeks use of sound in this piece of work made the clip even better. Adding the machinery noises to all of the moving hands and things like that made it more obvious as to really what there part in the film was and made it all tie together really well.
Task
Year 9 Creative Media
Appraising Animation
TASK : Watch excerpts from the work of Miwa Matreyek, Multimedia Artist.
Take notes on your blog and then write a 600 word appraisal of one of Matreyek's works.
Appraisal = Describe what you see and hear, Analyse the Media Language and Interpret the Meaning
Use correct sentence structure, grammar, spelling, referencing and bibliography.
1. Watch these sequences and select one to anaylse and interpret
· Digitropia http://vimeo.com/5906461
· Circus http://vimeo.com/6714468
· Factory http://vimeo.com/5905934
Embed your chosen piece into your blog
2. Focus Questions ~ answer these on your blog
· Identify the imagery by listing what you see eg the subject matter; objects, shapes etc
· What is your overall impression of the mood of the work
· Watch and Listen for visual language cues, sound cues and editting
3. Anaylsis - see
http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-analyze-a-movie
· Notice the visual language used by Matreyek's eg colour, line, the quality of the movement, shapes, use of scale etc - list what you identify - help site: HERE and for specific film language: MISE-EN-SCENE
· Notice the sounds - list these identifying their type and quality
4. Interpretation
· What is your interpretation of the work?
· Survey friends and family ~ what do they think the work is about?
· Who do you think is the intended audience for Matreyek's work?
· How does visual language inform your interpretaion?
· How has Matreyek used sound with the animation images to create meaning?
Other works by Matreyek: Artist ~ http://vimeo.com/5906187 and http://www.semihemisphere.com/
Year 9 Creative Media
Appraising Animation
TASK : Watch excerpts from the work of Miwa Matreyek, Multimedia Artist.
Take notes on your blog and then write a 600 word appraisal of one of Matreyek's works.
Appraisal = Describe what you see and hear, Analyse the Media Language and Interpret the Meaning
Use correct sentence structure, grammar, spelling, referencing and bibliography.
1. Watch these sequences and select one to anaylse and interpret
· Digitropia http://vimeo.com/5906461
· Circus http://vimeo.com/6714468
· Factory http://vimeo.com/5905934
Embed your chosen piece into your blog
2. Focus Questions ~ answer these on your blog
· Identify the imagery by listing what you see eg the subject matter; objects, shapes etc
· What is your overall impression of the mood of the work
· Watch and Listen for visual language cues, sound cues and editting
3. Anaylsis - see
http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-analyze-a-movie
· Notice the visual language used by Matreyek's eg colour, line, the quality of the movement, shapes, use of scale etc - list what you identify - help site: HERE and for specific film language: MISE-EN-SCENE
· Notice the sounds - list these identifying their type and quality
4. Interpretation
· What is your interpretation of the work?
· Survey friends and family ~ what do they think the work is about?
· Who do you think is the intended audience for Matreyek's work?
· How does visual language inform your interpretaion?
· How has Matreyek used sound with the animation images to create meaning?
Other works by Matreyek: Artist ~ http://vimeo.com/5906187 and http://www.semihemisphere.com/
