We went through deisgn a avartar and a logo last week and ive started coming up with some ideas now for the logo side of it.
I was thinking along the lines of either a crest, or jolly roger to represent myself. Both of these are down in history of items to prove your identity so I see them as befitting for a logo, I did think of a flag but I thought it was less appropriate because I think it represents a group of peopel ratehr than an individual.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Last week we watched the film - Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, this German Expressionist film is one the earliest examples to tell a story through flash back.
This film is also very influential to films made after, Tim Burton being one that has taken the style of this film into his work. Although this film is a silent movie, this film gives the viewers as much impact as if it would have had spoken dialogue. The intertitles work well with the peice, especially by the font they have chosen.
The of color and eerie backing tracks creates the tension and the surreal environments used for set is amazing. The shadows are painted for this film makign actors walk on set to the already laid down shadows, this is the first itme ive seen a film using artificial shadows.
The actors make-up is als overy interesting, especially on Cesare the Somnambulist which is now seen as Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands.
In general this film is very ionteresitng to watch and is said that everytime you watch it you can pick something new up.
This film is also very influential to films made after, Tim Burton being one that has taken the style of this film into his work. Although this film is a silent movie, this film gives the viewers as much impact as if it would have had spoken dialogue. The intertitles work well with the peice, especially by the font they have chosen.
The of color and eerie backing tracks creates the tension and the surreal environments used for set is amazing. The shadows are painted for this film makign actors walk on set to the already laid down shadows, this is the first itme ive seen a film using artificial shadows.
The actors make-up is als overy interesting, especially on Cesare the Somnambulist which is now seen as Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands.
In general this film is very ionteresitng to watch and is said that everytime you watch it you can pick something new up.
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Lasse Gjertsen
Lasse Gjertsen is a norwegian teenager famous for a few videos he made on youtube, his most famous piece probably "hyperactive" which is a mixture of beatboxing and pixilation.
The work i want to discuss though is the piece he labels as "self portrait"
This is made with green screening and animation, it not only tells the viewers who he is, it also let the viewers in on his thoughts on society and his other ideals etc. I feel it is a powerful piece and works really well with the narration, especially with the echo effect he has on.
He is one of the people who inspire me becuase i jsut really liek his style,the other work he has done is also very worth watching, his editing skills and excellent in "hyperactive" and "amateur".
The work i want to discuss though is the piece he labels as "self portrait"
This is made with green screening and animation, it not only tells the viewers who he is, it also let the viewers in on his thoughts on society and his other ideals etc. I feel it is a powerful piece and works really well with the narration, especially with the echo effect he has on.
He is one of the people who inspire me becuase i jsut really liek his style,the other work he has done is also very worth watching, his editing skills and excellent in "hyperactive" and "amateur".
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Identities
on hearing about the online 3D environments, and creating your own avatars, it made me think of Playstation 3's new software known as Playstation Home.
Playstation Home is an online 3D environment in which you can communicate with friends or strangers in the virtual world built for PS3 owners. In this world you can design a character to resemble yourself and go around the town to buy new things for you house and play mini games around the city. This is very similar to the secondlife 3D online environment.
This is a screen shot of people in a group having a chat on Playstation home, it also seems that some of them are dancing. Speech bubbles pop up above your character when you wish to communicate with others.
I think that this software is great on terms of individuality, when creating your chararcter you can edit the physical appearance to a very detailed degree, you can, if made right, look alot like yourself. The lack in choice of clothing and accessories can be fixed by going into town to shop for new clothes, I haven't tried out that function yet, but soon will. apart from appearance, all characters created have set movements, not much else you can change.
you can check other players information althoguh it is only very brief due to laws on not exposing too much personal details etc. This mostly tells others about games you've played and achievements you've made, at the end of the day, it is a gaming environment.
more to come soon...
Playstation Home is an online 3D environment in which you can communicate with friends or strangers in the virtual world built for PS3 owners. In this world you can design a character to resemble yourself and go around the town to buy new things for you house and play mini games around the city. This is very similar to the secondlife 3D online environment.
This is a screen shot of people in a group having a chat on Playstation home, it also seems that some of them are dancing. Speech bubbles pop up above your character when you wish to communicate with others.
I think that this software is great on terms of individuality, when creating your chararcter you can edit the physical appearance to a very detailed degree, you can, if made right, look alot like yourself. The lack in choice of clothing and accessories can be fixed by going into town to shop for new clothes, I haven't tried out that function yet, but soon will. apart from appearance, all characters created have set movements, not much else you can change.
you can check other players information althoguh it is only very brief due to laws on not exposing too much personal details etc. This mostly tells others about games you've played and achievements you've made, at the end of the day, it is a gaming environment.
more to come soon...
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