Hero/Villain Animation

Video Projects

                In the first joke we used stuffed animals to convey the action.  With stuffed animals we get to utilize line and shape more dramatically because stuffed animals are exaggerated figures.  Lines are created when the stuffed animals are set up with OTS shots and making eye contact.  Obviously they cannot really make eye contact because of the lack of life, so we can make it look like they are with lines.  The shape is important because the different animals draw your eyes in different ways.  The figure of the pig can be metaphorically used as the corrupt economist, thanks to shape.

                In the second joke we employed movement quite a bit.  Starting with the interviewer, we made her awkward.  Each interviewee after that had their own unique movements.  Each interviewee frustratingly left the room after their interview; each frustration being utilized with movement.  Lines were used with the awkward eye contact made between both the interviewer and interviewee.

                The joke script we chose conveniently uses tension and release.  The joke creates a tension by making you watch one interview after another.  During the first two interviews you do not where the joke is going.  You finally get a release at the very end after the punch line is delivered.

                The videos are similar in that they both utilized similar dialogue with similar shots.  They are obviously very different with inanimate objects in one and real actors in the other.

Video Game Critique

How To Be Creative

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Audio Commentary Critiquing Favorite Scene

Reimagining Visual Framing

            I was drawn to this image for perhaps obvious reasons.  I was fascinated by what looks to be a 13 year old girl smoking a cigarette.  The original image is a medium 3 shot with what looks like another young adolescent girl to the right, and a stilted figure to the left.  I re framed the image to focus on this young girl with her cigarette with a somewhat troubled look on her face.  Emphasizing the cigarette and the young girl, you can see that she looks as if she has been smoking for years; but the elegance of her young face and white dress suggest differently.  The original image takes advantage of the rule of thirds with some kind of bazaar figure on stilts in the left quadrant, the smoking girl in the middle, and the friend in the right third.  The original images create depth with lines that extend from the smoking girl, back to the stilted figure, and even beyond that into the woods following a dirt road.

            An affinity is created between the girl’s innocence of her face and white dress and her smoking cigarette.  They seem to be relatable because you immediately notice her pretty face and white dress, then you jump to the cigarette.  This creates an uncomfortable tension when you look at it.  After looking at the cigarette closely it does not appear to be lit or smoking.  So we can only hope it is make believe.