Art Game Brainstorming

Media Arts

Art Video Game

Lacey Reid

Friday April 17, 2015

THEMES

Stereotyping/Labels

*A person who fits a certain category (Emo, Goth, Prep, Nerd) and something that represents the stereotype placed on them (Emo + Razor, Goth + Satanic symbol, Prep + Pom poms, Nerd + Glasses)

-Stereotypes give people a chance to unfairly judge a person based on lies before without even getting to know them

-Stereotypes give another reason for bullies to target the people around them

-Stereotypes can cause kids to be insecure with who they are resulting in them pretending to be someone they’re not

Racism

*People of all races somehow connected

-Racism has gotten out of control lately! People don’t realize that we are all human no matter what the color of our skin is.

-Racism affects everyone maybe not equally but it does have an effect on each and every person in the world

-Racism is often overlooked and ignored

LGBT/Homophobia

*LGBT people and couples

-Homophobia is a big issue and it leads to bullying and discrimination against people who have done nothing wrong

-Homophobia makes it hard for people to come out as being gay, lesbian, bisexual etc.

-Homophobia is stupid and pointless! Why hurt someone who is just being themselves? These people were born this way and they can change who they are and they shouldn't  feel the need to.

Mental Health Awareness

*A brain each with a different mental health problem

-People don’t understand enough about mental health making it harder for kids with mental health problems to live in society today

-People get bullied for having mental health problems because others don’t understand it and they think they’re all just freaks

-People are being defined by their mental state now and that’s not right. People should only be defined by who they are on the inside not by their disabilities.

Suicide Awareness

*Facts about suicide

-Suicide is happening way too often now a days

-Kids who commit suicide often have underlying mental health problems that have gone unnoticed and untreated

-More and more kids are committing suicide and by the time people actually notice that something is wrong it’s too late to save the person

Toy Hack Reflection

Media Arts

Toy Hacking

Lacey Reid

Friday April 17, 2015

Toy Hack Reflection:

a.                  If you were to box and try to sell this item, how would you describe it and its purpose?  (3 sentences)

Punk Rock Tigger! Great toy for kids into the punk rock genre! Tigger loves to rock out to your favorite songs with you!

b.                  What do you like most about the new toy? (3 sentences)

I really like his Mohawk and the pink patch on his back. I just really like the material and how soft it is. I also like how the pink patch looks on the brown fur of the body

c.                   What do you like least about the new toy? (3 sentences)

The stitching. It not the cleanest and it’s a little too noticeable in some places. It was also really frustrating to try and sew things together with the fur and fuzz getting in the way and knotting around the thread.

d.                  What would you do if you were to re-do this assignment?  (3 sentences)

I would probably plan it out a little better, I kind of just started with the head and went from there just adding random pieces that I found, without really having a clear idea of what I wanted it to be/look like in the end. I would also try to stay away from furry/fluffy/hairy/fuzzy material because it’s a pain to sew through it when the fur/hair/fuzz/fluff keeps knotting around the thread. If I could re-do it I would also add bat wings because I really wanted to use the handles on the body to make wings but it wasn't working properly so I scrapped the idea and just stitched a pink patch to its back instead.

Seamless Facebook Profile Brainstorming

Name: Lacey
Assignment: Seamless FB Profile Brainstorm
Date: April 9 2015

My Favourite Things

-Music

-Michael Bohn

-Max Green

-Craig Mabbitt

-Andy Biersack

-Mitch Lucker

-Motorcycles

-Skateboarding

-Warped Tour

-Art

-Drums

-Baton

-Cheerleading

-Horses

-Anime

-My Little Pony

Art Movie

Name: Lacey

Date: April 9 2015

Class: Media Arts

Assignment: Art Movie

Medium: Adobe Premiere Pro

TECHNICAL

Almost all of the technical steps I used were new to me. I’ve done things like this on Windows Movie Maker before but I’ve never used Adobe Pro. Adobe Premiere Pro has more features then Windows Movie Maker a lot of which I’ve never used before.

IDEA OR CONCEPT

The idea I had for this piece was to create a sense of chaos by using chaotic scenes together with calmer but still tension filled ones. ie the chaos going on outside with the high tension situation of the heat quickly rising. Then at the very end I would use a photo of Oliver Sykes and make it seem like everything that happened was all in his head.

There was a point where I almost changed my idea. I was trying to get the zoom for the photo of Oliver at the end to work properly but it wasn’t working out how I wanted it to, I got so frustrated that I almost took it out completely but I kept at it and eventually got it to work. It’s still not the way I had envisioned it but it’s close.

INFLUENCES

I’m not sure if I really had any influences for this one, I kind of just went for it.

COMPOSITION

I used the inverted effect on the “CC Smash” clip at the beginning to put emphasis on the explosion he caused when his fist hit the ground. I also added a timer that glitches and ticks down rapidly to put emphasis on the fact that the heat was quickly rising and they were running out of time to make it stop.

MOTIVATION

I was motivated by the idea in my head. When we were given the assignment I immediately formed an idea of what I wanted to do in my mind and I just stuck with it from there. I was determined to take my ideas and make them reality and it worked, maybe not exactly how I wanted it to but close.

As for visual ideas I wanted to try mixing clips from newer media with older media and I think it turned out pretty well.

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT

I think the invert effect with the explosion looks pretty cool and it worked pretty well to. I also like how when I added the music I noticed that some of the video clips matched it already, (the beat of the music go’s with the actions of the characters.)

The thing that surprised me was how hard it is to actually make an art movie. It’s not too hard to come up with the initial idea but once you actually start putting it together it’s not the easiest thing to do. Things don’t always work out the way you planned it, the idea might have worked in your head but looked like absolute crap on the computer, once you start the process of putting the movie together it becomes unpredictable, anything can happen.

With additional time I would probably do more with the photo of Oliver at the end. The zoom didn’t work the way I wanted it to and no matter how hard I tried to get it right nothing worked.