This virtual space is an extension of AEAH 3770 Computer Art Applications and will be used to record class discussions and ongoing conservations relating to the course.
This project I felt was overall a really cool idea. I had a lot of fun taking all the pictures, compiling the images, and playing around to put the video together. The goal of the project, finding our answer to the big question we presented, I was also really excited about. I really admired that the real drive behind this project was the students discovering themselves. On the other hand, I hate Macs. Strongly. And own no Apple products. That made working with iMovie pretty difficult. Also, my external harddrive feels the same way I do about Apple products, and therefore absolutely refused to work with them at all. However, these complications did make me look to emergency solutions, and I guess that helped make me a little more resourceful. :) Overall I was really happy to get to work on this project.
I really enjoyed this project, I think having us answer a really big question through a video is an awesome idea. I learned a lot about animation and all the different types of techniques. However, I just wish I had more time to make it perfect, at least another half week. Photographing the animation didn't really bother me, instead it was the over emphasizing the puppet in the beginning of the semester. I would have liked to have known the instructions before making the puppet.
I liked the concept of this project. Its hard to portray exactly what you have in your mind using props around the house. In my mine I had a huge idea laid out, but had a hard time recreating that exactly, but I tend to do that in all projects. Not only did this help me to think about the question itself, but it really gave me more time to reflect upon it because while I was working on the project the topic was harping at my brain! I really wanted to use myself as the character, I felt it would have depicted me representing my sicknesses better, but the idea of using myself felt awkward. I wish I didn't let that get to me though, I think it would have made the video a lot better conceptually and visually. I think my video gets my point across, but I think it looks like I'm mad at my mom's 'ways' ... but that isn't the case. My mom never abused medication it was just always an 'answer' in her nurse-ly ways. I just didn't know how to get my message across without making my mom look bad in the video, I couldn't come up with the solution for that which is a bummer because I really didn't want the video to bash my mom! Just wanted to show that her ways rubbed off on my, and i'm upset that they 'stuck' with me, but not upset with her...because I do respect her choices. I really liked the project, again, the concept behind it is beneficial, and I love a project that I don't feel like I'm doing something pointless or wasting time. It was also nice to touch up imovie skills. I've used it before but practice makes perfect!
My original question was "Why do I have a hard time opening up to people?". I did a lot of journaling and through that I realized that I spent so much of my life trying to be who other people wanted me to be. I had often set aside my personal beliefs or ideas to make other people happy. Within the last few years (mainly since I moved to college) I have taken time to actually explore who I am, what I believe, and who it is that I hope to become. In this process I have changed a lot. I am much happier and more true to myself. Although I am true to myself, I still have a hard time opening upon fear of disappointing people. Before making this video, this was not something I was aware of. I did a lot of journaling and searching and came to several different conclusions about personal hang ups. It was incredibly helpful!
I fell in love with stop-motion animation during this project! I have always enjoyed writing and journaling. With this project, I was able to write out my thoughts, fears, stories, etc. but I had to plan out a visual language for these things. It was a fun way to make my words take on life.
My Question for the AA project was: How do people changing you and into who you are today, and how that relates to me being a people pleaser?
In the AA it shows the relationship with my mother and I. She was there for me through the thick and thin to comfort me and give me a differing perspective. It shows specifically how my mom has always been there to listen and help me heal my broken heart, whether it be broken from harsh words, boyfriends, or friends.
This was a hard project for me because I would rather have something super representational instead of symbolic. I like the actual making of the animation but the idea part was difficult. I think one of the main problems stemmed from the fact that I didn't ask the right questions at first. If I had come up with an idea sooner the project may have turned out differently. Compared to writing though, I think I liked this better because I was never one for words especially telling someone how to do something. I would rather just show you. With writing you have a different perspective and because you don't have to actually have all the materials you have words, it might be easier to explain what you want to get across. Over all It was a challenge but I am glad that it gave me the opportunity to be challenged with new ideas and enabling constraints.
My question was how my skin disorder affects me and my relationships with others, and also why I care so much.
I think I addressed my question by enacting an exaggerated fear of what would happen if I let my disorder overtake me and the way I live my life. A fear I have is of having my scars completely cover my skin. This was represented by the monster in my video, similar to a werewolf type of situation. At the end of shooting the video, I realized that I did solve my question, obviously I know in what ways it affects me, but I cant let it affect me so much.
I actually don’t know if I would be able to write this story well enough. I am not a very good writer, because I don’t like it very much. The whole animation process was very easy and natural for me. If this would have been a written assignment, I would have hated it.
My question for the AA project was how have I influenced my brothers life or his decisions in life. I called up my brother to get some answers, I was sure I knew most of what his answers might be. But to my surprise he said a lot more. I knew I had influenced some of the decisions in his relationships, he knew to treat them right and to respect them because he saw that I never was, and grew as a person. He stated that he saw how focused and dedicated I was to my art and to make it my career, that he wanted to do the same with his career as an engineer. He said that we had become closer as siblings when I moved away to college and it was easier to talk to me than most people because I had gone through the same things he was going through now. I used my doodles in my animation because I doodle when I need to express my feelings and I was expressing them in my animation. My question was answered through my video with the ability to add music and scenes to convey my point.The animation differed from traditional writing by having the person watching be able to see how you intended for it to be visualized. With traditional writing your message may be lost by people having to imagine whats going on. I am not sure I would be able to get it across to them because I better express myself or anything through art or images rather than words. I really enjoyed this project and the concepts. The only this I found I didn't like was having to use a mac and its related programs because it was extremely difficult to figure out, I was getting extremely frustrated with it.
The question I asked myself was: How have labels affected me? I thought if all the discrimination I faced with being half Native American and half white, however most recent issues I’ve faced has to do with my sexual orientation. I’m the definition of Aries so I rush into things without thinking or back down but I hardly give myself the time to weigh the consequences or look at my fear. Putting my pride and determination aside, I realized that I do have fears involving being gay. I had this metal focus of I don’t care what happens and I’m going to do it regardless. My fears may be buried but I still fear losing my family and being ridiculed because of the person I love. Using animation helped me think outside the box and describe things that I usually can’t with words; however it was time consuming and required patients that I don’t have. I really enjoyed doing this project because it allowed versatility and open mindedness. I felt as if I did ok I putting together my animation, but I really loved the music I created but it invoked my emotion.
The questions I asked myself were: Why am I so self-conscious and why do I think so negatively. I guess the reason is the things I did in the past have made me this way. At the beginning I showed a scene where I'm fighting in the hall way. Growing up I just assumed everyone was out to get me or thought poorly of me. I still sometimes believe that. There was a scene where someone says hello and I just imagine smashing their food. That has been a real thought of mine before. I tried to make the video funny and ridiculous since I realized while making this that the way I've been thinking was pretty stupid. I originally wrote a country song to go with it but it made it too depressing.
I feel like if I wrote this story it would have come out depressing. I had fun cutting out the stupid little puppets and recording the loud song.
The question i asked myself: If i wasn't bullied so much as a kid and if I wasn't abused, would Art be such an influence on my life? Thats the question i asked myself at first but i was a big too specific, so i pulled back and changed my question. If my past wasn't so influential, would my passion to be a teacher be the same? I hit the main points of my past that i still have trouble with getting my head around and to accept that those things have happen, mostly abuse in my past. Then the suicide reference, the fact that it was a bit vague was my intent, but i really dont know what saved me that day. I like to think that it was my logic brain turning off the creative side that was influencing the nightmare like surroundings and making me numb. But that fact that i was this clay like creature that turned into an armor-less warrior but gathering my defense and offensive weapons means that i am here to stay and fight.
All in all, i hated making my own music in garage band, but at the same time i learned something new. I feel like no matter how i wrote it or told it, it will always be sad. But at least i could say i expressed it in a more artistic way.
I was questioning the role that society holds with my relationship between my daughter and I. What am I doing to counteract this? I immediately thought about the journal I keep that I write to her in everyday and began a long letter where I explored this. I depicted the letter through writing and examples/imagery of the words in the letter. Animation helped the concept because it progressed a long with the letter and offers a visual representation versus just the letter. I think it will be way more applicable to her when I show her one day.
The topic in my life that I chose to address was how my art has helped me deal with my heart condition. I used my music in correlation with my light-drawings to express the growing dizziness and actual symptoms that I deal with. I chose my backpack to be a sort of representation of myself because it is such a big part of my life and was capable of opening up and showing my wormhole drawings coming to life inside. I feel like the video was successful in expressing my changing feelings about my condition and it was great to see the wormholes that I’ve drawn for so many years come to life in a media that I’ve never used with them; making the use of animation an effective way of expression for this specific topic. It also made it more personal to show my backpack holding my wormholes and to be able to show my symptoms visually, giving the viewer a peek into my everyday, instead of just reading the definition or explaining how my wormholes correlate to my coping process.
This project I felt was overall a really cool idea. I had a lot of fun taking all the pictures, compiling the images, and playing around to put the video together. The goal of the project, finding our answer to the big question we presented, I was also really excited about. I really admired that the real drive behind this project was the students discovering themselves.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I hate Macs. Strongly. And own no Apple products. That made working with iMovie pretty difficult. Also, my external harddrive feels the same way I do about Apple products, and therefore absolutely refused to work with them at all. However, these complications did make me look to emergency solutions, and I guess that helped make me a little more resourceful. :)
Overall I was really happy to get to work on this project.
I really enjoyed this project, I think having us answer a really big question through a video is an awesome idea. I learned a lot about animation and all the different types of techniques. However, I just wish I had more time to make it perfect, at least another half week. Photographing the animation didn't really bother me, instead it was the over emphasizing the puppet in the beginning of the semester. I would have liked to have known the instructions before making the puppet.
ReplyDeleteI liked the concept of this project. Its hard to portray exactly what you have in your mind using props around the house. In my mine I had a huge idea laid out, but had a hard time recreating that exactly, but I tend to do that in all projects. Not only did this help me to think about the question itself, but it really gave me more time to reflect upon it because while I was working on the project the topic was harping at my brain!
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to use myself as the character, I felt it would have depicted me representing my sicknesses better, but the idea of using myself felt awkward. I wish I didn't let that get to me though, I think it would have made the video a lot better conceptually and visually.
I think my video gets my point across, but I think it looks like I'm mad at my mom's 'ways' ... but that isn't the case. My mom never abused medication it was just always an 'answer' in her nurse-ly ways. I just didn't know how to get my message across without making my mom look bad in the video, I couldn't come up with the solution for that which is a bummer because I really didn't want the video to bash my mom! Just wanted to show that her ways rubbed off on my, and i'm upset that they 'stuck' with me, but not upset with her...because I do respect her choices.
I really liked the project, again, the concept behind it is beneficial, and I love a project that I don't feel like I'm doing something pointless or wasting time.
It was also nice to touch up imovie skills. I've used it before but practice makes perfect!
Corrin
My original question was "Why do I have a hard time opening up to people?". I did a lot of journaling and through that I realized that I spent so much of my life trying to be who other people wanted me to be. I had often set aside my personal beliefs or ideas to make other people happy. Within the last few years (mainly since I moved to college) I have taken time to actually explore who I am, what I believe, and who it is that I hope to become. In this process I have changed a lot. I am much happier and more true to myself. Although I am true to myself, I still have a hard time opening upon fear of disappointing people. Before making this video, this was not something I was aware of. I did a lot of journaling and searching and came to several different conclusions about personal hang ups. It was incredibly helpful!
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with stop-motion animation during this project! I have always enjoyed writing and journaling. With this project, I was able to write out my thoughts, fears, stories, etc. but I had to plan out a visual language for these things. It was a fun way to make my words take on life.
My Question for the AA project was:
ReplyDeleteHow do people changing you and into who you are today, and how that relates to me being a people pleaser?
In the AA it shows the relationship with my mother and I. She was there for me through the thick and thin to comfort me and give me a differing perspective. It shows specifically how my mom has always been there to listen and help me heal my broken heart, whether it be broken from harsh words, boyfriends, or friends.
This was a hard project for me because I would rather have something super representational instead of symbolic. I like the actual making of the animation but the idea part was difficult. I think one of the main problems stemmed from the fact that I didn't ask the right questions at first. If I had come up with an idea sooner the project may have turned out differently. Compared to writing though, I think I liked this better because I was never one for words especially telling someone how to do something. I would rather just show you. With writing you have a different perspective and because you don't have to actually have all the materials you have words, it might be easier to explain what you want to get across. Over all It was a challenge but I am glad that it gave me the opportunity to be challenged with new ideas and enabling constraints.
My question was how my skin disorder affects me and my relationships with others, and also why I care so much.
ReplyDeleteI think I addressed my question by enacting an exaggerated fear of what would happen if I let my disorder overtake me and the way I live my life. A fear I have is of having my scars completely cover my skin. This was represented by the monster in my video, similar to a werewolf type of situation. At the end of shooting the video, I realized that I did solve my question, obviously I know in what ways it affects me, but I cant let it affect me so much.
I actually don’t know if I would be able to write this story well enough. I am not a very good writer, because I don’t like it very much. The whole animation process was very easy and natural for me. If this would have been a written assignment, I would have hated it.
My question for the AA project was how have I influenced my brothers life or his decisions in life. I called up my brother to get some answers, I was sure I knew most of what his answers might be. But to my surprise he said a lot more. I knew I had influenced some of the decisions in his relationships, he knew to treat them right and to respect them because he saw that I never was, and grew as a person. He stated that he saw how focused and dedicated I was to my art and to make it my career, that he wanted to do the same with his career as an engineer. He said that we had become closer as siblings when I moved away to college and it was easier to talk to me than most people because I had gone through the same things he was going through now.
ReplyDeleteI used my doodles in my animation because I doodle when I need to express my feelings and I was expressing them in my animation. My question was answered through my video with the ability to add music and scenes to convey my point.The animation differed from traditional writing by having the person watching be able to see how you intended for it to be visualized. With traditional writing your message may be lost by people having to imagine whats going on. I am not sure I would be able to get it across to them because I better express myself or anything through art or images rather than words.
I really enjoyed this project and the concepts. The only this I found I didn't like was having to use a mac and its related programs because it was extremely difficult to figure out, I was getting extremely frustrated with it.
The question I asked myself was: How have labels affected me? I thought if all the discrimination I faced with being half Native American and half white, however most recent issues I’ve faced has to do with my sexual orientation. I’m the definition of Aries so I rush into things without thinking or back down but I hardly give myself the time to weigh the consequences or look at my fear. Putting my pride and determination aside, I realized that I do have fears involving being gay. I had this metal focus of I don’t care what happens and I’m going to do it regardless. My fears may be buried but I still fear losing my family and being ridiculed because of the person I love. Using animation helped me think outside the box and describe things that I usually can’t with words; however it was time consuming and required patients that I don’t have. I really enjoyed doing this project because it allowed versatility and open mindedness. I felt as if I did ok I putting together my animation, but I really loved the music I created but it invoked my emotion.
ReplyDeleteThe questions I asked myself were: Why am I so self-conscious and why do I think so negatively. I guess the reason is the things I did in the past have made me this way. At the beginning I showed a scene where I'm fighting in the hall way. Growing up I just assumed everyone was out to get me or thought poorly of me. I still sometimes believe that. There was a scene where someone says hello and I just imagine smashing their food. That has been a real thought of mine before. I tried to make the video funny and ridiculous since I realized while making this that the way I've been thinking was pretty stupid. I originally wrote a country song to go with it but it made it too depressing.
ReplyDeleteI feel like if I wrote this story it would have come out depressing. I had fun cutting out the stupid little puppets and recording the loud song.
The question i asked myself: If i wasn't bullied so much as a kid and if I wasn't abused, would Art be such an influence on my life? Thats the question i asked myself at first but i was a big too specific, so i pulled back and changed my question. If my past wasn't so influential, would my passion to be a teacher be the same? I hit the main points of my past that i still have trouble with getting my head around and to accept that those things have happen, mostly abuse in my past. Then the suicide reference, the fact that it was a bit vague was my intent, but i really dont know what saved me that day. I like to think that it was my logic brain turning off the creative side that was influencing the nightmare like surroundings and making me numb. But that fact that i was this clay like creature that turned into an armor-less warrior but gathering my defense and offensive weapons means that i am here to stay and fight.
ReplyDeleteAll in all, i hated making my own music in garage band, but at the same time i learned something new. I feel like no matter how i wrote it or told it, it will always be sad. But at least i could say i expressed it in a more artistic way.
I was questioning the role that society holds with my relationship between my daughter and I. What am I doing to counteract this?
ReplyDeleteI immediately thought about the journal I keep that I write to her in everyday and began a long letter where I explored this. I depicted the letter through writing and examples/imagery of the words in the letter.
Animation helped the concept because it progressed a long with the letter and offers a visual representation versus just the letter. I think it will be way more applicable to her when I show her one day.
The topic in my life that I chose to address was how my art has helped me deal with my heart condition. I used my music in correlation with my light-drawings to express the growing dizziness and actual symptoms that I deal with. I chose my backpack to be a sort of representation of myself because it is such a big part of my life and was capable of opening up and showing my wormhole drawings coming to life inside. I feel like the video was successful in expressing my changing feelings about my condition and it was great to see the wormholes that I’ve drawn for so many years come to life in a media that I’ve never used with them; making the use of animation an effective way of expression for this specific topic. It also made it more personal to show my backpack holding my wormholes and to be able to show my symptoms visually, giving the viewer a peek into my everyday, instead of just reading the definition or explaining how my wormholes correlate to my coping process.
ReplyDelete