This film and media production class was very informative and much more diverse than I thought it would be. I feel that it focused a little too much on the media aspect than the film production aspect. This might be because of my bias as a film major but I still feel that I didn't increase my knowledge of film production during the span of the course. I definitely preferred the labs over the lecture, not only because the labs were more interactive and hands-on, but also because the lecture had a tendency to be redundant sometimes. Some parts of the course that I specifically enjoyed included the Photoshop exercise, the typography lecture, the film lighting video documentary, and the camera-shots exercise in the lab. I really enjoyed the Photoshop exercise because it refreshed my memory on the Photoshop tools I had forgotten. As a former graphic design major, I was very aware of software like CS3 and its components. Since it had been a while that I have worked on Photoshop, the lab exercise was very exciting and innovative. I thoroughly enjoyed the typography lecture because I had always been fascinated by the history behind certain fonts. I had read a story about the origin of Serifs a long time time ago, so the typography lecture was quite enjoyable for me. My favorite part of the lecture was the story behind the Helvetica font. The film lighting documentary, even though it spanned two lectures, was easily my favorite lecture of the entire course. Again, as a film major, I was excited about seeing the history and tales behind the lighting techniques of some of my favorite classic films. I really enjoyed the camera-shot exercise in the lab because it gave me an opportunity to creatively capture an image in my unique fashion. Even though we are restricted to low-angle, high-angle...etc, I was able to pick my choice of image and capture it in the required manner.
The one 'take away' that I'll remember at the end of this course is the dedication that is required in order to capture images in a specific manner.
About Me
- JayJayUberFly
- I'm a laid-back type of guy<==Cliche #1. Artist Statement:From a very young age, my motto has been "Live and Laugh." I've always viewed life as survival of the fittest but I define the "fittest" as those who enjoy the small things in life, and accept the big things as they are. As an artist, my goal is to extend this theory to the world, but importantly, in a manner where my message is embedded in comedy. I work tirelessly at rebuking those that define my way of life as lazy or uninspired. I believe in a world where everyone can take a little time to savor the subdued art/media presented before us. I want the message in my art to impart the belief that to live and to laugh has always been the utopia we've all sought. I don't want my message to be received as that of a common radical that is hell-bent on disregarding structure and capitalism. I want my art to be enjoyed by the CEO of a large corporation, as well as the liberals that question the world. The concern of my work is not to attract attention in an egotistical manner; it is merely to be looked at as a medium that speaks volumes with the smallest voice.
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