Thursday, May 12, 2011

Video Project

http://vimeo.com/23639325 This the Movement Video at Hunter College that Me and Malcolm worked out. We wanted t to show various movement around the campus. We hope that whoever watches this video enjoys it to see the hard work that we put into making this.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Museum of Moving Image Blog

Museum of Moving Image
For my trip to the Museum of Moving Image, there were some rather fascinating exhibits that I visited during the trip that I felt were rather interesting to talk. One of them in particular was the Automated Dialogue Replacement booth. What was interesting about interacting with this was that it is used for dubbing lines. One example of this was used in a scene from the Movie Babe, in which the Audience was able to record their own voices as replacements for the dialogue which was rather cool to experience. It was interesting to find out that the dubbing of line is also used for cartoons and characters played by animals. I discovered that the reason ADR is used because of situations such as technical problems, unwanted noise such as outside noise and flubbed lines which were interesting to find out.
Another interesting exhibits that I interacted with, was the sound mixing booth which was rather exciting sine it was fun to tinker around with different sounds from clips such as the Simpsons and Terminator 2 Judgment Day. It is said that a feature film can contain thousands of sound effects which is rather interesting. In terms of how it used in media, the sound editor selects the sounds from a library and manipulates them to achieve the desired effect for the scene.
One of the last exhibits that I interacted with was the music demo, since it is rather relevant in media because music is rather important to the movie. What I mean by this, is that music can strongly affect the meaning or emotional impact of a scene. It does this by reinforcing the visuals, dialogue, and other sounds or, by creating a counterpoint. Other reasons for music’s importance in media, is that the soundtrack of a film can include original music, created by the composer, or existing music, which is selected by the music supervisor which is a rather cool fact.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Stamp Art

This the best that I can do with the Stamp Art Assignment, considering how difficult it was for me to do it.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Difficulties of Technology

Sometimes I wonder why is that Technology can be rather difficult to comprehend. Sometimes I ask myself why is that simple process can turn into such a tedious process.

What Makes a good Picture?

Sometimes I ask myself, What makes a good picture? Is the quality and the richness of it and is it the meaning behind the piece that truly makes it wonderful. I will admit that nice artwork does get one's attention but what happens when it is not a picture not as nice, but somehow manages to capture a different message?
These are the Photos that I decided to post of What Life is Like in Hunter College. It shows that Campus life is very productive and busy. The pictures seem to be show the images in closeups. I think that it is rather fascinating to see what goes in a place like Manhattan and see what life outside campus is like.


Monday, February 28, 2011

The Academy Awards?

I was rather impressed with the Academy Awards this year. I was glad the the King's Speech won 4 Academy Awards for best director, best actor, best original screenplay and best picture. I think Colin Firth deserved the win for his role as King George. I will admit that even though Inception didn't win for best picture, at least it won for best visual effects, best cinematography, best sound editing and mixing. Even the other fan favorite Social Network won 3 awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Original Score. I was so happy that Natalie Portman won for best actress, since she was fantastic as the tortured ballerina dancer Nina.