Thursday, April 30, 2009
Finished!
My project is finally finished! I set it up today at 12:58 PM. I figured out how to use the projector annnd final cut gave me a head ache. yay.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Final Project progress
So far, I have finished painting two silhouettes on a large 38 x 30 white cardboard. This piece will be hung on the wall while two videos are going to be projected onto the heads of the figures. The painting process went as planned; however, the videos are taking me a while to edit.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Timeline
Title: Connections
4/10/09- Proposal
4/11/09-4/17/09- Gesture Drawings
4/18/09-4/24/09- Video/edit
4/25/09-5/1/09- sew and make head piece
List of Materials:
Different colored Ink
watercolor
large water color paper
red thread
needles
camera
video tape
wire
charcoal
graphite
Proposal #1: A large scale drawing consisting of various human gestures hung on a wall. Red string will be sewn onto different parts of the gesture drawing. The excess string will connect to a wire head band that the viewer will have to put on while watching a 3 minute clip of my interpretation of sub-conscious body language. The video will focus on several people having a silent conversation with the viewer and various body gestures will be incorporated into the video to show their subconsciousness.
Proposal #2: Two head sculptures made out of either mold or cardboard facing each other with two videos projecting onto the back of the heads of the sculptures representing their sub-conscious.
Proposal #3:
4/10/09- Proposal
4/11/09-4/17/09- Gesture Drawings
4/18/09-4/24/09- Video/edit
4/25/09-5/1/09- sew and make head piece
List of Materials:
Different colored Ink
watercolor
large water color paper
red thread
needles
camera
video tape
wire
charcoal
graphite
Proposal #1: A large scale drawing consisting of various human gestures hung on a wall. Red string will be sewn onto different parts of the gesture drawing. The excess string will connect to a wire head band that the viewer will have to put on while watching a 3 minute clip of my interpretation of sub-conscious body language. The video will focus on several people having a silent conversation with the viewer and various body gestures will be incorporated into the video to show their subconsciousness.
Proposal #2: Two head sculptures made out of either mold or cardboard facing each other with two videos projecting onto the back of the heads of the sculptures representing their sub-conscious.
Proposal #3:
Visual Language Proposal
For the semester, I have been studying the body language of human beings as my main source for the class. As I was completing each given project, I found myself digging deeper into the subject matter. At first, I was only observing the physical aspects of body language such as different hand gestures or facial expressions. After documenting some photos and researching further about the topic, I have found that body language is more than just a few bodily movements; rather, it is a part of our conscious and subconscious mind. These certain actions of the human body show and tell more than one may think. Similar to the way people use words as a way to communicate, various bodily acts are also a way for people to correspond with each other, except in a non-verbal way. Just like certain phrases express a variety of meanings to different people, biting one’s lip may be a gesture that can be interpreted in many different ways. People just never stop talking. As long as there are people next to each other, language, whether verbal or non-verbal will be shared and interpreted. That is why body language is a part of our conscious and sub-conscious mind. Whether a person chooses to or not, he/she will inevitably display some sort of emotion or message through the body. Body language is a part of people’s everyday lives, and even without words, people are able to communicate still as if everyone is somehow connected sub-consciously.
I want to incorporate the idea that people are able to sub-consciously communicate with one another in my final project. I am interested in the part of our mind that people are unaware of; yet is the most integral part of people’s lives. It affects people’s actions and their decisions everyday especially in how people communicate with each other. Through various bodily gestures, people are able to talk and understand each other. For my final project, I want to capture the sub-conscious mind in a visual representation as well as incorporate all the characteristics of body language that display on the exterior of a human being. The media that I feel will best grasp the concept of body language and the sub-conscious mind is through 4-D and 2-D media. My 4-D media would be video and my 2-D would be drawings. I feel that through video, I will be able to capture different gestures that portray body language and I will be able to manipulate it so that I will also have the ability to interpret the sub-conscious mind in different symbols and representations. The drawings will also be part of the video aspect of the project because I believe that the act of drawing is also a way of verbal and non-verbal communication. It is also a gesture that displays a sense of emotion and language that is then emitted onto the final piece. Sometimes, more than one message can be sub-consciously instilled upon the final piece whether it was the artist’s intention or not.
For the drawing, I will use a variety of colored inks that will represent various emotions that people sub-consciously feel. This piece will consist of gesture drawings of people I am going to be observing. I am going to compile as many different gestures as I can and place them on a large-scale piece of paper. This piece will represent the viewer’s sub-conscious mind. Red string will be sewn onto different parts of each gesture and the leftover string will extend out of the drawing. The string will be made wrapped around a light-weight piece of metal that can adjust to any head size and it will act like a head band of some sort and a viewer will have to put it on. The gestures will act like the viewers sub-conscious mind for the viewer won’t be facing the drawing, but it will be a part of him/her as the viewer watches a video of my interpretation of someone else’s sub-conscious mind. The drawing will be large-scale piece that will be placed behind the viewer on a wall. The video will be projected in front of the viewer. This piece will be somewhat interactive as people are needed in order for the message to be conveyed.
For the semester, I have been studying the body language of human beings as my main source for the class. As I was completing each given project, I found myself digging deeper into the subject matter. At first, I was only observing the physical aspects of body language such as different hand gestures or facial expressions. After documenting some photos and researching further about the topic, I have found that body language is more than just a few bodily movements; rather, it is a part of our conscious and subconscious mind. These certain actions of the human body show and tell more than one may think. Similar to the way people use words as a way to communicate, various bodily acts are also a way for people to correspond with each other, except in a non-verbal way. Just like certain phrases express a variety of meanings to different people, biting one’s lip may be a gesture that can be interpreted in many different ways. People just never stop talking. As long as there are people next to each other, language, whether verbal or non-verbal will be shared and interpreted. That is why body language is a part of our conscious and sub-conscious mind. Whether a person chooses to or not, he/she will inevitably display some sort of emotion or message through the body. Body language is a part of people’s everyday lives, and even without words, people are able to communicate still as if everyone is somehow connected sub-consciously.
I want to incorporate the idea that people are able to sub-consciously communicate with one another in my final project. I am interested in the part of our mind that people are unaware of; yet is the most integral part of people’s lives. It affects people’s actions and their decisions everyday especially in how people communicate with each other. Through various bodily gestures, people are able to talk and understand each other. For my final project, I want to capture the sub-conscious mind in a visual representation as well as incorporate all the characteristics of body language that display on the exterior of a human being. The media that I feel will best grasp the concept of body language and the sub-conscious mind is through 4-D and 2-D media. My 4-D media would be video and my 2-D would be drawings. I feel that through video, I will be able to capture different gestures that portray body language and I will be able to manipulate it so that I will also have the ability to interpret the sub-conscious mind in different symbols and representations. The drawings will also be part of the video aspect of the project because I believe that the act of drawing is also a way of verbal and non-verbal communication. It is also a gesture that displays a sense of emotion and language that is then emitted onto the final piece. Sometimes, more than one message can be sub-consciously instilled upon the final piece whether it was the artist’s intention or not.
For the drawing, I will use a variety of colored inks that will represent various emotions that people sub-consciously feel. This piece will consist of gesture drawings of people I am going to be observing. I am going to compile as many different gestures as I can and place them on a large-scale piece of paper. This piece will represent the viewer’s sub-conscious mind. Red string will be sewn onto different parts of each gesture and the leftover string will extend out of the drawing. The string will be made wrapped around a light-weight piece of metal that can adjust to any head size and it will act like a head band of some sort and a viewer will have to put it on. The gestures will act like the viewers sub-conscious mind for the viewer won’t be facing the drawing, but it will be a part of him/her as the viewer watches a video of my interpretation of someone else’s sub-conscious mind. The drawing will be large-scale piece that will be placed behind the viewer on a wall. The video will be projected in front of the viewer. This piece will be somewhat interactive as people are needed in order for the message to be conveyed.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
finalcut
Finalcut was a challenge for me because it was very difficult for me to understand all the steps needed to take to make even the simplest function work properly on the program. However, after a couple of tries, I began to get used to all the parts of the program and gradually began putting together a final product. I actually started liking the program and all that it had to offer. It was very interesting to play around with the functions to create something I've never would've done on my own time.
Video
My video project focuses on body language on the exterior as well as the interior of the human being. I have footage of people using body language in a variety of ways, in public while waiting for the bus, exaggerated, and in performance. I put together this video to show emotion through a variety of gestures and to show that there’s movement going through people all the time whether the person is showing it or not. No matter how big or small the gesture, there can be a lot of language and emotion emitted from it.
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