Roster
- Erin Brockman- Did the writing, Concept Contributor
- Alex Medvedev- Concept Contributor
- Berkley Whaley-Actor, Concept Contributor
- Michael Womack-Filmed/Editor, Concept Contributor
- Ben Dreiker-Actor, Concept Contributor
Self/ Peer Evaluations
Erin Brockman- Great writer. Really tied everything together at the end. A
Alex Medvedev- Helped a lot with details. A
Berkley Whaley- Fun to work with. Had a lot of great suggestions during filming. A
Michael Womack- I did all the editing and I did the storyboards. A
Ben Dreiker- Amazing piano player who had this great idea for a project! A
Process
From the beginning, we knew that we were interested in a
creating a video or a short film because we believed this would be the most
concise and clear way of including all the themes we have learned. While brainstorming
it came to light that Ben is a talented piano player, and he was interested in
using this talent to make a strong video. Once we centered the idea around Ben
playing the piano and using sounding, many ideas started to flow creating an
elaborate theme.
Synopsis
We centered of our video around the ideas of unity, life and
death, which we used music to express. The video starts of with Ben walking in
the room with the piano, when he reaches the piano he begins to play harmony of
the song “Heart and Soul”. After playing alone for a short time, Berkley enters
and begins to play the melody. The two playing “Heart and Soul” together is
symbolic, showing unity. While playing together the music speeds up and the
mood is that of joy, which we believe shows life. After the song concludes, the
mood shifts and Berkley leaves the scene. Ben remains alone, playing
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony somberly, and then finally ending in an aggressive
manor. The scene goes black followed by applause.
Concept Sketches/ Storyboarding
Catalogue
Art of Seeing: This
is shown during the wide pan from the characters to the room. This shows the
environment which setting the mood of the video.
Point of View/ Perspective: We used multiple perspectives through out the film, for example there
is a view from the sheet music showing the faces of the players. There are also
multiple shots of the players from different angles.
Metaphor: This was
first shown in a more obvious fashion using Ben and Berkley’s skin tones of
black and white, as well as the black and white keys to show unity. This is
shown in a less obvious manor by the unity of “Heart and Souls” harmony and
melody.
Multi-frames: Through
out the film there is a progression of Ben entering the shot to play the piano,
Berkley entering the shot to play with him, and Berkley leaving Ben to play
alone.
Framing the Image: This
was shown when the frame was cropped just to show Ben’s hands playing the
piano.
Reduction Form/ Symbol: This is shown when the camera zooms in on the piano keys, emphasizing
their black and white form.
Life and Death: This
idea was shown in the music choices. Life is identified with the unity of
Berkley and Ben with a happy song, death was identified when Ben played alone
with a tragic song.
Sound/ Audio: The
use of sound is clear through the video with the use of the piano. We also used
applause to signify the end of the video.
Transcending Numbers
6
Final
Photo Sources:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3702/9420727324_ae60b0d3d9_o.jpg
Google Maps: 19th Street & MLK Blvd, Tampa
Point of View, Perspective, Landscape
Title: Exile
Partner: Morgan Rudd
Medium: Photoshop
For our piece, Morgan and I wanted to capture an isolated personality with a series of objects and symbols. We chose a semi truck's dashboard to frame these things and tie them all together. Through the religious symbol, family photos, condoms, bills, and beer in combination with this setting we gain insight into the life of our fictional character. We are inside his inner sanctum. We are inside his head.
Photo Sources:
World Records
Jeanne Calment (1875-1997) was the oldest recorded living person. For my project I combined pictures of iconic people who lived and died during Calment's lifetime and a picture of her smoking at the end.
Sources-
Stalin: http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/ss/Stalin_6.htm
JP2: http://sibcatholic.ru/category/razdely/molitva/
JFK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
Monroe: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/marilyn-monroe/images/30014109/title/marilyn-monroe-photo
Calment: http://zigaretz.com/zigaretz/jeanne-calment-cigarettes-1609
Barcodes
(thumbnails)
Life and Death
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(feat. Kristen)
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Triangle, Circle, Square
Questions
- What inspired the organic nature of your work?
- How do you choose the places that you shoot? *
- What is the primary medium for your sculpture?
- Is that a real armadillo or a cast? *
- Why do you choose not to trim the casts?
- Work has an organic quality.
- Seems to embrace natural decay. *
- There are animal themes.
- Shells are interesting.
- The casts weren't trimmed. *
Words:
- bland
- floating
- hypnotic
- sensual
- confusing
- unique
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