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Archive for July, 2009

what do we need to think before we start

same story but change it

approach the readings online

think about the lecture

visual story telling

make a story engaged with theory

home we grow up:safe ?

can be about memory

what due on week7

1.submit a synopsis + story board

for each version(mobile phone + SL) according to the theme “Home & Street”

2. Present your character design  in the form of your SL Avatars.

3.Present your set design.Explore your choices, how shot / story construction has influenced the design.

Tute2

1.mobile phone (45sec)

2.Second life video (3 min)

3.

stylistic
“When a stranger calls trailer:

strange feelings about “home”

Home Alone:

funny and humour atmosphere about “home”

Far from the Heaven:

I really like the feeling the film expresses to us. Very beautiful.

intro:

Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven, a homage to the 1950s melodramas of Douglas Sirk, is an exquisitely crafted film of beauty and grace. The world that Haynes creates is so meticulously detailed that one almost forgets that the movie isn’t fifty years old.
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Meshes of the afternoon1

Maya Deren is a very famous experienmental director.  mysterious and unique.

think about style and set design , what story to communicate

gives a sense of place

do some research& look around

personal history

architecture –> stree,home, different people

TV2 concept

The language of  street dancing.

There are many groups of young people who love dancing every well.  There is an Asian group. They love street dancing, in the corner of little Collins st and Swanston st. Their different styles of dancing and ways of expressing themselves, become an impressive show in Melbourne city.

But behind this, you can not imagine how they practice, how to communicate with others, how to express themselves and  how to make friends with their language of street dancing.

IM2 Tute1

Second life(SL)

• alternate realities
• virtual realities
• what can u do
• narrative,story
• space
• genre to explore

also look at the ass 1-pre-production

• design considerations: mobile and web
• character: appearance. outfit.message,visual symbol
• set: can research on architecture ; recongniseably; appropriate;complex;texture :  based on your script

• structure
• actions:walking , flying,ect
• narrative: can be short and sweet

Blogging:  reflection on the project and course content

and also showed us some works :

1.Inside the Machinima :

introduces interactions ,communications of SL.

3.

some useful links in its intro:

http://www.archvirtual.com

http://www.archsl.wordpress.com

4. Anna

I do love this piece of work, even  a flower, it also has its life and impressive story . It also can express its emotions and feelings.

we can build the envirionment and create interesting narrative.

5.

Thriller

6.

“Machinima – The Journey” award winning crappy animation

our work  can be dark and abstract–artistic

7.

A Machinima War (Halo 3)

8.

Red vs. Blue: Recreation Series Trailer

see this website:

http://redvsblue.com/

9.

CSI: NY Second Life Virtual Experience [Zuiker]

story OF machinima

Genre:

• humour
• horror
• fantasy
• sci-fi

Home & Street

we should brain storming

What is documentary

What is documentary

1.Directing documentary contains a modicum of power and this brings ethical issues and moral responsibilities

2.Documentaries explore the mysteries of actual people in actual situations.

3.’ creative treatment of actuality”

4.time: present and past

5.documentary is critical: uncovering further dimensions to actuality and implying social criticism

5.concern for the quality and justice of human life lifts the documentary out of the purely factual realm and propels it into moral and ethical dimensions.

6.Scrutinize the organization of human life and attempts to develop a humane consciousness in its audience.

7. organized story:  successful good story , engaging characters, narrative tension , intergraded point of view

Myths, legend, sagas and folk tales

8.forms:

can be unpredictable, lyrical and impressionistic, starkly observational

9.No limits to the documentary’s possibilities, but it reflects a profound fascination with and respect for actuality

10. documentary can be an unfolding evidence by exposing us to evidence that is contradictory and provocative it jolts us into realization and inner debate

11. Documentary is a social art: authorial attitude and mediated by the individuals

so amazing

I do love this one, the shooting time is only one day, but the edting period is one year.

So we can see how huge project on the edting he did, and how much effort on it. The great effects and visual impacts are quite succesful.