Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Reflection of Contemporary Composition
The Contemporary Composition class opened my mind to how we are all composing in our everyday life. I think it is very valuable that we now have studied about each subject and how it relates to the idea of composing and creating. It has also opened my mind to the fact that not only is this school about composing and making art, but there are others out there that do this as their career too. This class has also opened resources and concepts that I had never thought of, such as in the Sound unit where we talked about the McKurky Effect and the "channel surf" in the Film unit. I found this class to be very inspiring, between hearing from all of the guest speakers, writing our personal thoughts in our journals, and then how we shared and commented on other people's thoughts in the group discussions. Each and every artist has a different idea of what art is and how we compose and what the reason behind our composition is- sometimes it is for personal reasons, sometimes it is for professional reasons. I found this class to have a positive effect on my artist life and how I see art in today's world as well as how I think about art and how it is made. I found it very interesting to compose in other fields because that meant that I could learn about the other fields and what people in that profession do for a living. It was fascinating to hear about every speaker's way of communicating their art to other students who don't know that person's art. I also very much enjoyed the fact that we were in groups with students from every school and we got to see how they (being in film or dance or whatever) saw the speaker or assignment and they related that back to their own major. I believe that when the first-generation of multimedia and the second-generation of multimedia were remixed we would get what we have composed in Contemporary Composition class. It would be crazy channel surfs and remixes galore. I very much enjoyed this class and I do believe that every freshman needs to take it to broaden their view of art and culture.
Composing in Movement and Performance
Introduction:
In the unit of Movement and Performance, we talked about how movement is incorporated into all the different schools here. In terms of how we approached it, we made a video of ourselves performing either in public or just to the camera. We also discussed the point about the boundary between life and art as well as "what is art?". Dean Wilcox examined the different eras we have been through in the last century which included futurism, dada, and surrealism and then the categories underneath each one.
Starting Points:
In terms of movement and performance, I knew a bit, but there was still more to learn. I had performed many times-whether it be performing a monologue or performing at ice skating competitions or even playing an instrument. People are performing everyday. You are putting on costumes when you put on clothes in the morning and you on putting on a character everyday. Performance is all around us at every moment, even if we don't realize it.
What I learned:
I learned that there is movement and performance in every major here. In film, the movement of the cameras, in dance, it is solely about movement, drama, it is all about performance, D&P, there is movement is stage automation and we have to cater to the actors and think about how they move, and music, with the flow and movement of each piece. Looking at contemporary context, I noticed that there are so many artists out there that are blending boundaries and creating gibberish such as in the dada form that there is art everywhere and we are just not realizing it. We come to think on only art as what we see in a gallery or museum, but we are submerged in a world full of art. I also learned about performing and blending it with anything, as we did in our performance video. You can see my video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1DnhsyEEmw We tried to make it so that there was a blurred line between the art of performing and the everyday task or in mine a steam of consciousness.
Things I would like to know more about:
I would have loved to hear from our guest speaker that was sick, and how she thought dance related to composing. There were some other things I would have like to know about movement and performance, such as character development and other things actors and dancers think about when they perform. I wish that we could have done an actual movement piece that we have done a dance piece or something.
Conclusion:
I think that Dean Wilcox's presentation nicely wrapped up this course and emphasized every point that Bob King has been teaching us over the course of the semester. This was a great unit to end on because everything we do is performing which is related to composing-which is what the whole class is about.
In the unit of Movement and Performance, we talked about how movement is incorporated into all the different schools here. In terms of how we approached it, we made a video of ourselves performing either in public or just to the camera. We also discussed the point about the boundary between life and art as well as "what is art?". Dean Wilcox examined the different eras we have been through in the last century which included futurism, dada, and surrealism and then the categories underneath each one.
Starting Points:
In terms of movement and performance, I knew a bit, but there was still more to learn. I had performed many times-whether it be performing a monologue or performing at ice skating competitions or even playing an instrument. People are performing everyday. You are putting on costumes when you put on clothes in the morning and you on putting on a character everyday. Performance is all around us at every moment, even if we don't realize it.
What I learned:
I learned that there is movement and performance in every major here. In film, the movement of the cameras, in dance, it is solely about movement, drama, it is all about performance, D&P, there is movement is stage automation and we have to cater to the actors and think about how they move, and music, with the flow and movement of each piece. Looking at contemporary context, I noticed that there are so many artists out there that are blending boundaries and creating gibberish such as in the dada form that there is art everywhere and we are just not realizing it. We come to think on only art as what we see in a gallery or museum, but we are submerged in a world full of art. I also learned about performing and blending it with anything, as we did in our performance video. You can see my video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1DnhsyEEmw We tried to make it so that there was a blurred line between the art of performing and the everyday task or in mine a steam of consciousness.
Things I would like to know more about:
I would have loved to hear from our guest speaker that was sick, and how she thought dance related to composing. There were some other things I would have like to know about movement and performance, such as character development and other things actors and dancers think about when they perform. I wish that we could have done an actual movement piece that we have done a dance piece or something.
Conclusion:
I think that Dean Wilcox's presentation nicely wrapped up this course and emphasized every point that Bob King has been teaching us over the course of the semester. This was a great unit to end on because everything we do is performing which is related to composing-which is what the whole class is about.
Composing in Film
Introduction:
In the unit of Composing in Film, Video, and New Media, we talked about copyright issues, how to produce video and looking through the film archive. This unit was comprised of studying how to mash together different old film clips to create something new.
Starting Point:
In the film unit, I started off not really knowing anything about film. I was eager to learn about how film is produced and to talk about copyright issues. The concept of film I understood previously, but I had never thought about the idea of taking old footage and splicing and chopping it up to create a whole new video. Before this unit of Contemporary Composition, I had only made one video for my Spanish class Freshman year, and everyone takes videos on their phones nowadays so filming has become an everyday activity now, and I wanted to learn more about it.
What I learned:
In terms of the individual journal writing, I learned about the stories of various teachers in the film school as well as what it takes to become successful in film. We also read a piece on Lev Manovich and discussed his principles, some of which include numerical representation, modularity, automation, variability, and transcoding. Not only that, each piece of technology can bleed into any other category. We also learned about the collaboration between two schools- Film and Design & Production. This was the first time we heard about any collaboration or almost mention of any other school. In terms of the unit overall, we discussed the difference between film, video, and new media. As our last project for this section, we made a channel surfing video, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoVc2aIsG4 This was a collection of other videos from the film achieve and then we spliced them up and made it look as though we were flipping through channels.
Things I would like to know more about:
I would have really enjoyed learning more about the process of filming- where the idea comes from and how it gets to the screen. While the 2 film teachers shared their stories about the film industry I would have liked to know about the process. I would have also very much liked to learn about how film is actually created the equipment and everything. Learning about film editing software on my own would have been much appreciated since I had neither Windows Movie Maker or GarageBand or Premiere- a friend let me borrow their computer to complete the assignment and they already knew the software.
Conclusion:
I found this unit to be very interesting, especially since I did not really know anything about film or the film world. Learning about the different experiences the teachers have had and how film is now used in everyday life. I did not realize how much it took to produce a film! I enjoyed creating the projects and how you can take old things and cut them up and create new. This was a great unit, the only thing is, is that I wish I could have learned more about the process.
In the unit of Composing in Film, Video, and New Media, we talked about copyright issues, how to produce video and looking through the film archive. This unit was comprised of studying how to mash together different old film clips to create something new.
Starting Point:
In the film unit, I started off not really knowing anything about film. I was eager to learn about how film is produced and to talk about copyright issues. The concept of film I understood previously, but I had never thought about the idea of taking old footage and splicing and chopping it up to create a whole new video. Before this unit of Contemporary Composition, I had only made one video for my Spanish class Freshman year, and everyone takes videos on their phones nowadays so filming has become an everyday activity now, and I wanted to learn more about it.
What I learned:
In terms of the individual journal writing, I learned about the stories of various teachers in the film school as well as what it takes to become successful in film. We also read a piece on Lev Manovich and discussed his principles, some of which include numerical representation, modularity, automation, variability, and transcoding. Not only that, each piece of technology can bleed into any other category. We also learned about the collaboration between two schools- Film and Design & Production. This was the first time we heard about any collaboration or almost mention of any other school. In terms of the unit overall, we discussed the difference between film, video, and new media. As our last project for this section, we made a channel surfing video, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoVc2aIsG4 This was a collection of other videos from the film achieve and then we spliced them up and made it look as though we were flipping through channels.
Things I would like to know more about:
I would have really enjoyed learning more about the process of filming- where the idea comes from and how it gets to the screen. While the 2 film teachers shared their stories about the film industry I would have liked to know about the process. I would have also very much liked to learn about how film is actually created the equipment and everything. Learning about film editing software on my own would have been much appreciated since I had neither Windows Movie Maker or GarageBand or Premiere- a friend let me borrow their computer to complete the assignment and they already knew the software.
Conclusion:
I found this unit to be very interesting, especially since I did not really know anything about film or the film world. Learning about the different experiences the teachers have had and how film is now used in everyday life. I did not realize how much it took to produce a film! I enjoyed creating the projects and how you can take old things and cut them up and create new. This was a great unit, the only thing is, is that I wish I could have learned more about the process.
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