The Art Center

After our class yesterday my brother and I wanted to check out the art gallery and were very amazed with all the pieces by Worth Griffin who was in Mexico when he created these pieces. No wonder when I stepped in I could feel that the pieces connected with my brother and I and our Hispanic roots. We've never been to Mexico so it was a treat to get a glimpse into parts of the towns Griffin was at and the people he saw. It would be really awesome one of these days to actually go to Mexico and see the area and connect with a lot of my family members who we've never met before. My dad has been to Mexico many times and has brought us some very cool stuff like belts and boots made of animal skins.

Poster for "Case Closed" Narrative

The poster for our narrative film is finally complete. The first step I did was gathering the images of each of the characters. My inspiration for creating the poster came from the Star Wars posters where they place the main characters of the film in a way that looks dramatic.  I just simply edited the background from each of the characters and used the blur tool fix some minor edges. I then used a grid so that I could place the characters in a way that was easy for the viewer to scan. I also couldn't resist using the Star Wars font because I'm a fan of Star Wars and it looked right. I then placed text to give the movie some excitement by adding the motto, "The Force Will Prevail". Then I added the last two finishing touches which were the lightsaber, the background and the magnifying glass and this is the finished poster. Enjoy (:

Interesting artist found while surfing the web

I was recently on Facebook the other day when I noticed a link that said "Is Social Media a Silent Marriage Killer?" Here is the link: https://unveiledwife.com/is-social-media-a-silent-marriage-killer/. My curiosity struck so I clicked on the link and I read the article and it was very enlightening even though I'm not married but I enjoy reading about relationships. In the article the writer included images from the artist Eric Pickersgill. The work was entitled "Removed" where the artist had the participant hold his or her device and Pickersgill would take it from them and then take a photograph. These images were so shocking because the images have truth in them in how they are displayed. It's sad that a lot of relationships and individuals can become disengaged with the world around them and with others. This may cause further problems because one may feel that the person checking their phone has more priority when hanging out with someone or when on a date. Here is the link to the artist's website: http://ericpickersgill.com/Removed

Website Experience

For both Doug's and Sena's classes we both were required to some way to display our work. For Doug we were required to create our website on word press and to get our own hosting. It wasn't to difficult since we worked on word press with Doug in the previous semester. It took a while and gathering all of my work was a hassle but it got completed. Here is the link to check out my website: http://www.johnnygarciaportfolio.org/
For Sena were also required to create a site on Dreamweaver which we would also end up putting up on filezilla. Creating this website was interesting because I learned a lot about coding and how it works. Once we completed our work we put it up on filezilla and presented it to our classmates. Here is the link: http://users.tricity.wsu.edu/~johnny.garcia/
I'm very excited to work with Dreamweaver again because it's been a while and since my brother and I have plenty to work with and connecting it to our narrative video will be very fun indeed.

Flyer for English Class

In this class we were required to create either a mock-up flyer or a brochure based on a paper we've written in the past while also paying attention to the audience of our choosing. I thought about the vast amount of papers I had written even at CBC. I finally chose a paper that I wrote while a WSU about video games and how their are both sides to the issue. Once I chose the paper I then needed to plan out how my design layout would consist of. Once I had a general layout my next step was to go to Photoshop and design my flyer and since my audience was going to be a 10 year old I had to make sure that it would get their attention while also informing them and inviting them and their parents participate in the gaming fest. Once I made the finishing touches to my flyer I then had to make sure that it fit well for my designated audience and this is what I came up with.

Film Narrative

The film narrative so far has been going very well it's about 75% complete. All of the sound has pretty much been recorded. The next step is to edit minor parts of the film so that it's clean in design. The editing process is very tedious but I think it's worth it when it's finally complete. So far this project has really been a great experience for my brother and I becuase we never used green screen before. We've also learned a lot about how green screen works and to make sure that lighting is consistent. Now I know why so many filmmakers rely on green screen, it's just awesome!

Shanken (256-290)

The reading in the section about Brenda Laural discussing the the six elements and the casual relations among them was interesting because it brought up a important point about films and plays (259). For example in this section it states that plays are powerful but they can only engage sight and sound but not touch, smell, and taste. David Belasco who used bacon which although was a good experiment underestimates the power of smell. I immediately thought people would start to get hungry once they located the bacon with their nose which would cause them to leave and eat some food. I could only imagine the opposite where a bad smell would present itself which could also get people out of their seats. Another idea that was brought up was that the Sensorama's problem was that people didn't know what to do with it. It's like when film started using 3d it's nice and all but people just don't know what to do with it and the next thing you know 4d films will be making an appearance. This sort of reminds me of what happened with the Blu-ray concept. Blu-ray didn't catch on for quite a while because people just didn't know what to do with it plus a Blu-ray player was required. Now it seems that all everyone wants are Blu-ray movies with 1080p high definition quality.