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.

Shanken (228-247)

The section by Bertolt Brecht about the radio being used for communication was an interesting thought because now a days radio is not what it used to be back then (228). Pandora I fell as evolved from the radio because even in cars Pandora is available for listeners. But Brecht brings up a good point if radio could be harnessed to communicate with others it would be very popular today. How I imagine this radio communication duo would be implemented into our lives could be that one could simply tune in to a radio station and talk with multiple friends who would also be tuning in to the same channel. This could also be another way for people to discuss about various topics and while turning the dial to search for friends to talk to he or she can also eavesdrop in others conversations and perhaps even jump in the discussion.

Shanken (213-228)

The piece by Nam June Paik entitled Afterlude was interesting because art doesn't have to be limited to painting or drawings, it can also be words (214). While reading Paik's piece Afterlude it sounded to me like an elegant poem that was also artistically created. Paik's piece reminded me of the piece I created using the Spanish words for various food items because when creating it I wanted to be more than just words on a canvas. The section by Nicolas Negroponte about The Architecture Machine was interesting because again it discusses bringing computers closer to becoming more human-like (217). An interesting section in the reading by Gene Youngblood states that "Entertainment gives us what we want: art gives us what we don't know what we want" (216). I feel that entertainment gives us what we want because we don't have to think, the entertainment does the thinking for you. While art on the other hand doesn't do the thinking for you, one must analyze art and think critically to explain why it's considered art in the first place.

Shanken (202-213)

Another interesting point that has been a recurring thought in my recent blogs about man vs machine is again brought to the table (202). This time involving sculpture, where the book states that some think that the computer may compete with with the sculptor to the point where he is no longer needed. I feel that it would be interesting to watch a computer create it's own sculpture and examine how it creates the piece and study why it does what it does, sort of like watching an artist at work. I enjoy watching an artist at work because it gives me a chance to analyze how they create art and the type of aesthetic choices they make during the art making process.