Final: Creation of a narrative

Campus Trip(final project)

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When I first get the final project, I have to say, I have no idea how to deal with it. I want a great ending and an amazing artwork. So, maybe I should think a lot of ideas and try to select the greatest one.

At first, I really got an amazing idea, I want to try to show everyone an object with one single color and ask them what they think. For example, an orange is good. I will write down every word they think of about this object. Finally, I will have a conclusive for the color like “Green seems to represent natural and health”, and “Blue makes people feel calm” and so on. However, there are some troubles if I choose this. Because maybe I have to make some objects and color them and take them to class to show and use PowerPoint to show the conclusive. Well. It is maybe not as good as I think. I still cannot produce an amazing product and this more like something in psychology class.

Then, I try to find some other options. Taking the pictures of the different color buildings in OSU is also a great idea. I can find out if there is a relationship between the building and the color. However, I give up because I find almost all buildings in OSU are almost white and red. There is no green building or blue building (At least I haven’t found yet). I give up this idea and pick up the similar idea about buildings in OSU. I can have a trip around the whole campus and photo them. I can make these photos a video to show everyone the beautiful scene and buildings in OSU.

I have to say this is really a long trip to walk around the whole campus. This is an almost five hour’s trip and I took over 300 photos. The routine of the whole trip is my first picture of my final video. Then I start to think what I should do to these photos. I cannot put all these pictures to my video. Because I do not want my video is too long and too boring. I deleted the repeat and not-good-looking photos and try to make the rest is the best. Finally, I select 160 photos to make my final video.

I decide to divide my whole video to three parts. In the first part, I will show the most beautiful photos and scenes I took. The second part is my whole trip and the third part is the fast view our whole campus.

For the first part, I start with the routine of my whole trip. Then, I have to choose the background music. In this part, because these are the most beautiful photos I took, I need to make my photos change slowly in my video. I have to choose a song with slow rhythm. I choose a really beautiful song “Kiss the rain” as the background music. I use IMovie to make my change of photos totally have the same rhythm as the song. I make the difference of music and photo less in 0.1 second. Finally, this part becomes the enjoyment of the campus.

In the second part, I have to make the rhythm a bit faster. I chose “canon” as my background music in this part. This part shows my whole trip. I arrange these pictures by the time I took them. I use the different effects and make my photos pass quickly to match the rhythm. This part is my trip of the whole campus.

The last part is the most amazing part. This is my favorite part. I use the opening song of “The Big Bang Theory” as the background. I also use the same method to show my photos in this way! First slow then really really fast. You can see the picture but you cannot remember it. Because there is too much information in this little twenty seconds. Over 100 photos and pictures in this 20-second. I do make some trick in these pictures and if you look carefully, you will find three trick pictures. These three pictures are not just totally meaningless actually. Here are explanations:

1: Cartman in South Park: the same pronounce as our website “Carmen”.

2: E. Gordon Gee: the president of our university.

3: Sheldon---The Big Bang Theory.

Finally, I think I really make the best artwork I have ever made. 

Blog 10： final project

I think I will make some artwork to do more research about the art. This time, I want my project is some real items more than a picture or video. I will put my artwork on the table and let the classmates think what emotion or what things they will connect in their mind. Then, I will talk about what I think when I making my artwork.

Failure blog

After I read all my work throughout this semester and think about my whole semester, I think the biggest failure is I missed several classes because of my exam and some other reasons. I cannot know some other people’s interesting ideas about some of the topics we talked this semester. I really love the conversations in our classes talk about our works, blogs and so on. This just like discover a new world! However, because my math and economic exams, some of classes I have to give up. I should try my best to take every class of this course.

In this semester, the biggest success for me is I know how to use Photoshop! I really love this application. The Photoshop is professional! I can make any change on a picture whatever I want. Actually, I want to learn how to use Photoshop since I was in high school. About sound and video, I have already can use some application to deal with, so I am not really interested in iMovie. I think the application I use to handle the sound and video is better than iMovie. (I prefer to use Cool Edit Pro to make the sound.) After learning how to use Photoshop, I can make the photos I take more beautiful than before. I can make the blue sky more blue, the white cloud whiter, the green river greener.

If I could redo one of my projects, I would like to redo my project 3, which is “Identity and Objects (The things you carry with you)”. I think the six objects I choose could not all represent who I am very well. I should add some other stuff like flashlight and voice recorder. 

Micro-Assignment 5, Identity at Play

Here are my words: open and grouping. When I was thinking how I should deal with these two words, I think it’s really hard to combine these two words into one object or item. So I decide to think about these two words one by one.

First, open could be either an easy or a hard word to consider. It can be very easy like open a door or open a window, but it’s too normal and even not worth to think! Then, I think about open a book. That is a good choice in my opinion. When I open a book and read it, I learn more knowledge and know more about my word. This is not just open a book! This actually is opening my mind! Open a book opens my mind! Then, I consider the book can be grouped by math books, science books, history books and so on. So, this could be a nice choice.

Then, I start to think the other word: grouping. I think grouping is the process we make thing that have the same property together. I can just use a filter screen to divide the rice and water separately. This is the first thing I thought of. And this has nothing relatedly to the word “open” at all I think.

Suddenly, I thought of a movie I watched several days ago, American History X. I was greatly touched by this movie. This movie talks about a former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. I think this could become a really amazing topic. And the object I choose is the stereotype. This is not a really object but this is a phenomenon that exists everywhere in our life.

We always attempt to group other people to one kind of people when we meet them first time which is the first impressions. This is the stereotype. For example, some people always working hard and seldom go to party or never play games, we might call them bookworm. Some people always go to party and have the bad grade in class, and we might think they are not a good person (maybe actually he is really a kind person). Sometimes we may not want to make friends with someone just because we had the bad first impression of him. We group him to the “bad people”. This is actually a bad thing. We should not just group them and refuse them just by our first impression. However, what we should do is open our heart and try to accept them. A person who “seems bad” really maybe a great person, then you could own a great friend! When we open our heart, we can find a lot of kind person and the world will be more beautiful.

Stopping grouping people by the first impression, no more stereotypes, try to open your heart and make more friends!

Micro-Assignment 4, Identity and Sound

The place I choose is the Seven Eleven near my apartment Riverwatch Tower. I choose this place because I really go this place very often. For example, when I need to buy a hotdog for breakfast, when I need some water to make my dinner or when I need the batteries for my mouse, I will go to Seven Eleven! Why? Because it is close and convenience! The most important reason I chose this store is I will buy drinks almost every morning before I go to class. Usually, I will buy a bottle of Rain Lime flavor Gatorade for my afternoon class and a double gulp size cup of cherry flavor fruit juice for my class in the morning.

The sound of “beep” when I open the door of Seven Eleven is really unique for me. I think anytime I hear the beep sound like this; I can say there is a Seven Eleven store nearby. In this Seven Eleven store, I can hear a lot of different kind of sounds: the sound of open and close refrigerators, the sound of get ice from coke fountain, the sound from the check stand. All these sounds can make me think I am in a Seven Eleven store. Especially the conversation between the cashier and me which happen almost : “Do you need your receipt?” “No.” “Have a good day!” “You too.” Well, this cannot be more familiar to me. I am one hundred percent sure I am in Seven Eleven!

Youtube video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2tna2Y6sZY&feature=plcp

Blog 9: Response to Carver “Cathedral”

This article tells us a story about a blind man named Robert. Author’s wife was hired by him and used to read newspapers and books for Robert, and they became good friends. In this article, there is one part moved me deeply. The part talks about that when the author’s wife left Robert and married her ex-husband, the blind man Robert wants to touch the author’s wife’s face and try to remember her. I think the blind man Robert is really poor, can you imagine that if you want to remember a person, you have to try to touch every parts of the face, and you have no idea what the color is? That is so hard and poor.

After reading this article, I know more about the difference between disabled and normal people. Sometimes a disabled person may have to pay ten more times effort to get the same achievement to a normal person. We should respect the disabled and try our best to help them.

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