Saturday, October 30, 2010

Silly things

 do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way." ~Jane Austen

Well, here are my 5 examples of "mise-en-scène" (which is basically how a scene is set up for a shot: the placement of characters, props, composition, etc.) for Foundations I suppose :o Also, key aspects of mise-en-scène are: decor, lighting, space, costume, and acting.

Tekkon Kinkreet
 This is a mise-en-scène appears during the credits of the movie. The two main characters Black and White are brothers set in a place called Treasure Town filled with yakuza, aliens, and change. They are called Cats because they're 'strays' and together they 'rule the town.' During the middle of the movie White decides to plant a seed from an apple he was eating. After that the theme of the apple tree growing continues to pop up throughout the movie but it hasn't grown even though they water it everyday.
The scene above shows where White and Black lived (which is the car- also the number 96 and 6 in general appeared a lot in the movie) but now that the brothers have left the town, I think it shows that they will grow with each other in their new environment.
I like how you can see the factory lines and pipes in the background (growth and development with machinery also played a role in the movie)with the curved overpass framing it in a way that the viewers eye is drawn to the apple sign which then gets your attention to the pile of whitish dirt with the apple tree beginning to grow in faint rays of light.
At the beginning of the credits you just see the apple sign and then the more credits that go by the more the seed grows.
below is where I got the photo..
Tekkon Kinkreet

 V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta- Domino Scene
For this mise-en-scène it primarily has to do with the dominoes falling. When you watch it from the side it's like an ocean wave, if it wasn't interrupted by riot scenes and the angle of the shots weren't shifted it would almost be a one shot aha. After the 00:38 mark it is one scene when V lifts the one domino that hasn't fallen. The lighting is well lit for the scene considering how this movie is mostly dark and with V's gloved hand coming down to pick it up ever so thoughtfully the music that was so dramatic and rising to the climax before turns to a tender side when V picks up the domino piece.
photo from..
Mystery Man on Film- V for Vendetta


Arsenic and Old Lace
 This movie is just amazing. I love it, so funny. It doesn't hurt that in my first play I was really in I played Aunt Martha ahaha. Anyways, this movie- if you haven't watched it you really should, is a hoot. There is a lot of physical humor and verbal irony in this movie and I'm not sure if I know the definition of mise-en-scène to rightly say if something is or isn't it, but I think the below link would be an example of a one shot scene with cousin Teddy charging up the stairs- which he does several times throughout the film. The element of watching Teddy run up the stairs and slamming the door so hard that the picture next to it swings up a bit from the force would be an example of decor being effected by the character.
Chaaaarge!!!
Below is also a scene when Mortimer figures out who Jonathan is and I think the scene after Mortimer says "holy mackeral" had some laughs. With the scene you have the aunts who play a large role along with Mortimer's fiance' in the background, you also have Jonathan in the foreground taking up part of the left side of the screen. Then when Mortimer gets a bit gutsy before his "hollywood" line he seems to tuck his jacket back in a bit as if to give himself a confidence boost.
Arsenic and Old Lace scene
With the above picture as well I feel like it's a good frame because it shows the aunts waiting with baited breath to see if he'll drink their 'elderberry wine.' In the right corner you also see some drinking flasks  and such. The lighting almost halos the two aunts.
photo from...
Doctor Macro high quality movie scans
You can find the movie on youtube aha.

The Shining

Ahhh, ok well I don't watch horror movies but at Oxbow last year we watched this up in the library for Halloween and I seemed to have remembered some long shots off of this film. Also, this film seems more like a horrible brain trip than a horror ahhh...just watching these clips get me all intense and freaked out aha.
Redrum scene
All the way up to the 1:32 mark, if I'm not mistaken, is one complete shot. It's eerie enough that the kid, Danny, is speaking in his scratchy "Tony" voice, but as he walks across the room towards his sleeping mother and grabs knife off of the table top with accompanying dramatic chords it just is freaky. The lighing is low with only two lamps in the room and some overhead lighting as well and it ads a freaky homey feeling that is all twisted in this situation. With his mother asleep during this whole scene and shifting every once in awhile along with some magazines and other normal items placed throughout the room this scene would be perfectly normal, but no, we have a creepy kid saying 'redrum' over and over again with a knife. So, there we go.
I was also considering the hallway scene with the twins...
The Shining- Hallway scene
It shows Danny cycling down corridors with the camera following behind at a good distance. The camera continues to go down the corridor for a few seconds even though Danny has cycled off of the scene....
picture from...
Greenlighthalo
I know we're supposed to give 5 examples but I feel that with my other examples within one example will be good enough eh? D: hopefully...?
If not I can always come back and add another one...


Here is a swell youtube video that a music buddy of mine told me to look up...
Axis of Awesome - 4 Chord Song
Also, here's a neat site my friend posted on her facebook
TodayAndTomorrow
Later!
~Alex

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Relaxing sleep is needed

Did a lot today holord.
Inflatables were hecka fun x)

Here they are all made up. I took some other vids but just put 'em on facebook ;p

There's the destruction of all our hard work aha

Here are a few pics of my moquette....Inside of our inflatable! Ahhh...that inflatable of ours was so nice just to sit in. Give me a sleeping bag and I would have snuggled on down aha.


I need a few more pics to qualify him for this part of the assignment but..it's late and I don't want to go up to the 6th floor to get him and take pics right now aha. Tomorrow.

Started Mis en scene...or at least looked at the wikipedia of it. I'll get more in depth with it...tomorrow...-headdesk-
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." ~Thomas Jefferson
There's my quote- were you wondering if I'd forget? hooshaw.
But..yeah....tired......sleep......mmm....
So I need to look up comic strips for my Visual Culture and came across this one..I'm only posting it since it has "cornish" in it :B
BC comic

Ok, youtube vid...hmm...

Ya know...I'm just gonna leave you with a short clip of a "toga party" I did in Montana with these buddies that I miss like...a lot.....:< but this was my going away party as well woohoo!


 

Night sleepyheads!
oh, hey...reminds me off a youtube vid! Score!
btw, they're playing..at the Moore? on November 30th.....I need to go to a concert at some point in my life and why is everything centered?
~Alex

Monday, October 25, 2010

Quotation


 n. the act of repeating erroneously the words of another." ~Ambrose Bierce

This is going to be a large blog update filled mainly with pictures involving Foundations process worrk -thumbs up-
Below are my practice babies with cardboard, don't they look so cute and unstable?  (and everything looks So much better when taken on a real camera! D: )






                                             ^ thats also for my little shape project...
 ^The beginning of my maquette's for the 2 foot version (totally did math btw for the 2 ft version, I know that'll it 2x1.1 ft and even have the measurements for Harold's -the hedgehog- little feet and face :B thank you all those years of math aha!)
Below are my practice perspective drawings ;v;





 ^ what we need on our blog I think.



Yayyyyy...now for more work pics...We have to take up close and detailed pics of our objects we are going to be enlarging...



 Yayyyyy ok.....oh...I just realized I have to draw these guys on Illustrator now...pen tool here I come.

I leave ya with this song since I'm listening to it right now..

Footloose

I'll update this with the outlines later on...
~Alex

4:09 pm found out our seeing green class is cancelled today aha. but then Claire's USB drive got corrupted D: ahhh
But here's where I am so far on outlining Harold..



5:05pm
Now for the maybe finale...Here are my historical pics for Digital along with my series of 5..pretty sure I'm done with those -headdesk-


 I still couldn't get the shading right but...mehh. Also, yay for horrible picture quality for trying to make it under 80kb for easy uploading onto the interneeet.




Doooone...pleaaaase...
Unless Carlos tells me I need to add anything else to these pictures I am just going to say that they're done :V
Later gators!
...talk about an uber long post
~Alex

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Perhaps I know why

it is man who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter"~Friedrich Nitezsche
Alex what a downer quote to start off with!...ok...fine.
"People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway." ~Mother Theresa
:|
moving on..

Doing some research for the cardboard project for Foundations here are some links I came across that have artists using cardboard...

Mark Langan

5 amazing cardboard artists and their art

Chris Gilmour

Awesome cardboard art

and I forgot how I came across this gals site- that I now quite enjoy, but I'm sure it was from one of the links provided from one of our Cornish blogs aha. But we like some of the same things ;v;

IAmArtsy

Also, here is where I am so far for Digital..




bumbumbum
Later! Gonna meet with Danie later to discuss our cardboard project. yeehaw.

This vid is from the IamArtsy site I posted up..but....yeahhhhh. I can't think of any vids to put up right now...
Herding Cats

Since we're on the subject of animals..
Polar bears and dogs playing
though that poor dog near the end did seem to be getting man handled...
~Alex

Friday, October 22, 2010

One kind word

can warm three winter months" ~Japanese Proverb

I've been working on my series of 5 for digital and have decided to upload the two I've somewhat finished and perhaps the one I'm beginning now...The first pic is the original and the next one is for my series..I still need to edit them for the most part but until I do everything all detailed I want to make sure I have at least all 5 done aha.








After this lovely gal above I think I shall do a gent reading and either another bud with his pizza or if my gal buddy gets back early Sunday I'll take a pic of her and do her outlined...
So for the other free time this weekend will go towards Foundations and visual culture homework as well...yayy


Cool pictures maaaan
Nikon Small World

Now for my youtube video, I have been listening to this a lot today aha..
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Night ya'll~!
~Alex