Stop Motion Examples

After watching the videos in moodle I would define a stop motion video as a piece of art were you take a bunch of picture, and put them together. I would think someone would make a video in this maner to challenge them selves. Also, it looks like it is alot of fun, and time consuming. Not only that but the finished product is amaizing. In addition to this it gives an incredible effect to the viewer. My guess of how they make the videos is that first, they get the materials. Next they make something, and take a picture. They repeat this a bunch of times. Next they put all the pictures together to make a video. My favorite example of a stop motion video was the post stick one, and another cool one i like is. In conclusion i really enjoyed watching all does videos, they were all great.

Watercolor Tree Interpretation

Mateo Moreno Schneider
November 7, 2010
English 8
Watercolor Tree Interpretation

This Friday, November 5, 2010 we went into English class and made some watercolor paintings of a tree being struck by lightning. I didn’t expect we were going to do this at all, but it was fun. My drawing consisted of a thin tree trunk being hit by a lightning, grass, a lot of leaves on the tree, fire, dark clouds, and a dark background. I chose making my drawing like that for some specific reasons. First, I decided to make a thin trunk because it was going to be easier to draw considering I don’t have great drawing skills. Second, I made a dark background and clouds to represent a heavy lightning storm. Third, I made a lot of leaves on the tree because that’s the way i like them, I don't really enjoy looking at dead trees. Fourth, I made the tree catch in fire on the spot were the lightning is hitting it. That's because when lightning hits a tree I would expect it too catch on fire. Also, it makes it look like if the lightning is actually hitting the tree. Fifth, I made some grass around the tree. I did this just to use the space up a bit more. Not only that but it also makes the drawing look better, or at least that’s what I think. Not only that but i think that tree in general represents pain. That’s because the tree is a person who got hit (lightning), and is in pain (fire). Lastly if I could redo something from my drawing better I think I would of done the tree again. I just didn't really like how i made it, it’s to simple. In conclusion I had a really good time making my tree, and I hope we make something similar to this in the future.

Medium Selection

It was very hard for me to choose my medium. That's because i had so many options to choose from, like: Plasticine, drawing, Lego, paper, etc. Anyways, my final decision was plasticine. I made this decision because I think I will have fun, and it will go better with what I'm doing. Also, I really enjoy doing stuff with plasticine. Not only that but it is really easy to move it slowly, and that is going to look better in my stop-motion video. The only thing i think is going to be hard is making the details in on it. In conclusion I think my video will come out great, and I hope I have lots fun doing it.

William Kentridge

William Kentridges work makes me feel weird. His work is really abstract and random. I say this because if you see his videos they don't make much sense. But the way he makes it is unique and awsome. One example of this is that he makes one scene were a volcano is exploding, and right after that he makes one of a guy sleeping. That is very weird. If i were to describe this piece of art i would say creative, unique, beautifull, and powerful. I think that would describe his work best.

You might think doing what he does is simple, but it's not at all. First, i would guess he gets a piece of paper and pencil. Then he makes a drawing and takes a picture. After that he erases a part of the picture and makes it move a bit, and takes a picture. He repeats this over, and over again. Not only that but once he is done, he puts all the pictures in the computer. Then he puts them together in order, and turns it into a movie file. As the final result he gets what you are seeing. In conclusion i think this is not as easy as someone would expect, and you need to be really pacient to be able to do this.

Mash-Up

A mash-up is the combination of two or more songs. A good mash-up has two or more great songs. Also it should have the best parts of the songs. Not only that but the songs are supose to flow and sound good together. Some people think that mash-up artist arent real musicians since they dont make the songs, they just put them together. I disagree with this statement. Thats because they actually do creat a new song out of a combination of does songs. Also they also put a lot of work to make the songs flow together, and sound good together. In addition to this they also creat a steady beat thats not in does songs, thats another reason why they are real artist. Although i dont really like this type of music i have herd some of them, one of the ones ive herd and liked is Numb/Encore by Jay-Z and Linking Park(this is the live version of the song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnR8y89TvI and this is the studio version :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqo7b2C0qMg). In conclusion i think that making a mash up can be challenging and very fun in some ways.