Medium Slelection

After considering many ways I could have done my stop motion I have finally decided. I have considered using plasticine, cut paper, and lego. I ended deciding on charcoal. I chose it because it is the simplest way. I can erease it and use the same paper throughout the whole project. The bad thing is that I will not be able to use colors. I will really have to focus on putting a lot of detail to make up for it. Nevertheless, I think charcoal is the best option and I'm sure it will turn out great.

Stop Motion

My defenition for stop motion is a series of images shown fast enough to show movement. All the videos in moodle are great examples of this. Mypersonal favorite is Abstract Thoughts. It has a sort of hypnotizing effect on the viewer. I think creating stop motion videos is a great idea. It is a lot more creative and fun to watch and there is just so much you can do with it that you can with regular videos. I am guessing the steps of creating one are planning, creating a rough draft, then creating each scene, take a snapshot, then change it a little bit. I personaly enjoy watching stop motion and I think it is a great way of art.

William Kentridge

After seeing William's work I am very impressed. It is very abstract but brilliant. I specially admire his patience to do something like this. The feeling it bring are the viewer are weird. When I saw it I felt very bizarre. It seems like something you would only see in dreams. It gives out a dark vibe since the only color used. To conclude, I really like William Kentridge's artwork even though it makes me feel funny.

Explaining this work to a blind person is very complicated. I would say something like it being a series of images shown fast enough to show movement. However, a blind person has no idea what are images so it would be a real dilema. I imagine the process to create a stop motion animation is very complicated. I believe that first he has to plan everything out as in what he wants to do and the order in which things will happen. Then he does a rough sketch of what it will look like. Then he does the actual work having to take a picture then erease it and draw it slightly different. I bet you have to be very patient and talented to creat a stop motion animation like William.

What is a Mash Up

A mash up is the combining of two or more songs to create one. Usually, one beat or music is placed as a base of the song then sections of the songs like the chorus and verses take turns playing. One of my favorite mash ups is Jay-Z and Linkin Park's Numb/Encore. What makes a good mash up is to chose two sons that are different but would go good together. For example, you would never chose pop and opera since they have different tempos and sound horrible together. Another good mash up is Lil' Wayne and Jason Mraz's version of I'm Yours. I do believe that someone who does a mash up is a musician since he/she is creating a piece of musicIn my opinion a bad mash up is one where the voice of one song doesn't go with the beat and it sounds awkward. Mash ups are fun and great if done correctly.

Family Reunion

Out of all the crappy family reunions I´ve had I can only remember one of them being good. It was christmas of 2005. Every year the whole family comes together for a christmas party and a gift exchange. These are usually boring and mind numbing since soccer is the only thing in my families head. I was nine and was anxious to recieve my present. The gift exchange was at the end so meanwhile i was just sitting in a corner eating chocolates. Finaly the time came, everyone exchanged gifts with the name they had chosen randomly a week before. My cousin gave me a box of lego which is the coolest hing you can get at the age of nine. Those legos where my good friends for the next year and thats why I remember that family reunion so much.