Saturday, 12 February 2011
Lifedrawing 8th Feb
Date: 8th February, 2011
Model: Jane
Time: 30 MinutesDescription: Observational (Left) & Memory (Right) Drawing
Date: 8th February, 2011
Model: Jane
Time: 30 MinutesDescription: Observational (Left) & Memory (Right) Drawing
I thought this lesson was alright.
I do feel I made things harder for myself though. With the first pose I think the observational drawing came out better (which is obvious) but it was because I wasn't drawing normally for the memory drawing. I kept rubbing out and redrawing and on the whole was trying too hard to get it right, instead of just drawing from memory the way I usually would.
On the second pose, however, I feel the memory drawing was more successful. I dont know why my observational piece was so off this time but hey.
Date: 8th February, 2011
Model: Jane
Time: 30 MinutesDescription: Drawing in Motion
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Other uses of a ball bearing
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| [1] Ball Bearings |
Ball bearings are small metal balls used in gears to reduce rotational friction, support radial and axial loads to distribute weight evenly. An example of this gear would be in a roller skate wheel
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| [2] Ball Bearing in skate wheel |
Ball bearings have been used for a wide variety of things that are useful, but its also used for fun quirky things like obstacle courses, traps, triggers, chain reactions and much more . You see the latter usage of the bearing in media and workshops. Here are some examples of how the bearing can be useful in many different circumstances.
Ball Bearing Roller Coaster:
Board Game: Mouse Trap:
Desk Dots:
[1] Ball Bearings [electronic print] Available at: http://www.mutr.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ball
[2] Ball Bearing in skate wheel [electronic print] Available at: http://www.euro-yo.com/acatalog/How_To.html
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Story Idea 1
Here's an idea for a story
Setting- Theatre
1. Female Ballet Dancers enter from stage left (line dancing). Audience clap very briefly
Dancers:
- A mixture of slim and fat dancers, all approx same height.
- White/ Pink Tutu's
- Performing a mixture of arabesque moves in sync
2. Once on stage, the dancers form a circle. They perform simultaneous fouette turns while moving anti clockwise around the circle (all in sync)
3. Audience start to boo the dancers.
4. Someone in the audience starts throwing ball bearings at the dancers. He targets the big lady first. She is hit in the chest but is not affected.
5. More bearings are flung at the dancers, slowly building up from one at a time to three, then 5 etc. The slimmest dancers are taken down by the bearings, one by one.
6. We are now down to three dancers, 2 slim 1 fat, fat dancer in the middle and slim either side. (These dancers are the most elegant)
- Dancers are now dancing in a line facing the audience again. Centre stage
7. The crowd is booing and bearings are flying towards the stage like bullets now. The dancers are kept on their toes.
- A Tilt shot of a bearing as it comes towards the stage (Inspired by "The Matrix")
followed by
- Close up shot of big dancers face as she spots the bearing (with a slow motion pan)
8. Big dancer dodges the bearing.
- Slow motion mid cam shot as she performs the dodge
9. The unexpected elegance of the big woman fascinates the crowd, and they start cheering her on (still throwing bearings of course)
10. Show ends with the woman doing some backbreaking arial move which is the climax of the show. She again dodges all bearing launched at her
11.All the other dancers then get up (battered and bruised) and they all curtsy simultaneously. Each and every one of them (apart from the last woman standing) are tired and wilting.
12. Curtains fall
Setting- Theatre
1. Female Ballet Dancers enter from stage left (line dancing). Audience clap very briefly
Dancers:
- A mixture of slim and fat dancers, all approx same height.
- White/ Pink Tutu's
- Performing a mixture of arabesque moves in sync
2. Once on stage, the dancers form a circle. They perform simultaneous fouette turns while moving anti clockwise around the circle (all in sync)
3. Audience start to boo the dancers.
4. Someone in the audience starts throwing ball bearings at the dancers. He targets the big lady first. She is hit in the chest but is not affected.
5. More bearings are flung at the dancers, slowly building up from one at a time to three, then 5 etc. The slimmest dancers are taken down by the bearings, one by one.
6. We are now down to three dancers, 2 slim 1 fat, fat dancer in the middle and slim either side. (These dancers are the most elegant)
- Dancers are now dancing in a line facing the audience again. Centre stage
7. The crowd is booing and bearings are flying towards the stage like bullets now. The dancers are kept on their toes.
- A Tilt shot of a bearing as it comes towards the stage (Inspired by "The Matrix")
followed by
- Close up shot of big dancers face as she spots the bearing (with a slow motion pan)
8. Big dancer dodges the bearing.
- Slow motion mid cam shot as she performs the dodge
9. The unexpected elegance of the big woman fascinates the crowd, and they start cheering her on (still throwing bearings of course)
10. Show ends with the woman doing some backbreaking arial move which is the climax of the show. She again dodges all bearing launched at her
11.All the other dancers then get up (battered and bruised) and they all curtsy simultaneously. Each and every one of them (apart from the last woman standing) are tired and wilting.
12. Curtains fall
-END-
The moral is basically not to judge a book by its cover! It is shown as a comedy to get the point across
Rope Review
Rope
1948:
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| [1]Rope, 1948 Rope, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a film about two men, Brandon Shaw (John Dall) and Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger), who strangle their "inferior" classmate and hide his body in a chest in their apartment. Soon after the murder they hold a dinner party in their apartment, as means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime they had just committed. Rope is a great film which, when at its peak, will have the majority of people bracing themselves while sunk down into their seats; the amount of tension the film brings, along with some quite unexpected outcomes, is quite great. What gives this film even more gratitude is not just the acting however, but also the way it was made. |
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| [2] Phillip, Rupert & Brandon. (1948) |
The most famous feature about Rope is that it is (arguably) made with NO CUTS (with an exception of the one you see at the very start moving from the street to the murder scene). Hitchcock refused to include any intentional cuts, the only time cuts were made was when the film reel had to be changed over; this problem cant be avoided. These cuts were disguised by zooming into somebody's back for a couple of seconds them coming out again, this was when the reel would be changed. The film is also only shot from a few angles all on the same side of the room, this makes it feel like they are on a set. Among the different camera shot used, the longshots are the most impactful in portraying emotion. The use of the longshot down the hall when the maid is clearing up for example is very good at creating a high level of tension, it leaves us open to a bunch of outcomes expecially since they made sure to have the chest in the shot as it was slowly being stripped. Another good use of the longshot was when Brandon went to fetch some wine from the fridge. He is talking to the maid, convincing her that wine was fit for the occasion, but the shot used imposes that it is an arkward situation, almost like an "arkward silence' displayed through a camera.
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| [3] Phillip & Brandon at the dining table, (1948) |
[2]The man they kill in this opening scene is a friend of theirs who has never done them any wrong. But these two are fucking crazy and just want to pull of a murder. (Quint, 2009)
As for the story, it is very simple and short. Because of this we dont really get to understand what the actual plot of the film is about, for example why these guys decided to murder David and what they planned to do in after the crime. This part of the story that we sit and watch is great, but still doesnt make complete sense in the long run. The reason given for the crime is that Brandon and Phillip were inspired by a theory taught to them by one of their college professors that murder isn’t inherently wrong, but is only reserved for those who are special. That society’s rules are for the inferior. Because this is their only reason behind the murder it leads us to believe that these chaps must have a screw loose, and are even more crazy for believing they could show off about it straight afterwards by holding a dinner party, in celebration, involving the victims parents!
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| [4] Brandon on the couch, (1948) |
This is a great scene as it is here you could say that things get "wrapped up", we see how the story is resolved. There is a big debate between the three of them which ends with Rupert feeling almost equally as responsible. He fires shots from the gun he wrestled off of Brandon out of the window and awaits the police. As we hear the sirens getting louder and louder, the flashing neon lights outside shine on their faces. This is very effective because the neons somewhat replicate the police lights and it feels like the film has suddenly fast forwarded to show them after already being caught, hence their miserable states.
Overall, Rope is a great film open to a wide variety of viewers.
Illustration List:
[1] Alfred Hitchcock (1948), Rope [electronic print] Available at: http://hitchcock.tv/mov/rope/rope.html
[2] Alfred Hitchcock (1948), Phillip, Rupert & Brandon [electronic print] Available at: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42051
[3] Alfred Hitchcock (1948), Phillip & Brandon at the dining table [electronic print] Available at: http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2008/11/milk-the-boys-in-the-band-and-teh-gay-agenda-in-cinema.html
[4] Alfred Hitchcock (1948), Brandon on the couch [electronic print] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/awkwardboyhero/4861777275/
Bibliography:
[1] Quint (August 14, 2009), A Movie A Week: ROPE (1948) You're quite a goodchicken strangler as I recall. In: Ain't It Cool News [online] Available at: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42051
[2] Quint (August 14, 2009), A Movie A Week: ROPE (1948) You're quite a goodchicken strangler as I recall. In: Ain't It Cool News [online] Available at: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42051
[3] Muir, John Kenneth (September 07, 2008), Cult Movie Review: Rope (1948). In: John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV [online] Available at: http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2008/09/cult-movie-review-rope-1948.html
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
1st February Life Drawings
Date: 1st February, 2011
Model: Francis
Time: 30 Mins
Description: "Drawing in Motion" 1. We drew Francis as he walked around the room
Date: 1st February, 2011
Model: Francis
Time: 30 Mins
Description: Drawing in Motion 2
Date: 1st February, 2011
Model: Francis
Time: 1 Hour
Description: Static Pose
Date: 1st February, 2011
Model: Francis
Time: 10 Minutes
Description: Drawing in Motion 3. Instead of walking around the room, the model continuously turned on the spot.
To be honest, I didnt enjoy this session for a number of reasons. It was no fault of the model, I just wasn't very focused at all and it shows in my work today. It was a long day. I do however like the idea of drawing a model in motion, it is a lot better then drawing a model pretending to move (standing in a"moving" pose) and proves to be challenging. It wasn't all bad, as in some of these pieces you can actually tell that there is movement going on. I will try harder next lesson and I will strive for a better outcome.
My 3 things to work with
For this project I randomly picked..
Yes, a Ballet Dancer..........A Theatre.........and...................A Ball Bearing!
This is a nice group of things to work with, I'll try and get some ideas out asap
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