The Puppeteer's Ballet

I wanted this piece to look and feel like a Flash Mob.  I chose the court yard in front of The Joe because it's a very public place that can be viewed by passersby and students inside the actual building.  I was so excited that we caught a few people’s attention and ended up with an audience!  It would be interesting to see what would happen if we had performed it at a more busy time. 

The artsy fartsy explanation of the title is that all my classmates were puppets in my ballet.  The only moment they got to break away from my confining instructions were the moments they got to switch places with each other in the circle and Pinocchio music played.

I will probably edit this project again so that the script is even more specific.  I think the project could have benefited from more moments that said “1, 2, 3, GO” and “1, 2, 3, STOP”.  I hope to use this project as a team building exercise in future career pursuits.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING! :)

Video Triptych

These 3 videos are interpretations of Lewis Carroll's poem How Doth the Little Crocodile (full poem below).  The poem is originally from Alice in Wonderland and it glorifies the beauty of the deathly animal.  Our videos display a glamous look at death.  The two outlying videos are displaying the beautification of the "bait" to gain the interest of the "prey".  The murderous elements are displayed by a glint of a knife and a subtle poisoning of a lovely meal.  The center video incorporates the actual text of the poem while showing the lips of our "femme fatale".  This was our allusion to the Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, who originally recited the poem in the novel.

How Doth the Little Crocodile

How doth the little crocodile

Improve his shining tail,

And pour the waters of the Nile

On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,

How neatly spreads his claws,

And welcomes little fishes in

With gently smiling jaws!

Gently Smiling Jaws

Footsteps Mixer

This is a screenshot of my YouTube mixer.  I chose to focus on the daily rhythm of our footsteps and where we walk.  I filmed 6 of the videos and the rest were sent to me from friends and family all over the country.  I chose to incorporate their videos because it truly shows that everyone has a different rhythm to life.  

Second Life Update

Here are my two avatars.  I am working on the face mapping and should have my face transposed onto the characters soon.

I wandered around Second Life and found a cute little Christmas cottage. I haven't added my face to the avatar yet, hopefully we review that in class.

Merry Christmas y'all!!!

Video Orchestra

This is a screen shot of my video orchestra. I titled it Medicine Medley because I believe in the cliche that laughter is the best medicine. I created three videos, one of me typing out hahahahaha, one of Julia Roberts laughter from Pretty Woman and then a clip from the show Friends where I dissected the sound to leave only laughter. The remaining two videos were found on Youtube. I chose the song from Mary Poppins "I Love to Laugh" and a famous viral video of a baby laughing at paper being ripped. The group of videos is designed to make viewers laugh. It displays my love of pop culture and love of optimism.

First Paragraph

In my 30 second video I focused on three main stages of life that are described by the author in his introduction paragraph.  I thought of them as the crayon phase, the map phase and the blue print phase.  My montage displayed the yellow sun, the map of the united states and the blue prints discussed in the text along with the themes of transition, time and growing up.