Blog 6A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INqx8-CB10

The link for my blog 6a that I posted on Youtube.

Blog 5B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_Lh5xytKM

This is the link to my video blog for 5b that I posted on Youtube. For some reason, the only way I could get it to work was by pasting the link. Anyways, this is my blog 5B.

Blog 5A

I chose that photo by Sally Mann for the blog, I then cropped it to the second photo. I was drawn to this image because I found it hauntingly beautiful. The background is kind of distorted, so you can't exactly  tell where she is. You can't see the girl's face, which is unique and different, I reframed it the way I did because I was intrigued by how the girl's hair was done, and also the way she is looking down. I think that the artist choose to frame the photo the way she did because it gives it a more haunting feeling. It also shows the light shining down on the girl, which illuminates the girl, and puts focus on her. By showing the entire background, it allows the viewer to feel the darkness that surrounds the girl, and better explains why her head is tilted down the way that it is. The photo has a large amount of visual intensity. The only thing in the foreground of the photo is the girl, the background is very distorted. This puts all of the emphasis on the girl, and gives the photo a haunting feeling. The space in the photo is very much divided by the background, and the girl. Because of the lighting in the photo, the trees in the background appear very far away from the girl creating a lot of distance and space. However, the fact that the girl’s legs aren’t shown, it cuts the distance and space in the photo. All of the lines in the photo focus the viewer’s eye directly on the girl. This is done by the fact that the beam of light coming down directly frames the girl’s body. Also, the background of the photo has very little lines to it, while the girl’s lines are very strong. That makes the girl stand out. This photo has contrast and affinity in it in a few different ways. For contrast, the background is very blurry, while the girl stands out. For affinity, both the background and the girl are a grayish color. When it comes to objective and subjective, it is objective that the girl is tiny, and near a forest, it is subjective to what she is looking at, and why her head is turned down.

Blog 4B

These are my audio critiques of 3 different songs. I critiqued the songs of Stephen Hicken, Steven Martin, and Mary Swick.

Mary Swick: http://swickaroo.blogspot.com/2011/04/4b.html
Stephen Hicken: http://media203hicken.blogspot.com/
Steven Martin: http://mdia203steven.blogspot.com/

Blog 4A

For this blog, we were instructed to read Seth Godin’s “Brainwashed” on http://changethis.com/ . Everyone should check out the article, it will make this blog make more sense. In the article, Godin talks about seven layers of reinventing yourself.  Anyways, we were also instructed to summarize two of the layers from the article, as well how those two layers connect to us and this blog we are doing, so that is what I am going to do. 

         So the first layer I am going to summarize is “Acknowledge the Lizard.” This layer is based on the idea of the lizard brain, the prehistoric brainstem that all of us contend with, and it doesn’t like being laughed at. It is about the part of the brain that fears rejection, so we shut down our art and creativity. This shutdown is called resistance, and it is what forces to keep our heads down, and simply follow instructions. In almost every aspect of our life, the resistance wins. Over time, artists have figured out that resistance is the sole barrier between them and their art. So, in order to ignore the lizard, we must acknowledge

The second layer that I looked at is “Connect.” This layer is all about social media, and the internet, and it how it connects all of us, and makes the world a smaller place. How you use social media, and the internet is ultimately up to you. If you are to focused on how many followers you have, and the little things like that, it won’t really do you much good. However, if you use it to make connections, and interact with people you normally wouldn’t, then social media can actually be incredibly helpful for you. We used to be an isolated world, but now we are connected to almost everyone, and these interactions can change everything, if we allow them to.

I think that these two layers do connect to this blog, and this class in a couple of different ways. For the obvious, the layer of “Connect” is exactly what this blog is all about. Blogger is another example of the social networking that is out there for us to use, and this blog for class allows us to interact with other people in the class that we may not normally talk to. For “Acknowledge the Lizard,” this layer connects to the blog because the blog forces us to overcome our fears of putting our art out there, and basically forces us to show it to the world. I think that these various exercises are good for us because they help expand our creativity, and make us better artists, which is really the point.

Music/Song project

Blogs I Commented On (3B)

Brie’s Soundscape

http://briezilla.blogspot.com/2011/04/soundscape-pity.html

Katie’s Soundscape

http://mdia203mack.blogspot.com/2011/04/soundscape.html

Maddie’s Soundscape

http://mcschneidy.blogspot.com/2011/04/soundscape.html