Seagull loop video

Loop stats

Videos consisted of:
Water loops x 4
Birds x 2 loops x 2

Music consisted of:
Water loops x 17
Bird calls loops x 5
Listening Wind - Talking Heads loops x 2

Exported as MPEG2
Pal DV High quality

Video was put together in Premiere.  I had a brief look at both Audition and Audacity but as I wanted the music to sync with the video the music was also mixed in Premiere. 

Roll video and cut!

The inclement weather and illness in the production team meant a delay to our initial filming. Choosing seagulls as our star characters was fairly unpredictable when wanting to follow a storyboard. However, shoestring chips from flying squid meant no shortage of wannabe stars.
We had a fun time feeding seagulls and using the camera. I liked the close ups with the camera on the ground. The birds were very wary of the camera but still couldn't resist the lure of the shoestring!
No problems with instructions for uploading video. We ended up with a total of 6 minutes film and captured 4 clips. The important thing to remember with the upload is to have the camera and computer turned off before connecting the fire wire devices and also to turn everything off before disconnecting.

Storyboard

Our group storyboard for a movie loop. It involves seagulls which might prove to be somewhat unpredictable!

Photo Object

Recycled plates coated with cyanotype as part of a photography elective. The quality of the print on these plates made from residue of sugar cane was surprisingly good!

Reflective writing.ext

I felt that too much information on a powerpoint was unnecessary and cluttered. I therefore kept my writing on the powerpoint presentation to a minimum. This then, is a more in depth extension to my reflective writing.

What does digital literacy mean to me? I saw comparisons to the lecture series this semester on 'Art & Change' where we looked at early 16th century exploration of the West into the East.

This was a time of discovery and in writing my essay, I was able to take advantage of internet based research when looking at sites from the Netherlands. The 'translate this page' option was a valuable resource for my study.

From the 16th century to the 21st century we are still on a journey of discovery, this time in a digital world. 2001 A Space Odyssey comes to mind, where I recall the ape discovering a tool as a means to survive. From a pile of bones we have now moved on to the computer as a means to survive our few years of art school practice.

My time-based movie looks at the origins of childhood drawing of stick figures progressing into an infinite digital world. This is how I see digital literacy. It is sublime. Digital literacy is a place of mystical vastness and infinite unknowing. I refer here to: “A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origins of Beauty and the Sublime” by Edmund Burke.

"Let the awe and mystery of a journey unlike any other begin!"

Image 4 powerpt

Author: Chelle from morguefile