HW#7/3: Potential of Video

I think videos have a lot potential in exploring in the following:
1) visual effect: the aesthetics of a digital, moving images
2) light: how lighting can change/affect the visual experience
3) moving images: as a medium and property
4) sound: how sound can affect/incorporated with a video
5) approach: handhold videos vs. moving camera
6) representation: where is and how is the video showing/ projecting

HW#7/2 Video Artist: Tony Oursler

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tony+Oursler&page=2
Tony Oursler likes to combine sculpture and videos to create a visual experience for viewers. What I like about Oursler’s work is that 1) he combines images, videos, and sound to create a more 3 D effect. 2) He treated his videos as sculptures. He normally projected his videos in a very interesting way and this transform the videos in different ways and how viewers interact them.
PS. My undergrad professor did the audio for this piece.Reference: http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/tony-oursler

HW# 6/5: Lesson Plan-Stop-Motion Animation

Student: Fifth graders

Title: Self-Portrait

Material: found object, toys, iStop Motion app, etc.

Objective: Through creating a stop motion animation that represent one or multiple aspects of themselves, students will learn that they make a narrative art piece in a digital form.

Spark: Before I came to school this morning, I picked out this pink sweater to wear because 1. Pink is my favorite color, 2. I like the texture and the color change on this sweater. I think both of them represent my interests in color and texture.

1.) What about you guys? Why did you wear what you wear?

2.) Do you think your clothes and accessories can represent who you are and how?

3.) Besides clothes, what are some other things that can represent you?

Demonstration/Material Dialogue:

Teacher: “Based on what you guys just discussed about how you can use objects to represent you, let’s think about how we can use iStop Motion to make digital animations.

1)    How would you want to show the environment/atmosphere in your video?

2)    How would you do that with lighting?

3)    How would you show quick transition? How would you show smooth transition?

HW# 6/4: Impact 100 Progress

My partner Teny and I are interested in collecting objects people might deliberately or unintentionally left/ lost on streets. Here are the objects I found so far.

HW#6/3: Research Artist: Shugo Tokumaru

          Shugo Tokumaru is a Japanese musician  who created a stop motion for his song "Katachi." He also named this stop motion "Katachi,"meaning "shape" in Japanese. In the video, there were many shapes that transformed into objects and people and their movement. 

HW# 6/2: Documentation

HW# 6/1 iStopMotion