The Event

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

My conceptualization of time relied on the ability to conceive of time in its most terrifying ways, its enormity and its continuous nature.  The Event is a piece that shows how time can be cyclical while remaining unified.  That time works beyond human control though remains as the basis for modern society causes man to be deluded in his quests, mapping his path through an abstraction that deceives him.  The structure of time gives way to the loop, the cyclical repetition of an event that cannot escape its own beginning or end.

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Viking Eggeling’s “Symphonie Diagonale” (1921)

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Viking Eggeling’s “Symphonie Diagonale” (1921) is an early experimental film animation that balances abstract visual form and sound. Viking Eggeling is a Swedish filmmaker.

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Assignment #3 – Stop Motion Sound

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

DUE FEB 11

1. Assignment #3 – See below.
2. Post all drawings from the first day on the blog. Please remember to title your images and add the appropriate tags (choose from the most popular tags) and add your own and don’t forget to mark the category “Exercises.”

Good luck and have fun!

Amber

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Assignment #3 – Stop Motion Sound
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DUE Feb 11

The task for this week is to create a soundtrack for your stop motion piece (Assignment #2).

Collect or create a series of sound clips that relate to your piece. Your sounds must be diegetic, found, or self generated. You may use voiceover. This assignment asks you to express your concept of time through sound by creating a rhythm and/or procession of sound events that relates to your visual animation. Please listen to the sound in Chris Marker’s La Jetée for reference.

Use this assignment as an opportunity to improve your stop motion piece from Assignment #1, keeping in mind the class critique. Remember your original intention (word/s), but don’t be afraid to dismiss any components that are not working. This means that you should feel free to edit as you see fit.

NOTE: If you feel your animation simply does not benefit from sound, you have two options. 1) You may create a 60 second sound piece about time that stands on its own, or 2) you may create a new BLACK AND WHITE stop motion animation with your new sound track.

The final output should be a high resolution Quicktime “.mov” file.

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TECHNICAL TIPS
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- You can record/generate your own recordings or edit found sound through Audacity, which is free, open source, easy-to-use, and downloadable software for use on a Mac or PC.
- You may collect sound from the web. Search for free sound clips on Google. archive.org is also a good source.
- You can also use Quicktime Player to record sound.
- Once you have all your sound clips, you need to find a way to synch up the sound to your images. I suggest either using iMovie, “Keynote” for Mac, Powerpoint.
- Be resourceful – Ask Google, and if you still can’t find an answer, email me, ask your classmates or a friend to help you. Don’t be shy! We are here to help each other.

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BLOG TIPS
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- The login url for the blog is -> http://camp-er.net/teaching/sp09/foundations/wp-admin
- Please use the appropriate titles, categories and tags. Add tags as needed. If you have questions, please ask!

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