Progress 4/29

This weekend I went home to take my photographs. For my artist book I wanted it to have an old and almost antique feeling about it and I also want to have my photographs have the same feeling. So I shot my photographs in a professional black and white film and I originally wanted to develop them in a dark room but I heard unless you are a photo major its very hard to get into the dark room. So i came up with a second option and that was to have Ritz develop them onto photo paper but they told me it would take two week to and i dint have that time. In the end with some help I was able to find a place in Boston called Colortek that is going to be able to develop them alot faster. As Im waiting for my prints to be developed Im going to start making my final artist book.

Source Statement for Final Project 4/29

The book called The Giving Tree has inspired me for my project but what inspired me the most about the book was the tree and the boy's relationship and how their relationship changes over time. For my photographs I wanted to show the relationship between a cat and a girl as the girl gets older and older the cat and the girls relationship changes as time progresses. I have five different time periods and they are; a little girl, teenager, young adult, older adult and the a grandmother. The cat and the little girl has a playful side but as the girl get older their relationship slowly gets less and less playful and by the time the girl is a grand mother their relationship is just enjoying each others company.

Progress 4/22

For this week I have bought all of my materials to make my book and I have even made my mock up for my artist book because I remember that the last artist book I made I ran into some construction problems. So its very important for me to make a mock up just incase I run into some problems which I have not yet with my mock up. Originally I was suppose to take the photographs first but I need to go home in order to do that and last weekend iI was not able to. This weekend I am able to go home and to take the photographs. So this week I am planning on going home to the photographs and to start making my actual artist book.

Source Statement for Final Project 4/22

After leaving last class and not having my content quite clear I ended up going back to the drawing board and starting over. I knew I still wanted to have my source be the relationship between things but I dint know how to portray that. I soon remembered this children book called The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The book is about a boys relationship with a tree in a forest. The tree loves the boy very much and gives the boy anything he wants but he soon demands more and more of the tree as the grows older, the tree gives him what he needs. In the end the boy comes back very old and tired and the tree tells him that she has nothing left to give but all the boy needs is a place to rest so he rests on her stump and the tree becomes happy. This book inspired me to photographs of the relationship between my cat and and girl and showing their relationship change and progress through time as the girl gets older.

Critique of Classmates Book

All of the artist books came out really well done but there is one in particular that has stuck out to me the most and that is Natasha Barclay’s. I think she did a thoroughly job with her artist book. She was able to convey her source clearly and it was pretty evident that her source was her journey from Cape Cod to Massart but also her transition from the Cape to the city of Boston. Her using the shell as the outer cover symbolizes her home and then once you open the shell all of these different pictures pop up of the city of Boston. When I first opened the shell I thought it was going to open all the way up but it dint maybe for next time it would be nice if the shell did open all the way up. Also I think it would have helped if some of the pictures popped up just a little bit more so that you could have more of that pop up feeling. She did a good job talking pictures that really represent the city. There is also a map on the top inside shell it might would have been nice if the map covered the whole back of the shell but I thought that the map was a nice touch overall.

Refection on my Progress 4/15

I feel I have made progress with my source through out the semester. From divorce starting out to be my first source statement to my second source statement looking at the different kinds of relationships people have. To now exploring with things that mirror our relationship with people. Im trying to push beyond how people interact and now taking it to a whole new idea. Lastly I feel like I have come up with some examples that I will be able to photograph.

Source Statement for Final Project 4/15

For my final project I want to step way form different types of relationships and instead focus on the relationships with things that mirror our relationship with people. I believe that these relationships are able to fill that sense of security and comfort in our lives. These relationships are formed through society and are own pre-concieved notions. Some examples would be cars and girlfriends, pets and children, computers and friends, young adults and working out, cell phones and friends and family.

I plan on making an artiest book. As for my book I was thinking about book binding and having 1o pages. For my images I want to take pictures of my examples and do a photo collage.

Artist Book Source Statement #2

Two artists who have really helped and inspired me with my source are Picasso and Mary Cassatt. I love the relationship between mother and daughter in Cassatt work. Your able to feel the love, care and warmth the mother has for her daughter. I want to be able to show in my silhouette of mother and daughter how Cassatt’s shows that closeness between the two.

The abstracted design of Picasso's work has helped me decide to do silhouettes. I find how his lovers interact with each other sweetly and I want to be able to also portray that in my work. The simplicity of Picasso design is what I wanted to incorporate in my images. I want to show the interaction and relationships between lovers, mother and child, friends, father and son and children. Lastly I wanted to use the back of the accordion so I decided to pick flowers that symbolize the different relationships.

Artist Book Source Satement

For my source Im going to move out of divorce and move more into relationships. I found Picasso paintings of relationship and Mary Cassatt paintings of mother and children to be inspiring and helpful for me. For this project Im planning on making an accordion artist book out of chipboard and then covering it with a greenish blue paper. My images are going to be silhouettes of relationships between mother and child, lovers, children and father and daughter. One of my images also might be a rose to symbolize love. I plan on using different kinds of fabrics for my silhouettes and ink, pen and maybe watercolor.

source # 5

It has been a long struggling, frustrating and successful process.I remembered in the very beginning of this process I had no idea where I was going to go with my source. I was not sure on how everything was going to come together and work. I had a hard time seeing the end result. As soon as I started to make my story board I felt like I had a better idea of how my shots where going to come to work. Then I got into shooting my scenes but before that I had to learn how to use a camera and lighting and that was all new for me. At times it was hard for me to remember or to recall how you work the camera. When I started shooting I felt it was all a new learning experience and that my shot might not come out the way I might want them. I ended up reshooting some scenes but even now Im not sure if they are what I want them to be. Then we go into editing and that was probably the hardest and most frustrating step for me. Alot of it I felt like had to do with my lack of experience using final cut express but once I felt like I had a better handle on editing it got a little easier. In the end I am happy with my and satisfied with my final product.

Bibliography

Eve Arnold. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. .

Marc Riboud. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.

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Marc Riboud

Marc Riboud was born in France and got his first camera when he was 14. He started his career as a photojournalist in the 1950's. He was a shy photographer who would hide behind the camera cause he wanted to see but dint want to be seen. He is known to have photographed all over the world in many different kinds of situations. His work is known to be compassionate toward humanity, graphic and strong.

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Eve Arnold

Eve Arnold was born on April 21, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born into a Russian and Jewish immigrant family. Her photography career began in 1946. While working for a photo finishing plant in New York City. Later she became the first women member of the Magnum Photo agency. She is known for her work to be sympathetic, capturing that closeness and intimate. In her career she has photographed Marilyn Monroe, Queen Elizabeth 11, Jackie Kennedy, Joan Crawford and many more. She has also done work in Russia, China, and South Africa.

Source # 4

Last class really helped redefine my source. I was able to get an idea of what my five aspects could be. One of my aspects is the betrayal you get feel and get from your spouse when you find out he or she has cheated on you. Another aspect is fear not knowing what the future holds or whats going to happen next. Sadness and heartache you feel during and after the divorce. Also jealously breaks out between parents. My last aspect i think would be how the relationships and the dynamics change in a family. Im not sure if you can see all five aspects in my video but I know a few of them are in there.

response to my experience with final cut and editing

I had both a positive and negative experience with final cut and editing. I did enjoy editing when I knew how to do it. It got a bit frustrating when I wanted to edit something but I was not sure how to do it. I also had a hard time using the program because I encounter many problems that I could not fix and I felt stressed because of it. There was somethings that I was able to edit and I had fun in doing so because I knew how to do it. At the same time I felt a little bit limited. I wish I knew more about editing and how to do it. I think it would have been a little bit more funner and less frustrating if I did.

Source #3

For my storyboard first wanted to start out with the mother coming home on an early morning and having the door still lock from the previous night. So he has to pull out his keys to open the door. From there she goes upstairs to her home office to do some work. Soon her husband walks by her office and pops in to say hello at the same time his wife's phone is going off. As he glances at the phone he notices another mans name appears on the screen of the phone and soon they get into this big argument. Going on down stairs their daughter is overhearing this conversation. She try's to ignore their argument by zooming in on the noises she hears in the house. For example the clock ticking and paper crumbling. Before she knows it her father walks down the stairs with a suit case in his and out the door. The only sound she hears now is the door slamming close behind him and the car roaring off. I tried to incorporate my seven sounds into this but I soon realized i was not going to be able to. So Im going to collect a couple of new sounds that i think will work.

Source #2

For my source i am interested in divorce. Its something that I have experienced. I remember the emotions, feelings and sounds that creep up inside of you when you hear your parents are separating and the words why, why and why run through your head and thinking to yourself what is the future going to hold. All the different sounds you focus in on while you are trying to block out you parents arguing. The fear you get that you might be alone. How the whole thing happens so quickly and fast that you head starts spinning and your heart starts racing. Before you know it you hear the arguing ending, footsteps coming you way and the last sound you hear is the slamming closed. I also find it interesting how divorce effects everyone differently in your family and how they deal with differently then you. Then finally coming to truths with yourself that you parents are separated and having to accept it and move on with your life.

• keys turning in a lock
• phone going off
• clock ticking
• door shutting
• door handle moving
• crunching of a paper
• footsteps
• ringing sound
• sniffling
• furniture slamming into things

Source #1

Family- I find it interesting how families interact with each other and the different roles that each family member plays. Also how death, divorce and secrets can all of a sudden change and destroy a family.

• yelling
• crying
• swearing
• ringing
• silence
• smashing
• car engine
• gulping
• snuffling
• sighs of relief

Silence- Some people go to day to day without speaking. Either cause they have a secret that they don't want anyone to know, an event that has traumatized them or maybe that are quiet.

• heart beating
• heavy breathing
• tapping
• yelling
• thumping
• um'
• swispering
• whimpering
• ticking
• snickering

Fear- how it controls you and the notion of being alone and of the unknown.

• heart beating
• breathing
• silence
• bumping
• voices
• wind
• banging
• squeaking
• footsteps
• car engine

launching the imagination

In the book launching from the imagination it discusses the importance of time to photographers, book artists and film makers. It allows artists to tell a story, meanings to unfold and to express an idea. There are also building blocks and they are; relationships and transitions. Cut, fade, wipe and dissolve are different kinds of transitions you can use. It is also important to have a setting, a duration of the film, performance or video, to scope and have intensity. I feel that in order need to pull it all together and to make it work you need to have these four important elements.

sound

From reading the film analysis about sound. I learned that there are many different kinds of sounds and that they play many different kinds roles in films. One type of sound is called sound bridge and that is when a sound from a previous scene carries over into the next scene. This usually happens at the end of the scene and comes in and out of the film. Another kind of sound is direct sound and that is when music, speech or noise is directly recorded into the film. Also a voice over is when you hear a characters voice but when you look at the image of the character and you don't actually see him speaking. Lastly after reading about all these sounds I feel like some of them are familiar to each other.