Some thoughts on a lecture I sat threw, which was about realism. When i first heard that, I thought what hows this going to be relevant, it wasn't long before I realized that realism is the very thing that surrounds each of our specialisms, whether it be model making, animation, character creation... we all aim to deceive our audience, to trick them into believing what they're seeing is real. if this isn't achieved then the magic is lost.
So are we Magicians or Monsters?
Can what we create in fact harm or even kill our audience? well, if our goal is to make people believe what they're seeing is real, whether it be watching a film or shooting Nazi zombies, what happens when we perfect this art to such a level that we can no longer differ reality, to some Virtual reality game. ill tell you, we wake up and
find that we're in fact Dwayne Dibley.
(WATCH THIS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqeJ__taFhA
The film Surrogates also came to mind, will we ever go that far?
I've come across some people and they never seem to be happy with their day to day lives
or just not happy with who they are and so they throw themselves into some kind of Virtual world. I've seen marriages split apart, children die of hunger over such games as Second life and WoW. so are we aiding this by creating such beautiful pieces of art? or merely playing our part?
Magicians or Monsters you decide.
No comments:
Post a Comment