Ok I have to admit this lecture made me slightly angry, I found alot of what Bill said to be interesting though not relevant to model making. but saying the forest is a womb and making Bambi to be this deep hidden message, no...
I do believe there are morals and meanings put into films to question political views, what we believe and feel. but sometimes critics take it too far they look into something too much and see what they want to see. stretch and distort what the makers were trying to show. now I'm not saying this is what Bill's doing. but it did feel like it a little, that could just be down to my lack of understanding.
I watched Blade runner again recently as so many people were talking about it. I then looked up some reviews and found some people had really stretched what they had seen.
http://everything2.com/title/Religious+and+Mythical+Symbolism+in+Blade+Runner
This guy has gone full out. you can decide for yourself what you think the film means but don't be pushing it onto everyone else as truth, its merely your own theory.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Animation
Considering the title of this lecture I didn't think I would get much out of it. Thankfully we had a seminar, taking it further, seeing how it related to us model makers.
Animation has changed over the years, today there isn't so much actual hand craft skills involved as there used to be. and so when Bill talks about animation I think alot of us model makers find it extremely difficult to see how we relate. But if we look back in time we can see Animation started out purely built by hand.
Puppets and Automatons, these devices are what got us to where we are today. One of the most famous and still functioning today is the "Silver Swan". This Automaton was made in the 18th Century, its a which is to scale and moves as a sawn, with grace and beauty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YggCiDRI0
This Clockwork driven device would have been the pinnacle form of Animation in its time. Its craftsmanship is still admired today by thousands. for when it hits 2pm the swan will come to life and the stream will flow.
Animation has changed over the years, today there isn't so much actual hand craft skills involved as there used to be. and so when Bill talks about animation I think alot of us model makers find it extremely difficult to see how we relate. But if we look back in time we can see Animation started out purely built by hand.
Puppets and Automatons, these devices are what got us to where we are today. One of the most famous and still functioning today is the "Silver Swan". This Automaton was made in the 18th Century, its a which is to scale and moves as a sawn, with grace and beauty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YggCiDRI0
This Clockwork driven device would have been the pinnacle form of Animation in its time. Its craftsmanship is still admired today by thousands. for when it hits 2pm the swan will come to life and the stream will flow.
Friday, 3 December 2010
Violence in the Media
In this lecture we heard about how different types of media can encourage violence, film, games and theatre ect... In our Seminar we looked into this further but from a slight angle.
below are three knives, each one you can see matches the title beside it. why?
1. Honest Cowboy
2. Sci-Fi
3. Secret Spy
When we look at these knives you instantly link it to a type of character/genre it belongs to. this is due to a set of signs we've learnt. This system of signs has been built into us from a young age. the media uses these signs, for example, your watching a film, its an old western, a new character shows his knife, now if the knife was maybe rusty and had some blood stains on, you would quickly assume that this is a "bad guy" a villain. these visual signs tell us alot. on the other hand if it was clean and well kept you'd gather he an honest, fare and respectable man. Also we could take into account the way in which he's carrying it, how he uses it. without this language it would take a long time for us to recognize the different types of characters being used. And so we depend on this to communicate to the audience quickly and effectively.
below are three knives, each one you can see matches the title beside it. why?
1. Honest Cowboy
2. Sci-Fi
3. Secret Spy
When we look at these knives you instantly link it to a type of character/genre it belongs to. this is due to a set of signs we've learnt. This system of signs has been built into us from a young age. the media uses these signs, for example, your watching a film, its an old western, a new character shows his knife, now if the knife was maybe rusty and had some blood stains on, you would quickly assume that this is a "bad guy" a villain. these visual signs tell us alot. on the other hand if it was clean and well kept you'd gather he an honest, fare and respectable man. Also we could take into account the way in which he's carrying it, how he uses it. without this language it would take a long time for us to recognize the different types of characters being used. And so we depend on this to communicate to the audience quickly and effectively.
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