Sequence Excercise:
I liked this excercise, it made me think about how to pace type and white space. In the past years i believe the students made a real one with pictures patterns and type, i think that it would have been nice to do the same. But the magazine book works just the same. This excercise can be applied to exhibition, book, and motion design in the way that when in the making we have to learn how to pace things. It has to flow nicely. Just like when people are talking, they takes breaks and pause with breaths. It is the same thing in designing books motion etc.
Motion Graphics: animating text
When watching the videos without the sound it is easy to get the message and the narration. When watching it with sound this help add the mood/tone. Sound also help you know when things should come on and off screen. I think that type in motion can work with it and without it
I really like the motion graphic with tally marks. They used the same thing just manipulated it in different ways. This reminds when when my peers and i got the same assignment (Jan Tschichold assignment) and i thought that there was no way we could all have something different but we did. It's nice to see something manipulated in so many ways. Everyone translates things differently.
I watched the example of kinetic typography and i noticed how they rotated, zoomed, spinned, typed backwords, made images such as steps, and patterns, and i also noticed how they used the pauses in the song. I remeber in after affects there is this camera icon that can make you change the perspective of the picture plane, and i think we will all be playing with that. This project is going to be interesting because the last time i worked in after affects i stuck to a flat video, this time i think i would like to change perspecitives, by turning things upside down, rotating them and doing all sorts of new things. I hope i find out how to do them! With the 30 unforgettable movie title sequence, i enjoyed catch me if you can. There was a simple color palette, and i really like how the text blended into the characters. I also like the fact that it was a narration. I do think that this could be told without the music, but i think the music helps give it a ystery feel.
Another on that i liked was Thank you for Smoking. I enjoyed the beginning in the sense that they used the same picture, zoomed in on the object, and rotatoed it around and had multiple trasitions.
Lastly my favorite one was Kiss Kiss Bang Bag. I like this one becuase of the simple color palette, and most importantly i thought it had really nice pacing throughout. I loved the texture in the bullets and the guns shots. I think this one would not be as affective without the musice being that certain things were exphasized due to the music.
One thing that i noticed with all of these title sequece is that they all rely on some type of image. None of them soley use type. Are we getting dependant on image to bring out our messages?
Speach:
Who is speaking?
George W. Busch
Why is this speech important to society?
It was the start of the war on terroism
Why is it important and interesting to you?
I can remeber leaving school early and when i got home i saw that my mother was glued to the television wondering if our relatives were ok. I was scared for my safety and lcueless of what was to come next.
What is the emotion, mood, feel, and tone of the speech?
bereaved, bitter blue, cheerless, dejected, despairing, dismisal, distressed, down in dumps, down in mouth, downcast, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, in doldrums, in grief, in the dumps, languishing, and low
How does it make you feel?
Scared and in shock that this had to happen to improve our security
How does the audience feel?
bereaved, bitter blue, cheerless, dejected, despairing, dismisal, distressed, down in dumps, down in mouth, downcast, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, hurting, in doldrums, in grief, in the dumps, languishing, and low
Could there be another interpretation?
NO!
Bio about George W. Buch
born July 6, 1946, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) 43rd president of the United States (2001–09), who led his country's response to the terrorist September 11 attacks in 2001 and initiated the Iraq War in 2003. Narrowly winning the electoral college vote over Vice Pres. Al Gore in one of the closest and most controversial elections in American history, George W. Bush became the first person since Benjamin harrison in 1888 to be elected president despite having lost the nationwide popular vote. Before his election as president, Bush was a businessman and served as governor of Texas (1995–2000). (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, presidency of the United States of America.)
Early life
Bush was the oldest of six children of George Busch, who served as the 41st president of the United States (1989–93), and Barbara Busch. His paternal grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. senator from Connecticut (1952–63). The younger Bush grew up largely in Midland and Houston, Texas. From 1961 to 1964 he attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., the boarding school from which his father had graduated. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University, his father's and grandfather's alma mater, in 1968. Bush was president of his fraternity and, like his father, a member of Yale's secretive Skull and Bones society; unlike his father, he was only an average student and did not excel in athletics.
In May 1968, two weeks before his graduation from Yale and the expiration of his student draft deferment, Bush applied as a pilot trainee in the Texas Air National Guard, whose members were less likely than regular soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War. Commissioned a second lieutenant in July 1968, he became a certified fighter pilot in June 1970. In the fall of 1970, he applied for admission to the University of Texas law school but was rejected. Although Bush apparently missed at least eight months of duty between May 1972 and May 1973, he was granted an early discharge so that he could start Harvard business school in the fall of 1973. His spotty military record resurfaced as a campaign issue in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
Here is the speech about September 11, 2001
Good evening,*today our fellow citizens,* our way of life,* our very freedom, came under attack* in a series of deliberate and deadly* terrorist attacks.* The victims were in airplanes*, were in there offices,* secretaries business men and woman* military and federal workers,* moms and dads,* friends and neighbors.* Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil* despicable acts of terror.* The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings,* fires burning*, huge structure collapsing* have filled us with disbelief,* terrible sadness* and a quiet* unyielding anger.* These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat,* but they have failed.* Our country is strong*. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation,* Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings,* but they cannot touch the foundation of America.* These acts shatter steel* but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.* America was target for attack because were the brightest beckon for freedom.* An opportunity in the world.* And no one* will keep that light from shining. Today our nation saw evil.* The very worst of human nature,* and we responded with the best of America.* With the daring of our rescue workers,* with the caring of for strangers who came to give blood* and help in any way they could.* Immediately following the first attack.* I implemented our governments emergency response plan.* Our military is powerful* and is prepared.* Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington DC.* To help with local rescue reference.* Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured* and to take every precaution* to protect our citizens at home* and around the world from further attacks.* The functions of our government continue without interruption.* Federal agencies in Washington, which had to be evacuated today* are reopening for essential personnel tonight and will be open for business tomorrow.* Our financial institutions remain strong,* and the American economy will be open for business as well.* The search in underway for those who are behind these evil acts. Ive directed the full resources for intelligence and law enforcement communities,* to find those responsible,* and to bring them to justice.* We will make no distinction* between the terroist who commited these acts,* and those who harbor them.* I appreciate so very much the members of congress who have joined me in strongle condemning these attacks,* and on behalf of the American people,* I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer ther condolences and assistance.* America and our friends and allies* join with all those who want peace and security in the world.* And we stand together to win the war* against terroism.* Tonight I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve.* For the children whose worlds have been shattered.* For whose sense of safety and security has been threatened.* And I pray they will be conforted by a power greater than eny of us.* Spoken through the ages of psalm 23.* even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,* I fear no evil* for you are with me.* This is the day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.* Amercian has stood down nany enemies before* and we will do so this time.* None of us will ever forget this day,* yet we go forward to defend freedom,* and all that is good* and just* in our world,*
Thanks you*
Goodnight*
And god bless America*
Key
* pauses
Large type: emphasizes thought
smaller type: quiet thought
In this speech George Busch does not raise his tone or lower his tone, so these were the places that i thought needed emphasis. Strong words about our nation should be in bold, and quiet thoughts such as prayers or thankyous were in smaller type.
