This virtual space will be used as a community sketchbook for students in AEAH 3770 Computer Art Applications. Specific prompts, assignments, and student reflections will be shared and exhibited
Super punkarific. The strob-y bits and the disjointedness worked wonderfully. it has a very early MTV sort of quality. I love the coloring effects. Point taken.
1- good use of ending music 2-sweet dubstep of harry potter 3-thw music really helps with the emotion of the video 4-i love the friends mug, awesome monster 5-MINE 6-awesome use of the cords by giving them character and great use of effect on the pictures 6- nice use of the bag, music is good 7-its really awesome that you are soo open to talk about your accident and really tell us what you feel 8-
I super love the claymation bit. All the different types of stop motion techniques you used were really wonderful and gave a good sence of diversity to it.
1)I loved your facial expressions, and all the weird places you thought your glasses were, it would have been hilarious if they were in your fish tank though. :D 2)I loved the harry potter-ness, and glad you left in the funny faces! 3)The way you wrote your feelings was really good to help us connect to your story. 4) Great use of green screen! I also enjoyed your music and effects and their timing. 5)I liked the spinning of your inhaler, and the noise attached to it's discovery. 6) I like how your animation seemed to time with the music so very well! 7) I kinda wish i could ride my artwork around now. 8) i can really appreciate yours because it really hits home, and i believe that you really put your heart out there by submitting this particular animation. That is definitely sign of a strong person.
"My Glasses" I absolutely loved the opening to the video and the music you have chosen for your narration. Such a cute movie!!!!
"Harry Potter" by Dorie. I enjoy the mixture of mediums you have used to create this piece. It is like a a sculpture that has come to life! Bravo!
"Symptoms" by Adrienne. First of all I love any art form originating with cathartic energy, so I am excited. LOVE MUSIC!!!! Thank you for expressing a sensitive subject for you, I enjoyed the expressive dancing girl. I get the dancer because it is a symbol of freeing yourself. :)
"The idea" by Mary. WOW, very cool. It is like a cartoon. Bravo.
"Asthma Attack" by Cassie. I liked your process of asthetic approach and liked the clay with the reds and the black outline of the lung and trachea, ribs... Bravo!!!
"Punk Rock Changed our Lives" by John Mooney. OK, you better start jamming out again!!!!! LOVE IT. I love it because it seems like you really thought about what you were wanting to do. The cords pulling you back into the studio is a super way to communicate to us, that you have been missing the studio. I like the way the music speeds up to express perhaps a joy that you were able to experience again. BRAVO!!!
"Drive for Show Put for Doe" By Lauren. I like how whimsical,playful, and joyous in spirit that was exhibited in this project. BRAVO!!!
"The summer that changed my life" By Emily. I totally digged the approach you took with the car and the still life background. Thank you Emily for sharing this with us. I appreciate that very much!!! BRAVO!!!!
Robby Wilson- I really liked the song you chose. Also, the added white clouds and change with the light really bring the project together and made it interesting. BRAVO!!! :)
Anna- DREAMS! I love dream interpretation too,so personally I admire this project. The music is perfect and I like the drawing you have incorporated as well. I like the combination of reality vs surreality. Super successful. Keep exploring the surreal world.
I loved how you created a mini-landscape for your dogs, and the colors.The changes in music worked very well for your animation. Was the whole thing a dream?
whitney- i can totally relate to this KITTYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also though lol i thought you got sidetracked opening up that binder that was silly
Dorie- i demand you to read!!!!! love the music- the depth that your character has is really amazing love the beat of the music i love how youre getting color added to your character! dude. you're so legit.
adri- love the music and the way you put the symptoms followed by the words falling down the page. i also really like the crumply paper and squiggle dancer!!!
mary-i like that you incorporated a sped up video along with stop motion THAT GUY IS AWESOOOOMMMEEEE that was so cool!
cassie- what are you using to animate this guy- the lung guy? ahhhh clay! i really like that you used the clay to give the lungs dimension, way cool man.
john-wow how did you manipulate the cords to stay on the wal? tape or glue? i really like that all the cords go down at once not just one.... OH JESUS!!!!!!! they gonna kill youuuuu!!!!! :P this is really cool the way you put the videos together i feel like i should probably be doing some sort of illegal drug to be able to fully grasp the awesomeness. great job man.
lauren-thats really cool the way you were able to manipulate the golf sock! i am in love with how you moved around on the golf bag that is a really great ending!
robby- that was a really smooth jump onto the bike lol gross sweeeaaattt thats a really cool action- the rain and clouds. how did you do that? i love this song- also your swagger off stage.
anna- how did youget that dog to stay so still?! i love that you made a landscape for the dogs to roam around in. ... why are you sleeping with a gun?!? i love the song and how it hits each video change again i applaud the dog staying still!!!
1) My Glasses: the sound effects were humorous cute ending. how did they end up there? 2) Harry Potter: love the paint dub step-> awesome really enjoy the pages moving by great paper pile book heavy? 3)me 4)The Idea great intro i love post its love it! screaming awesome cool monster 5)asthma attack liked the clay simple and clean 6) Punk Rock Changed our Lives great lighting cool object manipulation great symbolism of the music calling you feels like a music video dream state? great editing 7) drive for show, putt for dough love that you r1de your bag great 'the end' music went well 8) Emily great clay animation liked the song I liked that it was still a happy ending even in the tragedy 9) Robby Wilson like the song light graffiti? walk off all cool like 10) Anna I am a dog lover great clay great mix of animations
Points on critique: -No sarcasm! It's bad! -No rhetorical questions, please? -Thank the responders. Make it natural an a habit! -Monitor your amt of talking as an instructor. -If you, as the instructor, asks a question DO NOT ANSWER IT YOURSELF! It's weird... >.>
Videos: 1) My video! :D
2) Woah! paper face! I love it! Dub step! WHAT?! Love the music! YOU DEFACED A BOOK!!! D: Torn pages out pages are a No No but they look AMAZING! Living pages? I love books too! Again, WONDERFUL music!
3)I read and write super slow too. I like the drawing at the end! YAY dancing! Lots of information. Informative! hence the lack of comments... Sorry! Deep. I really love it.
4)Race to the front! post-its! I love them! POST IT MONSTER!!! You used green screen! Go you! Mix of stop motion and regular speed video.
5)ASTHMA VIDEO!!! like the sound effects! creepy walking lung! taping the lung back in. inflating lung. I like the use of clay for inflammation! I like the freak out/chest holding.
6)punk rock? in a band! NICE! music is pretty cool. Live wire! get it...? live, wire? They stole you form the couch! WHOA! Cool color effect with you spinning with the piano. Cords all over, AMAZING!!!!! Floating on the walls! This video, really IS a work of art! All I can say is WOW! Just WOW! I am blown away with the way the music is incorporated into the video and shapes how the video was made!
7)Golf. I like it! Nice swing. RIDE THAT BAG! :D Show it who's boss! Putting sucks... I like the putting scenes! Music is really cool! Cute ending with the balls spelling out "The End" Wow, it took a long time, but definitely worth it. Smart way to do it too!
8)GLOW WHEELS!!! Wrecks always happen close to home. Mine was at the end of my street. YAY lifeguard! Standing pictures bring happiness and wreck scenes bring us back down. Car wreck looks terrible. You are still a happy, goofy, silly girl! I can def tell! You have NOT lost that! Positive attitude = AMAZING! It makes life more fun! Super snaps for being so open and free with yourself and your story.
9) Racing a car! who hasn't done that as a kid? Biking is really fun but difficult to do on a daily basis. Light graffiti looks really neat. Not sure how you did it so intricately and it looks SUPER smooth!
10)Dream analysis! Sounds interesting. Chalk pastel drawing looks cool! Dog figures are so cute! Puppy's eye view! Very different!! I like it! (OH! Squirrel view! Got it!) Cute babies!!! (puppies I mean. :D Oh no! ball fell! BB gun! YAY! Shooting at squirrels, boo! But it's ok. :D
Whitney- Pixilation is nice. I enjoy the stopping to explain things. The scene of dresser is interesting because it shows her home and how she lives.
Dori- The music is interesting in the way it connects the viewer. I love the way the video relates to you and makes you feel her love of books. I enjoy the amount of books piling on top of her.
Adreanne- Personal and moving. I enjoyed the title being personal. It is easy to read for me, although I overheard the teacher saying it was too fast. For me it is just right.
Mary- From the beginning it is hurmous and impactful. The monster is interesting because it came from your thoughts.
Casey- It gave me chills and related me to your attack. I am glad you put the little person in there. The puffy red clay helped me to understand it.
John- I like how the cords had identities and acted against the person. Almost as if the music is making him play, not him playing the music. The music did carry the whole video.
Lauren- I enjoyed the fresh humor and the pixilation. Also your object manipulation was interesting. I enjoyed how the golf balls teased you.
Emily- I enjoyed the part with the mannequin and how it shows the viewer what happened and where. I was heart string tugging in the sense that you were strong enough to move on.
Robby- I felt as if I was actually going through a yearly experience of riding your bike. It shows the challenges and struggles that I am not accustom to because I drive.
Anna- I enjoyed the last part the most because I found it refreshing and I enjoyed the technic you used to render the dog. The question mark was so funny and I also enjoyed the car and person in the background through the window.
Whitney- Good use of text and audio with text; using audio to change the mood. Dory- FUn use of paper at beginning, had fun trying to figure out what it was as it developed. Color slowly being introduced makes me curious what will come out of the color. Interesting to use the dubstep rendition of the Harry Potter theme. Adriane- Good use of the 'forms' to identify the struggles with progressing. Mary- Caught myself trying to read what's on the post-it notes. Cassy- Really liked the transformation between whiteboard marker to clay. John- Good/scary way to get the first electric guitar to stand up (using the dresser). Like how the cords are animated to have a conscious. Good use of piano color changes to be on beat with chord changes (I noticed that hard work!!) Lauren- Loved the travel to the green on the bag! Really easy to see the emotions displayed in animation. Good use of a seemingly endless line of golf balls to come out of the hole. Emily- Creative to use the overhead map concept for the clay car driving. Anna- Like the grunge background. A big sense of motion is present.
Kilea- The whole film was very light, and gave a good mood for what you presented in the animation. Chris- I liked the use of GoogleMaps to incorporate animation of the trip to Denton, and the voice-over provided a good context that helped tell the story beyond the video. Beth- The model mountain was really cool! I can say I wasn't expecting a big model. Using the figures to show small scenes, then switching to the 'actual' depictions was vey creative. Franchesca- The dolls intrigued me; I thought they were clay at first, then saw the forms mold together...I don't think I've seen those dolls around much! I'm still trying to figure out if you bought them like that, or used markers, but the details on the appendages was nice. Maddie- Impressive show of claymation; the struggle is extremely evident throughout the film. Elizabeth- Reading Rainbow scene was fantastic, well animated, and got a good sense of the character's motion going through the big book of art. Kimberly- Really liked the interaction between whiteboard and your hand. Transferring the ink onto the post-it was pretty neat to watch. Lacey- Having multiple objects move at different paces was neat to see, also using the pictures against a whiteboard was a creative idea. Kerri- Using the reverse at the beginning was creative since we had all the pieces at the beginning, and had to see everything come together. Alright, drawing New York was impressive. Elise- Ha, loved the moon. Good job using friends at the end, was neat to see the interactions between all of you. Dorothy- Cool use of the greenscreen(?) and whiteboard combination. Neat use of the lighting and music combination; it gave a good epiphany to the animation. Audrey- Seemed there was a lot of symbolism, but I don't I'll understand them all. I liked the 'emotional status' to the side and how it changed throughout the animation from bad to better. Erin- Ha, liked the 'loading' bar....nice grill. Has a real journal feel to it, even in the drawings, almost like a scrapbook. Good use of the blank page at the end; it was very obvious that the story was still going.
Dory, reading is one of my passions as well. Nice touch with the addition of color as your worldview is enchanced with books. The pulsing paper heartbeat was a great touch.
Adreanne, My mother is a dyslexia tutor and its amazing how many kids go undiagnosed. Really liked the dance sequence. I could feel your frustration.
Mary, great! Artist block is such a monstrous struggle. Ingenious use of scrabble pieces.
Casey, Asthma sounds terrible. Good sound. Nice use of clay on whiteboard.
John, the cables around your face was a great idea. Color, motion, and coordination was really impressive. I was raised by NOFX!
Lauren, riding the golf bag was a comical touch. Nice with the tedious "the end".
Emily, powerful video. Great personal narrative, Andrew Bird was a perfect collaborator. So much inspiration.
Robby, Impressive light graffiti incorporation. How did you make a light graffiti car? Good work. Bicycles reign over cars.
Anna, the painted background of the dogs dream melded perfectly with the baliwood music. Definitely my favorite part.
Whitney: Awesome object manipulation. I can definitely relate to your video. I'm always losing my glasses. ^.^
Dori: OMG! I freakin LOVE the floating pages! Your project is one of my favs. Love the background music as well. You really get a sense of how reading has impacted you. Your whole project is very creative.
Adrian: very moving. You portrayed your struggles very well. The dancing figure at the end was awesome. :D
Mary: holy crap...that was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Cassidy: The placement of the red clay was nicely done. Its cool how the lung morphs into a person.
John: Yours is my absolute favorite. You can tell that you invested a lot of time in it. It looks like it's done by a professional. I especially liked the fact that you used your own music.
Lauren: The part where you ride the bag is hilarious. LOL. Loved the golf ball manipulation at the end as well. :) The music is very chill.
Emily: The fact that you used the aerial street pictures was extremely creative. I would have never thought of that. Your animation was very moving. I loved the happy ending.
Robby: Awesome light graffiti. I bet that was really fun. I think you should continue it with another video. Light graffiti with pixelation is a unique concept.
Anna: My initial reaction to your video was "Wow". I loved every part of it. The dog dream was my favorite. The colors are beautiful. The dog in the window was super cute as well. What did you use to draw it on the window?
I thought of this movie when watching Emily's claymation bit. It has a similar feel i think, with the green screen quality also when her car is driving around.
This isn't the part i was thinking of per se, but this is the least inappropriate scean in the movie that still demonstrates my point, so.... I apologize for the obscenity and language, just btw. Its a claymation musical about the Manson murders by Tim Armstrong from Rancid, so there realy was no hope for this to not be offensive.
hungry messy robots ohmygod are those really torn out from the book? the music makes this dark zombies lol sad music too fast good song reminds me of Juno this is awesome creepy reminds me of old video looks painful cool oh no the matrix or paranormal activity crazy editing slave to music sweet ride cute ending (: nostalgic even though i didn't know her its a tragedy, and i don't know if i'd be able to be as strong as you cool lights! i wanted t do something like this but i didn't have time. ): interesting song funny dog dreams whats that in your hand? interesting way to do a whiteboard
It deleted all my comments! Technology barrier. But I will just go back and write some. Won't be as indepth for the first ones. Sorry.
Whitney: I have the same hello kitty clock! I like the angles of the shots and how the camera zooms.
Dorie: That was bloody brilliant! I love how the face turns to color! That is so cool! The pile of books is awesome as well.
Adrianne (sorry if i misspelled that): I love the falling text! It's awesome! The ballerina was cutesie as well. I like how when you are writing down how you are feeling, it becomes more frustrated. It builds up the tension and is really nice.
Mary: Ahh! I love your video! Especially the letters at the beginning. Nice touch. THE SCREAMING! i love it!
Cassie: I love how the clay intermixes with the wipeboard. That was nice. I also like how the lung becomes so weathered and gnarly. The heartbeat sound effect was nice as well. It added to the drama.
JohnnyBoy: HAPPY BIRTHDAYAYAYY! It's trippy! But i like it. My favorite part is the aerial shot of the wires going in your mouth and stuff. That was a really cool shot!
Lauren: I know you didn't like it, but i actually like the transitions from the writing to the live action. The fade is nice. Riding the golf bag! chyeah!
Emily: So emotional. It's true what Jeremy said about not knowing that part of your life. It was really powerful to see pictures of you standing, because I've never known you like that. That was really cool to get to see that part of you. This video just shows how strong you are. It was very inspirational, especially the ending with how positive you are. Thank you for sharing that; it was really nice.
Robbie: Light graffiti! That was cool! I love how you experimented with animation and light drawing together.
Ana: Doggies! I like how you experimented with the animation and mixed different techniques together. I especially like the blackboard and the dog figurines.
Whitney: Love the idea I so understand how you felt. I don't normally lose my glasses anymore but I did all the time when I was wearing contacts. I love that you get up on furniture to look for your glasses.
Dori: I so have that problem I always find myself reading books instead of homework readings. The sound effects you have playing while go great with the action going on. This is so creative, the books covering you in the end is how I feel about mine sometimes. Cutting up a book that takes guts!
Adrian: The way its all txts is perfect for what you are trying to convey. The frustration of reaching a plato and not being able to go further show cased by the dancer is great. I love the scribble dancer.
Mary: Sweet, love the sticky notes monster. I do believe that we should have made one for Dr. Kalin in her office that day. I think yours might just be my favorite it conveys exactly how I feel about some projects.
Cassandra: White board and clay looks great. I love the sound effect that makes the inhaler appear. The simpleness of the way you made the video convey your meaning is perfect.
John: Love the way you make the cords come to life. The color changes to the movie fit well with the sound that is going on at that moment. Your video is very well executed.
Lauren: OK riding the golf bag is just a great idea. Your frustration is clear and I love that the golf balls come out of the hole at the end to tell us its the end. The colors of the golf balls at the end compliment the green background well. Your color choice between what you wore and your golf bag is nice.
Emily: The use of photographs with the music you use is great. Love the music it fits each scene well. It is a very emotional video and the way you shared it with us relays so much emotion. I love how you used google earth to show where everything happened.
Robert: The light graffiti is great and the way that you interacted with it seem flawless. I could see the different weather types in the way you did them. I so don't like cars when I am ridding a bike or walking for that matter. I always feel like they are going to run over me or splash me it their is rain.
Anna: Love the dog on the window and how you made the fence move. It totally reads like a dream. The movement through the video is very interesting. I love the images of your dog, I know mine would not sit still long enough to get the shots that show the eyes moving.
POSITUDE Your mom doesn't want to call this a critique. Thanks for sharing! Tired? Shut up, sit down. You're probably talking too much. I have a question: oh, here, I'll answer it too. The more you censor yourself, the more ingenuine you are. If it was a Rocky project...
>>>>>>>>I HAVE NO RULES<<<<<<<< >> I'm not telling you anything. I'm stepping away. <<
**><1><** Rawrrrrr attack of the glasses case!! Your glasses came alive at the end and did tricks and THAT was cool. snap snap
**><2><** WIZARD HARRY REMIX I like how your hair is growing. Gross... that paper face just spit on you, I think. *dance party* I'm hoping these pages become a picture or something... OH NO You're suffocating under the pages!! Yeahhhh love how the book is changing. BLASPHEMY!! But this is cool. What's yours? You're a wizard, Harry.
**><3><** Nobody should feel like this. This is why we are teachers. This is why we are invested in the lives of our kids, so they don't feel so helpless. Do something. Be the change. This motivates me to care. Little dancer, this will make you happy. Simple grace.
**><4><** OHNOMYTURNOHNOES holy crap, what are you guys really thinking? well, as long as y'all thought it was as funny as I did! If it was only as easy, simple, and fun as that film makes it look... the process is way more complex and painful than that. Why do I feel so vulnerable right now? :/ thank goodness, moving on...
**><5><** skeleton frame; I love the reverse editing. Right? it was reversed? I guess it's good that I don't actually know. color scheme... a la Russian Constructivism
**><6><** I'm in the band DID YOU JUST FLY??!! is that Sufjan? sounds like it. "that's a quote from this band"
>>>> When we talk about the term autoethnography... how do we connect our autobiographic experiences to our culture?
Raised on Punk Rock... sounds like a book title. I feel like we're about to have the discussion about how many cultures there are and how we all belong to a billion different cultures.
>>>> Is this an autoethnography? >>>> How are you going to use this in a classroom? Can you use artwork that you created to inspire your students?
"They'd be eating out of your hand for at least three years. Until they graduate." << Keep the goal in mind, people!
**><7><** "I can drive the ball really, really well, but I can't putt for crap." I want to ride around on a golf bag sooooo much. Please please please. Reminds me of THIS. And I want one of those, too! The kids are all going to use the same music. So buy some stuff they can access, or you'll hear the same song over and over and over again. Get the library to buy it!! Reversing... genius. You can have everything set the way you want it first, and then just go backwards.
**><8><** you'll just have nightmares about it, but it's okay... I mean, let's be honest. I'm a little scared right now... what are you about to show us?? I really don't want to cry. You freakin rock. And that red hair was sassy! Loved it. Emily, you freakin. rock. Way to make me feel vulnerable by being vulnerable yourself, and for sharing with a room full of strangers such genuine details about your life and your story. Opposite Day by Andrew Bird. Well, I think you're pretty awesome. "We want to produce purpose-driven young people in K through 12."
And the million dollar question... who wants to go next?
**><9><** Prob need a raincoat! Light graffiti was cool... was it rain? It looked like rain. "consuming other people's stories" <-- interesting idea. Consuming their stories. Am I consuming part of them, their personality, what they think, how they think? And by consume, do we mean that I'm making it part of myself? If I could reject it, would I not have consumed it? The crazy thing is that we have no choice: you can't unsee something.
**><10><** This music rocks. INCEPTION.
Rude. I feel like we definitely should have gotten to know who you were sending this stuff too. What the HECK, JEREMY?! I hope you sent everybody else's and not mine. Since it only has 11 views, I'm guess I'm pretty safe. Right...? RIGHT?
Well. That was fun. I hope you all enjoyed my stream of consciousness. I probably didn't actually watch all the videos since I was busy finding things and looking up things... but it's a testament to visual culture. We're never all giving our complete attention to anything anyway. :)
Whitney Animation: I relate, can't see anything without glasses/contacts. I like the captions, reminds me of late night silent films on TCM.
Dori: Was this painted or done with charcoal or pastels? Harry Potter rocks. Did you remix this music yourself? It's amazing. The blanket technique is pretty awesome. Oh Harry Potter bands! I totally relate to this book collection. My patronus is a Three Toed Sloth.
Adrian: I have this same problem with characters. My boyfriend has dyslexia and dyscalcula. Has same problem in elementary school.
Mary: I like the letters, reminds me of Dr.Kalin's office. What's the song? I like it, works perfectly. Ahhh! paper monster! Quote at the end is great.
Cassie: Inhalers are amazing. I've been there before! I like the clay and the sound effects.
John: I saw this last week and thought it was amazing. Did you compose the music yourself as well? The wires are pretty cool and the light effects. This is a pretty nice set up for you instruments. I like the blue and yellow effects as well as the way you remix the different clips with the music. Man this is great, especially your floating. I bet that was a lot of jumping, you must be exhausted. The Minute Men rock! I miss the venue they used to play at where Art Prostitute used to be. The effects worked well, not overkill.
Marley: I can hit it to the green in one stroke, but when it gets to putting, it's a no go. HAHA, That is great riding your bag, wish they could actually do that. Where do you golf? The End is great! That is a lot of golf balls.
Lauren: I like the hand holding the car, did you take pictures using google? I got goosebumps. The claymation that told your injuries, that is a great idea. I also like the choice of the photo album effect. I lost my best friend to suicide two years ago and the way I found out was just reading my facebook messages and I was about to go to class and I had a message from her cousin and the whole day, month, year was turned upside down. I can really relate to your use of the Andrew Byrd song.
Robert: I got in a bike accident last semester and i am still terrified to biking to school. I like your lighting a lot and especially the music. I like your use of the lights in the photos. Interesting that everyone started typing when they realized it wasn't white board. You are brave driving that far to school.
Whitney's-I enjoyed this video because I can relate to it. I misplace my glasses all the time and follow the same process you did in the video to find them.
John's-I really enjoyed this video. I think the music went perfect with the action and I like that it is YOUR music. This was a well constructed video and very entertaining.
Emily-I thought this video was very brave and uplifting. It hits close to home with me. I was involved in a car accident that should have killed me but I lived through it. This happened 6 year ago and I still have a hard time talking about it without crying. I give you props for showing it to the world. You are an inspiration.
Lauren- I loved it when you were riding on the golfing bag and the end was so cute with the golf balls. The music definitely suited the playful atmosphere of the video as well as your personality, which I come to know.
Dori- You had your music lined up perfectly and I know how much trouble you went through with the white board and green screen. It turned out amazingly. Your techniques when it came to the laser light and flashlights were more advanced then I could have even attempted. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it a million times with you! :D
John- I loved your concept and particularly the cords carrying you up the stairs. ;) I loved your title because I was expecting one thing a received something else. You took a lot of time putting together the video and it shows.
Whitney- I loved the emotions and expressions you were able to convey through your video. However I liked the story you told me about how your vision is drastically different one eye to the next. I think that would have been very interesting to tell. However, I still think that your video was successful in conveying the connection you have with your glasses.
I can't believe you came to denton VIA YOUR BIKE! that's awesome man, and the video seems to really fit your personality- especially that your voice is narrating it. Wonderful job.
Chris- Great job on your video man!!! I love the voice over sound, it really makes your video interesting. Your story is very interesting. I'm from new Mexico and I miss that beautiful landscape. Very forest gump of you to ride your bike that far, nicely done man. You seen that movie "into the wild"? Its great
Maddie- Your claymation figure was really cute! I love the story, and that you used clay in a realistic setting. Also, the quote as very inspirational.
Maddie: Great job it is so wonderful, the song is so great!!!! it is so perfect for your video. Great ending with the whiteboard. You did a great job. you should make a little series of short films with those clay characters, i think it would be funny. Wonderful concept!
Maddie: So cute! You took a pretty serious concept and made it very fun. And did a great job at communicating your idea through such a playful media! I also liked the use of the streamer and the timing of the frames to convey meaning.
Culpepper, Nice effects using yourself in the motion. I like the randomness of everything, very cute. :)
Chris, "riding your bike to Denton" I like the addition of your voice. It reminds me of a documentary. Awesome story!!!!
Alaskan Trip: I enjoy the mixture of mediums you incorporated. It's beautiful.
Francesca, very interesting I like the colors you decided and the materials such as the barbie. HOWEVER, I think their are some underlying issues going on and hopefully you can resolve. ANother thing that could be interesting is using this energy in a series of work, that can tie this energy together. BRAVO!!!!
LOVE THE MUSIC!!!!! I like the drawing at the end. BRAVO!!!
Testament to nerdiness- I like the phrase first of all. You used the green screen! well done! I like how many different songs you used contribute to who you were growing up.
MyLIFE(so far) DUDE AWESOME WHITEBOARD. props to you! that was one of the scariest parts for me was actually interacting with the things we were drawing, and u did so good!
Kimberly- i liked the personal touch of your hand and the whiteboard it was a nice element, also that was a great choice in the music it helped with the overall concept.
NY to TX GREAT SONG. I think you really accomplished the idea of "part and pieces" of you in new york are now a part of who you are in Texas. and the fact that it crumpled up and new materials are being added to who you are in TX now is a great use of imagery. really powerful :]
ELise: Already told you this but I love your film! Especially the frisbee waking you up, your cat and his cone, and how you transferred the image of your cat and you straight to the white board.
elise: i like all the conversation between you and whatever came your way. and how you jump over things that are on the whiteboard- thats something i didnt even think of. it was a really fun video
dorothy WOW your video is by far the most amazing that I've seen today. The overwhelming feeling that explodes when you get home- you displayed that perfectly. I personally connected with it- i think everyone can- and i think thats why your video is so powerful and meaningful.
that's the wrong form of the word peek girl! not "peak" it's "peek"! ohgee. i hate having been an english major. CAT. <3 i love cats. i already like this video. did you seriously bike that much?! i just watched star wars! i wished there would have been more object manipulation like at the beginning! TWO WEEKS WHAT A BOSS. that flower is awesome beth and your set is so cool and the music you picked is hella sweet dude sweet message brah awwwwwww :( the clay parents made me think of the black sheep in the family... which is funny because they were black and you were white. your animation is really good. i felt like i was going back in time but i thought it was going to be a bit more embarrassing! hehehe i loooooooooove this song very cute video i really liked your interaction with the whiteboard reminds me of toy story! fuuny that jessie would be in it too haha good song i sing it in rockband i liked your transitions! i remember watching your video at home, and your light photography was AWESOME. (: and you used coldplay which is like the coolest band ever i got goosebumps! there was a lot of yellow!
"The Nerd" you mentioned when you looked not normal??? okay, well I love your video, super creative and I enjoy the music choice. Very successful. :) Good Job.
Kimberly, My Life(SO Far) Super creative. Cute I love the song and loved the drawings with white board. BRAVO!!!
Lacey, I love the kids laughing in the background and love the whimsical music.
Kerri, One of my favorite bands... :) BRAVO!!!!!!
Elise, i like the music and find your character so adorable. BRAVO
Dorothy, TOtally awesome I love the the light you used within your peice.BRAVO girl. I am also glad you were able to over come such a battle. I know anxiety attacks are not fun. :)
audrey i love the idea of multiple images of your face on a wall- being passed by moving objects day after day. I think the symbolism is powerful and very relatable. Hope you make a painting of this one day
Kilea- You are such a free spirit and now I feel I understand that more now because I've seen a little bit into your history. The playfulness portrays you to the tee and I loved it!
Chris- It is so amazing how you biked across the country, I feel like I have learned something very valuable about you. I think that you a very brave and living the true American dream. Also, I was born in New Mexico so thanks for the shout out!
Beth- I really enjoyed how you wend between the actual pictures of the trip and your model. I felt that I was actually experiencing the trip along with you. It really appealed to my senses.
Maddie- I enjoyed watching your video, but it was a little hard for me to follow what the clay was doing with the rope and at the pond. If you hadn't told me what the story was about I don't think I would have understood. I did like how animated your clay blob was able to be and how you ended with the whiteboard.
Elizabeth- I loved your clay doll, you very successfully pulled off. It is a hard medium to manipulate and you did so very well. Your music choices were great!
Kimberly- your whiteboard animation was AMAZING!! The way you were able to interact with very successfully, so much so that I was unable to really concentrate on the story it was really amazing.
Lacy- I loved the interaction you created between all the different characters and I feel that the music goes along well with it. I also enjoyed how you utilized the negative application when the jewels came in- it made them look so much more interesting.
Elise- I loved how you switched between real life and the whiteboard. I also liked how I could easily relate to your story because it's very similar to many college kids' weekends.
Audrey- I can really relate to your video because I suffer through depression almost every day of my life. I think it was very brave of you to share that with everyone and to let us have a deeper look into who you are.
Erin, I love it, its so charming and adorable. I like the music so much. I want to know who that band is? I like the driving you did to add to the piece. Its funny that you say you are random, but everything seemed to be very organized. :)
Erin- such a sweet and funny video I loved it. Nice production quality! Sweet Sweet Sweet
By the way I saw the "thug" written on your knuckles in class the other day. You had washed it off but I could still see it, and I honestly thought it was a real faded tattoo. I was like dang this girl is hardcore!!!
K- I love the guns scene when you loaded it. I also enjoyed the garden scene where you "walked" on it. Very nice pixilation.
C- I know how you did the road but it still looks awesome. I also loved the bike "loading itself". It was very interesting.
Beth- I love the gold fish and how they swam around. I know that took patience. Also enjoyed the real pictures added to the video. That you built the mountain was cool too.
F- The doll was very life like and interesting. When it brought its hands up to its face, that struck me as hard to do. I enjoyed it very much.
M- I love how this little piece of clay looks like a person before it even looks like a person. I love how you become attached to it and want it to succeed.
K- I love the song right off. I love the note card scene where you figure out what you wanted to do. I also loved the integration of the pictures of art towards the end.
L- I love how multiple objects moved and created things. I love how they danced. I also liked the laughing you integrated into the sound background.
Kerri- I enjoyed your paper titles and the rolling up of the colors. I also enjoyed how the new york state was detailed and then how the texas state was not so detailed.
E- I love your friends in this! I love how we see yall and your team. Also the little black board girl was cute. The cat included was adorable too.
D- The t-shirt green screen was amazing. And the light graffiti was great as well. I love how you picked something that the rest of us really did not elaborate on it.
A- I feel like the music was very telling and moving. I enjoyed the way the "face" moved. I was curious about the beer and why it unfolded from the foil. I also enjoyed snoopy at the end.
Erin- I love that it had a simple but compelling idea. I enjoyed how you wrote everything by hand but that you never showed your hand. Also that you like a few other made this personal is a charming way.
Kalia: I love the pixilation. That was cute. and the ballerina movesss.
Chris: I really love the voice over explaining everything. It's really cool. It was really chill. And that's so cool that you rode that far! That sounds like an awesome experience. I'm jealous.
Beth: I love that you made your own little scene set up! That was awesome! I also love how you intermixed it with shots of actual nature. That was a really nice touch. The little gold fishes! I love it! Even if one did get eaten. haha
Francesca: creepyyyyyyyyyy, child. emotionalllll. The sound effects were a nice touch. So was the wipeboard writing.
Maddie: I love how much personality your little clay guy has! I also love the introduction to color, that has some really cool meaning! I also think the song went really well with it.
Elizabeth: LOVE THE CUPS GUY CLIP! Reading rainbow made me happy! I think it was all really meaningful and cool.
Kimberly: Your hand interacting with the wipeboard was so cool! I also love the story, it had a really positive last message.
Elise: I love the song! and I also love the little wipeboard you! I love how she gets eaten by the frisbee! Your video just makes me so happy! It makes me want to dance! I just want to dance!
Audrey: I enjoy all of the symbols. I didn't even realize all the meaning behind it. It's really interesting to hear you're meaning behind it. I like how the "bad day" turned to "better day". That was a nice touch.
Erin: I love the loading bar. That was a really nice touch. I love the diary concept. It's really sweet. I also like the way you did the stop motion with the college letter. The whole thing was just so sweet. I loved it. It made me happy. :)
[[Biking from the West Coast]] - STAR WARS!!! Love the reference. I feel like I'm traveling with you. I like the first person narrative perspective. The voice over is really personal and makes for interesting emotions. I can't believe you rode your bike half way across the United States. This is one story that is worth sharing because of all the different tales you brought with you to Denton.<<<<<<<
--------------- Alaskan Adventure - (Beth) WHOA! Your white board animation is really good! I tried using that feature but it got too complicated for me. The details on your set with the claymation and object manipulation is really interactive. SMIMMING GOOLDFISHH! You took it to the next level of mixing the mediums. ---------------
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEWWWWWWW YES YES YES. franchesca franchesca franchesca. thank you for showing the world nothing less than youself. This is super creepy and i love it. SCREAMING HEY LOOK AT ME. hey you can't ignore this. this is too good to ignore. HEY YOU DONT EVEN KNOW. you don't even know..... no one really knows though do they do they do they? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
##ThatsLife - Frank Sinatra's That's Life song was perfect. MATCHING - pace of song. pace of story. It made the video make sense. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA for you for expressing your path in Art with an amazing artistic video!##
Nice sense of humor. Guns are useful sometimes. Your pixilation is really great. I like the second song a lot.
I like that you did a voice over, haven't heard a lot of that yet. Your bike object manipulation was great. Rooster? Didn't know that about Arizona. I like how you used Google to capture the road. This would be really great to show to kids at the beginning of your class, didn't think of that.
This looks like it must of been very time consuming, good job. I like the model and your water. Wow did you sculpt those animals? The goldfish are great, and the bear. I like the pattern they make.
Wow, the doll is really awesome and the clothes. I like your aesthetic style with the dolls. It reminds me of Night of the Living Dead.
I like your abstraction in the objects and definitely the song. Nice idea in combining the colors as you go on throughout the video.
Did you have to get permission to do this in the Library? Ah Reading Rainbow! you can't disappoint a picture. Your claymation is really fantastic and detailed!
I like your song and how you erased the board. Awww, that is a great effect of the sizing. This is one of my favorite videos so far for sure. It reminds me of the video where the stick person is fighting the mouse. Were those your own paintings.
It's interesting that you and Mary are both sitting at your desks, is this common for other grad students? Your object manipulation is really great, I like you hanging the pictures on the wall. I like your transformation at the end.
I like the song so far!!! The buildings are amazing and how you reuse them to create your other shapes. It was very surprising what you were showing. I really loved the different colors of the building moving around with the music.
What happened to your cat? I like how you took your own pictures at the beginning. I like how you had your friends involved in your video.
I have those shoe, but they're plaid. I really like the last line of your synopsis, I have this same feeling and issue with stress and depression related break downs. The light pointers are really amazing as well as your use of light graffiti. This is a really great video.
What happened with the Police vehicle? Nice use of green screen. What did the squirrel mean? Did you have a black eye? I understand your distrust for the figures that are stereotypically meant to be trust worthy like the police or paramedics from my own experiences with a few individuals.
I love the loading screen, that's a good component to it. Cool object manipulation. Nice leaving it blank at the end so it is open ended to what could happen in the future.
Kilea- I really enjoyed your animation. Definitely shows your personality. :)
bicycle guy (sorry don't know your name)- Seriously?!?!? Did you really ride your bike to denton? That's freakin awesome!!!!!! Props. I liked the voice over. Very cool.
Beth- Loved the set up. I can tell you invested a lot of time in your video. It was great. Goldfish. ^.^
Francescia- Love the words at the end. Lol. That was great.
Maddie- Nice scenery changes. Loved the song. :)
Elizabeth- Star Wars-Heck Yes!!! ^.^ Wish I had that alarm clock. Your claymation was very well done. I like how you used the library as well, its a location that most of us are familiar with.
Lacey- Awesome object manipulation. :) I really enjoy the story behind it. I think your going to be an amazing art teacher. :D The music and sound effects are amazing as well. It's very happy.
Kerri- Wow. That was amazing. :) Very creative. There was a nice progression between shots. I was very impressed with the incorporation of paper and how it kinda ripped apart at the end. It was a nice touch.
Elise- The consistency that you have in your art is outstanding. There's a clear relation between this piece and your prints. Very fun. And props for staying in tune with the music. :)
Dorthy- I was truly moved by your video. The light graffiti was amazing. It makes me want to do artwork. XD I thought it was cool the first time I saw it, but it was even better the second time when you gave the meaning behind it. It was very powerful.
Awesome Painter lady(idk your name :/ lo siento)-Really loved your incorporation of paint. Your very talented. I would love to see more of your work.
Erin- Yours was my favorite. It's beautifully done.
Everyone- THE CREATIVITY OF THIS CLASS IS AMAZING. YOU GUYS DID GREAT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT COMES OUT OF THIS CLASS. <3
********* I haven't heard the Reading Rainbow song in so long!!!! OHH MY GOOOSSSHHHHH. reminds me of page master!!!!
WIIIIISSSSSHHHHHBBBBBOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! GET OUT OF HERE! i love being a nerd. nerd. nerd. nerd. nerd. if you don't love star wars you're a terrorist! ******************
KIMBERLY. %Failure v. Success% Who do you want to be? new soul. coming to strange worlds. giving and taking. related? How do you give back to this strange world? ARTTFARRTTT. sharing is caring. <3 talented for sure. your white board makes me want to hug you. it's amazing.
::::::::::::::: THEY'RE ALIVE!! Don't we all wish this. OOUUU look at the pretty negative view. The colors are preettyyy. Play time's over. (: They will be back to play again! We might be them. The earth is a little stage like the desk of an art teacher where we play dress up and make art out of ourselves. ::::::::::::::::
Kilea: I loved your pixelation on the fence and in front of your barn. I thought the music went perfectly with your theme.
Chris: This was very interesting. I felt it was very personal because of the voice over. Props on the theme/concept!
Beth: The way you connected your different techniques was awesome. Loved the flower part in the beginning.
Franchesca: Great use of music! I liked that you used the doll to represent yourself. The end was awesome.
Maddie: I loved your clay figures and how you utilized them to convey your theme. Loved the Frank song to go with your video.
Elizabeth: I enjoyed how you incorporated claymation, object manipulation and pixelation all at the same time. The reading rainbow part was awesome and brought back fond memories.
Kimberly: I really enjoyed your video! I was really excited about the part where you incorporated the books with your whiteboard drawing. The song went absolutely perfect with your theme.
Lacey: I liked that you used your desk space I thought it was really creative. The toys were a really fun aspect.
Kerri: I really liked how you shaped the states yet kept things abstracted. My favorite part was the colorful buildings and I felt like you portrayed New York really well with just that simple aspect. And I really love that song and it flowed well with your video.
Elise: Enjoyed the captions you used with the whiteboard. My favorite part was you and your friends on the couch, it was fun and showed a lot of your personality.
Dorothy: I really really liked this. Super creative! The lights and music coming together was really strong. LOVE.
Audrey: I felt the deeper meaning in your piece with the symbolism. I liked how you used different songs to convey the meaning. I thought your piece was very powerful!
love the way the music fits with each scene. the gun and the bullets crack me up. It reminds me of my home town. I had cats that also thought they where people and a dog that thought it was a cat.
Wow thats a long trip. I dont think I would have the guts to do that. I love that you used the map and a pencil to show your travels. I believe I would be afraid to camp out in some of those areas.
diorama sweet, love the mix of real and fake. love the goldfish and the fact that a bear eats one. the white board was amazing.
Your music and background is fantastic. I want to see more of the dolls and love that one comes out of a suitcase. The ending was just perfect.
love the little white ball of clay that becomes colorful and all the ribbon that follows it around. The music you used works wonderfully with your video.
love that your in a library and that your clay figure is in a cookie box. The music fits well with every scene. The glasses them is something that i understand very well.
ok so i love your white board work and that you climb over books. your music fits great with each scene. love how you end it with your own art work. ;D
love the colors and how you used the torn up paper to create the scene and how it put its self back together at the start.
love the frisbee and the whiteboard work your character has so much expressionism, love the fun and spontaneity of it all
love the light graffiti and the white board, awesome music your use of colors goes great with your music
your color scheme and use of foil just amazing, I get the feeling of being lost and trying to find your way. your painting skills are just so wow, I love painting but my portraits are not as good as id like them.
the use of a journal love it and the fact that you only write a little on each page very simple but so impactfull. ok the driving part scares me a little I so thought you where going to run into that car.
Reverse. Which way is life taking you? Which way is life taking me? YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH o say o say say say o say say say nice song choice. wait. they dont love you like i love you. what was it like moving? did the people that love you stay there?! abstract worked. Reverse.
+++++++++ WHO ARE YOU kitties. love transish to white board. kitties!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 getting eaten. seems like it's so. frissbbeeeeee.......YAYY!!!!!! fffrrriiiieeeeennnndddddsssssss!!!!! YAY!!!!! i know you now i know you short stories about you make others think about them. you love kitties. i love kitties. you play frisbee. i played frisbee golf once.( i know i know not the same ) you have fun friends. i have fun friends. NICE TO MEET YOU ELISE!!! +++++++++++++++
=============== orbs. are you going to be okay? YOU'RE NOT OKAY YOU'RE NOT OKAY! YOU'RE NOT OKAY!!! YOU'RE OK. YOU ARE O.K. YOU ARE BETTER THAN OK. YOU SHOWED EVERYONE THAT IT'S...
....ok. ((wow, this was an emotional video. it drew me in. good job on your lights. good job on your greenscreen. good job.)) ==================
erin I liked how slowly your video moved- literally day by day. and how some things were just everyday things (driving in a car), some were monumental (getting accepted)- all were tied together through the journal, in which you gave imagery for each entry.
This seems like a good idea for a project for students- "what did you do today"
&!&!&!&!&!&!&!&!&!&!&!!! difference. no technology for you. Audrey Smith - findingyourself. welcome home, im glad you found home. so much color inference. these colors are really emotional. trouble trouble trouble. 911 911 911 91 9
finding help from other people can be tough. finding help from yourself can be tough. good job. keep on keepin on. (: ?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!
L.A.S.T. erinwalton. i love the way you talk. watching you talk with your whole body and hands and face makes me want to listen to you.
start video. journal. dear diary - loading life. loading life. loading life. thug lyfe!!! <3 she falls in love Her future. dear diary -
I have a memory problem. Your video kind of helps me figure out how to remember better. I'm still thinking about how to find my own way of 'journalling' .... Your life is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!! L.A.S.T.
:::::take 2::::::: **><1><** I'm an NRA certified riflery instructor. Bet y'all didn't know that. haha love the sound effects. Love the whole moving around thing. It did feel like it fit your personality! It was really fun.
**><2><** Smooth move with all the items getting ready to leave. I love New Mexico. It really is beautiful. Wait, are you for real? Two weeks. Awesome.
**><3><** your figurines are awesome, they look real! creative idea with the fish, especially not requiring them to be in the water-- I bet your future students would love that twist on "reality"!
**><4><** This is so creepy cool. I love it. Tim Burton, much? There is so much socio-cultural impact in your video. You could absolutely take something like that to a classroom, if you were discussing stereotypes or cultural identities... I can see a lot of ways where that could be really valuable. Be brave!
**><5><** This is so perfectly abstract. You could teach your students a lot about how to still describe characteristics and emotions with such non-realistic traits. And this song is perfect. Oh my gosh, I love how anthropomorphic "you" are! Can that be a term? Abstract anthropomorphism? Great job with the whiteboard at the end.
**><6><** loaded description... be ready... Awww I love that song. My co-counselors and I used to sing that to each other to wake each other up in the morning at summer camp! Love the boot up sound effect... great connotation with just one sound. hahaha Great job with your puppet/claymation! Oohh yeah and the Reading Rainbow! You definitely communicated to us a lot of personal details about yourself—what you looked like, did, listened to, shows you watched, etc... that's a great communication tool to teach your students, too.
**><7><** Great job with the whiteboard-- it makes me nervous that it always shifts so much, but your video proves that it works out and looks great when it's finished. Interacting with real objects is really cool-- the rope was a great introduction to that idea, and then it progressed to more complicated object manipulation. Very cool. "Strongest whiteboard element in the class." Absolutely. That was a really cool effect, almost touch-screen-like, where you pulled and pushed the figure to shape. Really neat.
**><8><** This music definitely sets the tone! Love the object manipulation-- and the way Jessie helped them out of the box... that was really cool. Reminds me of my favorite! Almost especially reminds me of this...
**><9><** That was some really meticulous drawing of states! This is what I think of: youtu.be/MSvJ9SN8THE Great music, too. I totally identify with struggling with the medium... it's awesome that you went through with it anyway. That's the best part of experimenting-- your students will identify with that too, with needing to try stuff out before they figure out if it's something they are limited by or something where they can overcome limits!
**><10><** haha I thought that was this, not a frisbee!! But this is way funnier than that one. If I could play ultimate like that, I would be so good at it. Stop motion frisbee, anyone? The camera strap -- it's like seeing the artist in their work.
**><11><** is that light graffiti? Laser lights? This is so legit!! I would love to show something like this to my students-- something that I did. They're going to love it. Really neat illustration of emotion-- it's hard to convey what "panic" feels like, but you totally did. That's something your students will find valuable, too, to be able to abstract an idea or an intangible reality and then communicate it well. As you did! I totally got that the light/anxiety was following you. Poignant. Symbolism and metaphor are great words... great teaching moment. It would be awesome if it didn't end here-- if somehow, a greater light (like the sun) or a steadier light (like a candle) somehow became the rescuer in this story... even though I don't know how it resolves, I know that it IS-- but it would be cool to see how you would tell the story of the resolution, too.
**><12><** Girl, I hear ya. It's true, there's a lot of differences in just a few years of school. Art is changing SO quickly, and so is art education. I feel like there is a lot of surrealist stuff going on, and it's awesome. There was a lot of symbolism-- I like that it's intentional and metaphorical.
**><13><** I don't usually like watching animated writing as handwriting, but you used it so thematically that it totally works and wasn't boring. It did seem very organized, which is good-- it is structured enough to understand the story. If you hadn't used the transitions, I would be lost about what is going on. And you were able to use different kinds of animation between (you could've used different styles of all kinds of things!) and it was still cohesive. I journal too. I totally get this. I journal in my sketchbooks too, so there's a lot from those that I would love see animated. Having your students journal is a great way to teach them to be reflective and more literate. If you can share your love of writing and journaling with them, you might be surprised how you can inspire them to write as they create art, too.
---- I don't like that we're doing "describe what it's about" before the videos. If an artist doesn't give the talk before you walk the gallery and see their work, then I don't think we should either. (BAM. opinions. take it or leave it.)
kilea- i love this- shows off your personality definately! you are so silly :] bring me a chicken!!! forest gump. love the way your voiceover narrated your video. wow! all the way through? no breaks? bahaha f
alaska-that is really cool the way you animated the flower! the landscape looks reallygreat !! bahaha a i looooove the bear!!!
franchesca- this is so creepy!!! i just love that you were so expressive.
i am so glad that you stayed in art despite the risks and insecurities. i love i am really happy you put that quote in there!!! lifted the mood ;]
elizabeth- this is really great im lost you ring fod io the library?!?! lol jk i really like th way she put herself together! it looks really great!those were crazy good song choices
kim- i love that you started out the video with the letters just showing up and then you started drawing yourself! im sorry you've been through difficult times but just like you show that there's intention by bringing your hand and manipulating the environment
lacey- i really like your scene with the puppet animation it was really well ... oh lol the whole thing is i feeel silly hahahahaha
new york (lol) love that you put the paper back together- really cool! i also really like that you put the color up as buildings and you deconstructed them to build texas!
elise lol first thing i see was jeekend lol i love the colors, i like how you as a person change into a white board animation!!! i love the use of 3 d element in your white board you friends are silly! love that they helped you with your video!
dorothy- you said synopsis lol i love your white board animation on your green screen and the light painting following you!! oh wow! that was really intense! sooooo cool that you used light animation throughout your whole video!!
audrey- i like that you did the repeated image- i am in LOVE with this song >.< i like that you can't really see "new day" lol i like how it went from good to bad to better :] i like the symbolic nature you used in the vehicles and that you kept the same face you just added different elements!
erin- i like that you usedcursive! i like that you add a visual along with the journal entry!i like that you left the last page blank!! also i applaud you on the camera not being too shifty- i could not even LOOK at my camera without it shaking, just a little.
also, maddie!!! this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WzQPw80Y3ko reminds me of when the clay you got pushed off the steps :] i reeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy wanted to show you this video ^.^ it makes me giggle :]
I love the concept of lost/altered perception. Glasses are essential/powerful tools for sure.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the music in Dori's film. Also the part when she gets piled up in books was really creative
ReplyDeleteWittney. Your music/sound effects. I love you. True fax.
ReplyDeleteLove the falling text. give me more.
ReplyDeleteSO EXCITING OMGEEPERS. I love the crazy. Your monster was marvelous. Very inovative.
ReplyDeleteSo spookalisious. The skritchy movement of the video quality and stop motion enhanced the asthma attack idea very well.
ReplyDeleteSuper punkarific. The strob-y bits and the disjointedness worked wonderfully. it has a very early MTV sort of quality. I love the coloring effects. Point taken.
ReplyDeleteJohns Video: I like how seamlessly the cords moved around. It wasnt choppy, and looked awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love how you took advantage of the skewed laws of physics in stop motion with the golf bag and golf balls.
ReplyDeletenice job Lauren. i liked the golf balls at the end it was very cool.
ReplyDeleteGREAT Video EMILY!
ReplyDeleteYou are totally inspirational, keep it up.
1- good use of ending music
ReplyDelete2-sweet dubstep of harry potter
3-thw music really helps with the emotion of the video
4-i love the friends mug, awesome monster
5-MINE
6-awesome use of the cords by giving them character and great use of effect on the pictures
6- nice use of the bag, music is good
7-its really awesome that you are soo open to talk about your accident and really tell us what you feel
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I super love the claymation bit. All the different types of stop motion techniques you used were really wonderful and gave a good sence of diversity to it.
ReplyDelete1)I loved your facial expressions, and all the weird places you thought your glasses were, it would have been hilarious if they were in your fish tank though. :D
ReplyDelete2)I loved the harry potter-ness, and glad you left in the funny faces!
3)The way you wrote your feelings was really good to help us connect to your story.
4) Great use of green screen! I also enjoyed your music and effects and their timing.
5)I liked the spinning of your inhaler, and the noise attached to it's discovery.
6) I like how your animation seemed to time with the music so very well!
7) I kinda wish i could ride my artwork around now.
8) i can really appreciate yours because it really hits home, and i believe that you really put your heart out there by submitting this particular animation. That is definitely sign of a strong person.
1) I heard the comment too about the fish tank! I'm kind of bummed I didn't do that either. :D
DeleteCool video Robby, I like that the song and video really go together. nice job
ReplyDeleteThis video is SO SASSY. I love the feel.
ReplyDeleteAwesome sauce song. I loved how you did the rain.
ReplyDeleteAnna- I love the music throughout your video. The colors on the chalk scene were great. It was also awesome how many mixed media's that you used.
ReplyDeleteanna- nice use of your actual dogs in the stop animation and in the window
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ReplyDelete"My Glasses" I absolutely loved the opening to the video and the music you have chosen for your narration. Such a cute movie!!!!
ReplyDelete"Harry Potter" by Dorie. I enjoy the mixture of mediums you have used to create this piece. It is like a a sculpture that has come to life! Bravo!
"Symptoms" by Adrienne. First of all I love any art form originating with cathartic energy, so I am excited. LOVE MUSIC!!!! Thank you for expressing a sensitive subject for you, I enjoyed the expressive dancing girl. I get the dancer because it is a symbol of freeing yourself. :)
"The idea" by Mary. WOW, very cool. It is like a cartoon. Bravo.
"Asthma Attack" by Cassie. I liked your process of asthetic approach and liked the clay with the reds and the black outline of the lung and trachea, ribs... Bravo!!!
"Punk Rock Changed our Lives" by John Mooney.
OK, you better start jamming out again!!!!! LOVE IT. I love it because it seems like you really thought about what you were wanting to do. The cords pulling you back into the studio is a super way to communicate to us, that you have been missing the studio. I like the way the music speeds up to express perhaps a joy that you were able to experience again. BRAVO!!!
"Drive for Show Put for Doe" By Lauren. I like how whimsical,playful, and joyous in spirit that was exhibited in this project. BRAVO!!!
"The summer that changed my life" By Emily. I totally digged the approach you took with the car and the still life background. Thank you Emily for sharing this with us. I appreciate that very much!!! BRAVO!!!!
Robby Wilson- I really liked the song you chose. Also, the added white clouds and change with the light really bring the project together and made it interesting. BRAVO!!! :)
Anna- DREAMS! I love dream interpretation too,so personally I admire this project. The music is perfect and I like the drawing you have incorporated as well. I like the combination of reality vs surreality. Super successful. Keep exploring the surreal world.
I loved how you created a mini-landscape for your dogs, and the colors.The changes in music worked very well for your animation. Was the whole thing a dream?
ReplyDeletewhitney- i can totally relate to this KITTYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletealso though lol i thought you got sidetracked opening up that binder that was silly
Dorie- i demand you to read!!!!! love the music- the depth that your character has is really amazing love the beat of the music i love how youre getting color added to your character! dude. you're so legit.
adri- love the music and the way you put the symptoms followed by the words falling down the page. i also really like the crumply paper and squiggle dancer!!!
mary-i like that you incorporated a sped up video along with stop motion
THAT GUY IS AWESOOOOMMMEEEE
that was so cool!
cassie- what are you using to animate this guy- the lung guy? ahhhh clay! i really like that you used the clay to give the lungs dimension, way cool man.
john-wow how did you manipulate the cords to stay on the wal? tape or glue? i really like that all the cords go down at once not just one.... OH JESUS!!!!!!! they gonna kill youuuuu!!!!! :P this is really cool the way you put the videos together i feel like i should probably be doing some sort of illegal drug to be able to fully grasp the awesomeness. great job man.
lauren-thats really cool the way you were able to manipulate the golf sock! i am in love with how you moved around on the golf bag that is a really great ending!
robby- that was a really smooth jump onto the bike lol gross sweeeaaattt thats a really cool action- the rain and clouds. how did you do that? i love this song- also your swagger off stage.
anna- how did youget that dog to stay so still?! i love that you made a landscape for the dogs to roam around in. ... why are you sleeping with a gun?!? i love the song and how it hits each video change again i applaud the dog staying still!!!
1) My Glasses:
ReplyDeletethe sound effects were humorous
cute ending.
how did they end up there?
2) Harry Potter:
love the paint
dub step-> awesome
really enjoy the pages moving by
great paper pile
book heavy?
3)me
4)The Idea
great intro
i love post its
love it!
screaming awesome
cool monster
5)asthma attack
liked the clay
simple and clean
6) Punk Rock Changed our Lives
great lighting
cool object manipulation
great symbolism of the music calling you
feels like a music video
dream state?
great editing
7) drive for show, putt for dough
love that you r1de your bag
great 'the end'
music went well
8) Emily
great clay animation
liked the song
I liked that it was still a happy ending even in the tragedy
9) Robby Wilson
like the song
light graffiti?
walk off all cool like
10) Anna
I am a dog lover
great clay
great mix of animations
Points on critique:
ReplyDelete-No sarcasm! It's bad!
-No rhetorical questions, please?
-Thank the responders. Make it natural an a habit!
-Monitor your amt of talking as an instructor.
-If you, as the instructor, asks a question DO NOT ANSWER IT YOURSELF! It's weird... >.>
Videos:
1) My video! :D
2) Woah! paper face! I love it!
Dub step! WHAT?!
Love the music!
YOU DEFACED A BOOK!!! D: Torn pages out pages are a No No but they look AMAZING!
Living pages?
I love books too!
Again, WONDERFUL music!
3)I read and write super slow too.
I like the drawing at the end! YAY dancing!
Lots of information. Informative! hence the lack of comments... Sorry!
Deep. I really love it.
4)Race to the front!
post-its! I love them!
POST IT MONSTER!!!
You used green screen! Go you!
Mix of stop motion and regular speed video.
5)ASTHMA VIDEO!!!
like the sound effects! creepy walking lung!
taping the lung back in. inflating lung.
I like the use of clay for inflammation!
I like the freak out/chest holding.
6)punk rock? in a band! NICE!
music is pretty cool. Live wire! get it...? live, wire?
They stole you form the couch! WHOA!
Cool color effect with you spinning with the piano. Cords all over, AMAZING!!!!!
Floating on the walls! This video, really IS a work of art! All I can say is WOW! Just WOW! I am blown away with the way the music is incorporated into the video and shapes how the video was made!
7)Golf. I like it!
Nice swing.
RIDE THAT BAG! :D Show it who's boss!
Putting sucks...
I like the putting scenes!
Music is really cool!
Cute ending with the balls spelling out "The End"
Wow, it took a long time, but definitely worth it. Smart way to do it too!
8)GLOW WHEELS!!!
Wrecks always happen close to home. Mine was at the end of my street.
YAY lifeguard!
Standing pictures bring happiness and wreck scenes bring us back down.
Car wreck looks terrible.
You are still a happy, goofy, silly girl! I can def tell! You have NOT lost that!
Positive attitude = AMAZING! It makes life more fun!
Super snaps for being so open and free with yourself and your story.
9) Racing a car! who hasn't done that as a kid?
Biking is really fun but difficult to do on a daily basis.
Light graffiti looks really neat. Not sure how you did it so intricately and it looks SUPER smooth!
10)Dream analysis! Sounds interesting.
Chalk pastel drawing looks cool!
Dog figures are so cute!
Puppy's eye view! Very different!! I like it! (OH! Squirrel view! Got it!)
Cute babies!!! (puppies I mean. :D
Oh no! ball fell!
BB gun! YAY!
Shooting at squirrels, boo! But it's ok. :D
Whitney- Pixilation is nice. I enjoy the stopping to explain things. The scene of dresser is interesting because it shows her home and how she lives.
ReplyDeleteDori- The music is interesting in the way it connects the viewer. I love the way the video relates to you and makes you feel her love of books. I enjoy the amount of books piling on top of her.
Adreanne- Personal and moving. I enjoyed the title being personal. It is easy to read for me, although I overheard the teacher saying it was too fast. For me it is just right.
Mary- From the beginning it is hurmous and impactful. The monster is interesting because it came from your thoughts.
Casey- It gave me chills and related me to your attack. I am glad you put the little person in there. The puffy red clay helped me to understand it.
John- I like how the cords had identities and acted against the person. Almost as if the music is making him play, not him playing the music. The music did carry the whole video.
Lauren- I enjoyed the fresh humor and the pixilation. Also your object manipulation was interesting. I enjoyed how the golf balls teased you.
Emily- I enjoyed the part with the mannequin and how it shows the viewer what happened and where. I was heart string tugging in the sense that you were strong enough to move on.
Robby- I felt as if I was actually going through a yearly experience of riding your bike. It shows the challenges and struggles that I am not accustom to because I drive.
Anna- I enjoyed the last part the most because I found it refreshing and I enjoyed the technic you used to render the dog. The question mark was so funny and I also enjoyed the car and person in the background through the window.
Whitney-
ReplyDeleteGood use of text and audio with text; using audio to change the mood.
Dory-
FUn use of paper at beginning, had fun trying to figure out what it was as it developed. Color slowly being introduced makes me curious what will come out of the color. Interesting to use the dubstep rendition of the Harry Potter theme.
Adriane-
Good use of the 'forms' to identify the struggles with progressing.
Mary-
Caught myself trying to read what's on the post-it notes.
Cassy-
Really liked the transformation between whiteboard marker to clay.
John-
Good/scary way to get the first electric guitar to stand up (using the dresser). Like how the cords are animated to have a conscious. Good use of piano color changes to be on beat with chord changes (I noticed that hard work!!)
Lauren-
Loved the travel to the green on the bag! Really easy to see the emotions displayed in animation. Good use of a seemingly endless line of golf balls to come out of the hole.
Emily-
Creative to use the overhead map concept for the clay car driving.
Anna-
Like the grunge background. A big sense of motion is present.
Kilea-
DeleteThe whole film was very light, and gave a good mood for what you presented in the animation.
Chris-
I liked the use of GoogleMaps to incorporate animation of the trip to Denton, and the voice-over provided a good context that helped tell the story beyond the video.
Beth-
The model mountain was really cool! I can say I wasn't expecting a big model. Using the figures to show small scenes, then switching to the 'actual' depictions was vey creative.
Franchesca-
The dolls intrigued me; I thought they were clay at first, then saw the forms mold together...I don't think I've seen those dolls around much! I'm still trying to figure out if you bought them like that, or used markers, but the details on the appendages was nice.
Maddie-
Impressive show of claymation; the struggle is extremely evident throughout the film.
Elizabeth-
Reading Rainbow scene was fantastic, well animated, and got a good sense of the character's motion going through the big book of art.
Kimberly-
Really liked the interaction between whiteboard and your hand. Transferring the ink onto the post-it was pretty neat to watch.
Lacey-
Having multiple objects move at different paces was neat to see, also using the pictures against a whiteboard was a creative idea.
Kerri-
Using the reverse at the beginning was creative since we had all the pieces at the beginning, and had to see everything come together. Alright, drawing New York was impressive.
Elise-
Ha, loved the moon. Good job using friends at the end, was neat to see the interactions between all of you.
Dorothy-
Cool use of the greenscreen(?) and whiteboard combination. Neat use of the lighting and music combination; it gave a good epiphany to the animation.
Audrey-
Seemed there was a lot of symbolism, but I don't I'll understand them all. I liked the 'emotional status' to the side and how it changed throughout the animation from bad to better.
Erin-
Ha, liked the 'loading' bar....nice grill. Has a real journal feel to it, even in the drawings, almost like a scrapbook. Good use of the blank page at the end; it was very obvious that the story was still going.
Dory, reading is one of my passions as well. Nice touch with the addition of color as your worldview is enchanced with books. The pulsing paper heartbeat was a great touch.
ReplyDeleteAdreanne, My mother is a dyslexia tutor and its amazing how many kids go undiagnosed. Really liked the dance sequence. I could feel your frustration.
Mary, great! Artist block is such a monstrous struggle. Ingenious use of scrabble pieces.
Casey, Asthma sounds terrible. Good sound. Nice use of clay on whiteboard.
John, the cables around your face was a great idea. Color, motion, and coordination was really impressive. I was raised by NOFX!
Lauren, riding the golf bag was a comical touch. Nice with the tedious "the end".
Emily, powerful video. Great personal narrative, Andrew Bird was a perfect collaborator. So much inspiration.
Robby, Impressive light graffiti incorporation. How did you make a light graffiti car? Good work. Bicycles reign over cars.
Anna, the painted background of the dogs dream melded perfectly with the baliwood music. Definitely my favorite part.
I love the sillynes and the music.
ReplyDeleteWhitney: Awesome object manipulation. I can definitely relate to your video. I'm always losing my glasses. ^.^
ReplyDeleteDori: OMG! I freakin LOVE the floating pages! Your project is one of my favs. Love the background music as well. You really get a sense of how reading has impacted you. Your whole project is very creative.
Adrian: very moving. You portrayed your struggles very well. The dancing figure at the end was awesome. :D
Mary: holy crap...that was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Cassidy: The placement of the red clay was nicely done. Its cool how the lung morphs into a person.
John: Yours is my absolute favorite. You can tell that you invested a lot of time in it. It looks like it's done by a professional. I especially liked the fact that you used your own music.
Lauren: The part where you ride the bag is hilarious. LOL. Loved the golf ball manipulation at the end as well. :) The music is very chill.
Emily: The fact that you used the aerial street pictures was extremely creative. I would have never thought of that. Your animation was very moving. I loved the happy ending.
Robby: Awesome light graffiti. I bet that was really fun. I think you should continue it with another video. Light graffiti with pixelation is a unique concept.
Anna: My initial reaction to your video was "Wow". I loved every part of it. The dog dream was my favorite. The colors are beautiful. The dog in the window was super cute as well. What did you use to draw it on the window?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEd0Ytmyyvw
ReplyDeleteI thought of this movie when watching Emily's claymation bit. It has a similar feel i think, with the green screen quality also when her car is driving around.
This isn't the part i was thinking of per se, but this is the least inappropriate scean in the movie that still demonstrates my point, so....
I apologize for the obscenity and language, just btw. Its a claymation musical about the Manson murders by Tim Armstrong from Rancid, so there realy was no hope for this to not be offensive.
hungry messy robots ohmygod are those really torn out from the book? the music makes this dark zombies lol sad music too fast good song reminds me of Juno this is awesome creepy reminds me of old video looks painful cool oh no the matrix or paranormal activity crazy editing slave to music sweet ride cute ending (: nostalgic even though i didn't know her its a tragedy, and i don't know if i'd be able to be as strong as you cool lights! i wanted t do something like this but i didn't have time. ): interesting song funny dog dreams whats that in your hand? interesting way to do a whiteboard
ReplyDeleteIt deleted all my comments! Technology barrier. But I will just go back and write some. Won't be as indepth for the first ones. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteWhitney: I have the same hello kitty clock! I like the angles of the shots and how the camera zooms.
Dorie: That was bloody brilliant! I love how the face turns to color! That is so cool! The pile of books is awesome as well.
Adrianne (sorry if i misspelled that): I love the falling text! It's awesome! The ballerina was cutesie as well. I like how when you are writing down how you are feeling, it becomes more frustrated. It builds up the tension and is really nice.
Mary: Ahh! I love your video! Especially the letters at the beginning. Nice touch. THE SCREAMING! i love it!
Cassie: I love how the clay intermixes with the wipeboard. That was nice. I also like how the lung becomes so weathered and gnarly. The heartbeat sound effect was nice as well. It added to the drama.
JohnnyBoy: HAPPY BIRTHDAYAYAYY! It's trippy! But i like it. My favorite part is the aerial shot of the wires going in your mouth and stuff. That was a really cool shot!
Lauren: I know you didn't like it, but i actually like the transitions from the writing to the live action. The fade is nice. Riding the golf bag! chyeah!
Emily: So emotional. It's true what Jeremy said about not knowing that part of your life. It was really powerful to see pictures of you standing, because I've never known you like that. That was really cool to get to see that part of you. This video just shows how strong you are. It was very inspirational, especially the ending with how positive you are. Thank you for sharing that; it was really nice.
Robbie: Light graffiti! That was cool! I love how you experimented with animation and light drawing together.
Ana: Doggies! I like how you experimented with the animation and mixed different techniques together. I especially like the blackboard and the dog figurines.
Whitney: Love the idea I so understand how you felt. I don't normally lose my glasses anymore but I did all the time when I was wearing contacts. I love that you get up on furniture to look for your glasses.
ReplyDeleteDori: I so have that problem I always find myself reading books instead of homework readings. The sound effects you have playing while go great with the action going on. This is so creative, the books covering you in the end is how I feel about mine sometimes. Cutting up a book that takes guts!
Adrian: The way its all txts is perfect for what you are trying to convey. The frustration of reaching a plato and not being able to go further show cased by the dancer is great. I love the scribble dancer.
Mary: Sweet, love the sticky notes monster. I do believe that we should have made one for Dr. Kalin in her office that day. I think yours might just be my favorite it conveys exactly how I feel about some projects.
Cassandra: White board and clay looks great. I love the sound effect that makes the inhaler appear. The simpleness of the way you made the video convey your meaning is perfect.
John: Love the way you make the cords come to life. The color changes to the movie fit well with the sound that is going on at that moment. Your video is very well executed.
Lauren: OK riding the golf bag is just a great idea. Your frustration is clear and I love that the golf balls come out of the hole at the end to tell us its the end. The colors of the golf balls at the end compliment the green background well. Your color choice between what you wore and your golf bag is nice.
Emily: The use of photographs with the music you use is great. Love the music it fits each scene well. It is a very emotional video and the way you shared it with us relays so much emotion. I love how you used google earth to show where everything happened.
Robert: The light graffiti is great and the way that you interacted with it seem flawless. I could see the different weather types in the way you did them. I so don't like cars when I am ridding a bike or walking for that matter. I always feel like they are going to run over me or splash me it their is rain.
Anna: Love the dog on the window and how you made the fence move. It totally reads like a dream. The movement through the video is very interesting. I love the images of your dog, I know mine would not sit still long enough to get the shots that show the eyes moving.
POSITUDE
ReplyDeleteYour mom doesn't want to call this a critique.
Thanks for sharing!
Tired? Shut up, sit down. You're probably talking too much.
I have a question: oh, here, I'll answer it too.
The more you censor yourself, the more ingenuine you are.
If it was a Rocky project...
>>>>>>>>I HAVE NO RULES<<<<<<<<
>> I'm not telling you anything. I'm stepping away. <<
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Rawrrrrr attack of the glasses case!!
Your glasses came alive at the end and did tricks and THAT was cool.
snap snap
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WIZARD HARRY REMIX
I like how your hair is growing.
Gross... that paper face just spit on you, I think.
*dance party*
I'm hoping these pages become a picture or something...
OH NO You're suffocating under the pages!!
Yeahhhh love how the book is changing.
BLASPHEMY!! But this is cool.
What's yours?
You're a wizard, Harry.
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Nobody should feel like this. This is why we are teachers. This is why we are invested in the lives of our kids, so they don't feel so helpless.
Do something. Be the change.
This motivates me to care.
Little dancer, this will make you happy.
Simple grace.
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OHNOMYTURNOHNOES
holy crap, what are you guys really thinking?
well, as long as y'all thought it was as funny as I did!
If it was only as easy, simple, and fun as that film makes it look... the process is way more complex and painful than that. Why do I feel so vulnerable right now?
:/
thank goodness, moving on...
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skeleton frame; I love the reverse editing. Right? it was reversed?
I guess it's good that I don't actually know.
color scheme... a la Russian Constructivism
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I'm in the band
DID YOU JUST FLY??!!
is that Sufjan? sounds like it.
"that's a quote from this band"
>>>> When we talk about the term autoethnography... how do we connect our autobiographic experiences to our culture?
Raised on Punk Rock... sounds like a book title.
I feel like we're about to have the discussion about how many cultures there are and how we all belong to a billion different cultures.
to be cont'd...
>>>> Is this an autoethnography?
ReplyDelete>>>> How are you going to use this in a classroom? Can you use artwork that you created to inspire your students?
"They'd be eating out of your hand for at least three years. Until they graduate." << Keep the goal in mind, people!
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"I can drive the ball really, really well, but I can't putt for crap."
I want to ride around on a golf bag sooooo much. Please please please.
Reminds me of THIS. And I want one of those, too!
The kids are all going to use the same music. So buy some stuff they can access, or you'll hear the same song over and over and over again. Get the library to buy it!!
Reversing... genius. You can have everything set the way you want it first, and then just go backwards.
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you'll just have nightmares about it, but it's okay... I mean, let's be honest. I'm a little scared right now... what are you about to show us??
I really don't want to cry.
You freakin rock.
And that red hair was sassy! Loved it.
Emily, you freakin. rock.
Way to make me feel vulnerable by being vulnerable yourself, and for sharing with a room full of strangers such genuine details about your life and your story.
Opposite Day by Andrew Bird.
Well, I think you're pretty awesome.
"We want to produce purpose-driven young people in K through 12."
Jeremy's story about his friend born without arms immediately reminded me of Tony Melendez, who I've seen in concert.
Brave is a good word.
- Authenticity is dangerous. -
Being uncensored is hard.
And the million dollar question... who wants to go next?
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Prob need a raincoat!
Light graffiti was cool... was it rain? It looked like rain.
"consuming other people's stories" <-- interesting idea. Consuming their stories. Am I consuming part of them, their personality, what they think, how they think? And by consume, do we mean that I'm making it part of myself? If I could reject it, would I not have consumed it? The crazy thing is that we have no choice: you can't unsee something.
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This music rocks.
INCEPTION.
Rude. I feel like we definitely should have gotten to know who you were sending this stuff too. What the HECK, JEREMY?! I hope you sent everybody else's and not mine. Since it only has 11 views, I'm guess I'm pretty safe. Right...? RIGHT?
Send it to EVERYONE!!
Well. That was fun. I hope you all enjoyed my stream of consciousness. I probably didn't actually watch all the videos since I was busy finding things and looking up things... but it's a testament to visual culture. We're never all giving our complete attention to anything anyway. :)
Whitney Animation:
ReplyDeleteI relate, can't see anything without glasses/contacts. I like the captions, reminds me of late night silent films on TCM.
Dori:
Was this painted or done with charcoal or pastels? Harry Potter rocks. Did you remix this music yourself? It's amazing. The blanket technique is pretty awesome. Oh Harry Potter bands! I totally relate to this book collection. My patronus is a Three Toed Sloth.
Adrian:
I have this same problem with characters. My boyfriend has dyslexia and dyscalcula. Has same problem in elementary school.
Mary:
I like the letters, reminds me of Dr.Kalin's office. What's the song? I like it, works perfectly. Ahhh! paper monster! Quote at the end is great.
Cassie:
Inhalers are amazing. I've been there before! I like the clay and the sound effects.
John:
I saw this last week and thought it was amazing. Did you compose the music yourself as well? The wires are pretty cool and the light effects. This is a pretty nice set up for you instruments. I like the blue and yellow effects as well as the way you remix the different clips with the music. Man this is great, especially your floating. I bet that was a lot of jumping, you must be exhausted. The Minute Men rock! I miss the venue they used to play at where Art Prostitute used to be. The effects worked well, not overkill.
Marley:
I can hit it to the green in one stroke, but when it gets to putting, it's a no go. HAHA, That is great riding your bag, wish they could actually do that. Where do you golf? The End is great! That is a lot of golf balls.
Lauren:
I like the hand holding the car, did you take pictures using google? I got goosebumps. The claymation that told your injuries, that is a great idea. I also like the choice of the photo album effect. I lost my best friend to suicide two years ago and the way I found out was just reading my facebook messages and I was about to go to class and I had a message from her cousin and the whole day, month, year was turned upside down. I can really relate to your use of the Andrew Byrd song.
Robert:
I got in a bike accident last semester and i am still terrified to biking to school. I like your lighting a lot and especially the music. I like your use of the lights in the photos. Interesting that everyone started typing when they realized it wasn't white board. You are brave driving that far to school.
Art Prostitute. I cant believe anyone knows about that. I miss it.
DeleteWhitney's-I enjoyed this video because I can relate to it. I misplace my glasses all the time and follow the same process you did in the video to find them.
ReplyDeleteJohn's-I really enjoyed this video. I think the music went perfect with the action and I like that it is YOUR music. This was a well constructed video and very entertaining.
Emily-I thought this video was very brave and uplifting. It hits close to home with me. I was involved in a car accident that should have killed me but I lived through it. This happened 6 year ago and I still have a hard time talking about it without crying. I give you props for showing it to the world. You are an inspiration.
Lauren- I loved it when you were riding on the golfing bag and the end was so cute with the golf balls. The music definitely suited the playful atmosphere of the video as well as your personality, which I come to know.
ReplyDeleteDori- You had your music lined up perfectly and I know how much trouble you went through with the white board and green screen. It turned out amazingly. Your techniques when it came to the laser light and flashlights were more advanced then I could have even attempted. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it a million times with you! :D
John- I loved your concept and particularly the cords carrying you up the stairs. ;) I loved your title because I was expecting one thing a received something else. You took a lot of time putting together the video and it shows.
Whitney- I loved the emotions and expressions you were able to convey through your video. However I liked the story you told me about how your vision is drastically different one eye to the next. I think that would have been very interesting to tell. However, I still think that your video was successful in conveying the connection you have with your glasses.
Kilea: great job at pixilation. Also, LOVE YOUR KITTIES!
ReplyDeletenice use of the cat not completely still in the frame it helped add some complexity to the video
ReplyDeletesweet use of the voice over it made the narrative real
ReplyDeleteLove the journey to Denton from Cali. That's absolutely amazing, wish I could do something like that. And your right, New Mexico is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you came to denton VIA YOUR BIKE! that's awesome man, and the video seems to really fit your personality- especially that your voice is narrating it. Wonderful job.
ReplyDeleteChris- Great job on your video man!!! I love the voice over sound, it really makes your video interesting. Your story is very interesting. I'm from new Mexico and I miss that beautiful landscape. Very forest gump of you to ride your bike that far, nicely done man. You seen that movie "into the wild"? Its great
ReplyDeleteBeth- your mini 3-d Alaska you made with all the animals is great, You can tell you put a lot of time and effort in to creating it!
ReplyDeleteBethany- mice use of incorporation the whiteboard and also- the mad landscape it really brought the 2-d to the 3-d
ReplyDeleteBeth- I really like your music and your pictures of nature are beautiful! Wow and your scene of alaska really came to life!
ReplyDeleteFrancesca- nicely done. Kind of crazy ;0 seemed pretty angry. Anger is good. funny
ReplyDeletegreat use at the ending with the text it really brought it to life
ReplyDeleteMaddie- Your claymation figure was really cute! I love the story, and that you used clay in a realistic setting. Also, the quote as very inspirational.
ReplyDeleteMaddie: Great job it is so wonderful, the song is so great!!!! it is so perfect for your video. Great ending with the whiteboard. You did a great job. you should make a little series of short films with those clay characters, i think it would be funny. Wonderful concept!
ReplyDeleteMaddie: So cute! You took a pretty serious concept and made it very fun. And did a great job at communicating your idea through such a playful media! I also liked the use of the streamer and the timing of the frames to convey meaning.
ReplyDeletemaddie; i love that your blob of clay had life it really had character
ReplyDeleteCulpepper, Nice effects using yourself in the motion. I like the randomness of everything, very cute. :)
ReplyDeleteChris, "riding your bike to Denton" I like the addition of your voice. It reminds me of a documentary. Awesome story!!!!
Alaskan Trip: I enjoy the mixture of mediums you incorporated. It's beautiful.
Francesca, very interesting I like the colors you decided and the materials such as the barbie. HOWEVER, I think their are some underlying issues going on and hopefully you can resolve. ANother thing that could be interesting is using this energy in a series of work, that can tie this energy together. BRAVO!!!!
LOVE THE MUSIC!!!!! I like the drawing at the end. BRAVO!!!
Testament to nerdiness- I like the phrase first of all. You used the green screen! well done! I like how many different songs you used contribute to who you were growing up.
ReplyDeletenice use of music it really helped with the movie also i loved the little claymation it was a nice personal touch
ReplyDeleteKimberly: Wonderful! It was so great. I like the story and the way you used the whiteboard!
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ReplyDeleteDUDE AWESOME WHITEBOARD. props to you! that was one of the scariest parts for me was actually interacting with the things we were drawing, and u did so good!
Kimberly- i liked the personal touch of your hand and the whiteboard it was a nice element, also that was a great choice in the music it helped with the overall concept.
ReplyDeletei liked the toy story element with the toys coming to life., and the sound effects to go with it it
ReplyDeleteKerri: great music! short but sweet. really liked the used of colored paper!
ReplyDeletenice use of reversing the page and use of the whiteboard and another form of animation it made everything seamless
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ReplyDeleteGREAT SONG.
I think you really accomplished the idea of "part and pieces" of you in new york are now a part of who you are in Texas. and the fact that it crumpled up and new materials are being added to who you are in TX now is a great use of imagery. really powerful :]
ELise: Already told you this but I love your film! Especially the frisbee waking you up, your cat and his cone, and how you transferred the image of your cat and you straight to the white board.
ReplyDeleteElise-nice use of mixing the whiteboard and yourself and the ending credits were a nice touch
ReplyDeleteelise: i like all the conversation between you and whatever came your way.
ReplyDeleteand how you jump over things that are on the whiteboard- thats something i didnt even think of. it was a really fun video
Dorthy- nice use of the green screen, and light graffiti
ReplyDeleteDorothy- Your lighting effects were awesome! The way they flow through the video is really powerful.
ReplyDeleteAlso, great music!
dorothy
ReplyDeleteWOW your video is by far the most amazing that I've seen today. The overwhelming feeling that explodes when you get home- you displayed that perfectly. I personally connected with it- i think everyone can- and i think thats why your video is so powerful and meaningful.
Audrey- I really like your music and the video is awesome. I like the yellow background color makes it feel sunny
ReplyDeletethat's the wrong form of the word peek girl! not "peak" it's "peek"! ohgee. i hate having been an english major. CAT. <3 i love cats. i already like this video. did you seriously bike that much?! i just watched star wars! i wished there would have been more object manipulation like at the beginning! TWO WEEKS WHAT A BOSS. that flower is awesome beth and your set is so cool and the music you picked is hella sweet dude sweet message brah awwwwwww :( the clay parents made me think of the black sheep in the family... which is funny because they were black and you were white. your animation is really good. i felt like i was going back in time but i thought it was going to be a bit more embarrassing! hehehe i loooooooooove this song very cute video i really liked your interaction with the whiteboard reminds me of toy story! fuuny that jessie would be in it too haha good song i sing it in rockband i liked your transitions! i remember watching your video at home, and your light photography was AWESOME. (: and you used coldplay which is like the coolest band ever i got goosebumps! there was a lot of yellow!
ReplyDeletehaha, yesh. the 'boosh' was because jeremy noticed the misspelling too! SO I BOOSHED MYSELF!!!!! good eye girl!
Delete"The Nerd" you mentioned when you looked not normal??? okay, well I love your video, super creative and I enjoy the music choice. Very successful. :) Good Job.
ReplyDeleteKimberly, My Life(SO Far) Super creative. Cute I love the song and loved the drawings with white board. BRAVO!!!
Lacey,
I love the kids laughing in the background and love the whimsical music.
Kerri,
One of my favorite bands... :) BRAVO!!!!!!
Elise, i like the music and find your character so adorable. BRAVO
Dorothy,
TOtally awesome I love the the light you used within your peice.BRAVO girl. I am also glad you were able to over come such a battle. I know anxiety attacks are not fun. :)
i loved the painterly approach it really helped my become intertwined with the movie
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ReplyDeletei love the idea of multiple images of your face on a wall- being passed by moving objects day after day. I think the symbolism is powerful and very relatable. Hope you make a painting of this one day
Kilea- You are such a free spirit and now I feel I understand that more now because I've seen a little bit into your history. The playfulness portrays you to the tee and I loved it!
ReplyDeleteChris- It is so amazing how you biked across the country, I feel like I have learned something very valuable about you. I think that you a very brave and living the true American dream. Also, I was born in New Mexico so thanks for the shout out!
Beth- I really enjoyed how you wend between the actual pictures of the trip and your model. I felt that I was actually experiencing the trip along with you. It really appealed to my senses.
Maddie- I enjoyed watching your video, but it was a little hard for me to follow what the clay was doing with the rope and at the pond. If you hadn't told me what the story was about I don't think I would have understood. I did like how animated your clay blob was able to be and how you ended with the whiteboard.
Elizabeth- I loved your clay doll, you very successfully pulled off. It is a hard medium to manipulate and you did so very well. Your music choices were great!
Kimberly- your whiteboard animation was AMAZING!! The way you were able to interact with very successfully, so much so that I was unable to really concentrate on the story it was really amazing.
Lacy- I loved the interaction you created between all the different characters and I feel that the music goes along well with it. I also enjoyed how you utilized the negative application when the jewels came in- it made them look so much more interesting.
Elise- I loved how you switched between real life and the whiteboard. I also liked how I could easily relate to your story because it's very similar to many college kids' weekends.
Audrey- I can really relate to your video because I suffer through depression almost every day of my life. I think it was very brave of you to share that with everyone and to let us have a deeper look into who you are.
Erin, I love it, its so charming and adorable. I like the music so much. I want to know who that band is? I like the driving you did to add to the piece. Its funny that you say you are random, but everything seemed to be very organized. :)
ReplyDeleteErin; i loved that you left the last page blank and also that you let us see a couple parts o your life its not easy to always do.
ReplyDeleteKileah, I have chickens too!
ReplyDeleteBeth, The flash to the violet flowers really made the video for me. I felt relieved and overwhelmed with color all at once.
Franchesca, Great foresight in arranging impactful doll body language.
Maddie, The clay blob was so communicative of the underdog/outcast that is searching for meaning.
Elizabeth, I enjoyed the library sequence. Your clay character portrayed a lot of character.
Kimberly, I liked how you passed the magic paintbrush to someone else.
Erin, the loading bar was creative.
Erin- such a sweet and funny video I loved it. Nice production quality!
ReplyDeleteSweet Sweet Sweet
By the way I saw the "thug" written on your knuckles in class the other day. You had washed it off but I could still see it, and I honestly thought it was a real faded tattoo. I was like dang this girl is hardcore!!!
HAHA, this make me laugh. She might not have the real tattoo but she's still hardcore! That video was awesome!
DeleteK- I love the guns scene when you loaded it. I also enjoyed the garden scene where you "walked" on it. Very nice pixilation.
ReplyDeleteC- I know how you did the road but it still looks awesome. I also loved the bike "loading itself". It was very interesting.
Beth- I love the gold fish and how they swam around. I know that took patience. Also enjoyed the real pictures added to the video. That you built the mountain was cool too.
F- The doll was very life like and interesting. When it brought its hands up to its face, that struck me as hard to do. I enjoyed it very much.
M- I love how this little piece of clay looks like a person before it even looks like a person. I love how you become attached to it and want it to succeed.
K- I love the song right off. I love the note card scene where you figure out what you wanted to do. I also loved the integration of the pictures of art towards the end.
L- I love how multiple objects moved and created things. I love how they danced. I also liked the laughing you integrated into the sound background.
Kerri- I enjoyed your paper titles and the rolling up of the colors. I also enjoyed how the new york state was detailed and then how the texas state was not so detailed.
E- I love your friends in this! I love how we see yall and your team. Also the little black board girl was cute. The cat included was adorable too.
D- The t-shirt green screen was amazing. And the light graffiti was great as well. I love how you picked something that the rest of us really did not elaborate on it.
A- I feel like the music was very telling and moving. I enjoyed the way the "face" moved. I was curious about the beer and why it unfolded from the foil. I also enjoyed snoopy at the end.
Erin- I love that it had a simple but compelling idea. I enjoyed how you wrote everything by hand but that you never showed your hand. Also that you like a few other made this personal is a charming way.
Kalia: I love the pixilation. That was cute. and the ballerina movesss.
ReplyDeleteChris: I really love the voice over explaining everything. It's really cool. It was really chill. And that's so cool that you rode that far! That sounds like an awesome experience. I'm jealous.
Beth: I love that you made your own little scene set up! That was awesome! I also love how you intermixed it with shots of actual nature. That was a really nice touch. The little gold fishes! I love it! Even if one did get eaten. haha
Francesca: creepyyyyyyyyyy, child. emotionalllll. The sound effects were a nice touch. So was the wipeboard writing.
Maddie: I love how much personality your little clay guy has! I also love the introduction to color, that has some really cool meaning! I also think the song went really well with it.
Elizabeth: LOVE THE CUPS GUY CLIP! Reading rainbow made me happy! I think it was all really meaningful and cool.
Kimberly: Your hand interacting with the wipeboard was so cool! I also love the story, it had a really positive last message.
Elise: I love the song! and I also love the little wipeboard you! I love how she gets eaten by the frisbee! Your video just makes me so happy! It makes me want to dance! I just want to dance!
Audrey: I enjoy all of the symbols. I didn't even realize all the meaning behind it. It's really interesting to hear you're meaning behind it. I like how the "bad day" turned to "better day". That was a nice touch.
Erin: I love the loading bar. That was a really nice touch. I love the diary concept. It's really sweet. I also like the way you did the stop motion with the college letter. The whole thing was just so sweet. I loved it. It made me happy. :)
Dorthy, i LOVED your video!! it was wonderful. great job, the pictures look great. great production and concept! Yours was one of my favorites
ReplyDelete[[Biking from the West Coast]] - STAR WARS!!! Love the reference. I feel like I'm traveling with you. I like the first person narrative perspective. The voice over is really personal and makes for interesting emotions. I can't believe you rode your bike half way across the United States. This is one story that is worth sharing because of all the different tales you brought with you to Denton.<<<<<<<
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Alaskan Adventure - (Beth) WHOA! Your white board animation is really good! I tried using that feature but it got too complicated for me. The details on your set with the claymation and object manipulation is really interactive. SMIMMING GOOLDFISHH! You took it to the next level of mixing the mediums.
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EEEWWWWWWW YES YES YES. franchesca franchesca franchesca. thank you for showing the world nothing less than youself. This is super creepy and i love it. SCREAMING HEY LOOK AT ME. hey you can't ignore this. this is too good to ignore. HEY YOU DONT EVEN KNOW. you don't even know.....
no one really knows though do they
do they do they?
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##ThatsLife - Frank Sinatra's That's Life song was perfect.
MATCHING - pace of song. pace of story. It made the video make sense.
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA for you for expressing your path in Art with an amazing artistic video!##
Nice sense of humor. Guns are useful sometimes. Your pixilation is really great. I like the second song a lot.
ReplyDeleteI like that you did a voice over, haven't heard a lot of that yet. Your bike object manipulation was great. Rooster? Didn't know that about Arizona. I like how you used Google to capture the road. This would be really great to show to kids at the beginning of your class, didn't think of that.
This looks like it must of been very time consuming, good job. I like the model and your water. Wow did you sculpt those animals? The goldfish are great, and the bear. I like the pattern they make.
Wow, the doll is really awesome and the clothes. I like your aesthetic style with the dolls. It reminds me of Night of the Living Dead.
I like your abstraction in the objects and definitely the song. Nice idea in combining the colors as you go on throughout the video.
Did you have to get permission to do this in the Library? Ah Reading Rainbow! you can't disappoint a picture. Your claymation is really fantastic and detailed!
I like your song and how you erased the board. Awww, that is a great effect of the sizing. This is one of my favorite videos so far for sure. It reminds me of the video where the stick person is fighting the mouse. Were those your own paintings.
It's interesting that you and Mary are both sitting at your desks, is this common for other grad students? Your object manipulation is really great, I like you hanging the pictures on the wall. I like your transformation at the end.
I like the song so far!!! The buildings are amazing and how you reuse them to create your other shapes. It was very surprising what you were showing. I really loved the different colors of the building moving around with the music.
What happened to your cat? I like how you took your own pictures at the beginning. I like how you had your friends involved in your video.
I have those shoe, but they're plaid. I really like the last line of your synopsis, I have this same feeling and issue with stress and depression related break downs. The light pointers are really amazing as well as your use of light graffiti. This is a really great video.
What happened with the Police vehicle? Nice use of green screen. What did the squirrel mean? Did you have a black eye? I understand your distrust for the figures that are stereotypically meant to be trust worthy like the police or paramedics from my own experiences with a few individuals.
I love the loading screen, that's a good component to it. Cool object manipulation. Nice leaving it blank at the end so it is open ended to what could happen in the future.
Yup. That was my work at the end. :)
DeleteKilea: fence surfing is rad. Nice sound effects.
ReplyDeleteUseful. original. dynamic.
Beth: love the helicopter view mountain model. MOOSE. Yum. nice use of different media.
Franchesca: lol. music. So creapy fantastic. I love you. true fax. Wonderfull end.
Maddie: Love the music. so wonderfully ridiculous. very expressive. colors!
Elizabeth: perfect beginning. so wonderful all the song choices. WHO PUT THAT CHAIR THERE< NOT ME. NOT ONCE NOT NEVAH.
Kimberly: all the personality. very smooth animation. mixed media is wonderfully integrated.
nice time progression.
Kerri: backwards. COLOR ROLL SEIZIOR. Super awesome.
Elise: ultimate friz-be, Scott pilgrim, i love how it walks, lolz couch. so marvelous.
Dorothy: Awesome greenscrean idea. very original and neat. pretty lights. love the symbolism. I totes get this.
Audrey: neat background. lolz. I liked the commercial bit at the end. neat symbolism.
Erin: love the loading bar desperately. lolz. <3 tattoo. great integration of diff techniques. love the ending note of always more.
Kilea- I really enjoyed your animation. Definitely shows your personality. :)
ReplyDeletebicycle guy (sorry don't know your name)- Seriously?!?!? Did you really ride your bike to denton? That's freakin awesome!!!!!! Props. I liked the voice over. Very cool.
Beth- Loved the set up. I can tell you invested a lot of time in your video. It was great. Goldfish. ^.^
Francescia- Love the words at the end. Lol. That was great.
Maddie- Nice scenery changes. Loved the song. :)
Elizabeth- Star Wars-Heck Yes!!! ^.^ Wish I had that alarm clock. Your claymation was very well done. I like how you used the library as well, its a location that most of us are familiar with.
Lacey- Awesome object manipulation. :) I really enjoy the story behind it. I think your going to be an amazing art teacher. :D The music and sound effects are amazing as well. It's very happy.
Kerri- Wow. That was amazing. :) Very creative. There was a nice progression between shots. I was very impressed with the incorporation of paper and how it kinda ripped apart at the end. It was a nice touch.
Elise- The consistency that you have in your art is outstanding. There's a clear relation between this piece and your prints. Very fun. And props for staying in tune with the music. :)
Dorthy- I was truly moved by your video. The light graffiti was amazing. It makes me want to do artwork. XD I thought it was cool the first time I saw it, but it was even better the second time when you gave the meaning behind it. It was very powerful.
Awesome Painter lady(idk your name :/ lo siento)-Really loved your incorporation of paint. Your very talented. I would love to see more of your work.
Erin- Yours was my favorite. It's beautifully done.
Everyone- THE CREATIVITY OF THIS CLASS IS AMAZING. YOU GUYS DID GREAT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT COMES OUT OF THIS CLASS. <3
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ReplyDeleteI haven't heard the Reading Rainbow song in so long!!!! OHH MY GOOOSSSHHHHH. reminds me of page master!!!!
WIIIIISSSSSHHHHHBBBBBOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! GET OUT OF HERE!
i love being a nerd.
nerd.
nerd.
nerd.
nerd.
if you don't love star wars you're a terrorist!
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KIMBERLY. %Failure v. Success% Who do you want to be?
new soul. coming to strange worlds. giving and taking.
related? How do you give back to this strange world?
ARTTFARRTTT. sharing is caring. <3 talented for sure. your white board makes me want to hug you. it's amazing.
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THEY'RE ALIVE!! Don't we all wish this.
OOUUU look at the pretty negative view. The colors are preettyyy.
Play time's over. (: They will be back to play again!
We might be them.
The earth is a little stage like the desk of an art teacher where we play dress up and make art out of ourselves.
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Kilea: I loved your pixelation on the fence and in front of your barn. I thought the music went perfectly with your theme.
ReplyDeleteChris: This was very interesting. I felt it was very personal because of the voice over. Props on the theme/concept!
Beth: The way you connected your different techniques was awesome. Loved the flower part in the beginning.
Franchesca: Great use of music! I liked that you used the doll to represent yourself. The end was awesome.
Maddie: I loved your clay figures and how you utilized them to convey your theme. Loved the Frank song to go with your video.
Elizabeth: I enjoyed how you incorporated claymation, object manipulation and pixelation all at the same time. The reading rainbow part was awesome and brought back fond memories.
Kimberly: I really enjoyed your video! I was really excited about the part where you incorporated the books with your whiteboard drawing. The song went absolutely perfect with your theme.
Lacey: I liked that you used your desk space I thought it was really creative. The toys were a really fun aspect.
Kerri: I really liked how you shaped the states yet kept things abstracted. My favorite part was the colorful buildings and I felt like you portrayed New York really well with just that simple aspect. And I really love that song and it flowed well with your video.
Elise: Enjoyed the captions you used with the whiteboard. My favorite part was you and your friends on the couch, it was fun and showed a lot of your personality.
Dorothy: I really really liked this. Super creative! The lights and music coming together was really strong. LOVE.
Audrey: I felt the deeper meaning in your piece with the symbolism. I liked how you used different songs to convey the meaning. I thought your piece was very powerful!
love the way the music fits with each scene. the gun and the bullets crack me up. It reminds me of my home town. I had cats that also thought they where people and a dog that thought it was a cat.
ReplyDeleteWow thats a long trip. I dont think I would have the guts to do that. I love that you used the map and a pencil to show your travels. I believe I would be afraid to camp out in some of those areas.
diorama sweet, love the mix of real and fake. love the goldfish and the fact that a bear eats one. the white board was amazing.
Your music and background is fantastic. I want to see more of the dolls and love that one comes out of a suitcase. The ending was just perfect.
love the little white ball of clay that becomes colorful and all the ribbon that follows it around. The music you used works wonderfully with your video.
love that your in a library and that your clay figure is in a cookie box. The music fits well with every scene. The glasses them is something that i understand very well.
ok so i love your white board work and that you climb over books. your music fits great with each scene. love how you end it with your own art work. ;D
love the colors and how you used the torn up paper to create the scene and how it put its self back together at the start.
love the frisbee and the whiteboard work your character has so much expressionism, love the fun and spontaneity of it all
love the light graffiti and the white board, awesome music your use of colors goes great with your music
your color scheme and use of foil just amazing, I get the feeling of being lost and trying to find your way. your painting skills are just so wow, I love painting but my portraits are not as good as id like them.
the use of a journal love it and the fact that you only write a little on each page very simple but so impactfull. ok the driving part scares me a little I so thought you where going to run into that car.
Reverse.
ReplyDeleteWhich way is life taking you?
Which way is life taking me?
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
o say o say say say o say say say
nice song choice.
wait. they dont love you like i love you.
what was it like moving? did the people that love you stay there?!
abstract worked.
Reverse.
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WHO ARE YOU
kitties. love transish to white board.
kitties!!!!
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
getting eaten. seems like it's so.
frissbbeeeeee.......YAYY!!!!!!
fffrrriiiieeeeennnndddddsssssss!!!!! YAY!!!!!
i know you now i know you
short stories about you make others think about them.
you love kitties.
i love kitties.
you play frisbee.
i played frisbee golf once.( i know i know not the same )
you have fun friends.
i have fun friends.
NICE TO MEET YOU ELISE!!!
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orbs.
are you going to be okay?
YOU'RE NOT OKAY
YOU'RE NOT OKAY!
YOU'RE NOT OKAY!!!
YOU'RE OK.
YOU ARE O.K.
YOU ARE BETTER THAN OK.
YOU SHOWED EVERYONE THAT IT'S...
....ok.
((wow, this was an emotional video. it drew me in. good job on your lights. good job on your greenscreen. good job.))
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ReplyDeleteI liked how slowly your video moved- literally day by day. and how some things were just everyday things (driving in a car), some were monumental (getting accepted)- all were tied together through the journal, in which you gave imagery for each entry.
This seems like a good idea for a project for students- "what did you do today"
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ReplyDeletedifference.
no technology for you.
Audrey Smith - findingyourself.
welcome home, im glad you found home.
so much color inference. these colors are really emotional.
trouble trouble trouble. 911
911
911
91
9
finding help from other people can be tough.
finding help from yourself can be tough.
good job.
keep on keepin on. (:
?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!
L.A.S.T.
erinwalton.
i love the way you talk.
watching you talk with your whole body and hands and face makes me want to listen to you.
start video.
journal.
dear diary -
loading life.
loading life.
loading life.
thug lyfe!!!
<3 she falls in love
Her future.
dear diary -
I have a memory problem. Your video kind of helps me figure out how to remember better. I'm still thinking about how to find my own way of 'journalling' ....
Your life is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!
L.A.S.T.
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I'm an NRA certified riflery instructor. Bet y'all didn't know that.
haha love the sound effects.
Love the whole moving around thing.
It did feel like it fit your personality! It was really fun.
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Smooth move with all the items getting ready to leave.
I love New Mexico. It really is beautiful.
Wait, are you for real?
Two weeks. Awesome.
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your figurines are awesome, they look real!
creative idea with the fish, especially not requiring them to be in the water-- I bet your future students would love that twist on "reality"!
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This is so creepy cool. I love it.
Tim Burton, much?
There is so much socio-cultural impact in your video. You could absolutely take something like that to a classroom, if you were discussing stereotypes or cultural identities... I can see a lot of ways where that could be really valuable. Be brave!
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This is so perfectly abstract. You could teach your students a lot about how to still describe characteristics and emotions with such non-realistic traits.
And this song is perfect.
Oh my gosh, I love how anthropomorphic "you" are! Can that be a term? Abstract anthropomorphism?
Great job with the whiteboard at the end.
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Awww I love that song. My co-counselors and I used to sing that to each other to wake each other up in the morning at summer camp!
Love the boot up sound effect... great connotation with just one sound.
hahaha Great job with your puppet/claymation!
Oohh yeah and the Reading Rainbow!
You definitely communicated to us a lot of personal details about yourself—what you looked like, did, listened to, shows you watched, etc... that's a great communication tool to teach your students, too.
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ReplyDeleteGreat job with the whiteboard-- it makes me nervous that it always shifts so much, but your video proves that it works out and looks great when it's finished.
Interacting with real objects is really cool-- the rope was a great introduction to that idea, and then it progressed to more complicated object manipulation. Very cool.
"Strongest whiteboard element in the class." Absolutely.
That was a really cool effect, almost touch-screen-like, where you pulled and pushed the figure to shape. Really neat.
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This music definitely sets the tone!
Love the object manipulation-- and the way Jessie helped them out of the box... that was really cool.
Reminds me of my favorite!
Almost especially reminds me of this...
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That was some really meticulous drawing of states!
This is what I think of: youtu.be/MSvJ9SN8THE
Great music, too.
I totally identify with struggling with the medium... it's awesome that you went through with it anyway. That's the best part of experimenting-- your students will identify with that too, with needing to try stuff out before they figure out if it's something they are limited by or something where they can overcome limits!
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haha I thought that was this, not a frisbee!!
But this is way funnier than that one.
If I could play ultimate like that, I would be so good at it. Stop motion frisbee, anyone?
The camera strap -- it's like seeing the artist in their work.
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ReplyDeleteis that light graffiti? Laser lights?
This is so legit!!
I would love to show something like this to my students-- something that I did. They're going to love it.
Really neat illustration of emotion-- it's hard to convey what "panic" feels like, but you totally did. That's something your students will find valuable, too, to be able to abstract an idea or an intangible reality and then communicate it well. As you did!
I totally got that the light/anxiety was following you. Poignant.
Symbolism and metaphor are great words... great teaching moment.
It would be awesome if it didn't end here-- if somehow, a greater light (like the sun) or a steadier light (like a candle) somehow became the rescuer in this story... even though I don't know how it resolves, I know that it IS-- but it would be cool to see how you would tell the story of the resolution, too.
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Girl, I hear ya. It's true, there's a lot of differences in just a few years of school. Art is changing SO quickly, and so is art education.
I feel like there is a lot of surrealist stuff going on, and it's awesome.
There was a lot of symbolism-- I like that it's intentional and metaphorical.
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I don't usually like watching animated writing as handwriting, but you used it so thematically that it totally works and wasn't boring.
It did seem very organized, which is good-- it is structured enough to understand the story. If you hadn't used the transitions, I would be lost about what is going on. And you were able to use different kinds of animation between (you could've used different styles of all kinds of things!) and it was still cohesive.
I journal too. I totally get this. I journal in my sketchbooks too, so there's a lot from those that I would love see animated.
Having your students journal is a great way to teach them to be reflective and more literate. If you can share your love of writing and journaling with them, you might be surprised how you can inspire them to write as they create art, too.
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I don't like that we're doing "describe what it's about" before the videos. If an artist doesn't give the talk before you walk the gallery and see their work, then I don't think we should either. (BAM. opinions. take it or leave it.)
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Deletekilea- i love this- shows off your personality definately! you are so silly :] bring me a chicken!!!
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alaska-that is really cool the way you animated the flower! the landscape looks reallygreat !! bahaha a i looooove the bear!!!
franchesca- this is so creepy!!! i just love that you were so expressive.
i am so glad that you stayed in art despite the risks and insecurities. i love i am really happy you put that quote in there!!! lifted the mood ;]
elizabeth- this is really great im lost you ring fod io the library?!?! lol jk i really like th way she put herself together! it looks really great!those were crazy good song choices
kim- i love that you started out the video with the letters just showing up and then you started drawing yourself! im sorry you've been through difficult times but just like you show that there's intention by bringing your hand and manipulating the environment
lacey- i really like your scene with the puppet animation it was really well ... oh lol the whole thing is i feeel silly hahahahaha
new york (lol) love that you put the paper back together- really cool! i also really like that you put the color up as buildings and you deconstructed them to build texas!
elise lol first thing i see was jeekend lol i love the colors, i like how you as a person change into a white board animation!!! i love the use of 3 d element in your white board you friends are silly! love that they helped you with your video!
dorothy- you said synopsis lol i love your white board animation on your green screen and the light painting following you!! oh wow! that was really intense! sooooo cool that you used light animation throughout your whole video!!
audrey- i like that you did the repeated image- i am in LOVE with this song >.< i like that you can't really see "new day" lol i like how it went from good to bad to better :] i like the symbolic nature you used in the vehicles and that you kept the same face you just added different elements!
erin- i like that you usedcursive! i like that you add a visual along with the journal entry!i like that you left the last page blank!! also i applaud you on the camera not being too shifty- i could not even LOOK at my camera without it shaking, just a little.
also, maddie!!! this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WzQPw80Y3ko reminds me of when the clay you got pushed off the steps :] i reeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy wanted to show you this video ^.^ it makes me giggle :]
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