this week

This week i learned how to re size and image on photo shop which proves very useful. in the future i want to learn an easy way to blend different images in photo shop better. One thing that frustrated me this week was trying to blend a gorillas face to a body of a koala bear in my worth 1000 project, but none the less i am proud with the way it turned out. one thing that made me happy this week is that i have a half day friday!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diJzT-sHizg This link is a tutorial on the many blending modes of photo shop. Enjoy.

walt and jim

After reading the article "Walt Disney and Jim Henson: So similar, so different" I've learned that The two genius's have a lot in common but the way they would run their companies is very different. Walt welcomed company expansion where Jim on the other hand was more of a small company person. Walt however had some staffing issues in the 1940's.  Jim also had internal issues with staffing with a rivalry between the New York team and the London team. Fairy tales were a big part in both men's lives. Walt's fairy tales more mainly straight forward where Jim's were more socially relevant to the time. A similarity though was they both embraced new technology to help with Jim's puppet skills and Walt Disney's theme parks. I liked how each paragraph was a different topic, and that they were either a similarity or a difference. The article was very informative and helped m,e learn more about Walt and Jim. Who's going to be the next Walt Disney or Jim Henson?  

Storyboards....

After reading "Storyboarding Tips from Dream Works", Ive learned that there are much simpler ways to drawing storyboards. For instance if your not such a good drawer you can draw grids, weather it be for a floor or a sky it gives the field around your character depth and creativity so people can better understand what you're drawing. When dealing with more than one character you should group them accordingly, for example if you have two or more characters standing in one area label them. It can be as simple as A, B, and C this makes it much easier to figure out who is who in your storyboard. It is also good to use depth of field in your picture. It may be a little  harder than on a computer but it sets up the frame for a better shot when you transfer it from your story board to the computer. The way they listed the facts and tips in the article were very descriptive and useful and the images provided made it easier to understand. Should stpry boards be mandatory?

Advertisements

In the article "Chipotle scarecrow makes enemies to win customers" I've learned that through certain tactics you can easily swing your product or company around the mind of the consumer, but you have to be careful because not enough promotion during your advertisement can actually make the competition look better. For example in the Nokia phone advertisement in the article it heavily promoted Apples iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy, but said very little about their own brand! I very much enjoyed all the videos in the article, they provided clear examples of advertisements. I also enjoyed all the tips that the author has provided about advertisements. What will the food industry have to say?

Sound waves

In the article "How do film-makers manipulate our emotions with music ?" by Helen Stewart, BBC Arts  & Culture, I've learned that through certain sound frequencies our emotions can be changed, heightened, or shortened. For example in the year 2002 producers of a french psychological thriller admitted to using this technique. "Audience members report feeling disoriented and physically ill just with in a half hour of infrasound..." This shows that with the use of certain frequencies we can feel different. Infrasound is not a sound you necessarily hear, but you feel it rather than hear it. In some cases the sounds that are chosen to be in horror movies sometimes resemble the same frequency of an animal in fear. The description of the feeling of the audience members in a horror film clearly shows its affect. i enjoyed hearing the short back story in the beginning.
Is there music that can make us feel other emotions other than fear?