Monday, 11 February 2013

Rope Test

After the lab with the guest speaker, I learnt an expression that was extremely helpful. Below is what I used for my final piece. The expression below will allow for a slower swing up to an angle of 35 degrees. However, I experimented a lot with these variables to achieve the motion that I wanted. I adjusted how quick the movement was and also up to what angle I wanted my rope to swing.


Math.sin(time*1)*35

Below is an example of what happened when I changed the variables:

This video used the expression Math.sin(time*8)*55 therefore the swing is extremely quick and up to a large angle.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Sound Problems

I recorded a voiceover for my piece yet once I had edited it on Logic Pro and exported it, a lot of quality was lost and it didn't sound as good as it should have. I discovered that it was perhaps how I recorded it originally that was the problem rather than how I exported it. I re recorded my voiceover, with the zoom microphone much closer to the vocalist and in a much quieter surrounding and the quality was greatly improved.

Monday, 4 February 2013

Jon Krasner

"Value and colour can create mood, symoblise ideas, and express emotions to produce a desired audience response. Understanding methods of colour contrast and how colour can evoke different emotional responses individual, gender, and culture can help dictate how we make colour decisions" page 39 - 'Motion Graphic Design'

I experimented with colour throughout my piece. I made quite a daring decision for the phrase "who are you to think you deserve to be different?" I tried numerous colour combinations before eventually deciding to go with bright green and pink. This is due to them working extremely well together, probably due to them being complementary (sitting opposite on the colour wheel). Throughout the piece, I have not used these colours so it really helps emphasise what the vocals are saying. Bright green and pink are different to the rest of the colours; they're bold, daring and confident and the psychologist speaking is questioning why the patient feels they are allowed to be different to everyone else. I thought choosing these colours emphasised this strongly. It made me realise how much of an impact colour can have on an audience and the different feelings it can provoke.



Saturday, 2 February 2013

ANGIE TAYLOR ON COLOUR

CHAPTER SIX
  • Be aware of what different colours mean internationally and how they change over time e.g green used to represent money yet now it is for the environment
  • RED: stimulating, used with caution, attracts attention easily, can represent heat, power love, anger etc, use to highlight important elements
  • YELLOW: highly visible and bright, bold when against a black background, used for nature, represent sunshine, happiness, brightness, illness, betrayal
  • ORANGE: warmth, fire, energetic, cheerful, brash, healthy
  • BLUE: cold, winter clarity, liquid, ice, detachment, calming, peaceful, metaphor for sadness, fairly conventional and accepted, 'safe' colour
  • GREEN: nature, growth, renewal, nausea, envy, evil, safety
  • PURPLE: regal colour, luxury, bravery, wealth, conceit, worn by larger than life characters,  use when you want your designs to be daring and exciting
  • PINK: girls, toys, dolls, make up, feminine, used by the gay community, good when combined with blues and greys  
  • BLACK: formal, powerful, mysterious, sophisticated, used as a background in design
  • WHITE: purity, innocence, truth, cowardice, peace, as a background it creates open space simplicity