Here is my merged picture of Nana Mizuki and T.M.Revolution (dunno his real name). I picked these two, 'cause they recently did a duo called "Preserved Roses" (which is awesome, by the way, and can be found in iTunes, and there were false rumors of them being engaged). I found identical posters of both on Google (naturally, since they both worked on the song). I know there are a few marks on the image that suggest I did alter it, but I wanted to add a bit of Nana Mizuki's hair into this image and T.M.Revolution had his hair styled in a way which I had to make those marks to get my desired results. Anyway, here's what their child would look like.
Here is the altered picture of Kim and Nancy in a anime convention (dunno which one). I wanted to something simple and you guys look like you're having fun there! Can I join? ;)
Here is my wacky Scanning exercise! The first one is the instant-scanned one, while the second one is the Photoshop-tweeked one. It's honestly been forever since I used Photoshop! So nostalgic....
I suppose it would have been more efficient to take some
more shots, since this video was originally…well…not geared towards action.
However, I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could create something from
just the original video. I did some research on the action genre. I knew what
it was in general, but wondered if there were some more technical details I
should’ve been aware of. Naturally, there were many different types of action
sub-genres, but the one characteristic that all action genre film shares,
whether it be a martial arts or spy film, is motion. For the most part, action
films will have continuous movement, usually something intense like chases and
fights, in its scenes. With that in mind, I made sure to not use too many clips
where there is no movement or action, which wasn’t too hard, since most of the
video had some kind of motion occurring. Furthermore, considering how the
scenes where shot, I decided to try to take a more subtle approach; I tried to
create an action thriller that is in its earliest stages. Basically, with this
trailer, the movie is just being created, so the audience gets a few clips and
a few notes letting them know that the film is on its way, but there isn’t
enough footage to really give details into the plot. The mystery and
uncertainty come from the little information given, as well as the fact that
the actors’ faces aren’t shown, but the intense foreboding sensation lingers
within the music. Basically, something’s going to happen but no one knows what.
Original video created by MJ DiDonna, Anny Jialu Li, Cameron Hanley, and Bailey Watro
Music:
"Prelude Pusher (Choir)" by Paul Jebanasam
Saturday, September 7, 2013
About the No Country for Old Men film.....
Allow me to say that first of all, it was not my favorite film. nor my favorite genre. I know I'm from Texas, but that doesn't immediately indicate that I am into the Western America stuff. No, no offense to those who do like that genre. I mean no disrespect; it is just not my thing.
However, I will admit that I think that the camera work that was done on that film was pretty cool. I'll admit, I am more of an anime girl, but I have seen my fair share of live action films and such, and believe me, I have seen some pretty poor and unimpressive camera work. I thought that whoever was in charge of the cameras did a great job giving the film its intense feeling, especially with the lack of music, that gave you nothing to be distracted with, so the audience's full attention is on the characters and the action. It is definitely something to take note off, especially when trying to establish the perfect mood in films, since different combinations of camera work, transitions and audio can help establish that.
But like I said; not really my type of film. It was.....interesting to watch though.
