Tuesday, July 19, 2011

One more video project with RenEnder!

Hey Sp7/11

For this video project I teamed up with another class mate, Red Ender, to create a video project built around special premises of our own choosing. We call this format, No-Shot-Stop Video. The idea behind it is to express the idea in only one take and quickly move on to the next, then later in production we maintain the idea of simplicity is continued by utilizing software people can gain access to easily, and put in very little or no special effects.

 Inpiration for our video came from the MV for the song N'importe Comment by The Toxic Avenger featuring Orelsan. In this video they illustrate the functions of facebook as if they could apply to real life.

In our video we take the same idea and apply it to twitter using our No-Shot-Stop format.

 
It is rough around the edges, but that is the nature of our format. The idea behind it is that everyone can express themselves through digital storytelling without fancy tricks and equipment and still come out with something which expresses ones thoughts and feelings.
I hope you enjoyed our project, and thank you for watching.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Other project!

Hey Sp7/11!

This is a post related to the lines that I made for each of the movies, as we can see the lines are basically talking about the character. I can see that probably for me the most important thing in movies is the characters and their thinking. I actually realize it during this project and the movies I watched after made me confirm it, so it is another thing I learn doing this project. It may be a good exercise to understand ourself a little more, seeing what I the most important thing we see in a movie and why it is. I identify myself with the characters and thats why I love all kind of movies, the story is very important but the evolution and personality of the characters is more important. I feel same way with TV shows I need to feel that the characters is "part" or "related" to something inside me (hard to explain) but it works.

Once I read a study that TVshow that stay for long time is because show what ppl want to be and feels identify with them. For instance, I dont wanna be a professional boxer (even close to that) but i feel very identify with Rocky in all his movies. I love his spirit and his thinking about life, I admire him and try to follow his "advices" and his recommendation in some parts of my life. In the other hand maybe some people only see the story as main thing, I dont know Please give me some feedbacks in what is important for you and why? I m very curious in what is the most common one..

I was thinking a lot (still this class is a real MIND BLOWER) I cannot stop having ideas but after them evolve to other completely different and I dont know what to do anymore!!

So finally I decided to:

Make an audio recorded modulated so its distortioned for each of the lines. I used the software TALK IT! its free and its very cool! basically you put the test and voices read it! you have a lot of voices you can use and can change the speed etc..


The lines that I made are:




Movie 1:

" A polititian that falls in love with a random women and it would do anything and fight against his destiny to get her"

Movie 2:


"Our story happen in the future after third world war. Feeling are illegal, anyone who feels will be prosecuted by the goverment."

Movie 3:



"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that!"

Movie 4:


"Our characters have to take refuge in a mega store, where they get stuck and have to stay for long time, while the outside is getting more and more dangerous" Also I would love to put a quote that I love from zombie movies "When there is no more place in hell, The dead will walk the earth!"

Movie 5:

"The main character start to suffer pandorum effect (but not in Space) and people should help him realize what is real and what is not so he does not hurts anyone"

Movie 6:

"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team."

Movie 7:

"Our characters that have been following same path finally got different ways and each one must follow it. This choose will make them enemies for ever!"

You can find the free software here

Please give me some feedback!

Hope you enjoyed!Thank you!

Free art,

Yama!

Monday, July 11, 2011

New project based in previous!

Hey Sp7/11!

I have been thinking long time about my project.. I came up with sooo many different ideas in how to end up everything and tried to make it the best as possible.. Finally I decided to take into account professor Otto recommendation but take it with another perspective..

So i decided to make a Newspaper news about the movie. Which means that I create a story within the story of the movie and everything projected in a newspaper story..

I thought a lot about the story that I can explain in this project and finally watching youtube videos of old movie trailers I came up with a collage of some of the stories I watched. For instance the paper of the goverment trying to proctect law or citizens right but at the same time they are preventing their citizens to enjoy and learn from it. It is a very hard concept to explain in words but I think in the story I wrote we can see the idea.


What I used to make the news is basically photoshop and write the text around the pictures. I edited a little the picture and I made some newspaper research to see how it works. I am not so good writing, specially news, but I hope all of you will enjoy the story..

I will make another post putting all my lines and make something more!

Please give me more feedback!

Thank you all! Free art!

Yama!

Friday, July 8, 2011

Movie Project!

Hey Sp711!

So finally I finish my project! I have been thinking a lot about how to finihs this project and finally I got to a decision.. maybe it is not the best one but it is the one that I liked the most..

First of all what I did is I took all the movie poster I post during this days.. With this poster I had to make the poster of my story.. Creating tittle using (blackout) and making the poster by matching all the posters.. I decided not to use ANYTHING external because if i do it will become too professional.. So i stick with the posters I posted.. It have been very challenging since the resource where limited.. but the final result it have been very greatful!

I used Photoshop and I basically start to cut and conect all movie poster together.. I applied some styles so it looks kind of better.. Also I decided not to touch the title backgrounds after cut them so it looks more collage and I liked it better..

This is the final result! (please check previos post to check that I did not use any external picture):


The tittle of my story/ movie:
"Rocky Pandorum, First equilibrium team bureu"

Rocky pandorum is my main character and the equilibrium team bureau is about the story that I took from the movies.. (that I will post in my next post)

Subtittle "Your world has been dead" Meaning that since feelings are illegal everything is dead!

In the poster there are several actors so its free choice for us to choose the one we think will be the main character...

Please give me feedback! I m very interested in your thinking because I m not good story teller or artist.. So I like to learn more and try to improve for my next projects!

Thank you for reading!
Free art

Yama!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Movie number 7 and LAST! Xmen FIRST CLASS (2011)

Hey guys!

Today is my last movie post! Actually yesterday after class I went to cinema cus I wanted to watch the XMEN! I am actually not fan of this kind of cartoons and stuff, but my friends push me to go.. So i went.. I didnt like too much the previous 4 movies (only the wolfrine and because I really like hugh jackman).. So i was not expecting big things form this movie..

I am very happy to say that THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME! I really like it! specially because finally i understand a little of the past of Xmen.. before i thought i sjust a bounch of spidermans around there.. but no now i understand how it is..


What I liked the most about this movie is how show that u shouldnt care about your apperance and care more about who you really are.. Also I loved Magneto from previous movies, just because I m always with the bad guys.. in this movie you can see his evolution and HOW COOL he is! so what I got from this movie to put in my story is kind of the ending that EVERYONE SHOULD know before watch the movie if know about xmen..

Basically:

"Our characters that have been following same path finally got different ways and each one must follow it. This choose will make them enemies for ever!"

Tomorrow I will make the most of my project and lets see how it looks!

Thank you guys!

Free art,

yama

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Movie Number 6! The A Team (2010)

Hey Sp711!

This last days have been very though because school have been sooo busy.. we are rapping up all our classes so all tests, papers and works  are making our lifes hard!!

But there is always 2 hours for relaxing and try to chill! So i decided to put a movie that is based in the famous TVSHOW the A team! I really loved that tv show so I expected the movie to be at least not bad!

The movie is good... but I expected a little more because the TVshow was sooo great that my benchmark was too high! Anyway its a good movie to spend one night with friends and relax! I recommened for study days!

Trailer:


This is my Movie number 6 so only 1 more to go! and we ll see the result of the project.. Maybe I m thinking in remake the project (since I got a very good suggestion from our teacher Otto!) I will explain it in the next post!

What I got for this movie is basically the intro of the TVshow (because I just love it and its my prject so I choose):

"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team."

Enjoy! Have a great night!

Free Art,

Yama

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Movie number 5! Pandorum 2009!

Hey SP711!

Hope you had a wonderfull weekend! My weekend have been very busy.. i watched some movies and I decided that the movie I will use for my project is Pandorum! Its a sci Fy movie!



This movie is great! it plays with human mind and makes us think about our future!

Check the info here


It is very hard to choose one part because all the movie in general was great! So I decided to choose the movie explanation of the title: Pandorum effect! (a psychological disorder you develop in deep space) where you feel that everyone whats to kill you and become crazy.

My setence will be that:
"The main character start to suffer pandorum effect (but not in Space) and people should help him realize what is real and what is not so he does not hurts anyone"

Thank you for reading!

Free art!

Yama

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Movie number 4! Dawn of the dead (2004)

Hey sp711!

My movie number 4 is Dawn of the Dead (2004), George A. Romero. I am a freak of zombie movies and I love George A Romero! His movies are amazing! I really enjoy this kind of movies and with the new make ups and special effects are just a MIND BLOWER! Just like Sp711!

This movie is a remake form the one 1978, which is amazing, but this one is pretty cool! Because now the zombies RUN!!!!



Information: Here






Since this is a zombie movie it is very hard to choose something for my digital story! But this is SP711! so should try our best and follow our creativity to the next level! So my sentence number 4 will be:

"Our characters have to take refuge in a mega store, where they get stuck and have to stay for long time, while the outside is getting more and more dangerous" Also I would love to put a quote that I love from zombie movies "When there is no more place in hell, The dead will walk the earth!"

Thank you,

Free Art!

Yama

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Movie number 3! Rocky 6 (2006)!

Hey Guys!

Sorry for my late post! I should have done it last night.. but i was working in my video project so I decided to make the post this morning!

The movie I watched is Rocky 6 (2006), a lot of people didnt like this movie or thought that Stalone was too old.. I actually really like this movie and I am very happy that Stallone doesnt follow what society says and does what he really likes.. people is very jelous of his physic and just try  to excuse themselves..
 


Well for me the best of rocky movies is their quotes and how useful are in life.. I really like stalone quotes and how he express them..

So from this movie I am gonna take a quote: (Better ear it from himself)


"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that!"

I am very thankful to Stallone for this quotes.. It inspires me in my down moments..

So I would make that my main character is moved/ said this quote that he really believe in..

Thank you,

Free art,

Yama

Video Project PREVIEW!!

Hey Guys! SP711 How r u doing??

As i mentioned in the previous post this class in a mind blower! I have been having so many ideas of projects that I got super lost! I know a lot of softwares etc (a lot of them forgot but it is always good to refresh some stuff).. So I have been thinking for long time in projects softwares etc.. So finally I said:

" THIS CLASS IS A REAL MIND BLOWER!!!!" so I decided to express my feeling...

Finally I choose Adobe After effects.. It is a very hard professional software.. I didnt use for 5 years or so.. It was hard to do it.. took me so long.. also I did not have good camera to get good footage! Hope that it will be fixed at School with Otto equipment!..

Basically What u have to do if you want to do a project like this one.. is first get good footage.. After with the program basically you need to have good mask in order to have both people in the same place and the shooting  bllod etc.. U have to do it with photoshop one by one or try to get some footage from movies etc.. What i did is get it from demolitionfilms!

If you want to no further about this program please feel free to comment and I will be more than happy to explain.. but is very complicated to do it in a post.. I can do some video for people interested!

There we go... My Video project PREVIEW!

SP711 The mind blower!

Please comment and give me some feedback!

Thank you,

Free Art..

Yama!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Movie number 2! Equilibrium 2002!

Hey Sp711! Hope all of you had a great day and everyone is working hard in their projects!

Today I have been working very hard in my video project.. I was reviewing some software that I used to use when I was back in engineering.. I never became profesional but I liked to try new software so at that time I could master this programs.. Right now I have to restart from 0 I dont remember anything.. but as it is usual with software it just takes a little time and it is easy to refresh! The name of the software are surprise since are not so famous (as far as I saw in ds106 website)

Well this post is  about my second movie! The tittle is Equilibrium 2002, played by Christian Bale, which is one of my favorite actors eventhough people tend to hate him due to his famous video screaming! See in youtube! I know about this movie because my roomate recommended to me! It has a really cool story and makes you think a lot about our society! Please check this movie!




Information about the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/

Trailer:



I love a lot of points about this movie! but I will make my story more interesting so I will focus in interesting details! I love the fightings and in the story they created a special martial art for fighting with guns! based in probabylities!

The second part of my story:
"Our story happen in the future after third world war. Feeling are illegal, anyone who feels will be prosecuted by the goverment."

Thank you for reading!

Free Arts

Yama!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Movie Number 1! The Adjustment Bureau 2011!

Goodnight story telling mates!

This is the start of my project with movies! I m very excited about this project and I hope it will make a good story that everyone can enjoy! At least I m pretty sure i will enjoy the process!

The first movie I have watched is The Adjustment Bureau (2011) playing Mat Damon. I actually really liked the movie, eventhough all my roomates felt a sleep while watching it! This is one of these movies that you get (legally) but you dont really know whats about.. I love to get movies without know exactly whats about and finally get the surprise!



I dont want to explain any detail about the movie! I dont want to exploit anything!

Webstie information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/

Watch the trailer:



Basically the thing that I love the most and that It will start my story is:

" A polititian that falls in love with a random women and it would do anything and fight against his destiny to get her"

Thank you for reading!

Free art!

Yama!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

New Project Idea! Written Story telling

Hey Sp711 mates!

Yesterday I got a new idea in how make a new digital story telling.. I love watching movies and almost everyday I watch several movies.. Each movie as something very special.. Maybe location, Line, character, general story... So my idea is:

Basically I will watch a movie each day for the next week and I will take one thing that I love or that i think that is special for each movie (for instance one the location, other the main character, other the story line, other a good quote and so on)..

Each day I will choose randomly what I think is the best and I will make a post about it ending the post with the line.

After the week I will put together all the lines that I got from all movies and all together will make a random story. I believe that it can be very interesting If i can pick up an interesting point of each movie!

Finally also I will try to make a photshop mixing all the lines in one movie poster!

What you guys think?

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Different language Different personality?

Today is the Hottest day I ever Had in Tokyo and I loved it!

This post is about an interesting phenomenom that happens to some people that speaks multiple language. Since our class is very diverse and everyone speak different language, I would like to ask if this phenomenon happens to you.

The phenomenon is basically that depens on the language that you speak you have different personality. For instnace if you speak english you act in a different way that if you speak Japanese.



In my personal life it happens all the time, when I speak japanese normally I become very respectul and I tried not to be loud, I act more politely and I even bow more often. On the other hand when I speak english I tend to be way more louder talk about different topics and dont care that much about people around me. And on the top of that when I speak spanish I act more funny and my necesity for party start right in the moment!!!!

All this happens without even noticed it that much! What u guys think?

Monday, June 20, 2011

How important are grades for you?

Hey Guys!

These last days I have been talking to some people regarding the importance of our grades and how they will affect our future lifes!

It is very funny in how teachers and schools said "Oh, dont worry about your grade you are here to learn" ... So my question is: Why there is GPA minimum to get into the university??? Why there are grades if we dont have to worry about them???

Another funny comment I have hear is "B+ is a good grade you should be proud". Good grade? how good? because with a B+ average I cannot get into any good MBA...




Check out this link because it is very interesting essay ! Does grades really matter??

How about how grades work?

For instance how can you grade art without being subjective? grading based in effort? So one guy who have work for 10 hours in a paint and Picasso did same in 1 min.. One get A and Picasso F.. Who is better artist?

This link explain how works art grading. Even this link is very helpful it raise a lot of different questions.. that comes to subjectivity grading..



I would like people share their experiences and their concerns regarding this issues..

Also it could be interesting in how you guys want to be grade in this Class SP711! Since we hare a MOOC class and we all have very different backgrouds

how can we make it fair to everyone??

Be free!

Yama

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Change of proposal freedom of mind

Hello people!

My previous post I was thinking in doing a story telling using gifts and explaining a funny story. My mind has change (like always) I love to go side by side and change what I wanna do.

As you know I believe that freedom must be the main right of everyone. Freedom of education and information is one of my main concers and I believe that in our society we do not have them.

My pals at Sp711 and me, we believe in sharing information and that everyone deserve the right to learn or share. So my story is about this topic.

I choose a very simple tool that I believe that is very interesting. I saw it randomly on google and I wanted to use it as a digital tool to share my thoughts.



Please feel free to comment and share some of your stories doing same technique.

U just need an Iphone or a Phone! so please share your art! U just need a background and a message that u believe its necessary to share!

My story;
Background is the statue of liberty
Message from Information asking protection

Think freely and share the best!

Yama Savini!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Project 1 proposal!

Hello FREE ARTIST willing to share with the world!

First of all I would like to share some good music I found.. Really good remixes that make my day.. Cloudy day so perfect to go to soundcloud! http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=taito+tikaro

I was thinking about my project and I was going to use Macromedia flash.. After some thinking .. I realizes that this class is about of sharing free knowledge and free stuff.. So finally I decided to find a free way (without having the program) so everyone can do it..

I went to ... http://makeagif.com/  Its a super easy tool where we can create sooo much cool stuff and transmit our feeling.. I decided to use this tool for my first story..



To show how i will use i did a fast one!

I found it very useful for a free way to show some art!

Have a lovely sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Free art,

Yama Savini!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Friday night!!

Konbawa Bloggers!!!!!

Tonite is friday and I would like to enjoy this friday night!!

Special thanks to Kona to convince to use facebook!!!!!!! Even I dont like FB policies we must admit that the technology and usability of it is the best!

Have a lovely night!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Wellcome WORLD!!!

First of all thank you so much for checking my blog!

This blog is gonna be based on the MOOC class that I am taking with my "freedom" teacher Ottopaertz! It have been an amazing journey so far and we are fighting against the system to share our knowledge with all of you!

Soon I will start posting my stories and my feelings using digital technology!

Please feel free to conect to me on twitter or facebook  I AM YAMA SAVINI!

Email: 1finger5times@gmail.com


Thank you all of you,

Be free


YamaSavini