Project 5 Critique

PROJECT CRITIQUE FORM
Name: Scott Farrell
Class Section: 008
Critique

- What ideas did you incorporate into the piece?
I noticed that my average involves a lot of water. For example, I often wake up, wash my face, and have a cup of coffee, so I decided to run with this theme of water. At the time of the project, I felt like I had too many things to do and not enough time to do them, so I had an idea of drowning or trying to hold one's breath. There's a heavy sigh in the beginning and one at the very end, so there's a feeling of holding one's breath, as though we need to hold our breath to get through our work day.

- Do you think the piece is successful? Why or why not?
For the most part. There's only so much you express with sound alone and I feel like the sounds of water are distinct enough to drive the point home, but the idea stands enough that someone might pick up on it.

Self-Evaluation
- What skills did you learn through working on this piece? How did you employ these
skills in your work?
Learning to use Audacity for the first time. This is the first program we've used this semester that I wasn't already familiar with, so while I had no trouble learning it, I had to make time to actually figure out what I was doing.

- What challenges did you face?
I attempted to keep other people talking out of the recordings as much as possible. While there is background chatter, no distinct language can be heard.

- Did you find a suitable resolution—if yes, what? If no, what would you change?
Yes, I would say so. The background chatter indicates a public area, but there is no real conversation heard.

- What revisions would your make if you were to do the work a second time?
I'm not sure how to revise a project in order to make water sound more like water, but that's what I would do if I could.

Project 5

Project 4 Critique

PROJECT CRITIQUE FORM
Name: Scott Farrell
Class Section: 008
Critique

- What ideas did you incorporate into the piece?
I tried to incorporate some sense of paranoia into the shots; the mask emphasized the point more than anything. There was also a very limited view of the room, while shots involving doors and windows were saved until the end, giving little sense of the outside world. The focus on the person instead of the media was to illustrate how people have reacted to news media, rather than the news media itself.

- Do you think the piece is successful? Why or why not?
To an extent. The mask sells the point, but the small anxious hand movements also give a feeling of unease. The contrasting voice-overs were an interesting idea, but trying to get both the shots and the narration perfect was incredibly difficult.

Self-Evaluation
- What skills did you learn through working on this piece? How did you employ these
skills in your work?
Image sequencing in my editor was the main skill used, which, besides timing, isn't difficult. Trying to create dynamic shots that work in stop motion was also difficult, and sometimes the camera would be uncooperative.

- What challenges did you face?
Attempting to sound as something other than an angry teenage boy was the most difficult aspect of the project. Other than that, trying to get the right shot to convey the right mood was also  a challenge.

- Did you find a suitable resolution—if yes, what? If no, what would you change?
As much as I could. If anything, I would have taken far more shots but used more nuanced facial expressions.

- What revisions would your make if you were to do the work a second time?
Really, just the nuances between each shot. Some worked and some didn't.

Project 4 - The Ebola Scare

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Tabaimo

Part of the appeal of Tabaimo's work is that it challenges the viewer to fill in the blanks. Her work envelops some aspect of routine life, such as the kitchen or a public bathroom, but incorporates a surreal element in order to provoke a response Through a surreal mundane, Tabaimo instigates a way to approach . More than anything, Tabaimo combines a number of media in order to create her exhibits. For instance, she drew the line art of her hands. She then scanned the art to her computer and filled it with color and details. Finally, she uses a circular physical exhibit to surround the viewer with the art she's created. This three-dimensional envelopment of the viewer, in combination with her hand drawn animation, is what brings the audience into the art, as she says the audience is 50% of the art, and drives them to question what the piece may be about.

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