Day: March 11, 2016

This weeks Tutorial focused on Haiku making and editing together as a whole, so in this post I wanted to talk about a music video that I not only love the editing to but the whole feel that the video represents including the song itself the music and lyrics.

Oh Wonder – Without You

There is something about this song that makes it easily play on my emotions, It’s interesting how each individual person has a mechanically wired taste in music and cinematography weather it be influenced by upbringing, diversity, or maybe it’s something that is even innate. Regardless I love the de-saturated fluro colors that linger in this video and the imagery of the duo ‘starcrossed’ sitting so close yet so far apart, this is imagery that matches the lyrics so tenderly “Without You” and although it is almost generically cliche the retro aspect that the director and duo have chosen to take creates and individual style that makes them so fascinating in society that is so ridden by sexualization and saturation as well as anything that sustains to the current hyper attentive audience. I would prefer a laid back placid video to an action fest any day.

Week 2 tutorial focused on editing and as an activity to help the class get started we were asked to create short and endearing Haiku’s, I thought this was a very enjoyable task and was nice to set the mood for future editing.

Self Portrait Written Component – Natasha Khan

PHOTOS

LEFT (Health and Lifestyle) – I think this image represents not only one of my favorite foods but the healthy and active lifestyle I enjoy and try to incorporate in to my life. Mangos are amazing to have as a breakfast item and always seem to keep me fuller for longer, fresh fruit is so important in my life as well as keeping up good habits and enough exercise.

RIGHT (Bedroom Design) – My bedroom says a lot about me, on my main wall behind the bedrest I have presented all the tickets and trinkets from places I’ve traveled (including plane tickets) as well as concert tickets and other souvenirs I’ve picked up along the way. It represents my desire to travel and to see the world as well as a reflection of everywhere I have already been.

LEFT (Garden and Home) – I grew up in a very lush suburban area around Doncastor and I’ve always loved being able to have a garden to go out and play in as well as just sit and read, I think I’ve always loved the bush and greenery more than the city life although both play a major role in my life of course going to a University which is city based has changed how I view the city as I’ve been given time to explore it more.

RIGHT (Music Production) – As presented in my audio files music has become such an important aspect of my life, I believe this image represents my dedication to my art form and the passion I have in creating. It also demonstrates the instrument I compose on and the types of techniques you can use it for.

LEFT (Chiaroscuro Lighting and Photography) – I am a conceptual thinker and what comes out of this is my love for lighting in photography a well as trying to represent something in an image that people may not necessarily see straight away, I believe life is all about interpretation and I think this image represents my way of viewing things.

RIGHT (Art) – Again similar to photography art is a way of self-expression and for me swirling colours together is a major form of stress relief and expressing inner thoughts. This is a picture I recently painted just a few days ago that shows my love for colors as well as sunsets and rises as they present the end of one day and the start of another.

AUDIO

A song which incorporates my singing and I think represents my personality especially the Jazz, soul and blues incorporated into my music which was due to my fathers influence in mo-town.

A secondary beat takes a delve into a different genre of my music making, using more blocked chords and less of the electropop area I truly love, yet it also represents my love for melody and my technical musical background.

A synthetic pop beat is my favorite musical genre, after spending a majority of my saving on a Roland Jupiter 50 I’ve been producing music ever since, this reflects my growing stills on productions.

VIDEO
(all combined/unedited below)

Video 1: Again one of my favorite leisurely thing to do, play an instrument to relieve stress and anxiety before any event, finding ways and hobbies to help my headspace is very important I think this media piece communicates emotions in the lyrics as well as my love for my instrument and passion for creativity.
Video 2: My everyday bus on the way to work and uni, I’ve traveled this route for years, I think looking out the bus window at such a familiar environment really challenges me as when I listen to music and observe I always try to find new things to inspire me.
Video 3: A segment of me playing a different instrument, I think this piece conveys myself in a personal space in my house feeling comfortable whilst doing something I love I also think It represents my fashion style and lifestyle as a whole.

50 WORDS

Art, music, creativity
Living fully with festivity,
Always thinking of a new activity,
Something to increase productivity.

There’s a lot of aspects I could tell,
Life for me is a rapid but swell,
I think making words collide,
Is a great way for creativity to divide.

 I choose to write a poem as reflection on how innovation and creativity run my life and how I aspire to think outside the box and create ideas that haven’t been thought of before, It also is a testament to my youth as during my upbringing drama and poetry were a big influence in my life and still are they gave me confidence and self-assurance in all that I do.

The second tutorial brought together more activities for the class to interact with this included listening, watching and giving feed back to the images, video, audio and written component of people’s self-portraits. We did this by having post-it notes with different words, each word was allocated to the person giving different feedback to the sharer for example having the note with the word ‘Black’ meant I had to give constructive feedback on what I didn’t like in the self-portrait. The second main activity was learning what a Haiku was and creating one in order to practice editing for the week four project. This for me was quite fun and easy, it took barley any time to edit together but it was awesome making something abstract and artistic. In regards to the reading the class was allowed to have a short discussion on their thoughts, I thought it was an interesting read, there was a lot of terminology that I decided to look up and now understand better due to further investigation, it was also obviously another introduction into what makes up a story in regards to scenes and again editing choosing what to put in and leave out.

The activity the class was presented with was to go to a specific location and observe the different forms of Media within society. The purpose of this task I believe was to make students aware of what it is to be an active media consumer, always challenging the views and values within the media and they’re purpose. The location that I examined was Melbourne Central below is a list of media observations that were made with a few selected images as evidence.

Up High: Electronic advertisements including a massive projected one next to the elevator stairs, Melbourne central clockwork.

On the Ground: Receipts and other pieces of rubbish from products.

Mid Ground: Salesperson promoting products, volunteers handing out information pamphlets,

Background: Mirrors that reflect the surrounding media.

Foreground: People on there mobile phones whilst walking, giant lighted electronic brand names on stores,

In Your Hand: Mobile phone, applications (receiving Facebook messengers), the sound of receiving a message.

In an overall reflection the combustion and the constant movement inside Melbourne Central made it extremely hard to focus on one aspect and to be specific one media aspect. As a place of commercialism and sales, Melbourne central makes good of this by having an increase in brand advertisements relating to fashion/clothing which is what is sold most in Melbourne central.

An example of the giant advertisement as you walk into Melbourne Central

The giant electronically lit brand name which attracts many to the store.

A representation of how many people are walking around on their phones and the volunteers promoting a cause in the background.