Final Project

Prezi: http://prezi.com/qrrry1ggn7ah/final-project/?kw=view-qrrry1ggn7ah&rc=ref-25599605

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMyK62yp1gQ&feature=plcp

Final Statement

I went to MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum in NYC during the Thanksgiving. The art works there are extremely famous. Among thousands of paintings there, which impressed me most is Monet’s Water Lily and Edvard Munch’s The Scream. I took many photos by my iphone to record them. When I took the picture of Water Lily, I found it was interesting to see the painting in different angles.

I firstly decided to make a E-journal with those pictures. However, I want to have background music and the different transitions between the different photos to show the trends. What’s more, I also want to change the original picture into some other types. So I use the media prezi to finish my work.

My project can be divided into three parts.

The first part is a general video. I used many photos I took in the museum and use different angels and transitions. For instance, I use the transition of water wave to show the beauty of water lily.

The second part is about Water Lily. I magnified my favorite parts to share with others. The picture is made from three different Water Lily. The use of light and shade is so interesting, and I use a wavy line to divide them to show the softness and beauty of the water lily. And I choose these three photos because they are in different tones. For me, it may show the various scene of water lily in different time.

The third part is some changes of The Scream. It was in MOMA when I came there. It was a colorful painting and I saw a black and white version of it. So I want to change it to a pencil sketch type to see if it may cause some new feeling. The top two pictures in my project are the original ones. The other three are my projects.

The process of making video is interesting. What’s more, a prefect song is added. And the project helps me to record my understanding of these art works.

Failure Paper

I should say that my biggest failure this semester is the difficult of understand the video in the class and finish the blog responses. As a second language student, I feel it is difficult for me to understand some of the videos in the class and sometimes I may distract. And some blogs have many new words for me，so I sometimes skip the difficult parts.

Later, I found the videos introduce different artists and their minds are very interesting. Although I may not understand some words, the image helps me understand them well. And some blogs leads to my deep thinking. So I think I should never give up and try my best to improve my English. If I insist for a long time, I can gain much from the various videos and blogs.

The biggest success for me is a different way of thinking. I always remember one work to ask us shooting in an ant’s view. Before that, I never think about changing the view when I take pictures. After this work, I always think about changing a way of thinking to finish a different work or changing a way of shooting to get a fun photo. And the statement paper also helps me conclude my way of thinking. It is an important tool which helps me conclude my thoughts.

When we meet some problem, we may try to use a different way. Now, I always use an animal’s view to take picture or make video. Just as my MP4, I used the sounds of my friends and make them rhythmed. It is an interesting skill for me to do various job.

If I can redo one project, I may choose MP2. Although it was my favorite project, I have many new ideas about it now. So if I have the chance, I am willing to make it perfect.

Brainstorm for the final work

As I went to NYC during Thanksgiving and I was very interested in the art works in MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have been to MOMA before and the series of Water Lilies by Monet are my favorite. And I want to combine the series of Water Lilies in MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art which impressed me most. What's more, I saw many other paintings and creative works which cause my associations. And The Starry Night in MOMA is also attractive. 

What I want to do is organize them in a different order. It might be organized from my favorite art works to my unlike ones or from a new order of how I think the art works should be put. And I also want to share my personal understand of those art works.

I choose to use the E-journal or some other medium which can make my project move and be more vivid. And I would like my final work to record my traveling to the two museums and my feeling to the art works. If I come to those museum again, I can add my new understand or see the changing of my perspective of views. Or if I see the other painting of Monet's Water Lilies in other museum, I can add it in my project to make it more completed.

MP5



My word: to spill & to bundle 

Recently, I begin to think about losing weight so I have to force myself to eat more vegetables which I don't like. I wanted to change a way of the combination of the food which may make me feel fresher about the food I eat every day. So the items I choose come from my meal such as white rice, tomatoes, onion and broccoli. For me, these things are very normal and I have them almost every day, especially white rice. I try to use the vegetables and rice to make a smile to help myself keep a good mood although I have to go on a diet and say goodbye to my favorite sweet food and meat.

My words are to spill and to bundle. I took these material out from my different meal firstly as the word to spill. Then I use them together to make a new pattern as the word to bundle. So I firstly put the write rice as a circle. And then I choose two small tomatoes as the smiling eyes and a piece of onion as the smiling mouth. I feel that the smiling face is similar to a snowman. At last, I use to broccolis to make a pretty bows to it and make it vivid. I feel happy and more appetizing after I make my own dish. I might keep a balanced diet if I can have such an interesting vegan meal every day. It makes me keep smiling after the meal as I am energetic not only from the meal, but the happiness it brings to me. It's very simple but amazing. For me, people may sometimes be touched by their own ideas. And the words to spill and to bundle mean a to break the original order of the things and organize them in a total new way. It's very creative and interesting for me.

Carver Cathedral

In the article, the author tells a story about a blind and him. At the beginning of the story, we can feel that the blind man is not welcomed by the author as he never see the blind man before. And the blind man is the friend of the author's wife and we can know that he is a kind man and very clever. The most interesting part of the story is their interaction when they are watching TV. Although the author can see and understand everything in the TV, he find something is difficult to convey to the blind man by words. And the blind man finally tells him to draw a picture to explain them. It is another way of express except words.

For me, sometimes, we can feel the world through image, sound or touch. There are many ways to help us understand one thing. So just try something or think about one thing in a different way.

Wallace This is Water

This article is about the commencement given to the to the graduates. In the speech, the part impressed me most is the example of two guys' talking in a bar. Although they experienced the same thing totally, their feelings are different. It may depends on their pervious experiences and their ways of thinking. Just as a same picture of the sun over the sea, someone will think that is sunrise, but others may think that is sunset. It show our different attitudes for the same thing. Actually, the perspective of view towards one issue is very improtant to us. If we become more positive, the problem may become easily solved. And if we become more logical and clam but not radical, the result may become much better. Sometimes, if we change a way of thinking, the success may arrive.

MP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNfewRRVcSA&feature=plcp

 

This video and sounds is an interesting record of my friends. When I first thought about it, I found that the most familiar sounds for me is my friends' voices. We live in the same apartment house. And every time when I come to their apartment, I can hear their cheerful voices and happy laughers before I enter into their room. So after we had our meal together one day, I told them I wanted to record some voice from them. And what we said in the video is a popular Chinese kuso rap, which is made from the cutting of one character in a TV drama. Although people may not understand what do we mean, the tempo is lively and the sounds from my friends is funny. And in the middle of the video, I asked my friend Shu sing a vivid song named Levan Polkka. When I added some sounds to it, I found many interesting drumbeats. I added the different drumbeats to match up the rap and songs. It is very difficult but challenging as the tempos are always various. And at the beginning of the video, I added some sound effects of the forest. Our apartment locates near the Olentangy River, so it is quiet in the evening. I want to make a transfer from the quiet scene to the lively scene. And you may heard a strange cockcrow in the video. I just what to remind the listeners that there might be something interesting after the cockcrow. At the end of the video, I added a sound of door closing to show that the video is drawing to a close.

What's more, it is amazing that our voices are very different in the video. I can hardly recognize which one is mine and which one is my friend's. Sometimes, the sounds may be changed through the medium.