Well, the task this time is to evaluate my MMP against my Design Specification. There's a problem, I never wrote a design specification (once again due to time constraints, hmm, I detect a pattern here...). So I guess I'll just say what I think about my MMP. I like it :D Considering it was the first time I'd done something like this, I'm happy with what I did. There are a few things I would have liked to do differently though, and some stuff I should have done differently. I really would have liked to do my MMP in the style of 'Some Days'. I really liked that MMP and I would have loved it if I could have done mine in sort of the same style. I had nowhere near enough time to do that though, and I'm not sure I would have the artistic capability :D
Now for the things I should have and could have done. There is only one of these. Some of the text font and colour was hard to read over the picture, so I should have changed the photo size in one or two of my slides and I should have simply changed the font and colour in some of the others. As well, I think that some of the colours don't really seem lullaby-ish. I used them because they were very visible, but I think the theme of my poem would have been nicer and more clear if I had used softer colours (not like electric green and bright red).
Lastly, the arguments of stuff I didn't do. First off, we have to remember that with Shakespeare I missed 4 classes of DT, and so I sort of had quite a bit less time than others. We could argue that I could do some stuff at home, even so, I still missed out on 340 minutes of class time. Because of this I didn't have time to do certain things, like the Design Specification and the Storyline. However, even if these things are not done, I think that writing a storyboard for something that is already completed is fairly redundant and pointless. Do you honestly want to give me a grade for writing down what I've already done? It's like a movie director writing the script to a movie that is already finished. Pray tell, what is the point? As for the design specification, well, I will quote the blog that had the article about our design specification:
- Poem approved by Mrs. V!? *
- Time (min 1 min – maximum 3 min)*
- Images or Video (resolution, self created, copyright)
- Text/Fonts (how many lines per slide, how many fonts, color of your fonts?)
- Sound ( with lyrics or without?)
- Effects/ transitions (any, how many?)
- Credits*
* must
The point of me quoting this is to show that all I needed to have done is credits, a poem approved by Mrs. V and an MMP within 1-3 minutes. I have done all of this. I'm not too sure what I'm missing...
Lastly, my favourite argument is the one about the credits. I was told that I should have cited my sources for the photos I used. Firstly, the website you gave us to find the photos on were public domain. All the public domain images do not need to be cited, there is no copyright issues with them. Secondly, I would argue that all those people who had MMPs that were over the three minute mark obviously failed at following the instructions. Remember, it was a must that our poem be between 1 and 3 minutes. I would not risk my grade by making the poem longer than the requirements quoted. I followed all the requirements. I had credits. I just didn't cite where some of the photos from. This is my public apology to all those I may have offended or angered by using their private photos and not citing their sources. I apologize, but hope that as artists you will understand that I would not like to bother my public with technicalities. I want my public to see the art. Making credits that are twice the length of my MMP would just make the audience bored of my poem and I would have had a lower respect from the audience. Lastly, I would argue that all those who cited their MMPs photos by saying: 'photos taken from DeviantArt and Google' did not really cite their sources. I could have done that too and kept the length of my credits down, but that is not properly cited. I did not want to rush something because I believe the audience would have noticed. So I did not bother citing the photos. The audience wouldn't have cared and to the artists, I apologize once again.
All in all, I am happy with my work.
And thank you Ms. Katarina, for spending two years with us, through the thick and thin, tiring deadlines, stressful projects, and frustrating MYP criteria.
Thank you once again,
Will
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Some Days
So, while browsing through the "top-rated" section on poetryvisualized.com I stumbled across one I really liked.
I love the animation, it's so simple, but I think it just suits the poem really well, (perhaps clay is just a personal preference) and I like the fact that there's no music because I think in this case, it really doesn't need music. Some people add music I think to hide the quality of their poem. In this case, the poem is written by Billy Collins, a world-famous poet who used to be the US Poet Laureate. He really doesn't need music to hide the quality of his work.
Anyways, I like it. A lot :D
Enjoy!
I love the animation, it's so simple, but I think it just suits the poem really well, (perhaps clay is just a personal preference) and I like the fact that there's no music because I think in this case, it really doesn't need music. Some people add music I think to hide the quality of their poem. In this case, the poem is written by Billy Collins, a world-famous poet who used to be the US Poet Laureate. He really doesn't need music to hide the quality of his work.
Anyways, I like it. A lot :D
Enjoy!
Visual Poetry: The Good and the Bad
Wow, it's been a while (I know this because there's a little message saying my last post was four weeks ago) but I've had an excuse ;)
Blame Will(iam Shakespeare). We've had rehearsals for a while now, so after school time was used up as was the class time. But, now that the plays are out of the way, I've got more time to work on this blog, and catch up on what I've missed.
So, task number 1: Find two examples of video poetry, one bad and one good. The task was to find the tasks from the school server, but I decided to find them from the internet because that way you would be able to see what it is I'm critiquing.
I'll start off with a bad example:
(Alright, unfortunately, because of the website I was using, the embedded video was too big, so sorry about this, but you'll just have to go to the link...)
http://www.poetryvisualized.com/media/3233/Hello/
I don't really like this clip, it just seems to easy. Someone put a compilation of video clips to music. I don't know if this might just be another style or something of the sort, but it's definitely not what we're supposed to be doing. There is no text, which means there is no actual poetry. I believe the term is visual POETRY, I don't know, it just seems like there's something missing ;) Even if there was text, I think the fact that there's moving clips would distract too much from the text. I like the idea, but I just don't think it would work. This example does have something going for it, the music seems to fit the images quite well. A good thing it this example, but in our Multimedia Poetry shows, I think the music should fit the text, not the images.
Example Number 2:
This is one of the better ones I found. The thing that caught my attention was the music, and how well it fit with the words. I think one of the reasons it's an effective piece of work is the fact that it's lacking images. Everything is easy to read and the music fits well with the poetry because there are no distractions. There is a nice, simple background that seems to fit in well with the poem, but no images. It's really easy to catch the point of the poem, and because of this, I think it makes a good example of Multimedia Poetry.
Voila, two examples, one good, one bad, now for the next assignment...
Blame Will(iam Shakespeare). We've had rehearsals for a while now, so after school time was used up as was the class time. But, now that the plays are out of the way, I've got more time to work on this blog, and catch up on what I've missed.
So, task number 1: Find two examples of video poetry, one bad and one good. The task was to find the tasks from the school server, but I decided to find them from the internet because that way you would be able to see what it is I'm critiquing.
I'll start off with a bad example:
(Alright, unfortunately, because of the website I was using, the embedded video was too big, so sorry about this, but you'll just have to go to the link...)
http://www.poetryvisualized.com/media/3233/Hello/
I don't really like this clip, it just seems to easy. Someone put a compilation of video clips to music. I don't know if this might just be another style or something of the sort, but it's definitely not what we're supposed to be doing. There is no text, which means there is no actual poetry. I believe the term is visual POETRY, I don't know, it just seems like there's something missing ;) Even if there was text, I think the fact that there's moving clips would distract too much from the text. I like the idea, but I just don't think it would work. This example does have something going for it, the music seems to fit the images quite well. A good thing it this example, but in our Multimedia Poetry shows, I think the music should fit the text, not the images.
Example Number 2:
This is one of the better ones I found. The thing that caught my attention was the music, and how well it fit with the words. I think one of the reasons it's an effective piece of work is the fact that it's lacking images. Everything is easy to read and the music fits well with the poetry because there are no distractions. There is a nice, simple background that seems to fit in well with the poem, but no images. It's really easy to catch the point of the poem, and because of this, I think it makes a good example of Multimedia Poetry.
Voila, two examples, one good, one bad, now for the next assignment...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Another, "say what?"
Multimedia poetry this time, a little bit easier to define than Web 2.0. ;)
Multimedia poetry is a somewhat new way to develop your ideas one step further. Instead of simply writing the poetry, multimedia poets add music and images to represent whatever themes or ideas they want. Some poets would claim that when writing poetry, there are certain things that the poet wrote in, but that the reader might not be able to pick up on. Poetry has always been a very personal thing, and readers have always interpreted it how they will. For example:
And then the rose, it died,
and then the people cried,
and then the sun it set,
and then the man, he wept.
Some people could interpret this as someone dying, or as the man being dumped, or whatever they want, but when the poet uses an image of a heart, then everyone would understand that it's obviously the man having had his heart broken.
Multimedia poetry gives poets the chance to explicitly reveal the theme, making poetry easier to read, but unfortunately, in my opinion, taking away the mystery that surrounds this art form.
I think I'll stick with just writing it :D
Multimedia poetry is a somewhat new way to develop your ideas one step further. Instead of simply writing the poetry, multimedia poets add music and images to represent whatever themes or ideas they want. Some poets would claim that when writing poetry, there are certain things that the poet wrote in, but that the reader might not be able to pick up on. Poetry has always been a very personal thing, and readers have always interpreted it how they will. For example:
And then the rose, it died,
and then the people cried,
and then the sun it set,
and then the man, he wept.
Some people could interpret this as someone dying, or as the man being dumped, or whatever they want, but when the poet uses an image of a heart, then everyone would understand that it's obviously the man having had his heart broken.
Multimedia poetry gives poets the chance to explicitly reveal the theme, making poetry easier to read, but unfortunately, in my opinion, taking away the mystery that surrounds this art form.
I think I'll stick with just writing it :D
Friday, March 27, 2009
Lullaby
Rest your head upon your pillow,
sleep soundly through the night.
I'm here, I'm right by your side,
everything will be alright.
If any fears come creeping,
just pretend that I'm your knight,
and any fears that make it close,
well those are the one's I'll smite.
If the darkness swallows you up,
making you feel all contrite.
Just relax, it'll go away,
close your eyes and hold me tight.
Should you open your eyes again,
and monsters catch your sight.
Just close them back again,
dream of things in which you delight.
If you ever feel something slithering,
and you think it's going to bite.
This new challenge I will handle,
this new demon I will fight.
If anything comes quickly,
and gives you such a fright.
Well quickly it will go as well,
for when it sees me, it takes flight.
Just rest your head upon the pillow,
sleep soundly through the night.
I'm here, I'm right by your side,
and I'll stay there 'till the morn's first light.
sleep soundly through the night.
I'm here, I'm right by your side,
everything will be alright.
If any fears come creeping,
just pretend that I'm your knight,
and any fears that make it close,
well those are the one's I'll smite.
If the darkness swallows you up,
making you feel all contrite.
Just relax, it'll go away,
close your eyes and hold me tight.
Should you open your eyes again,
and monsters catch your sight.
Just close them back again,
dream of things in which you delight.
If you ever feel something slithering,
and you think it's going to bite.
This new challenge I will handle,
this new demon I will fight.
If anything comes quickly,
and gives you such a fright.
Well quickly it will go as well,
for when it sees me, it takes flight.
Just rest your head upon the pillow,
sleep soundly through the night.
I'm here, I'm right by your side,
and I'll stay there 'till the morn's first light.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Web 2.0: Say what?
"Web 2.0 is about the people, when it comes down to it."
That's what Richard Macmanus thinks. Others think along the same lines as him, but then again, some others have completely different ideas. For example, one of the definitions that Macmanus has written down on his blog states that web 2.0 is:
"the underlying philosophy of relinquishing control".
That's a lot of big words for something that is supposed to simplify the web, which is what Web 2.0 is for. The idea behind it was to create a new platform where people could share data in more easily as well as find it. With it came the use of "one-button publishing", something that I am using as I type this post. With a single press of a button, this article will be published into my blog; something that could not have been done before. The reason it could not have been accomplished before was because, with the birth of web 2.0, came the birth of XML text. This replaced the older HTML, otherwise known as "computer language" to some. With HTML, everything that can be done today, could still be done, but it was a lot more complicated. For example, to write this, all I had to do was press ctrl + b, but with HTML, I would have had to type in < b > and < / b > at the beginning and end of my sentence respectively.
Basically, Web 2.0 has evolved from Web 1.0, in an attempt to make everything on the platform of the World Wide Web easier to use.
So, when you think about it, Web 2.0 really is about the people, making it easier for us to communicate, to share ideas and to find information; keeping us more connected in a sense. Even making the gap across oceans and continents that little bit smaller, and easier to cross.
For more detailed information, go to:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=5
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
That's what Richard Macmanus thinks. Others think along the same lines as him, but then again, some others have completely different ideas. For example, one of the definitions that Macmanus has written down on his blog states that web 2.0 is:
"the underlying philosophy of relinquishing control".
That's a lot of big words for something that is supposed to simplify the web, which is what Web 2.0 is for. The idea behind it was to create a new platform where people could share data in more easily as well as find it. With it came the use of "one-button publishing", something that I am using as I type this post. With a single press of a button, this article will be published into my blog; something that could not have been done before. The reason it could not have been accomplished before was because, with the birth of web 2.0, came the birth of XML text. This replaced the older HTML, otherwise known as "computer language" to some. With HTML, everything that can be done today, could still be done, but it was a lot more complicated. For example, to write this, all I had to do was press ctrl + b, but with HTML, I would have had to type in < b > and < / b > at the beginning and end of my sentence respectively.
Basically, Web 2.0 has evolved from Web 1.0, in an attempt to make everything on the platform of the World Wide Web easier to use.
So, when you think about it, Web 2.0 really is about the people, making it easier for us to communicate, to share ideas and to find information; keeping us more connected in a sense. Even making the gap across oceans and continents that little bit smaller, and easier to cross.
For more detailed information, go to:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=5
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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