Oskar Fischinger
Many may not have heard of him before...and it took me a while to find his name - but it's all worth the while.
To me, he was the true founder of Visual Music - whereby a 'conceptual design that might be formulated in one's mind when listening to symphony' and classical music are blended together, giving not only the pleasure on the ears, but the exhilarating experience of visual impact synced with the music.
Some of his more famous works includes 'Komposition in Blau'(Composition in Blue) - and this won him the Brussels and Venice Festival of 1935 - bringing attention of the Hollywood directors.
I like his work a lot and the reason is simple because of its uniqueness - there's nothing (not anything that I've encountered in the 20 years I've been around) quite like it. The way it works so flawlessly and it all just seem to fit together so well - I'm absolutely bewitched by his talents and imagination.
It's hard to describe what his style is as there's nothing that I can compare with.
To me, he's one of a kind that has such a big impact on our current techniques that to some extent, I honestly don't think film making could be where it is today without him.
Although you may argue that he's more of a 'animator' than 'videographer' I still think there is a strong relationship between his style and influences and the way we shoot films/videos today.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C30ekGqY6Mg
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"James Wakefield"
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ChoicesJames Wakefield, recent graduate under Manchaester Metropolitan University, has to me shown great depth of talent and thoughtfulness in his work.
His interesting choice of scenery has led the viewer to finding it almost hard to bear the loneliness one may experience. His work albumed 'Urban Decay' has brought about great trails of thoughts.
And i feel that is what a photograph is suppose to do, get feelings across to you without the use of words. Its a feeling from within that cannot be decribed merely by words.
looking ahead
For my second year, I had to make a decision as to which pathway I wish to specialize further in.
Out of Audio-Visual, Web-Enviroment and Virtual-Enviroment, I went with Audio-Visual.
I feel that the Audio-Visual path will enable me to fully express the way I feel perhaps?
Out of Audio-Visual, Web-Enviroment and Virtual-Enviroment, I went with Audio-Visual.
I feel that the Audio-Visual path will enable me to fully express the way I feel perhaps?
"Paul Politis"
I admire his work.
Most of his work are B+W based and holds a level of details and thoughts behind it.
He's done series of photos on different themes on a wide variaty - the more recent one being urban photography
I've always been a great fan of photographs taken of the city espeicailly in B+W as i feel it futher punctuates the loneliness one may feel within the towns of concrete. To me, the above photo shows the absolute pin-point of how dramatic the feeling really is when one is perhaps depearate for help from within and cannot be reached because he's gone just so far into the oblivion of loneliness.
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the 7 happy peas
the 7 happy peas
1/ happy
2/ artistic
3/ friendly, loving and kind
4/ a dreamer
5/ outrageous, adventurous, wild and crazy
6/ outgoing and fun
7/ best cook in the world
there are perfectly good reasons behind each of the personalities I've chosen.
but a shot of what they now look like :)
'the happy peas'
the second self
it took a long time to come to conclusion as to what i'd rather be
though i'm not happy in my current body, i'm very appreciative of what i already have
so then i thought, I'd like to be a pea
a happy pea with no worries of mortgages, how to get through life without money, always looking forward to pay-day so you can get your bills out the way
and the cycle goes on and on and it never ends, like the call it in 'Poor dad, Rich dad', the rat race
I've decided to make 7 individual peas, each representing a personality I'd like to have
As suppose to making myself a superstar, a model, a guy, another human being altogether, 'cause it means nothing to be shallow like that
it's the depth of personality that matters the most in my views
it took a long time to come to conclusion as to what i'd rather be
though i'm not happy in my current body, i'm very appreciative of what i already have
so then i thought, I'd like to be a pea
a happy pea with no worries of mortgages, how to get through life without money, always looking forward to pay-day so you can get your bills out the way
and the cycle goes on and on and it never ends, like the call it in 'Poor dad, Rich dad', the rat race
I've decided to make 7 individual peas, each representing a personality I'd like to have
As suppose to making myself a superstar, a model, a guy, another human being altogether, 'cause it means nothing to be shallow like that
it's the depth of personality that matters the most in my views
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e.n.c.o.u.n.t.e.r
the journey all of us took to get to where we are today
we all went our different ways and made different decisions - yet we still manage to be here, together, at this moment in time
so different, but how come such different experiences and decisions in life allowed us to now be together at this moment in time?
how did it happen?
well, beginning with objects seen on the floor, many may not think twice about its history and how it came about being there at the moment in time when you walked by - but objects like that, in an interactive way of thinking, must have belonged to somebody at some point in time.
it ended up where you saw it either because the owner dropped it by accident or left it there because it wasn't wanted - now whatever the reason maybe the point is at that moment in time, you and the 'object', be it a piece of trash, a toy, a fiver or an earring, you and the object shares one thing that is unique - the encountering of each other, because you're both there at that single moment in time - and the experience can reactions can never be the same
so then it wasn't a piece of trash on the floor anymore, it's now a person - nothing changes, it's the same theory - meeting different individuals gives you different experiences - and can never repeat itself exactly(though it could be alike it will never, ever be the same experience)
asking somebody the question 'so tell me something interesting about you' could lead to awkward silences as most people find it hard to do so - it's such a vague question and i hate it
but by asking the right question, most people will show more involvement and be more engaged in the conversation
this, ladies and gentlemen, is what interactivity is all about
'asking the right question'
by doing that, it could even be easier to share your experiences, feelings and perspectives with a stranger
it works better than the person closest to you asking the wrong question, if asked at all
it all tends to unravel itself - after all, all of us aren't that indifferent and somewhere along the line, even the most unthinkable and unrelated people would share to some degree experiences that are alike
it's all interactivity
we all went our different ways and made different decisions - yet we still manage to be here, together, at this moment in time
so different, but how come such different experiences and decisions in life allowed us to now be together at this moment in time?
how did it happen?
well, beginning with objects seen on the floor, many may not think twice about its history and how it came about being there at the moment in time when you walked by - but objects like that, in an interactive way of thinking, must have belonged to somebody at some point in time.
it ended up where you saw it either because the owner dropped it by accident or left it there because it wasn't wanted - now whatever the reason maybe the point is at that moment in time, you and the 'object', be it a piece of trash, a toy, a fiver or an earring, you and the object shares one thing that is unique - the encountering of each other, because you're both there at that single moment in time - and the experience can reactions can never be the same
so then it wasn't a piece of trash on the floor anymore, it's now a person - nothing changes, it's the same theory - meeting different individuals gives you different experiences - and can never repeat itself exactly(though it could be alike it will never, ever be the same experience)
asking somebody the question 'so tell me something interesting about you' could lead to awkward silences as most people find it hard to do so - it's such a vague question and i hate it
but by asking the right question, most people will show more involvement and be more engaged in the conversation
this, ladies and gentlemen, is what interactivity is all about
'asking the right question'
by doing that, it could even be easier to share your experiences, feelings and perspectives with a stranger
it works better than the person closest to you asking the wrong question, if asked at all
it all tends to unravel itself - after all, all of us aren't that indifferent and somewhere along the line, even the most unthinkable and unrelated people would share to some degree experiences that are alike
it's all interactivity
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