Research

Andy Warhol- Andy Warhol Eating a Burger
     When I typed in Andy Warhol on Youtube this video came up and I was very curious to see if it's just him eating a burger or if there was going to be a twist. The title of the video pretty much tells the whole story, it was just Andy Warhol eating a burger king burger. I felt pretty awkward while watching the video, I felt like I was invading his personal space. Then after he finished he just sat there awkwardly for a couple minutes and I was waiting for him to say something. He finally concludes the video by saying "my name is Andy Warhol and I just finished eating a burger." The whole video was so bizarre.

Eve Sussman- The Artist Project: Eve Sussman
      In this video Eve Sussman is commenting on one of her favorite photographers, William Eggelston. His photographs are so simple and pictures of everyday settings, like an oven, a tv room, and a shower. But Eve explains how interesting they are even though they're pictures of things we see everyday, she says that they're all photographed in an incredibly poetic and genius way. She points out so many details that I would have never thought about in these simple photos. She even personifies a picture of architecture, saying it has so much personality and that the awnings are like eyelashes.

Candice Breitz- Thriller - Michael Jackson with Friends chor - Candice Breitz King A Potrait of Michael Jackson 2005
      In this video it looks like Candice took separate videos of different people dancing and singing to thriller and then combined them all so it looks like all these people are dancing and singing together. I really liked this video because it was fun to watch how everyone danced to the song, some where so awkward ad others didn't even dance. I'm almost positive she also put Michael Jackson in there but I couldn't really tell because the people were so small.

Shirin Neshat- Women without smiles (Shouts without sound)
     This video was pretty depressing, it was in black and white and showed women suffering for most of it. The title tells all, women without smiles, they definitely were not smiling in this video they looked very depressed. Some of it was even disturbing, at one part a woman is digging up another woman who was buried alive.

Marilyn Minter- Green Pink Caviar
      This video really grossed me out, it was a women's mouth just licking and devouring different slimey substances like honey and I'm guessing caviar since its in the title. It was so weird I hated watching it but I couldn't stop watching it so if that's what Marilyn's goal was then she was successful.

Further Storyboard

     My goal for this project is to show my dad and brother how ridiculous they sound when they're bickering (they don't know I'm using them for a project so it will be interesting to see they're response when I show them). I don't really think they realize they bond over they're hatred for Trump so maybe after they see this they will realize they're more alike than they think.
     At first, I was going to use dramatic nature scenes for the visuals, but I want the video to be comical so some people told me that might make the video more serious. Someone actually suggested to get a video of tweetie and silvester fighting while having my brother and dad as a recording in the back. I really like that idea and I think it would give the video more of a comical feel.

Crit response

For the first image my self created item is the picture of the bathroom sign and bathroom area on the bottom of the image. I took a picture of it at a warehouse by my house. I found the fountain image and the restroom "white colored" sign online. The piece of text is in the rainbow color on the bottom.

For the second image the self created image is the little girl (which is a photograph of my when I was little). The man dressed as a woman and the bathroom in the bathroom were found online. The text are the headlines in white.

I got a lot of valuable insight from the critique. The one thing that stuck out to me as well as others was that the image on the left could have felt more cohesive. I definitely agree with that and I struggled throughout this process to make it looks somehow cohesive. The other thing that someone brought up was on the second image, the the little me and the man don't have to same lighting. I agree with that and I tried to fix the lighting on me but I didn't really know how to make it look better because it was taken from an old photograph. Other than those issues I'm happy with the end result.

Story board

Beginning: A father son quote will appear on the video, I haven't decided on a specific one yet.
Middle: The visual is going to be a dramatic storm at sea and we will hear multiple recordings of my dad and brother bickering about literally everything.
End: The visual will now be calm relaxing waves and we will heard recordings of my brother and dad bonding over their hatred for Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEbABPtTv8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Tdw5nG4dQ

Final project

     I thought Crystal Nelson's presentation was so unique. I feel like whenever artist's find their comfortable medium to work with they stay with that medium and usually don't branch out. I really appreciate how even though painting was her strongest suit, she tried her best to stay away from it as she got older. I also appreciated how she was able to combine her hobbies and her love for art, I try to do the same with makeup and art. What really amazed me was how she's able to fix or build anything she puts her mind to. The fact that she is actually creating her own 3D printer completely blows my mind.

    The movement video made a lot of sense to me because I've already picked up in movies almost every time something bad is about to happen, it storms outside. I do think it's genius though to make the weather express a certain emotion that a person is feeling rather than them telling us. 

     The editing video was actually really cool. As a viewer I've never noticed how many different ways you could change scenes. Although I have noticed how most movies or tv shows get to the climax of one story and then change scenes to a completely different story.

     In the beginning I didn't understand How to Structure a Video Essay. But I partially understand after watching the whole video, it's basically like forming an essay but with a video. By using video to convey "but", "therefore" and "back at the ranch".

     I thought the poetry video was pretty interesting. I never thought about how just the visuals and sounds in movies can provoke certain emotions. But after seeing this video I realize that visuals and sounds provoke a lot more emotions than just a talking scene. 

Visual Pleasure

This article was very interesting, I never really thought of most of the points that were discussed but it definitely makes sense to me. The movie industry definitely uses scopophilia to their advantage with certain movies.  People watching movies are watching people's lives unfold right in front of them and sometimes even sex. I also agree that Hollywood always makes the women characters objects to the men. The men see a good looking women in a crowd and approaches her, we rarely see a women approach a man. Or a women always has to be the object to the man.

Project 3

How to Ruin a Great Design was a really helpful article because I don't really know much about advertisements. Some things I never even thought about the article pointed out like the letter on the sign that was bigger than the others. After they pointed it out it was annoying how distracting it actually was. This article made me realize that such small details make a huge difference in advertisements.

Articles
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/opinions/the-bathroom-issue-were-not-talking-about/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/wp/2017/01/27/transgender-bathroom-users-will-not-endanger-women-but-twisted-social-norms-might/?utm_term=.eac39d73b098
http://thefederalist.com/2015/11/23/a-rape-survivor-speaks-out-about-transgender-bathrooms/
http://www.dailywire.com/news/5190/5-times-transgender-men-abused-women-and-children-amanda-prestigiacomo#
http://abcnews.go.com/US/sexual-assault-domestic-violence-organizations-debunk-bathroom-predator/story?id=38604019
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477954537/when-a-transgender-person-uses-a-public-bathroom-who-is-at-risk
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left for right against
For this project I wanted to do the controversy of Transgender people going in bathrooms they now identify as. I couldn't find much information of the side against transgender people going in bathrooms they want other than that people are afraid men will dress up as women and rape or molest them in the bathrooms. For my side, (the side for allowing them to go in the bathrooms they identify as) I wanted to somehow incorporate Caitlyn Jenner because I think that would be an effective use of propaganda. For the other side I was thinking of doing a manly guy in the woman's bathroom dressed as a girl but him trying to creep on other girls in the stalls.