Storyboard Concepts

What happens when you think big and creative? The establishment tries to bring you down. My partner and I had the idea of doing our three minute video from the perspective of a child. They would walk through the hallways of Hunter until reaching the Children's Center on the second floor. We would zoom in on the sign that says welcome. Then we'd go down a long hallway and stop at the intercom. Inside we would film everything as if it were a child hanging up their coat in their cubby, sitting at a table, playing with their blocks, having lunch etc. However we left a message for Rittela F. Letellier, the director and we did not get a call back.

So our back up plan would be to have a guy given a ten minute break from class and he tries to find his way around Hunter in order to reach the food truck outside. he goes through the auditorium, through the hallways, he ends up on the roof. However by the time he reaches the front door he looks down at his watch and sees that it's time to go back to class.

Museum of the Moving Image

Televisions were made to resemble household appliances in order to appeal to women. How thoughtful.
The Mask was a film I was obsessed with as a child. "They call me Cuba Pete, I'm the king of the rumba beat, when I shake my maracas chick chicky boom."
The loveliest man lady I have ever seen.
Winona Ryder's legs from Black Swan.
This looked like a display from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

It all started with a big misunderstanding aboard the spaceship. The two in command informed the rest of us we had been booked for last Friday. Things looked dismal and someone appointed themselves leader. "We should just sign in and leave."

However the time spent arguing was well spent. Once everything got sorted out one of the most informing and interesting trips took place. The Museum of Moving Image is situated in Queens because Paramount built many studios around the area, even before it was known as Paramount.

The third floor had a lot of the simulators and it was housed in an old film processing unit. The first demonstration was not only full of exciting movie trivia but I was very educational. The sound editing demonstration used James Cameron's Titanic as the basis. If each sound layer was played on its own the movie lost that emotional connection it originally had in 1997. The guide was very enthusiastic about sharing what he knew. I was extremely dumbfounded by the attention to detail James Cameron invested down to the smallest thing. Hiring Italian, Irish, and British actors to do the screams that would be looped in the sinking scene was brilliant. He really went in for the authenticity factor. The real lesson I learned was that sometimes being a minimalist and working with an aluminum can to reproduce a tower collapsing is not only creative but cost efficient.

Overall, this trip was very enjoyable. Having the actual evolution of television and film before one’s eyes is rather inspiring. One can easily learn the things online but I think the sense of community really does foster learning.

“This is a story full of lies and fabrications but truer for their inclusion.” Tim Burton’s film Big Fish was marketed as a “fairy tale for a grown up.” I believe the DVD cover is so extraordinarily beautiful the merging of the images and words give off the magical feeling felt throughout the entire film. The words are centered and frame the small man in the middle. The choice of typography has a dual function. It not only gives the films’ title but it also completes the landscape. In the film, the main character Edward Bloom was able to take a common event and turn it into something wonderful by adding details to it. The designers of the DVD cover did the same and morphed a word into a tree. The colors used are bold and mesmerizing. The landscape goes off into the distance, creating some perspective. The colors seem to blend when the land meets the sky. The viewers’ eye is transfixed because one can almost feel themselves being on the same journey the character is on. The only criticism I have of the DVD cover is the quotes put on the top & bottom. The DVD comes in a boxed set so the only way someone can see the reviews would have been by opening the package. It distracts and takes away from the magical element the image and text have. I think the simplistic approach works best on the DVD cover, so the reviews should be removed.

Video Haiku

The title of my groups' video haiku was "Traffic." A haiku is traditionally made up of three lines. The three lines go in the pattern of having 5, 7, 5 syllables. The poem I wrote based on our video was (Line 1) He swiped into school, (Line 2) People, traffic, life around (Line 3) School of the future. Hunter incorporates a modern architectural approach in the heart of the city. The glass passageway that connects the three buildings are bridges connecting the past, present, and future.

This was the first time the duo became and trio. I found it harder to work with a third person, no matter how pleasant the person is. It was too many ideas being discussed. I've yet to learn how to tell someone "no I don't like your idea." However, I think the assignment was nicely done. Each of us brought a different perspective. I would have never thought that cluttered advertisements could be considered "traffic." The word traffic can be described as the movement of vehicles and pedestrians but it can also be defined as "the message or signals transmitted through a communications system."