If you're working on the rotoball project -or even if you're not - here's a beautiful piece of rotoscoping.
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Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Stop Motion Goodness
Here are a couple of great stop motion videos - both very different, in style and content. These would be excellent examples of how much variety you could get out of a lesson in stop motion animation.
This first one has a great website which includes a 'making of' video.
This next one is also very clever- Full disclosure: I have never been choked up by anything on a lite-brite screen before.
(links via Drawn!)
Train of Thought from Leo Bridle on Vimeo.
This next one is also very clever- Full disclosure: I have never been choked up by anything on a lite-brite screen before.
(links via Drawn!)
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We All Shine On...
For the last few years, I've kicked off my IB Year 2 Film classes with Stanley Kubrick's classic The Shining. In addition to all the thematic layers on which it can be analyzed, the amazing technical aspects, and how those elements intersect in such fascinating ways- its just an engaging film that (to my mind anyway) its still scary-as-all-get-out 30 years later. Yes, but what is the shining? It's the question that is always asked and also helps dive into the textual analysis of the film. As we discussed it this time around, I threw out this tangential bit of trivia- Stephen King originally got the idea for The Shining while listening to the Plastic Ono Band's Instant Karma. You know, like "we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun"?
Interesting little tidbit of information anyway, but I also came across this neat bit as well- the image of the twins was inspired by the Diane Arbus photo (pictured above) Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967. This got me thinking about how interesting the confluence of multiple sources of inspiration result in totally new works of art. An energetic John Lennon song and an Arbus photo of two innocent little girls who happened to look alike. Who could have seen The Shining as a result of those inspirations*?
How do you teach "mash up anything that inspires you and make it new"?
*granted these are not, by any stretch of the imagination, the only influences that resulted in The Shining.
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Pop & Rock Stars
Last night as I was reading through my favorite art ed blogs & sites, I came across two incredible and inspiring stories of teachable moments in the art room. The first is from Tricia Fuglestad's elementary art room at Dryden elementary school. Tricia was doing a lesson on pop art dogs (pup art, of course), and one frustrated student discarded a drawing he saw as a mistake.
With the help of her class, Tricia turned that mistake into the new pop sensation that is Shark Dog. Read the full story here, and then buy the schwag. Hello Shark Dog t-shirt! Seriously, this thing needs to get its own tv show. Or at least be a logo for something. If only it was a Shark Carrot...
He's got laser paint eyes! Love it!
On the other side of the country and opposite end of the k-12 spectrum, Mike Scocko's students made this amazing music video for a local band, and have gained national attention. Mike describes a number of teachable moments (as well as a disclaimer about the lyrics*) in which the students learned about fighting for their artistic vision, and making real-world compromises and decisions.
I've had the great honor of collaborating with both Tricia and Mike on a few different projects, and am in constant awe of what happens in their classrooms. Talk about rock stars!
*Note to Mike- after listening to your lengthy disclaimer, I was prepared for the worst. I put the baby to bed and waited for the wife to fall asleep. I even sent the cats out of the room. Turns out it wasn't so bad after all. Have you heard what ELSE is on the radio?
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Happy Friday! The Way Things Go... Now
If you're a fan of the still-amazing-25-years-later Rube Goldbergian feat of The Way Things Go, you'll be amazed by This Too Shall pass. In fact, it would be pretty hard not to be impressed by this four minute single-shot music video; its not just the amazing contraption, but the choreography of camera, the machine, and the actors, all moving together in harmony.
In addition to all the obvious amazingness about the video, I especially love that the process is the product. To me, this video really celebrates the act of artistic creation.
...and its a catchy tune.
Here's the Wired article about the making of the video.
Thanks for the link, Ben!
In addition to all the obvious amazingness about the video, I especially love that the process is the product. To me, this video really celebrates the act of artistic creation.
...and its a catchy tune.
Here's the Wired article about the making of the video.
Thanks for the link, Ben!
2012: Now with More Banjo!
Speaking of movie music...
When I used to teach in New York, every year we'd take a trip to the American Museum of the Moving Image. AMMI is a great museum for learning about film, and being just around the corner from my apartment in Astoria, it was a great neighborhood place for a film geek like myself.
One of the interactive exhibits which I love there, allows you to replace the music in one scene with a soundtrack from another film. It really shows you how music can alter the tone of a scene either subtly or drastically.
Here's a great mashup of 2010 with music from Raising Arizona.
This would be in the 'drastic' category.
I especially like how the banjo's segue into "Ode to Joy" really creates some ironic tension at the end of the scene.
When I used to teach in New York, every year we'd take a trip to the American Museum of the Moving Image. AMMI is a great museum for learning about film, and being just around the corner from my apartment in Astoria, it was a great neighborhood place for a film geek like myself.
One of the interactive exhibits which I love there, allows you to replace the music in one scene with a soundtrack from another film. It really shows you how music can alter the tone of a scene either subtly or drastically.
Here's a great mashup of 2010 with music from Raising Arizona.
This would be in the 'drastic' category.
I especially like how the banjo's segue into "Ode to Joy" really creates some ironic tension at the end of the scene.
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2012: Now with More Banjo!
Music in Film
While I've been away on my paternity leave, I've been super lucky to have my classes covered by my friend and colleague Jeff Thompson. Jeff is a musician and has a great deal of knowledge about audio engineering. I am functionally tone deaf and don't know my treble from my bass.
So while I'm away, the students are getting lots of great information about how to get the best sound recordings, and they're also doing their unit on creating foley sounds.
As serendipity would have it, I just came across this excellent article about how Wes Anderson uses music in his films. It includes clips from his films, including this one from Rushmore, one of my favorites:
I'll have to watch that again to hold me over until I can get to see The Fantastic Mr. Fox!
So while I'm away, the students are getting lots of great information about how to get the best sound recordings, and they're also doing their unit on creating foley sounds.
As serendipity would have it, I just came across this excellent article about how Wes Anderson uses music in his films. It includes clips from his films, including this one from Rushmore, one of my favorites:
I'll have to watch that again to hold me over until I can get to see The Fantastic Mr. Fox!
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Music in Film
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