Final thoughts

I really enjoyed this class. It allowed my art world to be open in so many different ways. It challenged me, but in a good way, that i needed to be challenged in. It really allowed my creativity to come through and I was allowed to express myself in a way I hadn't really before. I would totally recomend this class to anyone whos looking for an art class. Santiago- thank you for a great semester. Thank you for opening your world up to me and allowing to be a part of it. This class really left me with a great impact.

- Bernadette

ViDeOh critiques

Adam- i loved your trippy designs and dimensions as well as the cool music! The colors were awesome too- nice job

Brendan- The club scenes were really cool and i like how you used the snow-like fuzzy effect.. nice

Taylor- really awesome job on the flowers and good choice in music

Ciara- sick rob zombie images & loved the favorite things song with it- i like how it went to calm to hardcore back to calm again

Coleen- i really like how you had v.s. models as well as dragqueens on the run way.. they were true divas and i like how you put them together.. cool

John- really trippy images..awesome! went great with the music.. thanks for the trip w. out the drug!

Kayla- so hilarious! i loved how you did the bush bashing.. and the road of shit! haha i'm still laughing.. nice job

Laura- i like how you had obama talking over the anime war images.. it was really good- nice job

Ryan- i like how you had someone train a monkey then followed with war images, kind of like representing our armies on war.. awesome job

Victor- you are a VJ! Awesome images and my fav part was your shower scene! I like how you rubbed stuff all over- really cool

Perri- i really liked your little button pictures falling on a piece of paper and the image almost looked like a giant tree as they fell.. it was really cool and i loved how they all blew away like leaves

Stacey- yours was so fun! i loved you filming everything you saw in your car and the light of the sun hittin certain images. My fav part was the images reflecting from the mirror and showing the parts of the street- nice job

Ashley- i liked how your gymnast was doing tricks in all different colors! It was really cool.. good job

Matt- i really liked your 300 with the hardcore music.. it was really sad but touching with the children crying over the tombstones of their loved ones.. nice job though

Shawn- cool star wars! i liked how the people had special effects coming from their light savor

Cherry. Preformance.

cherries on canvass can make a possible crime scence.

cant find youss

the url for the pics doesnt work.. unless im doing it/wrote it down wrong. i have dislexic tendencies..

if u see this, help me out & ill love you forever =]


*ok so i found everyones blog and posted comments- great job everyone

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Taylor- awesome arms and hands resembling a tree- very nice!
Adam- i like how you made ur hands big and put them all over.. great job
Mikayla- i like how you used ivy and money which is illegal! haha nicee
Murad- i really liked the designs on the hands like henna.. cool idea!
Colleen- loved how you used pink & yellow colors.. awesome
Perri- i like how you made your body parts intertwine.. nicee!
Ryan- i loved how you put your pics on a lamp and how they showed when you turned it on..really creative awesome job
Ashley- my fav was your name tag! cute! nice jobb
Matt- i like how you put everything on a box.. nice idea.. great job!
Laura- sick dragon from hands.. really cool!
Ciara- i relly liked the racy pic of the lace underware and the jewlery.. sick job! awesome.
Shawn-loved how everything was alot bigger.. really cool nice job
Staci- i loved how you put your body parts to make a butterfly out of it! amazing
Victor- i like how you used your legs and feet.. really good
John- i really like how you made everything go from completly black to white..really cool nice job
Brendan- really cool idea of body parts on the skateboard ..and i liked how you xerox your sneakers

GRiD commentss

Vicor- awesome idea of the pac man from a frying pan..really cool! very creative
Colleen- loved the two eyes to one big eye.. very cool! nice job
Mikayla- awesome lamp w. the mozaic tiles..really creative and pretty!!
Ryan-really cool pacman drawing -nice job
John-amazing job with coffee and turning it into a giraffe- very original great job
Perri- awesome racket that you turned into a giant lollipop filled with crazy designs..yummy! nice job
Staci- lovedd the butterfly out of now and later wrappers! so creative and awesome!! great jobb
Matt- nice guitar in front of glass door..really cool!
Adam- awesome job using a box and christmas lights.. so creative and very original! i liked it alot!
Murad- good idea w. the white foam and marker! nice job
Ashley- cute shoe and i liked how the heal was in glitter! nicee
Shawn- really cool idea using chess pieces to spell ur name- nicee i liked it alot!
Brandon- sick japanese wave.. awesome idea!

FLiP bOOK comments =]

Victor- Awesome flip book. loved how there was music involved & the best part was the guy dancing- loved it. Very creative.
Taylor- I really liked the rocketship & the colors, it was cool how it came together great job.
Ciara- Really pretty flip book, i liked the flower and the colors that were used
Mikayla- Another awesome flipbook- very original. i like how you showed a person getting a tatoo & the process of it.. totally creative & bad ass. ;]
Ryan- Really funny flipbook, loved how the guy turns green at the end.. great job
John- Gngerbread man is so random and awesome to think of.. very differnt & i like how the cow eats the shrooms..nicee
Perri- So cute, i liked the pretty flowers and i loved the one balloon drifting off..it reminds me of the song 99 red balloons
Staci- My fav part was the peace sign and the different transitions you used.. awesome! great jobb
Matt- Very creative and well done.. loved how you showed your apartment through a flip book
Adam- I liked how the house was built brick by brick and then a bomb goes off! It was creative and funny..nice job
Murad- Sun & blood was simple yet it worked perfectly for a flip book.. good job worked well!
Ashley- Like the idea of the differnt shapes and the designs you used ..very nice!
Brendan- I really liked the fireworks.. it was pretty! lol.. but seriously good job it went well with your designs
Shawn- I loved how you showed how stupid war is. It was really good and got my attention.. awesome job!

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Copy & Paste Myself

flip book & videodrom

So my flip book didnt really flip.. it kinda moved. I made my pages too big and the transitions didnt look as smoothly as they should of with my ideas. If it moved better i think it would look alot cooler, but i tried really hard on it. I never made one before so i wasn't too sure on how to go about it but i did the best i could on it. All the other flip books were great and you could see how much effort everyone put into theirs too.

The movie Videorom seemed crazy. Watching someone's hallucinations turn into reality freaks me out a little because along with the character, I have no idea if what's being seen is real or if its totally out of mind. It would drive me crazy if that happened to me, almost if i was having a bad trip and it lasted my entire life. Unless your hallucinations were amazing, funny or beautiful, basically anything than scary then i guess it would be cool. Still freaks me out though.

Importance of Music in Silent Films

Music is important in silent films because it makes or breaks the mood of the setting or the entire film itself. If you have an intesnse scene with serious or darker music, its more likely to get the point across than if you had the same scene and chose a techno fast pace song. The music talks even when the actors say nothing, because we interpert it in our own way- the way we want to. Sometimes i'll mute television shows or a movie and play music and see hows it different with a certain song. If theres a happy fun scene, ill put on really upbeat music to see if it would still go along in that act and then i'll change it to some emo sounding music and see how that fits. I think about music in scences alot because i've always thought it would be cool to be that person who finds music for specific scenes in movies, or even commercials.

Opera

I usually get Opera and Oprah mixed up- werid but I do. I can't believe I just said that.. anyway, watching alot of scences from Operas showed me how music really came to be entertainment and how different styles of singing appeared throughout the decades. I like the Baroque era best because it has alot of fun colors, and is really detailed with the props, bacgrounds, and scence settings. Some of it looks like things you would only see in dreams that have come to life and that really grabs my attention because the creativity and detail is so good its almost not real. I also liked how there was typically just one singer that everyone came to watch and admire instead of a whole cast where alot of things and people are going on. I found my attention to stay with that one singer and really pay attention to the song and message that was being said. I love the costumes- anything Marie Antoinette looking is really cool and I get a little mesmerized by it all. It reminds me of fantasy mixed with reality with elegance and money, having huge partys and only the best of everything. I think its a cool era and one that i enjoyed seeing.

about me

My name is Berni and I'm a communications major. I'm usually outgoing and I'm down to earth. My fist feelings of class were nervous because I'm not that good at drawing but I hope to improve and do well. I took this course because its a crossover w. com 211 and I'm interested in the subject material. I want to become better with technology and explore more creativity of expression as well as making visuals that have some type of affect on people. I love finding images to go along with music so that it can tell a story without words and everyone can interpert it differently. Thats pretty much it for now.. but there will be more :)