1 min video of an object

We had to create a video of an object and try to use different angles and lighting to capture the object and give it an atmosphere. Then we added sound to it on the computer once we uploaded the video. I choose to do mine on my school bag since I thought it would be a challenge to get good shots of the bag since its such a daily object. I had a lot of trouble while shooting trying to get good angles and I originally thought I didn't do it as well as I wanted to get it and how I wanted to capture the bag in my mind came out different on the video but I am still pleased with the overall. I have 3 different videos with different audio but its the same video content.

The Writing Master

The Writing Master is to help teach children how to write chinese characters and do the proper strokes. It helps them make less mistakes and as well as write faster. The rules of the game are simple and that are that there are 4 levels in the game. For the first 2 levels, you are given 30 seconds to complete the character shown, for each mistake you have half the time, so after making 1 mistake you are now given 15 seconds from the original 30 seconds. For the next 2 levels you are given 40 seconds and for each mistake you have 10 seconds less, so after 1 mistake you have 30 seconds from the original 40 seconds. The levels get harder as you progress. The first 2 so you the direction of the strokes but for the last 2 you will no longer be shown the direction and order of the strokes but have to remember from the rules that follow writing chinese characters. The goal of the game is to best your own time for each character and total time as well, and to get less mistakes as you get faster.

We used cardboard as the back and for the stand as well to make it stable. A sheet of plastic was used for the cover so we could write on it with white board markers and have it easy to erase. The plastic was attached the cardboard with black tape as well as the stand pieces being attached the back base. We printed the characters onto a piece of A4 paper with the chinese word written in english alphabet and also the translation into english.

The Cheese Box of Messages

The idea is to have a box that has messages written inside. These messages can be completely random, there are holes cut in to make it possible for the viewer to read these messages through very small holes.

We took a piece of plain A4 paper and drew the layout needed to form a cube. After having cut the shape out we each wrote down our messages inside the box, these messages were just fun and random. We also cut in very small holes around the entire box to make it possible for people to look inside to read these messages but to do it one has to really get up close to the box to be able to read the messages. We put the cube together by making slots for the edges to stick together without the need of glue or any other sort of substance.

Blogging in the blogosphere, what is all this blogging good for?

It is said that bloggers are actually better adjusted to live healthier social lives than those who do not blog. But there are still the cases of those who blog are not well adjusted in society and blog to vent about their lives. Also many businesses say blogging is a good way for you future employer to learn more about who you are and your interests. In the working world when you apply for a job, it is likely that your future employer will look you up online to find more out about you and your accomplishments. Through having a blog you can control what they learn about you as well as showing them what you already know about that certain field you wish to enter. Creating a blog and then researching in a specific field that you are interested in shows your interest, but you also need to keep your blog focused. It is better to be visible than invisible.
Personally I feel that blogging is no longer keeping your private life private but showing the whole world, but having a blog that is focused on one topic that you are interested in and keep researching in and showing the results in the blog then that is fine, since it keeps your research organized. I think it is best explained here about blogging:

"blogging is a nice way of communicating, but it will never beat a good chit-chat over a glass of wine and good food. :)
Physical (real life) interaction is still the best. Humans are after all social animals that like to live in groups."

http://imod.co.za/2008/03/04/does-blogging-increase-your-social-life/

Joseph Kosuth, "One and Three Chairs"

Joseph Kosuth is an American conceptual artist born in 1945 Toledo, Ohio. His art piece named 'One and Three Chairs' was first made in 1965 and since then he has done various variations on it. The original piece is of a wooden folding chair, a mounted life size photograph of said chair, and a photograph enlargement of the dictionary definition of "chair". All three are chairs or codes for one: a visual code, a verbal code, and a code in the language of objects.

What Kosuth wants us to do with this art piece is to make us reconsider our use of chairs. He is trying to provoke into thought of everyday appliances we use and never before think of their use, here he has us use our mind and think about what really a chair is. Kosuth wants us to think about what art is and not just look at the beauty of it but really question why it is art and it subliminal message. 'For Kosuth, modern art is essentially self-reflective; its intention is to interrogate what art is, to define the concept of art. It is no longer a question of producing beautiful objects, but of producing questionable or problematic ones.'

The Big BANG of this Blog

HI!
created this today for my web class, i'm not really into the whole blogging thing since i like to keep my life private and not tell the whole world about it. but once i started setting up my page i was amazed at all the things you can do and i have to say i have a new found respect for bloggers who really customize their webpage since it definitely isn't easy. well yep thats bout all i have to say for now. ciao