How to be Creative

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Video Game Breakdown

Here is a breakdown of Call of Duty: World at War Nazi Zombies Level. Enjoy!

Blog 5B Movie Scene Breakdown

Here is a video post breakdown the scene from the movie 25th Hour directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton. I recommend you check it out if you haven't seen it.

Image Reframe

I chose an image by Ben Goossens for this assignment. What drew me to this original image was its sense of obscurity. This picture is very strange to me because there is a floating house. This is not normal. What makes this picture particularly intriguing to me, alongs with other Goossens’ photos, is the color and shadows he uses. In this pictures there are a lot of depth cues. Goossens does this by giving a foreground, midground and background. The shadows also give a sense of depth. The shadow for the floating rock house is very large meaning it is closer. The person has a shadow too, a much smaller one showing that he is farther away and in another plane.

The original image and the reframed image that I used are both in the rule of thirds. In the original the house is on the left third and the person on the right. In the reframed image the man is on the left and what looks like an abandoned building is on the right third.

The house, eagle and person also create a line connecting all things. I think that the line begins the top of the house and motions down to the person through the eagle. This draws more attention to the person.

I picked to reframe the picture this way because of the person. When I first looked at the original picture I did not notice the person but the more I looked at it the person came into sight. The person looks like a dark, devilish guy, due to the dark colors, really grabbing my attention. As I was reframing the image I noticed how the new image is also on the rule of thirds. I think that the picture I framed could be an image all on its own.  

Song Critiques

Here is the critique I did of some of my classmates original songs.
Song Critiques

Ashton
Daniel
Annalisa

Brainwashed

Above is a link for the essay "Brainwashed" by Seth Godin. This article is about getting out of the monotony  that is every day life for some people and reinventing yourself. Godin talks about seven ways that you can reinvent yourself. They are:

1. Connect

2. Be generous

3. Make art

4. Acknowledge the lizard

5. Ship

6. Fail

7. Learn

"Acknowledge the lizard" was one layer that I though was really interesting. Acknowledging the lizard means to listen to that voice that is in the back of your head that tells you that everyone will laugh at you or you work isn't going to be good enough. Instead you must acknowledge the voice and recognize that it is there before you can overcome it and move past it.

Another layer that really intrigued me was "Make art". Godin explains that everything that is created is art, not just paintings or sculptures. Godin continues art is one thing that doesn't have rules but is can be anything. It isn't something with a lot of rules. By creating art you can create something original.

I think that these two layers are very connected to this blog that I have to create for my media class. For many people writing a blog can be very nerve racking and they may be scared to post original content online. By acknowledging the lizard someone can overcome this fear and make good blog posts. By creating this blog we are also showing our own art to the world. We created everything on our blogs and it is all original. I think this makes us a better student, artist and most of all a person by allowing us to reinvent ourselves.

Soundscape Critiques

Here are the critiques I did of other soundscapes as well as links to their soundscapes.
My Critiques

Ryan Nord
Paige Kelley
Mark Adelserger