FAKE I.D

The lecture was conducted by Yvan martinez and Joshua Tree of FAKE ID. the lecture was like the strangest thing ever. it reminds me of how we do our critical studies presentation where every one seem to read from a piece of paper.

as the lecture went on, i was thinking the mood was going to change or the line of conversation but it was really shorking to see that the lecture ended the way it started.

I tried my best to grasp what they were saying. An interesting thing about the concept of narration and limiting visuals.

I was really looking forward to having them talk about their work which they didn't but rather was talking about their influences and how it impact on their work and talked more about the self initiated and educational project.

the only thing i got out of the lecture was the fact that narration is a very powerful tool. even in the absence of images. a narrative should be strong enough to sand and capture attention on it own.

Evaluation

Working on this professional practise module was a very exciting thing. Though I did not get up and running with my blog at the start but as soon I got the hangs of it, it was really fun. The module afforded me the chance to look into design form a very broad perspective. Not only limited to work in motion graphics but also looking at graphic design, photography, and illustration. It also made me appreciate a lot of the big design blogs around. How much effort and time is put together to get such rich contents that grace their sites.

The general operations and logistic of the blog reminds me of creating a web page. Though i don’t do the codes but it was fun to link still images and link to a website from my blog to other sites but would have preferred it if they had a setting that will not allow the new site load over my blog. Like a load in another window option that happened by default without right clicking to choose that option.

The contact report, though challenging for me, I was happy to have been able to get to physical portfolio crit (Michael Tabner and Richard Malcolm) and some verbal and online feed back and advice from my vimeo page. I think I will really like to revisit this blog and those of my class mate as the bulk of work I had to do during the session did not afford me the time to really look into all their blog but they all had very interesting stuff I’ll want to catch up on on my own personal time to expound my personal research base.

For the blog, I think what limited my research was that I was taking a lot of time and putting a lot of details to each post. Talking about a particular piece of work, the company responsible, looking at other works and in some cases comparing them. which took a lot of time. As what I found out later in this module and from researching into other blogs, they mostly keep it short and simple. Just talk about a particular piece of work and then give a link to the web address. Though I still feel that quick brief description of a piece of work without further investigation into the company may not have met the criteria for this module.

I did make some interesting finding and connections with designers, their work and processes during this module and I hope to further investigate and look into other design blog as I find that it is a quick, effective and relevant way to keep tabs with present goings in the design industry.

FILM TITLES - collection

Title sequence has gradually and successfully taken the front role position in the presentation of a film. It has become the means through which movie producers make the first impression. Both Hollywood and independent studios today spend a lot of resources and valuable time conceptualising the title that precede their film.

I have always loved the concept and role that the title of a film plays within a film. The possibilities that it bring to the film that was why I was compelled once again to do my dissertation for my final year on title sequence. ‘TITLE SEQUENCE AN EXTENTION OF A FILM’

This submarine site is a site that is dedicated to showcasing the very best and memorable title sequences. As far as they are concerned, viewers should have had enough after seeing the title / opening credit of a film that is why their slogan is @ Forget the film watch the title’

Titles on this sites are categorised into Animation, Motion Graphics, mixed media and 3D. it has a huge achieve of titles that will be enough for content for a research project as well as a source of inspiration and generation of ideas.

'TAO' by Kervin Brisseaux

This image by Kervin titles ‘Tao’ caught my attention immediately I saw it. I have personally liked to work with silhouette images and have always thought about giving some sense of life and mood to a rather flat one coloured subject of a silhouette. This image does it for me. The light coming from the background, as well as the light cast on the face of the subject gives it this angelic look as though the subject is alive.

From this piece I can see the importance and impact that lighting can have on an image. It suddenly changes the visual attitude, interpretation and mood of the image.

DEPTH CORE

I often find myself coming back to this site depthcore.com. It has become one of the sites i come to as a source to banish all things called 'designers block'. The ranges of images always bring and serve as fresh inspiration for me. It has become almost like my ‘church’ of design. I do have a couple of site I always bounce back too when i don’t feel very inspired in my work.

Depth Core’s collections focuses on modern and abstract art. Incorporating design, photography, animation and audio.



The site is a very good look and will inspire most viewers.

Gustav Espenes

http://www.klippoglim.no/

A showreel showcasing a few experiments with motion graphics by Gustav Espenes with a dark distorted and disjointed soundtrack. The work contained in this show reel is from a variety of random animation test. The sound within the piece pretty makes it work as a whole. One cannot over emphasis the importance of sound within a piece of animation

NICK VEASEY

I decided to do some further research into the designers who were credited for the stunning image that grace the lucozade billboard ad posted on my last blog. I particularly find the style of the graphics very interesting as it takes the X-ray technology into a more dynamic and artistic way.



The artist responsible for the shot Nick Veasey is a British photographer and filmmaker primarily working within the medium of X-ray. Nick uses industrial X-ray machines typically employed in art restoration used to examine oil paintings. he works with a high dose of radiation.




I really wonder how he works his art out as even in a typical medical situation, a patient is exposed to radiation in an X-ray machine for only a fraction of a second while Nick exposes his subjects as well as himself to ionizing radiation for as long as 12 minutes to get a crisp shop. Its amazing what designers will do for art. the process and risk taken to constantly push the front line of design further away from mediocres. Constantly pushing the boundaries to produce something very original, giving birth to fresh concepts, ideas and direction in design.




for me, Nick work speaks more of courage , fearlessness and the need to always push up the limits within my work.