Design Assignement

I had a hard time thinking of something specific, at first i wanted to do a designer emblem, such as Louis Vuitton. It's one of my favorite brands when it comes to bags for many reasons, but instead I thought deeper and went with one of my favorite "chick flix".

This DVD cover can be seen as simple, yet it conveys a powerful emotion. The whole film is about love and how it was captured and embraced and lost and recaptured and held by these two characters. I feel that the picture a lone in the center is a strong shot of the two especially under the rain which is typically associated with romance. The title is in a simple font, nothing fancy that disrupts the beauty of the shot and the main point of this cover. Like every other cover out there, this is obviously photoshopped and altered, but not exaggerated at all. I love the simplicity of it. From their facial expression to the glow placed around them, it makes it clear who the story is about and with the one line above thier heads, we know what to expect.

I also liked that the colors aren’t dramatic. The font is black which remains consistent with the simplicity of this picture. The background colors are perfect because they don’t get in the way of the focus, which are the characters. Even they aren’t wearing anything too crazy, which also helps because the viewer is supposed to notice their facial expression and also the way they are embracing eachother.

Museum of the Moving Image

The participation I took part in was the one when the guide showed a group of us the scene of Titanic and broke every sound in the scene down for us to understand. As far as I was concerned, everything I saw during a scene happened then, except for special effects of course. I had no idea that there were many different parts to the sounds in a single scene. All the elements of the scene we saw were necessary to convey a feeling. In that particular scene, the sound effects gave me a sense of desperation as the characters played out.

            I also learned about the sounds that you get from a media library that one can play backward or extend and get extremely creative with. My favorite one was when he played the lions roar backwards in the scene. It’s something completely unexpected. It’s still a little odd when I think back on all the sound effects I learned about and now know that a soda can, or a rifle created some of them. Another important aspect I thought was the music. It just makes the scene that much more dramatic, especially when it comes to different times were it picks up or gets low again.

            Technology has completely transformed the media experience. There are now so many elements available and endless creativity that can only come about.  It’s hard to believe that at one point, movies were silent. The moving image has now made all aspects of media and it’s creativity limitless with what it can offer.