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1 object, 2 moods

mjones1220 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:12:18 +0000

Sad/Depressed/Lonely

Happy/Excited

What I’d Take With Me

mjones1220 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:27 +0000

If I were in a situation where I had to leave my home and I didn’t have much time to pack, the most important thing for me to make sure I had would be all my teddy bears. I would take these because each one of them were a gift to me and they all represent someone in my life that cares about me and for that reason I treasure them more than many of my other possessions.

Creating Mood in Photos

mjones1220 — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:04:08 +0000

When taking a photo the three ways I think you can create your desired mood are:

The angle of the camera when you’re taking the picture
The lighting (florescent, outdoor, back-lighting) and color settings of the photo (color or black & white)
The surroundings of the object

Half Tones

mjones1220 — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:28:49 +0000

Edward Tufte’s Design Concepts

mjones1220 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:31:39 +0000

1. When presenting data assume that you have an intelligent audience. Don’t attempt to present information in a “dumb” way because this doesn’t allow people to use their abilities to get the most out of the data.

2. Don’t use graphics to decorate a few numbers, by doing this the audience’s attention isn’t focused on the information that you’re trying to relay. Instead the designs and pretty pictures is what their eyes are fixed on.

3. Provide the audience with real and accurate data. Ranking products by saying better and worse are not a good idea unless you’ve taken into account all the different factors that set one thing apart from or above another.

Source: http://www.washington.edu/computing/training/560/zz-tufte.html

Climate for Change

mjones1220 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Animated Self Portrait

mjones1220 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:00:54 +0000

Self Portrait (Pen Tool)

mjones1220 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:28:04 +0000

Waking Life

mjones1220 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:42:50 +0000

In the movie I got the illusion that things were moving because of how the shadows moved from place to place as the figures moved and how things appeared, moved across the screen, and then disappeared in scenes like when the boy was on the train. I also got the sense of illusion because the animation just seemed to be more like real life and not like a cartoon and people in real life move.

I think the director decided to go with animation instead of filming real people because by animating something you can bring more life to it than you could with just a person on screen reciting lines. Also, I believe that they felt the animation would hold the audiences attention better than actual actors.

Scavenger Hunt Edits

mjones1220 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:45:58 +0000

Reminder

Red Box

Nature

Important

Framed