Project #4 Final Animations with Sound and Transitions

I had a lot of fun with this part of the project. Picking sounds was interesting and it was nice to see it all come together. I had trouble finding something in my room that would make a sound that would fit in with my visuals though. I feel like all the sounds found off the internet were very professional-like, but sounds that I recorded ended up just sounding cheap. Overall, I have enjoyed this project a lot and it has taught me a lot about the various programs we used.

Reading #2 Discussion

1. Does the ability of reproducing art reduce the value? Does having many prints/replicas of an artwork in many homes increase it's publicity, or devalue it. For example, the Statue of David is one of a kind. Has the ability to make tiny replicas that are easy to obtainable reduced the original value of the statue, or increased it's publicity by being a presence in many homes today. Does it keep the work alive?

 2. Do photographs, film, digital media, etc. still have an "aura" despite not being physically present? Will digital media ever have the publicity such as past art legends(Mona Lisa, Statue of David, etc) due to lack of this aura and no present originals?

Project #3 Animation

For this project, the obvious thing to do was to make the machines that are often seen moving in real life, move in the animation. I feel like if it was just the plane and blimps moving, it would be a bit boring so I added the tidbit with the octopus and the boat. I have some good ideas regarding the transition phase too.

Project #3 Digital Triptych Montage

For this project, I was really inspired by the technology relating to steampunk. I decided to do each panel based on a certain category of steampunk inventions. Those categories include air(airships, blimps, etc), land(bikes, motorcycles), and sea(boats, creatures, submarines). I also thought it would be neat to make each panel like a vacation destination for the family in the photos.