Friday, December 3, 2010
Response to "Helvetica"
From Illustrator Assignment on October 7, 2010:
Helvetica is an independent film about typography, graphic design, and visual forms of media. This movie was very insightful because it opened my eyes to the world of typography around me. It was shocking to see how one font is so commonly used in our culture. Logo's on a building or even waring labels can be so easily lost in translation when not paying attention. The movie also brought to my attention the art world behind graphic design and typography. Each of the artists they showed in the film were very unique and had individual styles that were very appealing. Yet I very rarely see these creations out in public. I feel like they should be used more often to produce a more distinctive environment for the locations they are placed. It would be a good way to express creativity to a vast amount of people.
Helvetica is an independent film about typography, graphic design, and visual forms of media. This movie was very insightful because it opened my eyes to the world of typography around me. It was shocking to see how one font is so commonly used in our culture. Logo's on a building or even waring labels can be so easily lost in translation when not paying attention. The movie also brought to my attention the art world behind graphic design and typography. Each of the artists they showed in the film were very unique and had individual styles that were very appealing. Yet I very rarely see these creations out in public. I feel like they should be used more often to produce a more distinctive environment for the locations they are placed. It would be a good way to express creativity to a vast amount of people.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Response to the film "Decasia" by Bill Morrison
Created from decaying archival film, "Decasia" is a short film that explores relationships and varying personalities of our past humanity. The film is set to a symphonic score, a very intense melody, which allows the viewer to interact with the movie more intensely. As well as the music, the film itself that is used in the movie shows images that can cause the scenes to seem as though they are melting, twisting, breaking and even exploding in front of your eyes.
The entirety of the film is in slow motion. Because of this, the viewer is able to take in the imagery in front of them without being to overwhelmed by the movement of decay or music. The majority of the scenes that are depicted, relate to traumatic war related issues, pain, suffering and destruction created by humanity. After watching the film, there are many things to consider about the intention and process that went behind the making of this production. Personally, I found "Decasia" to be a representation of the word decay itself. It shows that humans are not perfect, and we are not commonly seen as beings who decline in our power of nature. However, Morrison chose to explore that subject more deeply to evoke the awareness of our society. Our society is similar to the processed film Morrison used. If we do not represent a great importance of some kind, we become overlooked and unpropitious to the overall means of justice that is the population we currently live in.
The entirety of the film is in slow motion. Because of this, the viewer is able to take in the imagery in front of them without being to overwhelmed by the movement of decay or music. The majority of the scenes that are depicted, relate to traumatic war related issues, pain, suffering and destruction created by humanity. After watching the film, there are many things to consider about the intention and process that went behind the making of this production. Personally, I found "Decasia" to be a representation of the word decay itself. It shows that humans are not perfect, and we are not commonly seen as beings who decline in our power of nature. However, Morrison chose to explore that subject more deeply to evoke the awareness of our society. Our society is similar to the processed film Morrison used. If we do not represent a great importance of some kind, we become overlooked and unpropitious to the overall means of justice that is the population we currently live in.
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