Monday, February 21, 2011

Dependency


Blogs are quite the amazing thing. Me, a student in a high school can post things here people anywhere in the world can see. This is ridiculous. This wasn't even conceived as possible one hundred years ago. But today millions of people blog everyday. Never mind ranting about blogging, just look at the internet! I can learn any language, watch any movie, read any book all in one chair. This innovation of technology is really taken for granted by today's youth though. This ridiculously huge outlet to information at our fingertips is amazing, and i think a lot of us would be lost without it. Which is kind of sad really; now we have a whole race of beings dependant on the things they created. Kind of sounds like a religion story no? Either way today's technology and the potential for more technology is mind boggling. Like right now you might be wondering why I added this picture to the blog post. I haven't mentioned it yet, it has relevance to my point though, can you see it? Humans today are growing up with machines. Machines and gadgets are a kid's new best friend, who needs a dog? Can you're dog play music, surf the web, stream movies, and calculate tips? I didn't think so. Humans today are simply born with it, it's a part of us. Thirty years ago almost none of what we had today existed, but yet it's as if it's always been here. We're growing up in a sick time. Where every human has become detached from humanity. An average person might look at the screen of their phone texting collectively a half-hour to an hour a day. Thats twelve straight days of texting a year. All of this time spent staring at the same individual 3x4' screen. People need to snap out of this dependency.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sound Effects



With technology these days being so advanced, humans need for advanced entertainment is more than ever. With our senses being such a ticklish outlet for stimulation its not a mystery why humans are entertained through movies. Many things attract the viewer to a particular movie. People may like the story, or the actor or the previous film in the plot but what people forget is that they are 100% dependant on sound and video. If you went to see the last Harry Potter movie and it didn't have any sound you wouldn't care if they're at Hogwarts you can't hear them! Sound is such a necessary component of media that people take it for granted or don't even acknowledge it's effect. You might be scared by the murderer jumping out of the closet in a scene but its the sudden jolt of loud music and the door crashing open thats gonna get you to jump out of your seat. This video I posted here (click here) shows a professional Foley artist as he gives some insight into the art of making lifelike sounds out of everyday objects.This essential behind the scenes work needs to be greatly appreciated, because without it we'd get a lot less enjoyment out of the things we do for entertainment on this modern day planet.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Whad Up, Johnson

Okay so my name is Dawson B (AKA Bossmans). Cyber Arts is something that i don't involve a lot of my personal efforts in. I love the class, I enjoy the doing the work, it's a really nice change to the usual work we do in school. But still to an extent work is work and not everything is hop-to happy-go-lucky with me. If anything were to be my "favourite" in this class (favourite would intail that I actually enjoy doing it, which doesn't always happen in school, because education does not chase student desire, it chases teaching needs) it would be more along the lines of animation, always from the tech-portion of the class. If I were to explain "who" I am without relevance to school or education I would tell you that I am a stubborn, teen-ager who thinks I'm always right. I have my very own distinct beliefs about the world and stand by them like a religion, this is also portrayed in my attitude. If I don't agree with you I won't listen, If i think you are of lesser mind, your words are empty. These attitudes sometimes get me in trouble but I stand by them, because after all they make "me", and I stand by me.