I've been googling and youtubing stop motion to get a general idea of what I have to do to have a successful video. Here are a couple videos that do the same thing I am attempting to do with my Squirrel Hunter project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8JexiISPNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJzU3NjDikY
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Response to Benjamin
Carson Schoellkopf
DMST 2000
February 16, 2009
Walter Benjamin Response
From the start of this paper I was lost. But as I reread over the preface I understood that he was foreshadowing his paper completely by making a reference to Karl Marx. Walter Benjamin discusses the idea that Marx understood what was happening with society and what would happen. And by discussing how Marx foreshadowed the future, Benjamin is then able to go in talking about how different technology has created the same effect for itself. Also, another point that Benjamin goes on to discuss is how the reproduction of work has changed dramatically since the early times of visual art. I feel confused in that I first thought he was a supporter of reproduction but then he goes on to discuss how the reproduction of art actually devalues and jeopardizes the authenticity of the work itself.
In the first section of Benjamin’s paper he discusses how different forms of art have lead into one another. And he talks about how technology has advance so far as to come from just the beginning print to modern movies. I think that this is interesting because he talks about how one form of art has lead into the other. And by studying how the art has changed it is possible to see how the technology also transformed along with the art. I find this interesting because I have found myself almost working backwards in the process of learning new art. When I first became introduced to modern media I was interested in producing films, generally in the area of action sports. From there I then started to be interested in film and digital photography. In Benjamin’s paper he discusses how from pictures humans advanced into video. And then I found myself more interested in drawing then anything else. I thought it was interesting in that the depiction of the advancement of modern art I found myself working backwards.
Benjamin then goes on to discuss the importance of aura, which is where he really loses me. I understand what the aura of an image of piece of art is, but what I can’t seem to get is that I believe Benjamin is arguing the point that the reproduction of some art causes a loss of aura within the piece itself. I disagree with these statements in that I feel that sometimes the reproduction of a piece of work can sometimes create a different aura and possibly an even stronger one. Being a photographer I am constantly looking for photos that inspire me and cause me to think in a different way. What happens occasionally is that I will try to reproduce a similar image when I shoot. Although my picture may be somewhat of a reproduction I feel that it still has an aura of a different nature, it brings something new to the table.
What I did not understand the most from this entire essay is that in the end he attempts to connect everything with fascism. I do not understand what the point of his piece is when he talks about fascism and he only continues to perplex me when Benjamin finishes with the line about communism politicizing art. Overall the essay by Walter Benjamin is very confusing and hard to follow. I think I picked up on a few general ideas but for the most part it just seemed like a long rant about modern art.
DMST 2000
February 16, 2009
Walter Benjamin Response
From the start of this paper I was lost. But as I reread over the preface I understood that he was foreshadowing his paper completely by making a reference to Karl Marx. Walter Benjamin discusses the idea that Marx understood what was happening with society and what would happen. And by discussing how Marx foreshadowed the future, Benjamin is then able to go in talking about how different technology has created the same effect for itself. Also, another point that Benjamin goes on to discuss is how the reproduction of work has changed dramatically since the early times of visual art. I feel confused in that I first thought he was a supporter of reproduction but then he goes on to discuss how the reproduction of art actually devalues and jeopardizes the authenticity of the work itself.
In the first section of Benjamin’s paper he discusses how different forms of art have lead into one another. And he talks about how technology has advance so far as to come from just the beginning print to modern movies. I think that this is interesting because he talks about how one form of art has lead into the other. And by studying how the art has changed it is possible to see how the technology also transformed along with the art. I find this interesting because I have found myself almost working backwards in the process of learning new art. When I first became introduced to modern media I was interested in producing films, generally in the area of action sports. From there I then started to be interested in film and digital photography. In Benjamin’s paper he discusses how from pictures humans advanced into video. And then I found myself more interested in drawing then anything else. I thought it was interesting in that the depiction of the advancement of modern art I found myself working backwards.
Benjamin then goes on to discuss the importance of aura, which is where he really loses me. I understand what the aura of an image of piece of art is, but what I can’t seem to get is that I believe Benjamin is arguing the point that the reproduction of some art causes a loss of aura within the piece itself. I disagree with these statements in that I feel that sometimes the reproduction of a piece of work can sometimes create a different aura and possibly an even stronger one. Being a photographer I am constantly looking for photos that inspire me and cause me to think in a different way. What happens occasionally is that I will try to reproduce a similar image when I shoot. Although my picture may be somewhat of a reproduction I feel that it still has an aura of a different nature, it brings something new to the table.
What I did not understand the most from this entire essay is that in the end he attempts to connect everything with fascism. I do not understand what the point of his piece is when he talks about fascism and he only continues to perplex me when Benjamin finishes with the line about communism politicizing art. Overall the essay by Walter Benjamin is very confusing and hard to follow. I think I picked up on a few general ideas but for the most part it just seemed like a long rant about modern art.
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