Response to film

La Jetee was a terrific example of how to effectively use still imagery to tell a story.  It would have been so easy for this film to turn into a cliche, melodramatic slideshow.  The storyline was interesting though, and the actors gave a lot of dramatic depth to the script.  I thought the still photos made for an interesting film, with great attention to details and composition in the shots.

La Jetee

I really appreciated the power-pointy technique used in this film. I think it gave it a very romantic, yet mysterious tweak. I thought the story was beautiful. Definitely my favorite film we have seen yet. I wish we could see more stuff like this in class!

Response to reading

I thought everything David Byrne had to say on the topic of Powerpoint was very interesting.  I like that he views the program as a metaprogram, he uses it to present work created in other programs.  It's definitely an interesting media to use to create art.  That other guy Tufte just seemed to have a personal problem with the program, and so I found everything he wrote to be obnoxious and close-minded. 

Funeral Car Flags

Are they just so that other drivers know not to be rude to the procession of slow drivers?

Why is it important that other drivers know that the procession is a funeral?

Why do other drivers need to be aware that a funeral is in session?

Are they only for cars or could people start attaching them to their heads?

powerpoint

I thought that Tufte reading was interesting--about PowerPoint being a negative alternative for presenting information. I thought it was interesting how the author applied it to schools and how educators will have students give PowerPoint presentations, when simply taking time to write and read--getting your hands on the actual information--would potentially give young individuals a better method of learning. I had never thought about that before, but throughout high school, I'd have to do so many PowerPoint presentations and I hated just bulleting information in a line and trying not to read word for word on my slide while every other student dozed off.
I like approaching PowerPoint in a less academic way, though, and doing something more performace based, and actually using it as a way to make art.

Funny Powerpoint/just photos

Funny Pics

View more presentations from Franza. (tags: funny divertidos)

anyone else stuck on what performance to do? iiii am, i dont dance, sing, i dunno what to read, etc.  a piece of me just wants to twirl around for a few minutes while my powerpoints doing its thing haha maybe you all can get up and join me.

this bird is utterly fantastic.

there also is this story about some settlers that lived in the forest and they would hear these crazy creepy flute-like songs all throughout the night. rumors about the forest being haunted spread like wild fire. it turns out that these haunting songs in the night we actually just a buncha Lyre Birds copying the sounds of an old man's flute. They found out later that this older guy had lived alone out in the forest right by a nest of lyres, thus the creation of his music c: