4B assignment song post

                                     

3A assignment Soundscape post

                              





                       

 http://changethis.com/

Go to that link and look up Jonathon Flaum's article "Find Your Howl" 

Flaum's first story is about a red wolf named Mumon. Mumon was raised in captivity because of a decrease in birth rates in red wolves.  Once the population rate grew Mumon and his siblings were released back into the wild. The rest of the story focuses on Mumon discovering his howl. Through interactions with different wildlife, with some hardships and shame on Mumon's part, he finally finds his howl. Flaum uses this story to symbolize people expanding their freedom in their own lives. Flaum mirrors Mumon's own struggles with struggles that people face in everyday life. People "find their howl" meaning that they find their voice by facing struggles head on. There are no short cuts to finding our own voices despite the lengths that sometimes people go to to avoid doing things the hard way. 


Since I do not know how to post audio clips on here, I will just have to read my own "Howl" aloud but through text. I am going to be explaining my favorite line of lyrics from one of my favorite songs called "The Hell Song" by one of my favorite bands Sum 41. 


---"Everybody’s got their problems (problems)......Everybody says the same thing to you.....It’s just a matter how you solve them (solve them).....And knowing how to change the things you’ve been through". 


This quote of music lyrics speaks to me as a creative person because it literally almost tells what you need to do in order to get past what I was put through. When I told many people I was coming to OU to study Digital Media: Games, Animation, and Special Effects quite a few people thought I was crazy for doing that. THey believed that there is no job prospect in the future for such a major. However, what they obviously didnt realize is something very important, the fact that I am a very motivated and hardworking person who knows what it takes to make it in the world. I do not accept failure very well, so I strive for the very best possible for me. That includes my studies here at OU, in order to prove them all wrong and get a great and fun career!

Media 203 1B assignment: written response to WAYS TO GET IDEAS

http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/49.06.14Ways

That is a link to Mitch Ditkoffs "14 Ways to get Breakthrough Ideas". I am writing my written response to 3 of these ways. 

His first of 14 ways to get Breakthrough Ideas is to “Follow your Inspiration”. I completely agree with this technique Ditkoff believes to help get a Breakthrough idea! If a person does not follow their inspiration then they are only depriving themselves of something they love and could do extremely well. A person always has their motives to do something, whether it is to further a career or just to do something they love. If someone follows their passion or their fascination, then they will be doing something they love while having fun and enjoying it completely at the same time. Ditkoff states that, “Fascination, quite simply, is natures way of getting our attention”. I agree with this statement as well because he couldn’t be more right. Fascination is any type of appeal to what a particular person likes, and when someone likes something, they will pursue that thing and enjoy the process and the final outcome. No matter what the outcome may be in the end of this process through which a person got to wherever they may be, they will have enjoyed the unique experience of it all, and because of the fun they will have had. An idea that is found in the end of this process would be more meaningful because you found it by following your fascination and having fun at the same time.

His second of 14 Ways to get Breakthrough Ideas is “Immerse”. I again do agree with this because when you are not immersing in one task, you are multi-tasking and too much is going on in your mind. You literally have too much going through your head to even just think about some of the smallest things, so the answer seems to be quite obvious. One of the best ways to get a breakthrough idea is just to sit down, and immerse in thought, just focusing one thing. Ditkoff gives the definition in this portion of his article saying, “Immersion: "the act of becoming completely involved or absorbed in something— engrossed, enthralled, or preoccupied”. This is a very true and very well said definition, because it is as straight forward as can be. Follow that definition and you will be completely immersed in something you need to be. Ditkoff also states that if you want to immediately increase your odds of getting a breakthrough idea all of a sudden, the bets thing to do would be to Immerse. Now with this statement I am partial on. I do agree that immersing works on people, but it may not be the best option to immediately get a result. Its’ just that there are plenty of other options available in order to get a result of a breakthrough idea. It is still a very good technique to use, none-the-less, and should have satisfying results.

His third of 14 Ways to get Breakthrough Ideas is “Tolerate Ambiguity”. By this Ditkoff means “Breakthrough ideas are not always the result of a revolutionary ‘eureka!’ moment. On the contrary, they are often the result of an evolutionary series of approximations or failed experiments”. I agree but also disagree in part with this thinking. The part that I agree with is that in some cases the best conclusion or Ideas found are arrived after a series of failed experiments, tests, or events. The fact that this happens quite often is evidence to his point. However, there are some cases that a ‘eureka!’ moment can and does appear. Now, sometimes when this moment occurs it is passed up, however it should not be passed up. Both of these instances are good ways to get a Breakthrough Idea. Through a series of careful and multiple experiments over an extended amount of time, and also through the quick unorthodox ‘eureka!’ moment, both are excellent ways to get a Breakthrough Idea.

For his prompt number 1 of 14, the activity that Ditkoff suggested that I have chosen was “What new idea is fascinating you? What new possibility has captured your attention? In what ways can you honor this inspiration today?”                         My answer to this would be the new idea that is fascinating me is the idea of working for a huge videogame company, as one of its top designers. The new possibility that has captured my attention to this was the idea that I could pursue a career in this combining two of my favorite hobby’s, art/drawing and videogames. I can honor this inspiration by striving to future my career as a game designer by graduating with my degree in college here, and also by finding good internships in the future and finally finding a jon to start me on the right track.

Media 203 1A assignment: What inspires me as a Creative person?

There are a few people that possess the skill and knowledge that is required of the type of graphic artists and animators I like. These types of graphic artists and animators I am speaking of are those people that can have fun making their work, while still adding meaning and depth and binary appeals to their work. It is these such artists that are sometimes hard to find. One such artist though I believe is Cliff Bleszinski. This is an interview of him talking about the upcoming new videogame he was in charge of creating, Gears of War 3. 

The reason Bleszinski inspires me is because of his passion he has for the games he creates and his use of Tension and Release in all the games. As is evident by watching this interview for the new Gears of War 3 game, the Gears of War franchise itself is a very dark and strange series. When you think about the concept of the game it is familiar in the sense that it is a classic shooter game, and has normal techniques like other shooters. Such techniques are like taking cover, tactical ideals like killing someone by aiming dow your sight to get more accuracy in your shot, and throwing grenades. So when someone explains this game to you, you think it would be a normal game with normal human enemies. However, what is not clear to the people that have never played or heard of the Gears franchise is the unfitting and dark nature of the enemies you face. These enemies are called Locusts and some of them are very very creepy and scary. So you have the familiar classic shooting style in the game, and you also have the unfitting scary enemies represented by the locusts which is the Tension. However because you don't play as the Locusts (you play as humans) and you know the humans will win, it brings back the familiar sense of the good guys will prevail which is the Release. Bleszinski is a man of great talent to be able to manage and create, with some help of course, a game series that incorporates all of that in order to have a strong fanbase and corporation.

Now, as for my inspiration as a creative person when I am drawing, I listen to two types of music depending on what I want to draw and how i'm feeling. One of them is an edgier dark and more hardcore type of music. This type of music would be stuff like Metal, Hard Rock, and maybe some Punk music. Here is an example of one of my favorite metal bands Bullet For My Valentine. The song name is called Hearts Burst into Fire. 

Now my other type of music I like to listen to to inspire how and what I am drawing is more clam, chill, colorful, sometimes abstract music. This type of music I speak of is stuff like Alternative, Reggae, and also sometimes R&B/Soul. Here is an example of one of my favorite Alternative Rock artists Dave Matthews. The song name is called Lie in our Graves.

Now I have two very important reasons for choosing these two types of music to inspire my drawing and the way I make art. 

One of these things is for the Contrast/Affinity it brings into my art. The contrast between these two types of music brings different emotions and thus different styles and techniques of drawing. If i listen to a hardcore and angry or sad or dark piece of music, I will draw a dark edgy and somewhat gloomy object. Such as a spiked thorn crown, or a dark red rose with thorns twirling up the side, and maybe a drop of blood from the rose pedal to add emphasis on the dark and sad aspect of the picture. This type of drawing is in direct contrast to what I would draw if I was listening to a piece of music that is happy, or upbeat, or chill. If i were drawing while listening to a song like that while drawing something I would make the object I was drawing being something that is pleasing to the human eye. Such an shape that would be pleasing to the human eye are things like circular objects believe it or not, that make us happy. With a circular object I have a wide range of things to expand on my drawing. I could make a very bright and vibrant sun, with the classic looking face in it, with an awesome pair of sunglasses, and instead straight and edgy sunrays coming out of it, i would draw twirling and multi-colored sunrays. So solely based on what type of music I listen to while drawing, I am inspired to draw something different depending on the type of music. That is the Contrast between the two main types of music that inspire me. The Affinity between the two that inspires to me to just draw in general, is that when I am listening to a song, I will randomly just want to pick up a pencil and start drawing to it. It doesnt matter which type of music it is, I will just want to start drawing something to it! That is the affinity these two types of music share with me, is that they both inspire me to just start drawing. 

Finally, the other reason that these two types of music inspire me to be creative in my drawing and art, is the Active and Didactic themes in the two types of music. I know it sounds crazy, that there are themes in music, but there really are. An Active theme is when the audience makes up their own minds on a subject. A Didactic theme is when you or the artist tells the audience what to think. In a hardcore or hard rock songs, there are mostly active themes. The audiences is left to make up their own meaning of the song at the end of it. In more chill Reggae/ Reggae Rock and sometimes Alternative Rock music there, for the most part, Didactic themes, where the song tells you to do something or the message/meaning of the song is clear and told to you. The reason these two types of music inspire me as a creative person is because based on whichever music I am listening to while drawing, I will either have an active somewhat mysterious hidden theme or element to my drawing, or I will have a didactic type of drawing style, making my message and meaning clear understanding in the drawing. 

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