Performance Art Description

             I have found the project on performance art to be the hardest thus far. Making a video and editing it was actually the fun part which I really enjoyed. This is not something I would typically do or have ever done before so I am glad I was able to learn this skill which could help me in the future. The hardest part, in my opinion, was trying to think of an original, creative idea that would be performance art. When deciding a topic, I wanted to make sure it was relevant to my life and others in present day. Technology is something that overpowers our lives today. People are so engrossed in their phones that they often forget to interact with other people during events, dinners, etc. I have seen many people not even know where they are walking or know they are about to run into someone because they cannot stay off their phones. My performance art piece is to mimic this behavior and tape real people in the acts as well.

Performance Art

Flipbook

Flipbook Description

     The flipbook assignment was something I had never done before. This type of art is common amongst many young kids while they are bored in school and decide to draw a stick figure or bouncing ball in their notebooks. However, I never explored this type of artwork until I was here in college. Going into this making this type of art I was honestly scared because I am not good at drawing at all and this project requires a lot of that skill. I discovered that this type of art was actually a lot of fun to do. Being good at drawing wasn’t even a necessity in making this art look good. For instance, I used a balloon floating throughout the page of the book, being popped by a needle, and then falling to the ground in one section of my flipbook. None of these art pieces required a huge amount of artistic ability but I was able to make this look realistic. Overall, I was surprised with how much I enjoyed making this flipbook. 

Camera/ Photo Extra Credit

            Learning about the camera in class was something I had never seen. To be honest, I did not even know how the first camera and digital pictures were even made. Since I grew up in the 21^stcentury, I have always had digital pictures and the technology to just snap an image on a phone. I never really thought about how these first images were made. I have a great appreciate for this art because It took several hours to make one image versus today where we can take a picture in less than seconds. Today I could not imagine having to wait hours and having to make sure there was the correct sunlight to even have an image. This made me want to look more into detailed videos on this process.

Broadway/Stage Door Blog

Angel de Quinta’s Stage Door Blog incorporated many of the songs, tunes, pieces of the show from different shows on Broadway. My personal favorite clip was Michael Bublé singing “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The reason this video was my favorite is because it has sentimental value to me. Every Christmas, my grandmother and I make Christmas cookies with a few of my cousins and my brother and every time we do this we are always listening to the Michael Bublé Christmas album as we are baking. Also, another one of my favorite videos was the excerpt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway. This was one of my favorite movies growing up and even today when I am flipping through the channels and I see that it is playing, I instantly turn it on. I did not even know that this movie was performed on Broadway and I am interested in looking up when the next one is playing in New York City that I can see. Even though I was unable to read this blog because it was in Spanish, I enjoyed watching the videos of singing and acting from the various Broadway shows.   

Madama Butterfly Animation

             After watching Madama Butterfly I was intrigued not only by the message, but on the creation of this video.  Since this video appeared to be made out of plastic or clay dolls, I wondered how the director shot this film.  I learned in my film class in high school that in some animated films in order to make the doll move it needed to be shot frame by frame for it to look like the doll is in motion. If this were the case for this particular film, there would have been so many hours put into making this ten minute film. The ending of the clip left me slightly confused. It appeared that after her child was taken, she was falling apart. This was literally shown, she took off her skin and all of her body parts detached. To me, this showed that she was so distraught from losing her child she was slowly withering away. The end of the film was what confused me, was when she reappeared with a butterfly in a much brighter setting with vibrant colors. Was this her in heaven? I still am unsure the full message of this animated version of Madama Butterfly, but I did enjoy watching this video because it made me really think about what the video is trying to show.