Question 1: STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Man he can talk
As I started reading this, the author's memoirs like writing style soon got me going into the flow. This almost long-winded stream of consciousness writing style has never been my cup of tea, mostly because it takes long effort to capture the writer's point or view (what exactly is their point!?).
Question 2: LET'S DESCRIBE EVERYTHING SURROUNDING US!
Yep that's pretty much it
One thing that really kept my attention while I was reading is that the writer used a lot of words to unfold their surroundings (air; water; heat; families; girlfriends) this more immersive descriptive atmosphere helps the viewer to put themselves in the writer's shoe better.
Question 3: HAVE YOU PLAYED LIFE IS STRANGE?
A must play!
very similar to the writing style of this work, Cross platform video game Life of strange developed by Square Enix, is an episodic first person graphic novel game. (The game is in third person view) They both share a unique stream of consciousness feel so if I were to adapt this in another media, I would create a video game that's similar to Life is Strange so I won't have to change the writing system a whole lot. (copy and paste baby!)
2016年4月16日星期六
Manga/Comics that I'm gonna show to class
Online Manga: http://mymangaonline.us/manga-info/vagabond.html
Vagabond- Author:
Main Characters:
Musashi Miyamoto
Sasaki Kojiro
The reason why I chose this specific piece to talk about is because it's one of my very early artistic influences and guide book as an artist when I was a teen. Many of my inking drawings are deviated from Takehiko's style. The wild brush marks of characters in movement capture the rawness from this very chaotic time period in Japan.
It's also one of very few manga produced in modern age that goes in depth questioning the meaning of life through character's course of adventure and various masters/ antagonists he encounters and fights. Eventually in his older times he realizes that the people he'd killed and overcame could not quench anything but his superficial ego. Hungry for an answer, he settles down and finds inner peace and enlightenment from being alone in the woods and eventually realizes that everything he's fought against and struggles with all start and end from no one else but his inner self.
more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagabond_(manga)
Vagabond- Author:
Inoue Takehiko
Main Characters:
Musashi Miyamoto
Sasaki Kojiro
The reason why I chose this specific piece to talk about is because it's one of my very early artistic influences and guide book as an artist when I was a teen. Many of my inking drawings are deviated from Takehiko's style. The wild brush marks of characters in movement capture the rawness from this very chaotic time period in Japan.
It's also one of very few manga produced in modern age that goes in depth questioning the meaning of life through character's course of adventure and various masters/ antagonists he encounters and fights. Eventually in his older times he realizes that the people he'd killed and overcame could not quench anything but his superficial ego. Hungry for an answer, he settles down and finds inner peace and enlightenment from being alone in the woods and eventually realizes that everything he's fought against and struggles with all start and end from no one else but his inner self.
more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagabond_(manga)
2016年4月4日星期一
2016年4月1日星期五
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
When we were watching the film I was mostly caught by the color and glamorous medieval costume of this British film. I was specifically intrigued by the ways they had done their prop staging and lighting; the cold color tone on character's flesh against the violet back light really makes this entire film looking like its coming out of a renaissances painting. I did a ton of painting and costume studies of this piece and here are two of them:
2016年2月21日星期日
Zweig and Wes
Wes Anderson's film was just simply a solid piece of art, without a doubt. Personally speaking I think Stefan Zweig has a more subtle and detail oriented writing style, he would put tons of words constructing the back story and the environment of a scene, whereas in Wes Anderson's film all I remember seeing was just huge chunks of colors and the flashy cinematography and extremely stylized editing. Both sides of works are excellent, just different execution.
Wes Anderson loves simplifying visual messages and mush it into his tinted class-like color filters. I love love love the way he organizes and stages miscellaneous props and characters, and pan shots everything. In the Grand Budapest Hotel for example, Wes smartly visually differentiate main characters to the background by making them wear saturated clothes, and although the villains do wear black, often times there're still a hint of red here and there. He is also an expert on communicating through the negative shapes. He's just so good at telling a story with a striking visual language and quirkiness which often times viewers get lost in his ocean of kaleidoscope and forget to look back at whom he's inspired by.
Wes Anderson loves simplifying visual messages and mush it into his tinted class-like color filters. I love love love the way he organizes and stages miscellaneous props and characters, and pan shots everything. In the Grand Budapest Hotel for example, Wes smartly visually differentiate main characters to the background by making them wear saturated clothes, and although the villains do wear black, often times there're still a hint of red here and there. He is also an expert on communicating through the negative shapes. He's just so good at telling a story with a striking visual language and quirkiness which often times viewers get lost in his ocean of kaleidoscope and forget to look back at whom he's inspired by.
2016年2月8日星期一
True Grit
When comparing two versions of films (1969 and 2010), it is interesting to note the difference yet interrelations between the two. By studying both versions that follow the same source material that come out so stylistically different yet somehow similar (except little parts like Rooster's eye patch relocation)
John Wayne is definitely, at least in my personal opinion, remains to be Rooster in my mind more so compared to Jeff Bridges, though the latter has a more realistic characteristic presented from his acting and actor's natural charisma, although I do have a harder time keeping up with his fancy heavy accent and his repetitive digression.
Mattie Ross; the vengeful little 14 year-old who stand out among all the male characters in the old West, is a formidable character and both Hailee and Kim did a great job playing as her in both films.The character is, not usually from her age, bold, angry and straight-forward. She does not varnish her opinion and does not care or fear of ones who are bigger and stronger than her. Across the story her character has a strong presence of justice and would not tolerate anything against her will of revenge. "I'll use the force of law", was spoken by her multiple times in the story. This character is almost invincible because she has no fear; of anything in that treacherous time; almost like a superhero. Whether she's the true grit or not, her character does represents more on the ideal side. From time to time, Mattie makes me wonder: How does a 14 year-old knows her shit so well??? I mean she can bargain; knows the laws at least the basics of it; essential surviving skills and go across a river on a horse back without fear... She's for sure an over-achiever.
LaBoeuf the Texas Ranger definitely has pride and takes himself very seriously. Mattie had to be careful not to piss either side of the party off while making her point clear on their trip. LaBoeuf's stubbornness and pride got himself into disadvantages but he also is more of a sensible man.
It was touching toward the end when all three of them finally won each other's trust, When Rooster slowly turned from a selfish cold-hearted, ruthless man to someone who's willing to carry Mattie all the way to the doctor after the snake bite and stabbed the horse for her as an animal lover. LaBoeuf relentlessly saved Rooster's life by shooting Lucky Nat when he could easily abandon him and just go for Tom Chaney.
LaBoeuf the Texas Ranger definitely has pride and takes himself very seriously. Mattie had to be careful not to piss either side of the party off while making her point clear on their trip. LaBoeuf's stubbornness and pride got himself into disadvantages but he also is more of a sensible man.
It was touching toward the end when all three of them finally won each other's trust, When Rooster slowly turned from a selfish cold-hearted, ruthless man to someone who's willing to carry Mattie all the way to the doctor after the snake bite and stabbed the horse for her as an animal lover. LaBoeuf relentlessly saved Rooster's life by shooting Lucky Nat when he could easily abandon him and just go for Tom Chaney.
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