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Creative Image Communication journal of Btari Rahma

[btrahma]

Final Video Project: The One Who Got Shocked

Duration: 47seconds

The final result  of my video, a bunch of supercuts of Friends characters getting shocked in the series. I decided to settle down with this because Friends is my favorite tv series, and when introduced to the first video technique which is the supercuts, i figured why not make a video out of something i love to watch so much.

I decided to go with the characters getting shocked because when watching. i realise they make a lot of shock gestures, and that each character has a different kind of gestures, which i will highlight in this supercut. I did not include Ross' or Chandler's shock expressions because when i watch the series, i realise that their gestures arent as big as the other 4.

There you go, enjoy! Sorry for all the flaws in the editing part though

[btrahma]

on the process of making my final assignment for the video.

but premier pro is not coping with me.

why.

T_______T

[btrahma]

so after much creative thinking and consideration of what to make for the final video project, i've come to decided to make a supercut of the tv series Friends. The video above isn't really a supercut but it's a compilation of chandler's supposedly funniest moments.

i still don't know whether to add glitches in the supercuts or not.

[btrahma]

on week 12, we discussed about narratives. The last part of the discussion was called after-narratives, where sometimes conspiracy theories are starting to occur. we were given a task to create an image based on a conspiracy theory, whether it is an existing one or making a new theory.

i decided to create a gif based on paul is dead theory, where people assumed that paul mccartney has actually died in 1966 in a car accident, and he is replaced by a faux paul. the gif includes a picture of the famous abbey road cover in which people who believes in the conspiracy thought that the album cover contains clues of paul's death (paul is the only one barefoot, etc.). We also decided to insert the lyrics in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely heart club band that people believe implying on paul's death.

[sismita]

Found a very interesting article on selfies from Yahoo

Apparently, more and more people are getting tired of the selfies thrown around the web at them. Although the selfie is still popularly used and posted, several application developers are releasing apps for “anti-selfies” people. Starting a movement called the “unselfies” or “anti-selfies” this became the post-selfie selfie look of the now (refer to the two pictures). The idea of the applications are to disrupt a selfie taken by the user and making it look like the pictures above. One of the pictures above even appeared firsthand on Tumblr. The fact that people are moving on already from the selfie trend is a notion of how fast the take on imagery moves in the internet. 

You can try out the apps, there are some web-apps that you can try, the link is in the article (link below!)

Enjoy, 

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/unselfies-glitch-selfies-and-shelfies-what-does-the-95394975479.html

[btrahma]

interesting images showing the combination of selfies and glitches!

[janiceghosthunter-deactivated20]

More glitches.

[btrahma]

So i searched for glitches tag on tumblr, and there are a lot of results, and most of them are coming from glitches on gaming! which is basically a machinima. 

[btrahma]

On week 10, we discussed about glitches on media. It really interests me because i never really pay attention to glitches on images or videos before, i even tend to see it as disturbance. However, through the seminar, i learned that glitched images can be interesting and more excitingly, we learned to purposely create a glitch on a video!

with this, i am thinking of adding glitches on supercuts that i consider on making for the final projects. other than supercuts, i am pretty interested in machinima as well, but since i dont play much games, i am still thinking of what games should i based on if i want to make machinima video

[btrahma]

On week 8, we learned about machines that make images and videos. During the workshop, we learned about the program Processing and how to produce images and videos using the program. 

The movie above is the outcome of my first try on the Processing software. I'm surely going to try make more and try things out using the software. 

Other than supercuts, i also might consider using Processing for my final project by layering the movie i make on Processing with still images.

[baldingmen]

Stelarc, Rock Suspension

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[btrahma]

on week 7, i got the opportunity to meet Stelarc, an artist and a guest lecture on that week. He showed us his work on second life, where he introduced us to the program, and showed us his showcase/exhibition on his second life. 

He also has done performances in the past which included suspending himself on hooks, as seen above. On my previous reblog, it can be seen that he surgically added a third ear on his left arm.

[sevenknotwind]

STELARC ear on arm  |photos by: Nina Sellars 

The EAR ON ARM has required 2 surgeries thus far. An extra ear is presently being constructed on my forearm: A left ear on a left arm. An ear that not only hears but also transmits. A facial feature has been replicated, relocated and will now be rewired for alternate capabilities. Excess skin was created with an implanted skin expander in the forearm. By injecting saline solution into a subcutaneous port, the kidney shaped silicon implant stretched the skin, forming a pocket of excess skin that could be used in surgically constructing the ear.  I have always been intrigued about engineering a soft prosthesis using my own skin, as a permanent modification of the body architecture. The assumption being that if the body was altered it might mean adjusting its awareness. Engineering an alternate anatomical architecture, one that also performs telematically. Certainly what becomes important now is not merely the body’s identity, but its connectivity- not its mobility or location, but its interface. In these projects and performances, a prosthesis is not seen as a sign of lack but rather as a symptom of excess. As technology proliferates and microminiaturizes it becomes biocompatible in both scale and substance and is incorporated as a component of the body. 

text from the artist

[btrahma]

On week 6, we discussed about super cuts. Supercut, according to supercut.org, is a fast-paced montage of short video clips that obsessively isolates a single element from its source, usually a word, phrase, or cliche from film or TV.

the video above is a super cut of -uhm's- on music or movie award speeches, which i find very interesting because 'um' is a word that often blurted out unconsciously by winners in awards, which became sir to of a cliche.

on the next video project, i'm thinking of making a supercut of my favourite tv shows, either Friends or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. However I'm still looking for any ideas other than supercuts.

[btrahma]

this is the final outcome for my gif task.

as i explained on my previous posts, i'm trying to insert three different gifs (the paintings) into one main gifs (the three people staring at paintings).

nowadays, the word 'art' is being used loosely that everyone would consider anything 'art. Is it to the point where regular everyday activities such as grocery shopping, office working, and sleeping worth the appreciation and can it be called 'art'?

the main gif is a scene taken from the movie 'Feris Bueller's Day Off' and the three paintings gifs are scenes taken from the movie 'Punch-Drunk Love'

[btrahma]

GIF assignment in the making!

My idea of this assignment is to insert gifs within a gif *gifception*. The main gif is the three people staring at the paintings. I will then replace the painting with three different gifs that i made by cutting parts of scenes in the movie 'Punch Drunk Love.' I'm using scenes where it shows the actor doing everyday activities such as going shopping, sleeping, and working. The end result will be three people staring at a person doing normal everyday activities as a piece of art.

I will post the gif once i'm finished!

[btrahma]

cic week3 task: take a selfie with a stranger... And i got 2 selfies!

[therumpus]

Here’s today’s Daily GIF!

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[btrahma]

A different angle taken in the making of the historical Oscar selfie. The Oscar night was hosted by Ellen Degeneres, who wanted to get the most retweets on Twitter by posting a selfie featuring Hollywood's biggest actors/actresses. She did break the record and the picture has gone viral not only on twitter, but on other social media as well such as Facebook, Instagram, and, well, Tumblr.