What a day!
Today was a day of fun, competition, and learning all in one. Our previous homework assignment was intended for everyone to bring in some type of game we can play with our classmates. Jimmy didn't explain into much detail of what exactly we were going to be doing, but all I knew was it was game day! Who was going to complain. My classmates brought in all sorts off cool games from: Uno, Dominoes, Sorry, Monopoly, Worst Case Scenario, Mexican Bingo, Life and a few others. Now we already had a funny feeling there was going to be some kind of catch to this mysterious game day and we were right and honestly it wasn't that bad. Jimmy still wanted us to have fun, but at the same time he wanted us to be thinking as creative people and look at it from all different perspectives, not just a game player. Become or visualize yourself as if you created or designed the game. Sometimes I pictured myself as the consumer, I would ask myself "Would I buy this game" and why?
Through out the day my group played a total of three different games. We started off with the "The Worst Case Scenario" game. Honestly I should of automatically figured out by the boxes visual display that it was going to be boring. It was quite dull to be honest, but for some strange reason I still wanted to play it. I think it had to just do with the title. It had me thinking about it and I wanted to see what it was about. I was a little curious you can say. To make a long story short I wouldn't play that game ever again. I definitely wouldn't buy it for me or as a gift for someone. The questions the game ask were actually a little difficult and out the ordinary. The game suggest its for the ages of eight and up, but my group thought that to be a little obscure.
Adjectives:
breezy
faded
dramatic
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Oct 21 2009 + Adjectives
In class today we watched two video's that had pretty strong meaning. One was made by IBM in 1968 named "Powers Of Ten". It was written and directed by influential artists Ray and Charles Eames. The film displays how the earth size can be scaled by zooming out further and further away by the power of ten. It is very unique because of the way they actually visually explain this concept. Normally people are use too zooming in on things rather than zooming out. The movie was kind of trippy and cool at the same time because it gives you a completely different aspect or perspective on how things can be, or how things are when you relate them in size. We also talked about how influencing this movie was, as we discussed about the world famous Simpsons. The intro to the cartoon show is a perfect example. If you haven't seen the show I would suggest you YouTube the "Powers Of Ten" and then quickly after YouTube a Simpson episode (any episode would work). After you would know exactly what we were discussing about today in class and you can see how influential that movie was even in today's generation.
Adjectives:
precious
shiny
crowded
Adjectives:
precious
shiny
crowded
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Adjectives Oct. 19 2009
economic - pertaining to the production, distribution, and the use of income, wealth, and commodities
ablaze - burning; on fire
halting - faltering or hesitating
ablaze - burning; on fire
halting - faltering or hesitating
Oct 19 2009
The first thing we did today was split the class into halves to form two large groups. The purpose of this was to present our homework assignment to one another and talk about what we observed from them. Our group got down relatively quick, so we began talking about the GAUGE organization. We also got to see a hard copy of a GAUGE poster Freddy designed for the organization. I personally thought it was a great design and quite appealing. Once the other group was finished critiquing the ten images we began our next class exercise and new lesson plan.
Story Telling
We were broken into groups of four and told to empty out our pockets. The idea was that each classmate had to provide four items each and combine them as a group. Our group managed to gather the following items:
checkbook
skateboard flash drive
stapler
whiteout
cigarettes
matches
i pod touch
fake bullet
cell phone
flash drive
Out of the ten objects we had to tell a story that included all of them and we had to do it within fifteen minutes. The whole idea was to be creative as possible and use your imagination. At the same time was critical and we had a deadline. Time management really showed us how important it was when we had to work as a team and played a key factor to the assignment. Unfortunately our group didn't meet this deadline. I truly believe we were off to a good start and had some good ideas. Our only problem was we didn't execute our story. We were trying to be too creative and had to many suggestions, we really didn't focus as a team to put all the pieces of the story together. I didn't take it as a failure, but rather as a learning experience. I observed a lot of what the other groups accomplished I started brainstorming on what needed to be done better if we had to do a similar exercise. Next time, we will execute and put together a compelling story.
Story Telling
We were broken into groups of four and told to empty out our pockets. The idea was that each classmate had to provide four items each and combine them as a group. Our group managed to gather the following items:
checkbook
skateboard flash drive
stapler
whiteout
cigarettes
matches
i pod touch
fake bullet
cell phone
flash drive
Out of the ten objects we had to tell a story that included all of them and we had to do it within fifteen minutes. The whole idea was to be creative as possible and use your imagination. At the same time was critical and we had a deadline. Time management really showed us how important it was when we had to work as a team and played a key factor to the assignment. Unfortunately our group didn't meet this deadline. I truly believe we were off to a good start and had some good ideas. Our only problem was we didn't execute our story. We were trying to be too creative and had to many suggestions, we really didn't focus as a team to put all the pieces of the story together. I didn't take it as a failure, but rather as a learning experience. I observed a lot of what the other groups accomplished I started brainstorming on what needed to be done better if we had to do a similar exercise. Next time, we will execute and put together a compelling story.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Oct 14 09
For today's blog I wanted to talk about what I did the following day after class. On Thursday at around two o'clock I attended the GAUGE meeting in FA 226. I'm actually a new member to the GAUGE group and I like it becomes of the friendly atmosphere it holds. The vibe is chill and the members are very welcoming. During that meeting we talked about two upcoming AIGA events that were going to be hosted later that night, Milton Glaser and StimuLatte. Once we decided we were going to attend Milton Glaser. Pauleen, Eisen, Freddy and I planned to meet up with each other at the CSU LA campus at six thirty. So we could follow each to the movie presentation. Kind of skeptical of following Pauleen, because of the stories I heard about her driving lol, I decided to follow up with our plans.
Finally we were on are way to my first AIGA event and of course we caught all kinds of traffic and crazy drivers along the way. It pretty much took us a good hour to reach our destination and a few bucks of gas, but we made it. Shocking to our surprise and knowing my luck the event was cancelled. Apparently, the people who were hosting this event couldn't find the actual DVD to the movie. Now to me that represented horrible organization and looked very unprofessional. Staying positive even though we were all bummed and disappointed. The idea of going to StimuLatte was brought up and our new journey began, but this time an angry and annoyed Jessica followed along with us (they didn't refund her parking!!). Not cool.
Finally we were on are way to my first AIGA event and of course we caught all kinds of traffic and crazy drivers along the way. It pretty much took us a good hour to reach our destination and a few bucks of gas, but we made it. Shocking to our surprise and knowing my luck the event was cancelled. Apparently, the people who were hosting this event couldn't find the actual DVD to the movie. Now to me that represented horrible organization and looked very unprofessional. Staying positive even though we were all bummed and disappointed. The idea of going to StimuLatte was brought up and our new journey began, but this time an angry and annoyed Jessica followed along with us (they didn't refund her parking!!). Not cool.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Mon Oct 12 09
The lesson plan for today was a in class exercise about creative thinking. For this exercise we were separated into groups of about four people and in our groups we had to choose one simple picture from our previous homework assignment. When the majority of us picked out the image the next step was the actual creative part. The goal was to think of about ten words or phrases to describe the image by using a word to change the meaning of what the image was portraying. At first it was a little difficult because I wasn't exactly sure what Jimmy expected from us. The amount of time we had to complete this exercise was about fifteen minutes and when the time was up we critique the results as a class. We did this once more, except Jimmy wanted us to think as advertisers when we came up with our ideas. On the second critique I really thought the group with the tree image did a great job on the assignment. The phrases they thought of were really catchy, creative, and even funny. Overall, this exercise was pretty fun and interesting. I think working as a group played a really important part. I had to admit that I had a brain fart when it came to suggesting some ideas and after class it really hit me how important learning and building my terminology is.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Dreams
For our class meeting Wednesday we got to look at the 1990 film "Dreams" which was a movie based an actual dreams from the director Akira Kurosawa. Akira turned his eight dreams into what they say are eight short stories that are suppose to depict eight different stages of his life. From magical to realism, and after watching this film you kind of get to understand what that means. Now to be honest at first I had no idea what this movie was about and what it really meant. More or less after watching a dream or two I kind of got the idea that the dreams were going to deal with a lot of symbolism and metaphors. Since the movie was based more on imagery than dialogues it was really going to be important that I pay close attention with observation in order for me to understand what was going on.
Foxes Wedding
Honestly I had no idea what was going on or what this dream was about at this point. All I understood was that the little boy had left when his mother told him not too and typically when you disobey your mother your bound to get in trouble one way or another. So when he left and stumbled into the Forrest there was so much smoke going on it had a lot mystery behind it. It left me pretty clueless and unclear what was going to come out from the mists of the fog and to my surprise it did! Abstract, scary, and bright were all words that went through my mind as the mystery people came and marched out. It was super creative and unique the way they danced or marched. There body movement was nutty and the way they all paused in a synchronized fashion was magnificent. It still didn't help clarify who they were, but to me it didn't matter. Because I was so star struck on how weird this scene was and cool at the same time.
Peach Orchard
In this dream the young boy is led to a field by a mysterious girl that cannot be seen by anyone else. Everyone in his family thinks he's crazy, but his curiosity makes him chase her. She leads him to an field were peaches use to be grown until his family cut the trees down. This is were he encounters mother nature and the tree's spirits. They hold the boy accountable for his families awful mistake. The spirits actually make him cry, but the young boy is smart, brave, courageous and explains to the spirits that he had no part in trimming. He actually loved the peach orchard and would never take apart in a act to hurt the tree's. The boy showed so much emotion, heart, and bravery that the tree's were beginning to feel bad they blamed him for his families mistakes. So they rewarded him with a bright and colorful rain dance that brought back the orchard once more. Except when he tries to walk through the orchard he is brought back to the realization that all the trees are chopped down except one. The last remaining tree that symbolized the young girl that lead him there. Some colors that were used a lot in this dream were: light purple, dark purple, orange, white, green, and yellow.
The Tunnel
This dream was my favorite. I really like the meaning behind it and everything that it symbolized. I like how he expressed death on the soldiers faces with a eerie blue pastel color. I really felt bad for the lieutenant when he had to explain to his soldier that he was not alive, but dead. The soldier felt so sure that he was living he really had no idea. And as soon as you thought the depressed lieutenant was done being haunted by his soldier he began to walk away and you heard a thunder of marching steps. You could feel this persons frustration and disbelief of what was about to happen next. It was bad enough for this man that he had to live with the feeling of making a poor command that killed his entire platoon, but having to explain this to his group of grieving soldiers was going to be difficult. After he explained to the soldiers his feeling he stressed the importance that they had to stop haunting him and must move on and rest in peace. They were still in disbelief until he finally gave his final order as a lieutenant and made them leave.
Foxes Wedding
Honestly I had no idea what was going on or what this dream was about at this point. All I understood was that the little boy had left when his mother told him not too and typically when you disobey your mother your bound to get in trouble one way or another. So when he left and stumbled into the Forrest there was so much smoke going on it had a lot mystery behind it. It left me pretty clueless and unclear what was going to come out from the mists of the fog and to my surprise it did! Abstract, scary, and bright were all words that went through my mind as the mystery people came and marched out. It was super creative and unique the way they danced or marched. There body movement was nutty and the way they all paused in a synchronized fashion was magnificent. It still didn't help clarify who they were, but to me it didn't matter. Because I was so star struck on how weird this scene was and cool at the same time.
Peach Orchard
In this dream the young boy is led to a field by a mysterious girl that cannot be seen by anyone else. Everyone in his family thinks he's crazy, but his curiosity makes him chase her. She leads him to an field were peaches use to be grown until his family cut the trees down. This is were he encounters mother nature and the tree's spirits. They hold the boy accountable for his families awful mistake. The spirits actually make him cry, but the young boy is smart, brave, courageous and explains to the spirits that he had no part in trimming. He actually loved the peach orchard and would never take apart in a act to hurt the tree's. The boy showed so much emotion, heart, and bravery that the tree's were beginning to feel bad they blamed him for his families mistakes. So they rewarded him with a bright and colorful rain dance that brought back the orchard once more. Except when he tries to walk through the orchard he is brought back to the realization that all the trees are chopped down except one. The last remaining tree that symbolized the young girl that lead him there. Some colors that were used a lot in this dream were: light purple, dark purple, orange, white, green, and yellow.
The Tunnel
This dream was my favorite. I really like the meaning behind it and everything that it symbolized. I like how he expressed death on the soldiers faces with a eerie blue pastel color. I really felt bad for the lieutenant when he had to explain to his soldier that he was not alive, but dead. The soldier felt so sure that he was living he really had no idea. And as soon as you thought the depressed lieutenant was done being haunted by his soldier he began to walk away and you heard a thunder of marching steps. You could feel this persons frustration and disbelief of what was about to happen next. It was bad enough for this man that he had to live with the feeling of making a poor command that killed his entire platoon, but having to explain this to his group of grieving soldiers was going to be difficult. After he explained to the soldiers his feeling he stressed the importance that they had to stop haunting him and must move on and rest in peace. They were still in disbelief until he finally gave his final order as a lieutenant and made them leave.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Adjectives Oct 5th
Clean - free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained
Creepy - having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear.
Clear - free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light
Creepy - having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear.
Clear - free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Mind-Mapping Oct 5 th
Mind-Mapping,
also known as idea-mapping was the topic of today and a way for "us" creative people to learn how to take our idea's from the brain to paper, another way of brainstorming. The whole goal was to learn how to be more creative by using less words and more pictures along with some rules.
also known as idea-mapping was the topic of today and a way for "us" creative people to learn how to take our idea's from the brain to paper, another way of brainstorming. The whole goal was to learn how to be more creative by using less words and more pictures along with some rules.
Do
- Put everything out there
- Identify every possible idea
- Document through sketching, writing, or recording
Don't
- Don't evaluate
- Don't research
- Don't judging
The key point was to generate possibilities so you can evaluate later. This is the beginning stage of the creative process. We also talked about having a open mind when trying to mind- map. Along with the negative things that can help ruin your train of thought.
"The easiest path for a fresh idea is through an open mind"
Allowing time and space for quality thoughts to flow is one key element to idea creation. Today's mind-mapping exercise allowed us to exactly clear our mind and express our thoughts and idea's. The mind-map that I picked as my favorite was the spider web, because of the creativity it had supporting it. It's layout was awesome! A spider that was in the center of a giant web, sticking all the thoughts together inside the web. I believe this mind-map has great potential to look cool if we had the opportunity to revise them, good job!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Adjectives 9-30-09
Elegant - of high grade or quality
Envious - feeling or showing envy
expensive - commanding a high price and especially one that is not based on intrinsic worth or is beyond a perspective buyer's mean.
Envious - feeling or showing envy
expensive - commanding a high price and especially one that is not based on intrinsic worth or is beyond a perspective buyer's mean.
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