FInal Motion Graphics Video

Journal #12

First video: Lawrence Weiner

Shows every angle of his face, as some way to know him a little better.

Moves around his work area, shows glimpses of each different tool on his desk.

Asks someone if they know how the universe functions, ends with the universe presents itself.

Does not like Helvetica because it does not adapt itself to things it is telling you and that it is cultural, intellectual, and intelligent.

Throughout the entire thing the camera zooms in on him while he sitting down in a gallery.

Found a typeface that he likes and it is: Franklin Gothic Condensed.

At the end says: "Art is of the moment. Design is of the moment."

Second video: Milton Glaser

In the beginning, it shows him in a back room that holds 2 or 3 hundred posters in the back.

He always believed that the life of a designer is a life in between two sensibilities;

one of a business man and one of an artist. Artists provide that gift to the culture so people have something in common. He teaches because it makes him feel good. Graphic Designers and social commentary is that it is part of the practice because we have access to people's minds. If you have the ability to transfer ideas from one point to another it should be an idea that does no harm. As a graphic designer you should want to do things that has relationship to your community, family, city, to the country, to the world. He is still astonished and things still amaze him because the possibility of learning never disappears in the arts. Overall, my favorite part of this video is Milton going through all of his posters and showing us some of them, he looks so happy to be showing his work.

Third video: David Carson

The lack of training help him. Self indulgent was the big negative term, which he thinks is a very positive term. It is more important now that we put our personalities, becomes more personal into the work as we become more computerized. Put who you are as a person and put it into your work. Raygun (magazine) did not pay him much but he was independent there and was the one that took the stuff to the printer. He tried to interpret the stories and try to attract attention to it, but did not make it hard to read.

Journal 11

Debbie Millman is a partner and president of the design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Millman is president of AIGA, and chair of the School of Visual Arts’ master’s program in Branding. She is a contributing editor to Print magazine and host of the podcast “Design Matters.” She is the author of How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press, 2007),The Essential Principles of Graphic Design (Rotovision, 2008) and Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design (How Books, 2009).

Design Matters is a radio talk show, hosted by Debbie Millman, where she takes listeners inside the world of design and branding to talk to professionals about what they do, how they do it and why they do what they do.

I listened to the Kate Bingaman-Burt interview, who founded Obsessive Consumption in 2002. Her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?, was published this year by Princeton Architectural Press. She illustrated the book, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design, as well as the promotional materials for the documentary of the same name. Bingaman-Burt lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University. Her Obsessive Consumptionwork is represented by Jen Bekman in NYC.

She is obsessive about doing a lot of work and sharing that work. Considers herself as a designer as a reporter. She noticed that 'everyone kind of buys the same things,' when she worked as a cashier in high school. Documents all of her consumption because she was in debt at one point. She fell for all of the people that tried to get everyone to sign for a credit card and they'll give her a free t-shirt. Kate stated that everyone wants to have sincere interactions with people and she was able to talk to someone based on what they buy.

I thought the interview was interesting because it wasn't totally about design, it was about how she got out of debt and how she interacts with other people. She used her design/art skills to get out of debt and document all of her savings. She also use to document everyday with a photo and that most people have one item that repeats itself when they shop. She now has her stuff that is being sold in Target. As well, she likes to feel useful and feels a little bit sick to her stomach if she doesn't do any work all day.

Journal #10

GOOD is a media platform for people who want to live well and do good. They are also a magazine. GOOD is a company and community for the people and provides content and utilities that support the community. It is basically made up of news, info graphics, videos and live events. It was actually very interesting going through the GOOD website. I found a lot of weird but interesting things. For example, there were a good number of videos of info graphics. There was one about Teen Sex and showed different types of statistics throughout the video about it. The statistics popped up at different times and each one was a different style. It was exactly like a motion graphic video. As well, there was another info graphic that was very simple and just used the graphics to show the stats and what the info graphic was about. While browsing through their regular info graphics I noticed that most of them contained a lot of information but were designed very well. None of them looked too crowded at all either. Then I also stumbled upon the design section and found The Stupidest Dog Leash in the World. I found it pretty hilarious and it was a very unique design. The picture of the infographic that I have at the very top really intrigued me because it was a flash type of graphic where you go over an area and it highlights the side. I've never seen an info graphic that was interactive like that.

Overall, there are many unique thing son GOOD website and the info graphics were a big help for our current project for Tad's class.

Speech Information- Jesse L. Jackson

Who is speaking?

Jesse L. Jackson

Why was/is the speech important to society?

This speech was important because it was for when he was running for the democratic nominee in the 1984 presidential election. He was the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for President of the United States. The speech was is the address to the democratic convention, on July 18, 1984.

Why do you feel this is important or interesting?

I feel like this speech is important because of the history behind it and it is relevant to today because we have the first African American as the president today. As well, it is interesting how incorporates God into his speech.

what is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?

Throughout the speech, there is a sense of power, strength, and motivation. It’s a very uplifting speech to the changes that are starting to happen. Overall, it’s very moving to anyone who was supporting Jackson.

What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses..

The entire speech is very loud and there long pauses when there is applauding. He takes slight pauses repeatedly in the beginning when he is listing things. As well, he uses an emphasis when he starts talking about God. Overall, there is the same loud tone throughout the entire speech.

What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?

The beginning and the end of the speech should be the loudest and biggest. Some of the story telling he does in the middle should be rushed and also the applauding.

Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are the key/emphasized words?

The call to action is to gain democratic votes for him as the democratic nominee.

The words that are emphasized are mainly God and me. At the end of the speech, “Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white” is really emphasized.

How does it make you feel?

The speech makes me feel powerful and inspired.

How do you imagine that the audience felt?

I imagine the audience felt inspired and moved to be there. The audience must have also felt proud to be a part of history. Especially, since Jackson is the second African American to have a major political campaign. I can only imagine the audience smiling at the end after experiencing such an amazing speech.

Could there be another interpretation of the speech

Yes, it can be interpreted as a non-political speech because of the many references to God and there aren’t that many political things he states in his speech.

Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech

Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, to Helen Burns, a 16-year-old single mother. His biological father, Noah Louis Robinson, a former professional boxer and a prominent figure in the community, was married to another woman when Jesse was born. He was not involved in his son's life. In 1943, two years after Jesse's birth, his mother married Charles Henry Jackson, who would adopt Jesse 14 years later. Jesse went on to take the surname of his stepfather. Jackson attended Sterling High School, a segregated high school in Greenville, where he was a student-athlete. Upon graduating in 1959, he rejected a contract from a professional baseball team so that he could attend the racially integrated University of Illinois on a football scholarship. an American civil rights activist and Baptist Minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH.

Journal #9

Jakob Trollback

Trollback + Company is a creative studio that weaves compelling narratives using motion graphics and live-action to create innovative campaigns for the advertising, broadcast and entertainment industries.

Past and Present clients; HBO, CBS,ESPN, Nike, TED, AIGA and The New York Times Magazine.

He is a completely self taught as a designer. He stated that being self taught means not having to worry about stealing other designer’s “style,” because you never are taught about other designers.

Pitfall about design - it’s a language where you can get have a job and not have to make any sense because there are people are out there who don’t really care what it is saying and think it just looks cool. Start to wonder “what am I saying with this design?”

How to make an impact:

It’s hard to change someone’s mind. Discussions do not work, pressure does not work, and peace also does not work. Emotional works can work, because if you can make someone feel positive about something you can kind of piggy back your message. The only thing with emotions that makes it hard to reach a big audience is that it is very individual and we all are different. Emotions is the most important thing. Participation is starting to become more important and it works because it has to do with kind of leaving something out. Participation starts the thought process. Creativity is a positive drive force for man kind. Personal discovery also has some kind of creative thinking.

BE INSPIRED

TELL STORIES

AND LEAVE THINGS OUT

YOUR IMAGINATION WILL FILL THE BLANKS

Trollback + Company is a creative studio that weaves compelling narratives using motion graphics and live-action to create innovative campaigns for the advertising, broadcast and entertainment industries.

Past and Present clients; HBO, CBS,ESPN, Nike, TED, AIGA and The New York Times Magazine.

For inspiration:

Look elsewhere and once you reach that level, you will want to do your own version of design/music.

Need to find somewhere, because there is so much creativity out there.

Different things can start your thinking about shapes and forms. It is very often that you can feel overwhelmed by emotion and have to figure out what to do with it.

Relates Bach with Helvetica and how Bach made a meaning for every note and it is pretty much the base of all music.

Overall, he shows mini clips of motion graphic works he has done and all of them are very simple with great usage of typography. Although CBS does not use the clip he showed anymore, it was still interesting because when that was out, I never thought of it as motion graphics since it was very simple. I also enjoyed when he was talking about inspiration and he showed the pictures of the billboards with the light bulb ad. It was again, simple but yet creative. It was very easy to recognize because mostly everyone knows where it is from. I hope everyone else enjoyed the videos as much as I did! Especially since our books are due tomorrow!

Journal #8

Type Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry by Jessica Helfand discusses a portfolio review she was doing and saw a project where most of the students used the typeface Futura, but it did not connect to what they were designing at all. She asked a student why they chose to use Futura and the overall response of the student was “I just kind of liked it.” Throughout the rest of the article, she discusses how it is important to know the history behind the font and the other things that go with the typeface instead of just knowing the formal and technical conventions. Overall, Helfand expressed how much the history part of typography is important and that most designers are getting lost in the modern design.

Alternatives to Futura:

Akzidenz Grotesk

Gill San

DIN

Frutiger

Meta

Interstate

Gotham

Univers

Designing Under the Influence by Michael Bierut discusses how an interviewee’s best work in her portfolio was a CD packaging piece that resembled the exact work of Barbara Kruger. He asked her “what made her go for a Barbara kind of thing there” and she simply responded with “Who’s Barbara Kruger.” Then he continues by discussing how Kruger’s work has became apart of the atmosphere and that the interviewee has never seen any of her work and by coincidence used the same typeface, color palette, and typeface as her. Then he starts discussing the debate between imitation, influence, and plagiarism and if it is possible for someone to “own” a graphic style and the answer was legally “no.” Lastly, the lesson of this article was: “If anyone can rip you off, you may as well beat them to the punch.”