Image meaning (analysis)

The computer must be the most functional possession I have in my arsenal, as for it’s decorative value… that can be debated.

By design it is meant for functionality; its architecture is cold and boxed in. This device is however a lot more entertaining than it looks; it is basically just a designated point where communication takes place in many different forms. Pictures, music, text, movies and even games all in an interactive environment, these can expand your knowledge of yourself or another user. What music a person enjoys would almost definitely be found on his/her computer and what games a person play are a source of what character this person has, we can also deduce more if we examine the computer itself - If the person cleans it or not tells if this person is organised or not; from these pieces of information we could form a clear understanding of the individuals ‘world’ or Personality.

As for environmental values of this object they are clean to run and also consume small amounts of electricity, however many parts become obsolete relatively quickly and are thrown away, thus adding to our landfills as they can not be safely disposed of in other ways - this is one of the negative effects.

As for showing our world past and future, just by looking at a computer can tell you exactly what you want to know about the era one is in. the older more un-stylised models would be designed less to be eye pleasing where as the more modern ones would be sleek and exiting. It can also tell you a lot about the future of this item if we look back at the past first, over just a short time this machine has made it into almost every home and have become essential in almost every business, and as for more knowledge about the past, this can be found on the internet.

The only future outcome possible is that these machines will be around for a very long time.

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From what I could understand by the task and what it required...I hope I have analysed this picture correctly

Some more surrealim I find interesting.

Heres another surrealit artists work that I like, Jan Svankmajer. this is his home page and some of his examples of his work can be found here. enjoy

My review on some movies

Ah ok, let us take a look at some movies I have dug up, Ive had a good night out and still managed to squeeze this baby in.



Heres a sneaky one I dug up on Fat-pie.com

The movie title is Alen, this character was created on paper using ink, some felt tip pens and patience.
I really liked this story as it was surreal (I love surrealism), however for David firth this was quite a diffrent approach than most of his short clips as it had a logical begining and ending (but somehow still retained its surreal nature), this was due to the characters; they where human like but also alien.
The story line revolved around a Character called Alen who assumed the role of a hero, this hero could sense a gunshot victim before the devious act actually happened, it goes on to explain (right at the end) that he gets these visions 30 seconds before the initail crime - henceforth he does not have time to save anyone but continues to try anyways.
An impressive feat indeed as all the backgrounds and characters where hand drawn and then animated in a program I expect to be Imovie or Adobe premier (I have done a project in the past called 'Burslem life' using this technique and it does take time and patience using photos instead of hand drawing) A definate must see for those who would like to experiment with moving stills.

I dont want to sound like a Boffin or anything but I have done something simular before, the web site that this movie can be found at is Studentfilms.com - under the name (Ken's new specks), this narrative has a sort of abvious outcome, as soon as I started playing it I knew what would happen. this film seems to be animated in I-Stopmotion and is made of clay models mixed with material and other items, the backgrounds seem to be custom build too but are simply paper (I expect the work was done in Photoshop), the models are very well build and the scenes are well planned.
A very funny tale that is worth taking a look at.

Ah yes, definately one of my favourites

I found this beauty at atom films (search google) - it is called Animator vs animation.
It is a really clever film in my opinion as the clip actually takes place in the program used to create the animation (Flash). the stick man decides he does not want to be deleted by the user and fights back, this is an amazing flash animation and will make anyone laugh who has a sense of humour. very clever, very profesional and just basically a well produced flash animation that is fun to watch. the characters are basic but it portrays exactly what it is meant to, the creator must have had alot of fun with this one.


This movie is by far the most impressive I am writing about. I found this one at www.Goldenseconds.com - the title, Lifes too short.
It starts with a woman giving birth, she then SHOOTS her newborn child through the operating theaters window and he flies through the sky aging as he goes along only to smack into a grave at the end. Like my description of this short clip, its short and so is life. At the end we descover it is a Xbox advertisement... I cant explain the full effect, you have to watch it for yourself.
The move is created using video and some 3D backgrounds, very effective.

Surrealism

I've always liked Surrealism for some reason, some of the things are just so damn odd you cant help but like it.

This art form was origonally founded by the french poet Andre Breton from what I can gather, he published his first book Surreal Manifesto in 1942 - Paris. It basically is an art form that tries to represent ones unconcious thoughts.

I am personally impressed with one surreal artist known as Salvador Dali (1903 - 1989). I remember hearing that when he initially studied in a school of art he told the lecturers that they where not worthy to mark his work, Now thats what I call bold. I have to admit he was a genius.

The persistance of memory - by Salvador Dali






I am now impressed with the way that surrealism has made its way into the flash animation side of the internet. One person in particular that I think deserves credit is David Firth. His site is www.fat-pie.com

One of the characters that always makes me laugh is Salad fingers who is just one bizaar creature that you can not easily forget.