Phew !! Is it just me or did anyone else initially find the processing evening completely mind mashing. More than any other week prior to this, I left for home with my head spinning with codes, co-ordinates and other jargon orientated words. The simple flow diagram Ben showed us of how programming should work certainly didnt match up to the reality.
However, (and at the moment its a small however) the more I used the tutorials and codes etc and eventually got the process behind co-ordinates of shapes I began to quite enjoy the tasks, although intense concentration and thought still needs to be at the forefront of my mind when doing this part of the course.
I suppose this is the 'scientific' technology side of the course and I am just more used to being creative on a different level. The main thing is I did seem to pick it up and run with it in a relatively small space of time and even more importantly enjoy it.(in a sadistic kind of way).
I have also realised that learning the technological areas will undoubtedly give me more of an 'arsenal' of tools in order to develop and ultimately realise the 'creative' imagination parts of my
unexpectedly rusty brain.
Captain James T. Kir........... oh no its just me Darren Liberman
Friday, 14 November 2008
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
media ethics
The clips and images we viewed as part of our ethics in media seminar were largely relating to violence, sex, racism and other controversial subjects to be broached under the loose term-media entertainment. All such subjects are faced in real life and therefore to avoid portraying them in the media, even entertainment media, to me seems to uncover more about the fears of the offended and what goes on in their minds, than the actual subject on trial. Is it not the very purpose behind art, whatever its medium, especially when combined with political and journalistic arenas to tackle and create debate about such subjects and then provoke some change when injustices are evident. Some legislation ( I use this word rather than censorship as it invokes the use of guidelines rather than some autocratic empowered body of judges) is obviously needed with any advances in technology open to the public, if only to give reassurance
The main ethical questions to me are , 'why' (the intended message), 'how' (the appropriate medium used) and 'where' (the suitability of the audience) the topical subjects are portrayed.
Why: Often the actual meaning of a piece of entertainment can be misconstrued and especially when humour, pathos and even sarcasm are used the intent is lost by either generation, political and cultural viewpoints. For example , one of the clips we dicussed was the Alf Garnett character which, as explained by the creator and actor Warren Mitchell himself was meant to be a satire of such an extreme person. The shock came when the actor was often stopped in the street to be congratulated for the way his character behaved.
How: The medium itself also comes into play through the ethics debate. For example the written word i.e books and novels whilst admittedly under guidelines and ethics like other mediums do not seem to be at the focal point as much as the more modern technological areas of entertainment. Why is this so ? Generations ago novels such as D.H Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterly's Lover was published and subsequently banned due to the explicit content, a similar level of eroticity in books today are never given a second thought. Could this be due to changing standards of morality in society or, as I suspect, a wariness and fear of a relatively new artistic medium. When a new artistic medium becomes availabe to the masses fear seems to be generated in certain echelons of society, fear of people being provoked into a different, broader even revolutionary way of thinking.
Where: The suitability of the audience wether it be age,sex or race issues seems to be one of the biggest concerns where ethics and media meet. Of course there should be some common sense guidelines and legislation to follow for producers of media entertainment but in a world which is becoming increasingly smaller and culturally less separate, the boundaries of offending are becoming much less apparent, in other words no matter what is produced it will offend somebody somewhere.
The debate will go on concerning ethics, morality and media just as it always has with anything to do with the arts and availability to society but the question has to be constantly addressed as to what exactly it is we are afraid of seeing, reading, hearing.......................imagining!
that the gap between 'fact' and 'fiction' is not closing as much as our imaginations dare to suggest.
The main ethical questions to me are , 'why' (the intended message), 'how' (the appropriate medium used) and 'where' (the suitability of the audience) the topical subjects are portrayed.
Why: Often the actual meaning of a piece of entertainment can be misconstrued and especially when humour, pathos and even sarcasm are used the intent is lost by either generation, political and cultural viewpoints. For example , one of the clips we dicussed was the Alf Garnett character which, as explained by the creator and actor Warren Mitchell himself was meant to be a satire of such an extreme person. The shock came when the actor was often stopped in the street to be congratulated for the way his character behaved.
How: The medium itself also comes into play through the ethics debate. For example the written word i.e books and novels whilst admittedly under guidelines and ethics like other mediums do not seem to be at the focal point as much as the more modern technological areas of entertainment. Why is this so ? Generations ago novels such as D.H Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterly's Lover was published and subsequently banned due to the explicit content, a similar level of eroticity in books today are never given a second thought. Could this be due to changing standards of morality in society or, as I suspect, a wariness and fear of a relatively new artistic medium. When a new artistic medium becomes availabe to the masses fear seems to be generated in certain echelons of society, fear of people being provoked into a different, broader even revolutionary way of thinking.
Where: The suitability of the audience wether it be age,sex or race issues seems to be one of the biggest concerns where ethics and media meet. Of course there should be some common sense guidelines and legislation to follow for producers of media entertainment but in a world which is becoming increasingly smaller and culturally less separate, the boundaries of offending are becoming much less apparent, in other words no matter what is produced it will offend somebody somewhere.
The debate will go on concerning ethics, morality and media just as it always has with anything to do with the arts and availability to society but the question has to be constantly addressed as to what exactly it is we are afraid of seeing, reading, hearing.......................imagining!
Friday, 24 October 2008
Yee-Haa ! got illustrator on wednesday 22/10/08 thanks to a certain person.
After first few practice attempts it seems I was right thinking the vector drawing is going to be a lot quicker and easier than in photoshop but I need too keep up the practice to become more at ease with the tools etc.Heres hoping.........
After first few practice attempts it seems I was right thinking the vector drawing is going to be a lot quicker and easier than in photoshop but I need too keep up the practice to become more at ease with the tools etc.Heres hoping.........
Monday, 6 October 2008
Multimedia Technology Week 1- 01/10/08
week 1: created this blog, new sketchbook, set up accounts and links to friend feed,delicious and flickr.....so far so good!
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