AME Homwork Week 4

Faked Rumsfeld

I love these videos. They're so simple yet so clever at the same time. It's a pretty successful demonstration of how video editing can be done believable, even if it's a bit ridiculous.


Between You and Me

I could not get this video to play.


The Way of All Flesh

This photo series is interesting to look at, but it's not because the person is aging, it's because the culture is changing. With each consecutive photo, you can see how the woman is influenced by the style of each period, completely altering her hair style, clothes and in some cases, her expression.


Daily Photo Projects

These are really fun to watch. It almost inspires me to do one of my own but I feel like if I did, it would come out looking more or less like the #3 video. I don't think I have the patience for this kind of thing, but for the people that do, it really pays off. I still think there's some unexplored areas with this, it doesn't just have to be the face, it could be an entire body sort of thing like: 2 years of eating McDonalds every day or maybe 2 years of not cutting your finger nails. Come to think of it, it's probably already been done.


Oscar Fishinger

Maybe this stuff was a lot more provocative back in it's day, but right now it just seems kind of boring. Sort of a cross between Mr. Holland's Opus and Monty Python, except half as good as either. Fifty years ago this was probably a step in the right direction, but I feel as though it doesn't have the same effect on a contemporary audience.


Norm McLaren

It's impressive that this was done with a pen and some ink but like Fishinger's stuff, McLaren's work has not aged well. The shorts get pretty repetitive and almost look like they're using the same exact animations for parts of it. I'm sure that back in it's day, it was the coolest thing out there, but in 2010, it's just not that good...


Star Guitar

I'm not sure if I watched the right video, but what I so was complete nonsense juxtaposed with... more nonsense. It had no continuity and was impossible to follow. Most parts of it were very creepy visually.


Rules for Youtube: Make Art not Bore

This whole article is entirely contradicting what youtube is. Youtube is popular because it's a way of public expression without rules, the minute people have to follow rules or guidelines for making stuff is the same minute that something is lost. It's not always about artistic expression, and half of the stuff that's good on there is good because it's so random and chaotic. If you just want art, then go to Vimeo or something.


What is Art For?

To be perfectly honest, I don't quite understand this article. I don't understand what Hyde is trying to prove and I don't understand hat this article is saying about Hyde's accomplishments, if you can even call them that. It's seems as though he was just trying to preserve some sort of freedom of thought.