Midterm--Mashup (MovieTrailer)

  Although I am majoring in Art, I am NOT what people call 'artist'. I decided to major in art just because I want to learn how to draw or design. In addition, I am not a computer-person, so I have no idea how to edit pictures digitally.
  So here, I have decided to chose ds106 assignment that is totally not in my medium of art.

  I decided to concentrate on the category of Mashup, and dig in even more, by focusing on this one assignment -- Movie Trailer Mashup.

  Here, you are to take your favourite movie trailer, and mix them with another trailer that has a totally different theme. For example, take the video from a horror movie trailer, and mix it with the audio from a comedy movie (if that makes any sense).

  This might be hard, as you have to find good trailers that would match. Only thinking about one of the trailers would not make the whole outcome successful. Just like mixing your voice with audio, matching is the hardest, and the most important part of this process.


< image: Mixing Desk takeb by cjsimmons CC right reserved >
Here is one sample made by mixing video from "Toy Story 3" and audio from "Inception".


  It's pretty interesting if you know both movies.
  In addition, the combination with the seriousness of 'Inception' and the so-called-childishness of 'Toy Story 3' is interesting as well.
 I feel that this is one of the fun parts of this assignment, and as I have mentioned before,
the mixing part and how the video and the audio match is very important part.

Here are some more examples of movie trailer mashups. (audio ; video)
Elf ; 300
  - "300" is war movie, and "Elf" is a comedy movie. The gap between the dialogue and the person speaking is matching really well. Also, I really like the movie "Elf", so I personally enjoyed watching this video a lot.

The Ring 2 ; The Runaway Bride
  - "The Ring 2" is a famous horror movie, and "The Runaway Bride" is a romace comedy movie. I have never watched both movies, but it was still very interesting to watch. Since I had no clue what "The Runaway Bride" was about, without being notified about this assignment, I would have thought that this movie is scary.

Strictly Ballroom ; Saturday night Fever
  - "Strictly Ballroom" is a comedy movie, and "Saturday Night Fever" is I believe... comedy too? (looked for it, but is still not sure). The two movies are both about dancing and music, so I think it was easier to match.

  Looking through the blogs, there seems to be a lot of ways you can edit the videos and mix them together. However, all of them look unfamiliar, and hard for me. I think I would only use Windows Movie Maker and see how it turns out.

  This assignment looks interesting, just by looking through the videos that are uploaded on YouTube. I feel they take a lot of ideas and technique, but anyone can do them. I recommend people to do this assignment because it looks, and it is  actually interesting.

...and, just because I want to see a lot of these videos. haha.
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Artist2 social networking in Japan

I never left Japan,

and I don't really know much about American culture,

so I will focus on social networking and artist only in Japan.

 

A lot of Japanese artists use social networking services such as 

ameba blog (jp)

mixi (jp)

twitter (eng)

GREE (jp)

and a little bit of

facebook (eng)

 

Artists use these sites other than their official homepage

to interact with their fans by

 writing about their daily life

   (fans can comment)

uploading photos

 　(fans can comment)

 advertizing

   (fans can be notified)

 replying to @tweets and direct messages

   (fans are happy)

 

I actually got a reply from this one singer

when I sent him a direct message,

and I really got excited.

 

The message was only 2 or 3 sentences

but it made me so happy 

that I wrote on facebook

 

            "  I am so happy that I am going to die.  "

haha.

 

There are a lot of ways artists can use social networking services to interact with their fans.

 

It is interesting, 

that just by posting blogs and pictures

you can also become an 'artist'

receiving comments

and replying to those comments.

 

'Artists' are not just famous people you see on TV everyday,

but are people you admire.

Those 'artist' doesn't have to be a professional.

A 'fan' can turn into an 'artist' someday

just like producers and singers that are now famous in NicoNicoDouga (jp).

 

I don't know where I am trying to end up now

so I think I should stop writing...

Social networking sites are some ways that Artists can

directly interact with their fans,

and they can connect closer than when they are on TV.

 

...I think.

 

(｀=ω=´)ノシ

I thought PopCulture is PoppingCulture or something.

It had nothing to do with Popping.

Here is a definition given in our friend, Wikipedia:

Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, image sand other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society.

I think this is too long.
Did you notice? ↑is only 2 sentences.

So, I looked for a shorter definition.
"pop culture", by definition of this website
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/teachers_definitions.html
is

("Pop" comes from "popular.") Mainstream, or widespread, features and trends that tend to define a society at any given time, including such things as language, fashion, entertainment, literature, and music.

After reading these two definitions, I will say this again.

"pop culture" has nothing to do with "popping".

So.
My definition of "pop culture" is

 Culture made by the 'younger' generation, featuring music, film, television, comics, toys, and more.

Maybe I made it too simple.
What I want to say is, is that the 'pop culture' is somewhat different from 'culture'.

From my perspective,
'culture' is more.... serious.
--they have traditions and special rules to follow.

However, 'pop culture' is free.
Not 100% free, like you can do anything you want to do,
but there are no strict rulings of what you have to do.

... does that make any sense?

...I hope it does... haha.

I have read other people's blogs too,
and some of them have links to the same sites.

But I am posting the same site too!!

Just because I like this website so much.
It is one of the largest Japanese 'pop culture'.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/

This website is called ' NicoNicoDouga'
and it is a video sharing website, like Youtube

The users would make original video clips, share original songs, dance, music, and so on.

I made a lot of friends through this website,
and I think my interests changed dramatically by meeting this website.

So, 'pop culture' can be very influential.

I personally hate Japanese traditional culture, just because I have some family issues regarding that,
but I like 'pop culture' so much that I am enjoying it almost everyday.

(｀=ω=´)ゞ

'Memex' is such an interesting name.

This topic was talked a little bit in class -- the meaning of the name 'memex'
According to this website:
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/ajb/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Memex.html

(memory) + (index) = (memex)

... I just thought this was interesting.

(｀=ω=´)ゞ

Personally, I think Facebook is useful.. in some ways.

As some of the people in the class knows,
I am not a big user of Facebook.

I created my account while MSN chatting with my friend when I was in 5th grade.
That time, I had no idea what it was,
plus, I was not using internet so much, because the time I will be able to connect to internet was limited.
So, the conversation I had with my friend when I first encountered Facebook was:
Friend: I think you should start Facebook too!
Me: ... ... is it free?

Friend: ... ... it is free.
Me: but is it safe?
Friend: just go to this website Facebook.com
            and I'll tell you more about it.

And so, I created my account on Facebook.

Since I was still in 5th grade, using WindowsME, with limited internet time of 30minutes,
I did not use Facebook so much.

However, when we changed our internet connection and the limit were gone,
I started using Facebook more.

My good old friend who taught me about the existence of Facebook
told me how my friends from elementary school are using this as well.

Since I moved to Tohoku region when I was in elementary school,
and I did not have computer at that time,
and so I did not have emails,
Facebook was the only way to get in contact with those friends.

I thought Facebook was an interesting way to have connection with people around the world
since we can not only share our status, but photos and interests too.

When I entered Temple, the first thing my friends asked for were my cell phone address
plus, my Facebook account.

I was glad that my good old friend told me about Facebook.

So, aside from emails,
Facebook is one of the biggest social networking that came into my life.

(｀=ω=´)ゞ

'Mouse' or 'Pointer' or whatever you call that clicking thing.

After I changed my computer from desktop to laptop,

the 'mouse' or 'pointer' is gone from my room.

Haha.

The era of 'mouse' has now been history for me.

'Mouse' are very useful.

They move around very smoothly, and just double-click to open a document.

However, some people, like my mother, prefer using 'mouse' even though they have a laptop computer.

So, who is the father of all the 'mouse' that is being created even today?

 

This person
Doug Engelbart                                 

 

Doug Engelbart

It is important. So I will wrote it twice.

Maybe I'll write it again.

Doug Engelbart.

Born in 1925, Oregon.

Went to Oregon State University to study electrical engineering.

His studies were interpreted in the WWII.

Joined the Navy in Philippines as a radar technician.

Went back to school after the war.

1968, Doug Engelbart and his group of 17 researchers present the first debut of computer mouse.

   plus, the idea of hypertext, object addressing, and dynamic file linking were also presented.

Here are some websites that introduce Doug Engelbart and his works.

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html

Has video clips of the Demo that the researchers presented in 1968.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/englebart.html

Introduce "Internet Pioneers" such as, Doug Engelbart, Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson, and more.

http://www.invisiblerevolution.net/pitch-prod-co.html

Has a lot of information about Doug Engelbart, including documents, video clips, and more.

Yes.

And I have a feeling that my computer seriously hates this website

because it is now past 7o'clock,

 and I began writing this after I came back from school today, which is like.. 4.

It once froze. So I waited until it will work again.

And I waited..

And waited..

Suddenly, the page minimize..

I waited..

I maximize... but nothing happens.

So I decided to wait again.

I open Word, and decided to work on other assignments..

MicrosoftWord is working fine.

Blogger is not working fine.

I have waited....

so long...

Blogger started working around 6:30

and I finally finished it around 7.

Is this how everyone's Blogger is working?

Or is it just my computer that's like... not good..

(｀=ω=´)ゞ

Hello World

Hello World, this is my blog for CIS class.

Testing..

just testing..

 

My computer at home seems to hate Blogger

and rejects logging me in.

Also, my computer at home seems to hate Twitter either,

and suddenly freezes when I try to log in.

maybe i should just not do the assignments..

haha

Oh well...

I hope my blog is working now..

(｀=ω=´)ゞ