This lecture was taken over by Sara. The theme for this lecture was based around the concept of G# minor and focused primarily on motion graphic pieces of work. I quite liked this as I got to see a range of videos, which were creative and utilised sound very well. This video was based on a minimalistic motion format of a graphic notation, showing the music being played by the vibrations of the string.
This was a really interesting concept.
Strings: J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude from Alexander Chen on Vimeo.
This video was created using stop motion, which is a series of photographs taken and pieced together to form a scene. This then creates the obscure frame rate. I have had some experience with stop motion before but never to a scale like this. I have never thought about using this technical process to achieve the visualization of sound. It was at this point I had an idea to use this method to go and take photographs with a camera whilst going on a journey. This may create a unique music video of some sort and would be a nice experiment to try out.
Hyde Park at Night - In Stopmotion from Anatoleya on Vimeo.
AANAATT (by Max Hattler) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.
During the lecture we listened to a couple of songs which included the G# minor, one of the songs of which were Lady Gaga's Poker Face. Sara showed us this song because although more commonly used in older music, it can be used with pop mainstream music.
I really enjoyed this lecture, as it I was shown that many graphical experimentations that I could produce, could use be created in after effects rather than producing stills in photoshop.
