EVALUATION

What have I gained from this course? Quite abit, some of it wasn't new to me interms of practice, but there was quite alot that we learnt that I had only heard about, not actually tried for myself. Like blogging for instance. I enjoyed looking into the remix culture and the true complexity involving copyright issuses. It taught me alot and even though there was alot more work involved than I expected, it is actually useful to know these sorts of things for future references.

WEEK 11

FLOSS: Free (Libre) Open Source Software.

Offers programming which is free to use and allows the public who choose to use it, the chance to improve on the function and design of it if need be.

5  free software and what they do
Blender: 3D model/renderer
abcde: rips, tags etc CDs with one click
Gimp: image manipulation programme
Open Office: alternarive to Microsoft Office
Mozilla Firefox: search engine for www

Video for more information

WEEK 10

Link to the group timeline 'Computers and Art', everyone had to add something to the time line.
http://www.dipity.com/gilliesrachel/Art-and-Computers/

WEEK 8

I chose this remix because quite frankly, its FUNNY AS! Anyone who has seen this film will get the humour of it all, and anyone who hasn't seen Mary Poppins before will probably think its one hell of a creepy movie, and probably will go see it. Though unless you are under the age of 12 or something, I can't understand how you can't have seen Mary Poppins before. Another reason I chose this clip, is because it is a good example of something taken out of it's original context and turned into something completely different. Love it.

As for the Downfall Parodies, personally I have watch a few and thought they were also pretty good. Especially the Pokemon one, they even made me go out and hire the actual movie to see what it was like in original context. I don't think it  actually hurts the creator, the people who remix these clips aren't making profit from it they are just doing it for fun. It promotes the movie if anything.

 As for the Richard Prince case, my opinion is the opposite.He clearly took someones work,  cut and pasted crap all over it and called it his own and intended to make profit. Since he was manipulating photos he should have taken his own. Although being that he didn't know how to use a camera should have, aside from the obvious of learning to use one, either hired someone to take the photos for him or asked permission from Patrick Cariou in the first place. In someways such as the remix situations I think the Copy right laws are rather smothering at times but in cases such as Richard Prince they are vital in order to protect artists work being claimed by other people.

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WEEK 4

SLIDESHOWS

Animations and Transitions: What is the main difference between animations and transitions? 

Main difference between the two is that transitions are used when it goes from one slide to the next. While animations are used on images and text on the actual slide.

What is slideshare.net and how can it be used?

It is a website that teaches all you need to know about making and presenting a slide show as well as let you upload the ones you have created in to share with others over the internet.

What file formats can be uploaded to Slideshare? 

Powerpoint: PPT and PPS

Open Office: ODP

Keynote: for mac users

PDF: if required

Have a look at slideshare.net online: Browse some of the slide presentations and list below the URL of one particularly good one that you found, and include the name of the category it came under.

 http://www.slideshare.net/chelucas/we-are-not-that-bad

 

week3

This week was about learning how to scan, what file formats are best suited for what, what compression was, what resolution was and re-sampling.


Common File Formats for images: List Four commonly used for image files, and indicate a use for each one.

jpeg	Good for raster images. Makes images small for internet but keeps quality
tiff	Good for images keeps quality
pdf	used for variety of different things. Compacts them keeps quality
gif	Good for internet/vector images loses quality though.

What is compression?
Removes some of the data from your file, to reduce size. i.e when a file format makes your image small, it is applying compression to your file.

Which image file formats compress the file to create a smaller file size?
gif: graphic interchange format; lots of compression, low quality.
tiff: choose to make it a smaller file.

What is resolution?
the quality of the image

What resolution should an image be to PRINT well? 150- 300dpi
What resolution is sufficient for a file that is going on line? 72dpi

What happens when a file is resampled?
The pixel dimensions (width and height) are changed with the resolution.When it is not ticked, the pixel dimensions stay the same while you change the resolution.

Here is the image I scanned etc. Saved under 'randomjunkweek3.jpeg' and 'randomjunkweek3.tiff'

WEEK 1

SOFTWARE
List 7 Software programmes that are available on the school computers and a short description of what they do:

e.g. Microsoft Word	For Writing text documents
Indesign	very good for manipulating text design, can manipulate pictures but is best left to programs like Photoshop.
Photoshop	focuses on editing images in a variety of different ways, can manipulate text but in very minimally
Microsoft Media Player	Watch movies, listen to music etc
Adobe Premire Pro	Use to make movies etc, edit clips,  add special effects, adjust time and other things.
VLC Media Player	Good for playing music etc different formats, e.g itunes, windows.
Adobe reader	good for viewing pdf files
Micorsoft Word	used for writing word documents

WEEK 2

So this is what we had to do in Week two of Digital Literary, the very basic use of Photoshop. We had to use the lasso tool and drag it around the original Bulldog (right) and create another copy. Then we just had to add text. :)

copy right photo

You are free:

• to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work

Under the following conditions:

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  The page you came from contained embedded licensing metadata, including how the creator wishes to be attributed for re-use. You can use the HTML here to cite the work. Doing so will also include metadata on your page so that others can find the original work as well.
• No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.

here's my response for the first art history thing

THE GAZE

This assessment is based on the reading in your course book on page 11, an extract from Griselda Pollock’s “About Canons and Culture Wars” in Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art’s History (London & New York: Routledge, 1999), 3-6.

ALL RESPONSES MUST BE COMPLETED IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1.What do you understand the term ‘canon’ to mean?

A canon is a rule or more often, a body of rules or principles generally created as a valid and basis in a field of art, literature, or philosophy. Its origins were that of religious matters. It represents nowadays, the best and most important texts or objects for literature, art and so forth in accordance to particular academic institutions that deem it worthy. A.K.A what must be learnt. Usually there are multiple canons competing against one and another.

2.What do you understand the term ‘the other’ to be referring to?

It is referring to the non acknowledged groups in certain canons, who have also played an influential role in the development of their canon’s history. Who don’t get the credit they deserve, as well as be excluded from educational opportunities and purposes for those yet to come, simply because they don’t fall under the ‘white male’ category. For example in American Literature, African American writers were bluntly ignored. In art, women for many years were excluded from the canon of art history simply for it was thought that only men were capable of being inspirational in this area.

3. What are feminist critics of the canon attempting to do?

They were trying to ensure female artists’ rightful place in the canon of art history which was dominated by males, and instead be placed a long side them as equals.

4. Discuss how Cabanel’s, The Birth of Venus, 1875, embodies notions of a ‘canon’ and how Manet’s, Olympia, 1863 breaks with established principles of the canon of the French Academy.

Cabanel’s “Birth of Venus” embodies the notion of a canon because it was seen as traditional and/or elegant in its time, even today. As in, the woman although painted in a somewhat luxurious manner, had a beautiful and spiritual quality to it. Meaning, even though she was naked, it didn’t seem idle or dirty to view. Manet’s painting of the naked prostitute however, was seen as disdainful. For she is looking directly into the viewers eyes with a hard stare, making her more  realistic or natural than the other woman, and too close for comfort for the viewer (especially in those days) to look at. So it breaks away from the canon, for it seemed more pornographic to a sense rather than a traditional art form. For society in those days, more so than today’s society were not as open about prostitution and preferred to ignore it and to use her as a form of subject matter wasn’t exactly welcomed opened with open arms. Even the setting of Manet’s played a role in it for she was simply in a room with a servant tending to her needs which gives the viewer a sense that they are interrupting something. While Cabanel’s work, the setting the woman is in, is more unrealistic, for she is almost floating on top of the waves and seems rather unnaturally large in comparison to the waves .This excluding the use of the five naked cupids on the whole for the discussion, for that alone sets the painting in a fictional sense where it is harder for the viewer to relate to, unlike Manet’s. Also the painting techniques are quite different to each other. Cabenal paints to be as realistic as possible, with smooth shading and lack of visible paint strokes. Every aspect of Cabenal’s work and its details are carefully painted to the extreme. This more follows traditional art. Manet’s painting, although also realistic, the brush strokes are rather rough in comparison. The shading not as realistic as they could be and the minor objects such as the curtains and even the cat simplified to a degree. Note the backdrop even though has tone in it has a flat 2-D appearance. So even though both artists painted a naked woman, Manet didn’t fall under the canon of traditional art as Cabanel did, because he strayed away by using a ‘real woman’ and placing her in a setting that seemed rather personal to her and used painting techniques/style that were again different to more traditional artists.