After spending a few weeks playing with the idea of identity and the multiple personalities that people may have both in the online world and out in the 'offline' world I decided to make an abrupt change of path and head for an idea that I have been thinking about for a long time. What better time or place to try out my idea of an interactive online building. Just as one walks through an art gallery so to one should be able to walk to the same gallery though only online. A person in London who w… Continue

I've been thinking about different themes to use in my project and one theme that seems to fit very nicely is that of identity. The theme of identity has been raised in nearly each of my subjects this semester, from designing an art based website discussing this concept to the idea of what makes a persons identity and what dictates a persons actions with regards to our Design Practice project this semester.

One of the problems that I am having with regards to choosing this idea is how to tell i… Continue

So I've been thinking since my last post (which to say the least wasn't that long ago) about the influence of music on a video, especially in a montage. Because the clips that i have chosen until now are all made up of smaller clips the music must mirror the speed and progression of the time. The rhythm of the music must suit the clips, the highs and lows, the beat and the overall feeling of the music help convey the message.

Two other videos that I found, one being a montage of separate images… Continue

Unlike Eisensteins Soviet montage theory in which he expresses his belief that montage is inherently dialectical, the montage that I have chosen to use is more representative of montage sequence.

The first montage that I have chosen to use is from a scene in the Lion King, the ‘Hakuna Matata’ scene. This is a great example for it shows the passage of time by showing Simba grow from a lion club to an adult.



The second montage that I have chosen to use is from a scene in Cool… Continue

So, here I am once again starting a blog, I created a blog yesterday for an elective called Web Art and Design and this time it's for Interactive Multimedia Design. If for some reason you are interested in my other blog please feel free to check it out at http://www.gdsigns.blogspot.com. Perhaps both blogs can work in a synergy with one another, I mean why not use the Flash that I will learn in this class in that subject and the HTML and CSS scriptin… Continue