Muybridge Minicinema

For this assignment I chose to turn the horse riding into the headless horseman, and I did that by first cloning out the rider's head in each frame, then I searched google for the perfect evil pumpkin, and placed him in the rider's hand. After that I drew in a cape for him, even though I feel like it would be kinda difficult to wear a cape with no head?

When I was a kid I used to watch the animated Disney version of Sleepy Hollow, I was in love with the whole story of a headless horseman terrorizing a town. It's so creepy. And so when we were given this assignment I immediately thought of that movie. Although I didn't really enjoy the process of it all, it was very tedious, and I can't imagine doing this with  more than just a second of footage. It would drive me crazy. I am happy with the final product though.

Artistic Mapping Assignment

I chose to map 2 different songs from my favorite band Motion City Soundtrack, because I love music and this band has been a big influence on my life. These 2 songs in particular, "Attractive Today" and "Everything Is Alright", are about insecurities, and trying to be okay with who you are. I chose theses songs because I feel like they really describe how I'm feeling at this point in my life.

What I did for this assignment, was list every word used in each song, and how many times it was used. Then I converted that number into a font size. So the bigger the word, the more times it was used. I thought about doing 4 songs, but I like the simplicity of the piece. You can zoom in and read all the tiny words and get a sense of what the songs are.

When I look at my finished piece, I get a sense of relaxation, and calmness, but that's probably because I know what the songs sound like. I also feel like it's reassuring me that everything will be okay, and that it's okay to feel sad every now and then.