Xerox Project

My xerox project is unlike many others, mainly because it wasn't xerox, it was printed. Due to my last minute nature, all of the facilities around UT have closed for the semester and have left me to print my copies. I drew inspiration from the staging of this project that Professor Marie and I viewed during our meeting.

The hollowed room is to represent that there is nothing tangible left, no character, no personality left. The footprints are to represent that there was at an earlier time and that the footprints are all that are left of the impact that was had there. This room was an epicenter of fun times and they all converge where we sleep.
The concept is strange but it shows that there is an impact wherever we are, that it all really leads to one place as well, back to you. When we get up from bed, it's a routine, we stand and then we decide where we want to go, and from that moment you have a choice of how you want to impact your day and others.

Opera Paper

For my Opera project, I watch Don Giovanni. While I had no idea what to expect, never seeing an opera this old before, I watched with intend and a keen eye. Throughout this entire Opera I was shocked at how brute it was, before this opera I believed that pre-1920’s concepts such as rape and murder were not commonly seen due to society’s strict rule book of what can and can’t be talked about. I, along with how I feel the audience did was surprised. Challenging topics are hard to talk about and this play brings them to light. Although, the audience may not have enjoyed it originally due to the blunt message displayed throughout the show; I’m sure it one favor in some eyes, threatening wrong-doers with the threat of bursting into flames and burning in hell, sits very well in some the pre1920’s culture. 

The show was filled with extravagant sets, really moving you internally and physically, giving a new location often and revisiting the old when needed. These beautiful sets are what opera is partially known for, so to be able to capture the true story of it, I would make this opera an Adventure style video game, sort of like how Pokemon is styled. At the beginning of each scene, the character you’re playing as will have to figure out what they need to do and try to advance beyond that scene.

To give an example, I will use the first scene where Don Giovanni tries to rape a woman and then kills her father as he protects her. The audience for this scene will play as Don Giovanni himself, distorting the artwork to fit his inhumane mindset as he assaults the daughter and kills the father. Leading up to the attack I will have the character dodging police as he follows them, if captured he will have to start over. The game will continue like this, changing characters to who would give the player the most interaction between each scene, until the story of Don Giovanni is complete.

The concept of turning at least a 100 year old Opera into a video game is very outside the box. We have a tendency to separate art into the original category it places it in and then keep it there. Never would I have thought of an Opera as a video game, unless someone in modern times made an opera about a video game. Even then, it’d be a grand stretch considering how classy a night at the opera is supposed to be. In conclusion, this opera would be best as an adventure game. It has a clear story and an already beautiful scenery, you just need to transpose it to game format, interest the player, and keep them advancing through the entire story.

Flipbook Project

For this project, instead of a flip store I bought a small, pocket-sized journal. We hear of all these historical people who would have a journal to right down their ideas where ever they are, such as Leonardo Da Vinci.

Beside the point, while in this modern age we have our phones to write it down; but where is the significance in that? What you write down, those can be are your prized thoughts, your abstract ideas, your subconscious reaching out; so why would you want to keep it somewhere you'll forget about it?

Anyway, back in the day before the advances in modern technology, these really significant people would write stuff down and to make sure no one would try to steal their ideas do the wildest things to secure them. Our old friend, Leonardo Da Vinci, would only write in a shorthand he invented and would write mirror styled (starting from the right to the left).

The animation I made was a modern version of a passcode on a pocket sized journal, it's own "defense system" if you will.

Final Project: Year in Review

This project is my reflection over my first year at college. Throughout this entire process my vision has never wavered for what this video will be. It is composed of everything I made in my freshman year. Throughout working on the project I smiled as it helped me to remember everything I have been through this academic year. The ability to reflect on what has happened to get you to where you are today is greatly looked over. To appreciate where you are headed, is to respect what you've done in the past. As I finished this video, my expectations were beyond met. I feel I have perfectly reflected my school year and displayed how I truly feel about my past experiences, thankful. This is my reflection: my thoughts, my feelings, my past.

Performance Project: The Spirit of Volunteers

In this piece I displayed volunteers naturally working, as they work we cannot focus on individuals, but rather the whole as they work together. I believe it is because of the pacing or timing that emphasizes the effect of an individual has in a short amount of time rather than the group's effect in a longer time.