Web Media - DCMP - FINAL MAIN PROJECT: 'Naruto Pathway'

Link to website page: https://superglue.hotglue.me/?homepage/


This is my main project for DCMP. This is the net art website project created in my group for Web media. Naruto Pathway is an interactive website. This website is focused on the character Naruto who is the main protagonist for the anime Naruto. We created different scenarios and journeys for our users so that they can experience the life of Naruto, the user will be in control of the characters actions.




Screenshots of website pages:

Homepage:



Beginning:

Pathway 1:

Pathway 1 Choice 2:

Pathway 2:

Pathway 2 Choice 2:

Pathway 3:

Pathway 3 Choice 1:

Pathway 4:

Pathway 4 Choice 2: Bad Ending

Pathway 4: Choice 1: Good Ending

Moving Image: Clay Production Management

Moving Image: Clay Treatment

Moving Image: Fight Club Video

This is our groups recreation of the Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) movie 'Bomb' scene:










Feedback:


The feedback received was mostly positive. As viewers found it disorientating due to multiple shots, which showed the audience the tension and anxiety of the situation. Viewers enjoyed the ending, says the ending works well as it ends in a cliff-hanger, audience wants to know what happens next.  Positive feedback on camera shots , they were done well, the audience saw that Maise there is no attachment to character, but with Pio there is attachment.

Negative feedback was received due to sound and audio. As changes needed to be made to the sound/audio as it is all over the place. Improvements can be made to the camera shots as in some parts there is continuity but there is none in other parts.

Screenshots of the Fight Club Bomb Scene:

Moving Image: Role Requirments

Role Requirements:

• Actor: Perform the scene, learn the lines the best you can but can keep script with you if needed.
• Director: Direct the actors performance and blocking, decide the shot list with the DoP. 
• 1st Assistant Director: In charge of the set, checks for health and safety issues, keeps the shoot on schedule. Allocate the amount of time for each shot.  
• Director of Photography: Decides the shot list with the director, tells camera team how to set up the camera, decides the lighting and tells the Gaffer and Sparks how to set up the lights.
• Camera Assistant: Sets the camera settings, sets marks for the actors, adjusts focus in shot, makes sure camera has battery/card space, does the Slate.  
• Gaffer: In charge of lighting (Practically not artistically) Sets up lights to achieve the DoPs vision.
• Spark: Helps the Gaffer Set up lights
• Production Designer: Designs the set, costumes, props etc.
• Sound Recordist/Boom Op: Monitor the sound levels on camera, operates the boom pole to follow the dialogue.

 

At the start of the take:

• 1st AD “Going for a take positions please and quiet on set”
• 1st AD “Roll Camera” (usually would do sound first but we are recording sound in camera)
• Camera Operator “Camera Speed”
• Camera Assistant “Slate 1 Take 4” Claps the slate and moves out of the way.
• Camera Operator: “Camera Set”
• 1st AD or Director “Action”
• Only the Director can call “Cut” Unless the camera stops for some reason.
• The 1st Ad will then check if everyone was happy or do we need to go again.

Moving Image: Fight Club Script

FIGHT CLUB SCRIPT:

Jack discovers the bomb and sees many cables and connections; he doesn’t know which to pull.

                                                Jack

Oh, Christ.

 

Tyler

Now what are you doing?

 

Jack

I’m stopping this.

 

Tyler

Why? Greatest thing you’ve ever done man.

 

Jack

No, I can’t let this happen.

 

Tyler

You know there 10 other bombs in

10 other buildings.

 

Jack

God damn it, since when is Project

Mayhem about murder?

 

Tyler

The buildings are empty. Security and

maintenance, all our people. We’re not

killing anyone, man, we’re setting them

free.

 

Jack

Bob is dead. They shot him in the head.

 

Tyler

You wanna make an omelet, you gotta

break some eggs.

 

Jack

No, I’m not listening to you. You’re not

even there.

 

Jack begins to play with the bomb moving certain parts.

 

Tyler

Wouldn’t do that. Not unless I knew which

wires were what.

 

Jack

If you know, then I know.

 

Jack continues to search for the correct way of disconnecting the bomb.

 

Tyler

Or… maybe I knew you’d know, so I

spent the whole day thinking about the

wrong ones.

 

Jack keeps trying to figure it out, looks at the green cable.

 

                                                Tyler

You think?

 

Jack begins to take the green cable.

 

                                                Tyler

Oh, heavens no, not the green one.

Pull anyone but the green one.

 

He pulls the green wire, the bomb stops.

 

                        Tyler

I asked you not to do that!

 

Tyler hits Jack and pulls him away from the bomb. Jack pulls out his gun and points at Tyler.

Moving Image: Fight Club - Shot list

Moving Image: Fight Club - Group roles/Storyboard

For Moving Image, our class was placed into groups and tasked with recreating a scene from the movie 'Fight Club' (David Fincher, 1999). We were tasked to recreate the 'Bomb' Scene in fight club.


Fight Club (Fincher, 1999): Youtube Video:






Group roles:

- Gaby - Director

- Ray - assistant director

- Piotr - Cinematographer / DOP

- Filip - Production manager

- Sandy - Production designer

- Pio - Actor / sound

- Mayce - Actor / Assistant Producer

Group members contact information:

Examples of shots and their effects:

Fight Club Storyboard:

Still Image: Product - Emotion

This is the finished product for Still images called 'Emotion'. This image shows an individual expressing emotions such as sadness and loneliness. To properly achieve this emotion on the individual, I played the music called 'Cold' by Jorge Mendez for 5 minutes. 'Cold' by Jorge Mendez is a piano and violin instrumental music. First I had the room dark while the music was playing, then turned the light on, which allowed me to capture the individuals emotions of sadness and loneliness. I had the individual face away from the camera, as if it was facing the individual while looking at the camera, then he will be more focused on the camera.

Still Image: Product Idea

Concept:


My idea for the Still Image product is to create an image where an individual expresses emotions. want the individual in my picture to show emotions of sadness and loneliness, in order for my image to create a great impact with its viewers. To properly show raw human emotion, I plan to play music that causes the individual to become sad such as 'Cold' by Jorge Mendez for 5 minutes. 'Cold' by Jorge Mendez is a piano and violin instrumental music. Furthermore, by having the room where the picture is taken being dark while the music is playing, then turning the light on, it will cause the individual senses to become enhanced. As the sense of sight is taken away, the individuals other senses will work better, allowing the individual to express the emotions of sadness more clearly.


Inspiration:


My inspiration for this idea came from one of the works of the photography artist, Bettina von Zwehl. Bettina von Zwehl born in Munich on 1971, is a photographer that is known for her subtle and distinctive photographic portraits.
The work that inspired me is the dark room works, where Bettina von Zwehl takes pictures of an individual in a dark room with their arms crossed and sitting in the same position listening to music for 10 minutes. She does this in order to capture the individuals feelings at the time. I decided to do the same as Zwehl as her technique captures emotion properly through the use of different types of music.




Examples of these works:

Music to be used: 'Cold' by Jorge Mendez:



Still Image: Task - Create a Portrait

In a group, we were told to create a portrait without a picture. My group and I decided to create a small instillation using a film camera, a note book and a film roll. We wanted the audience to question why this was created, why it is placed in this order. We want to engage the audience to think of these questions and come up with their own answers. One person said that when they saw it, they were curious as to what the film roles contained as they were used film roles but does not show the picture taken properly. Another person stated, they first focused on the film camera then the role of films. My group and I achieved our goal of engaging the audience for this task in creating a portrait without a picture.

Still Image: Gallery Visits

For Still Image, my class and I went to three gallery's, these were 'The Photographers Gallery,' 'Marian Goodman Gallery,' and 'Frith Street Gallery.' The gallery I enjoyed the most is the 'Photographers Gallery,' as within this gallery, the two aspects that interested me the most is the John Lyon Gallery and the Wolfson Gallery.
The John Lyon Gallery contains photographs of a global biotechnology company, which is called Monsanto. These photographs depicts the 'devastating human, environmental and economic impact of the companies reckless growth'. I found this gallery to be interesting as it gives information through its photographs, they tell how the Monsanto company is doing harm to the environment and how it affects people.
The Wolfson Gallery contains photographs of cross dressers, it shows the 'Secret History of Cross-Dressers. This section shows men and women cross dressing and wearing each others clothes. This section also shows different years cross dressers appears e.g. in the 19th century in women's colleges, women there held mock weddings where the groom and bride are both females.




The Photographers Gallery:

John Lyon Gallery:

Wolfson Gallery:

Frith Street Gallery:
Examples of artwork from the gallery:

Marian Goodman Gallery:
Examples of art from the Goodman Gallery:

Still Image: 3 Artists Research

Artist 1:

Bettina von Zwehl is a photographer that is known for her subtle and distinctive photographic portraits. Bettina von Zwehl  was born in Munich on 1971. Bettina von Zwehl seeks out different ways of exploring photography. Examples of her work are 'Made up Love song' 2011 (image 1)  and 'Ruby’s room' 2013 (image 2).


One of her works that interested me is the dark room works, where Bettina von Zwehl takes pictures of an individual in a dark room with their arms crossed and sitting in the same position listening to music for 10 minutes (image 3). She does this in order to capture the individuals feelings at the time. I find this to be very interesting as you can capture emotion properly through the use of different types of music.

Image 1:

Image 2:

Image 3:

Artist 2:

August Sander was born in 17 November 1876  and died on 20 April 1964. He was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Sander is the creator of the ‘Face of our Time’ which was published in 1929. Examples of Sanders works is ‘Young Farmers’ 1914 (image 1) and ‘Pastrycook’ 1928. (image2).

Image 1:

Image 2:



Artist 3:

Mette Tronvoll is born in 1965. Mette Tronvoll is an artist that states he is not searching for interesting-looking people, but interesting meetings with people. Tronvoll enjoys spending time with friends and strangers, if there are any situations that occur, it is a special interest to Tronvoll as it gives a certain tension in his photographs. Examples of his works are 'Rena 006' 2006 (image 1), where he takes photos of individuals behind a mask. Another example is 'Mongolia' 2004 (image 2), which is a series of portraits of Mongolian nomads and their homes.

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Image 2:

Still Image: Photography Workshop

In this session of Still Image, I was given a photography workshop. In this workshop, my class were taught how to use the equipment and take care of it. I was showed how to use the camera and its functions, we used a Canon DSLR, we were also told on what settings to put on when using the camera. My Class was split up into groups and told to take photos in a professional environment.




In my group, we used the Canon DSLR take photos of individuals, each member of our group went up and had their photos taken. In the studio room we were in, we used a white clear background that we used to capture the model perfectly and not get any unneeded obstructions.

Example of activity: Modelling

Equipment used:

• Lights - Profoto - Pro Head Plus:

• Light with filter (middle object) - this decreased the flash from the light, preventing eyes from getting hurt:

• Profoto-Pro 10 - set up group and channel using sheet in studio called 'Bowens studio radio triggers instruction':

• Bowens studio radio triggers@ instruction:

• Light meter:

• Camera : Canon DSLR/what settings used: