Project 4 - IUSB Tour

Project 4 Artist Statement

Artist Statement 4

IUSB Tour

All of my years in college, I have attended Indiana University South Bend.  When I was in high school, I barely knew anything about this campus, let alone what this campus even looked like.

This piece, IUSB Tour, is a short video clip that shows the campus of IUSB.  I did this by going out and filming each building on campus and also by using text in the video to describe which building it was.  I had to shoot on a nice day so that I could get some great lighting.  I started the video off by doing the student housing and then I went from the library end of campus towards the Wiekamp end of campus.  Next, I filmed various scenes so that the campus, which it is, would stand out of the ordinary.  

I chose to do this piece because I had no idea at the time of what IUSB looked like.  I wanted to show what the school has to offer on such a beautiful campus.  Also, when people type in Indiana University South Bend, I was thinking that this video would show up and it would give them a virtual tour around campus to see what it looks like.

Overall Artist Statement

Overall Artist Statement

As a digital artist, I can use my videos to capture a moment at which I can strive towards communicating a message to my viewers.  In my piece The Pickup, I strive towards engaging a helpless feeling for an individual in a movie trailer for a horror film.  The communication that I want the viewers to feel in this particular piece is a sense of distraction from everyday life that is out of the ordinary.  I use various sceneries to help reinforce a message which sets the mood in the viewer’s mind.  The extensive time it takes to create a piece, the challenge of getting a message across, is what makes digital art appealing to me, along with capturing the perfect moments for my viewers.  

Project # 2 w/ Artist Statement

Recruit Me

Throughout my whole life, I have played basketball ever since I was little.  Once I got to college, I noticed that basketball and school work is very difficult to do at the same time.

This piece, Recruit Me, is a short video clip that shows how much dedication and time you have to put in at IUSB in order to be a successful student and player.  I did this video by filming myself in the locker room at IUSB so that it was easy access to get into a locker room when I wanted to.  I chose to do a clip of a morning workout that we do in the off season 3 times a week.  It started at 6 a.m. Monday morning and it lasted for about an hour.  Next, I decided to film my brother do a ball handling workout and also a shooting workout to show that you have to work on your basketball game by yourself in the off season.  Also, I filmed in at a study table that he had which was to explain that academics comes first no matter what.  The last segment was of a open gym which we also do in the off season so that we, as a team, can develop chemistry which is very valuable when it comes to season time.  Throughout this entire video, I mainly focus on doing b-roll shots.  

I chose to do this piece because college basketball is again, very difficult to do.  You have to divide up your time with sports and academics and also other things such as your social life.  It's very hard to do, I've been through it.  So, I wanted to show recruits or transfer students of how much dedication and time we put in in order to become successful as a student while being able to be on this basketball team.

Project 3 w/ Artist Statement

The Pickup

Horror films are popular in our society because the story line is some type of experience that most, if not all people will never deal with.  It’s something out of the ordinary.

This piece, The Pickup, is a movie trailer/short film that I have been working on.  I am making an individual, me, into a situation where I am going to pick something up when the whole thing goes wrong.  Out of nowhere, I am pulled into this random house where when I wake up, I am in a secluded area taped up to where I can’t speak, or move my hands and feet.  I am doing this by using fake blood to where it looks like I have been tortured and then there are different weapons lying in front of me which makes me more aware of what is about to happen. 

I chose to do this piece because I believe that anything can happen out of the norm to anyone.  I wanted to make this piece because I am very into the Saw series and it made me think about doing something similar to that.  This piece was fun to do because I, for once, was the one that was acting in front of the camera. 

The chose the title of this piece The Pickup because in the beginning scene, I answered a phone call saying that I can do a pickup.  Whatever it is that I am picking up, it all goes wrong.  It’s the viewer’s opinion on what they think I am about to go pick up. 

This horror film would appeal to adolescents because it’s a different type of excitement that can bring people in to watch it to see what will happen next.  It’s not an everyday occurrence where someone gets captured out of nowhere.   

The Pickup - Trailer/Short Film

Project 3

Horror Films Research

Burning Calories While Watching Horror Films?

Lets just say, one evening you and your family decide to watch a movie.  What movie would you choose?  There are several different genres of film, lets just say that you all decide to watch a horror film.  Which horror film would you choose to watch?  Lets say you pick Jaws, a movie that is well known around the world as being a horror film.  

The family is watching Jaws.  Would they ever think that they are actually burning calories while watching this movie?  I didn't think so.  That would be on everyone's last thought about burning calories while watching Jaws.  Studies have researched that watching a horror film would get a person to nearly burn 200 calories at one time.  With the movie Jaw, it is second on the list of 10 which a person will burn up to 161 calories.  

While reading this research online, I found out that "... the moments designed to make viewers jump in terror are the best calorie-burners, as they cause heart rates to soar".  Most, if not all people don't even think about the scary moments are actually the moments when your heart rate increases which leads to a person burning calories.  I find this study very interesting because one would not be thinking about calories during a horror film because those 2 things don't go hand in hand.  

This study is done by Telegraph Reporters. 

 The link to this study is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9638876/Watching-horror-films-burns-nearly-200-calories-a-time.html