Artistic Inspirations

Another short documentary that I also enjoy watching when I feel like I need some motivation or inspiration is called "Art Angel" and was produced by The FADER. "Art Angel" follows singer/ producer/ artist Grimes. Grimes produces all of her music, videos, album covers, and more by herself. This documentary shows a behind the scenes look at how she produces her music and the concepts behind her album "Art Angels." She also talks about what/who "Grimes" is and how she has evolved in pop culture. The video starts out showing clips of Grimes from past events in her career, out on the road, on a photoshoot, etc. and uses a glitching effect when transitioning between the clips. This glitch effect makes a lot of sense because it fits with her music, which is mostly electronic and focused around technology and science fiction. Most of the video is a sit down interview, where she discusses the reasons why she makes all of this on her own. She explain...

A short documentary that I always find myself going back to on YouTube is called "Back in My Body," which follows singer Maggie Rogers, in which she discusses her inspirations behind her music and follows her journey venturing back to Alaska to perform a show. The reason this journey is so meaningful to Rogers is because two years prior on a trip to Alaska while she was in college, she had a sort of epiphany while hiking in the Alaskan landscape. This realization led her to write her popular song named after the state, which became her breakthrough into the music industry. She is also working through writing the song "Back in My Body," and debuting it live. It's a really gorgeous film to watch. It intertwines home video style footage Rogers and her friends filmed themselves with professional videography and drone footage, which gives the documentary a personal feel. Rogers narrates the film herself, giving us insight to her music and what goes on in her min...

I found this great video on YouTube that explains a few editing tricks in Premiere Pro that are simple, but can make your video look more professional. I think this is a great video because it is simple and most anyone can understand it. The tools used are not too advanced and complicated, like some tutorial videos are. The video explains how to use text in a more effective way, by making the text large and dropping the opacity of the video in the background to give it a glowing effect, making it easier to read. I think this will be helpful to me, as I am considering if I should add in some text in my video. The next few tips are about audio. He shows how to drop audio levels without key framing, using a much easier shortcut. Some sections of background audio should be dropped when narration is happening. He also suggested finding some pre-recorded sound effects to enhance the audio from the original shot. You don't always have to use what you have and you can design and manipu...

Additive Color-  how the colors red, green, and blue are used together to make other colors that are perceived by the eye. Blue and green create cyan. Red and green create yellow. Blue and red create magenta. All three together create white. CMYK Color- Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (key). Often used in printing, and the four colors are blended together. They become darker as they are put together (subtractive). Color depth- the number of bits per pixel to make a color on a screen. Most computers support 32- bit color. Color wheel- a wheel of colors that represents the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Greyscale-   range of shades of grey, white to black. Hue- a color or shade, the name we use to classify a color (blue, green, red) Monochromatic- consisting of only one color or very similar hues of one color. RGB Color- red, green, and blue are used blended together to create colors. Useful for screens. Added together, they create ...