Regarding Final Presentations

There were several final presentations that I thought were very good, but I must say that my favorite one of the final presentations was the Gorilla advertising that Evan did. It was very entertaining and also quite effective. I'll certainly remember it for a long time, and I would have to think that so will every one else in class.

FInal Project

For my final project, I researched abstract art, in particular Picasso. I looked at a lot of his works and tried to create something that I felt represented the genre rather well. However, I tried to create a piece that incorparated my knowledge of new media elements. So I used Illustrator to create my piece, and I'll explain in class as to how my piece came about.

Last class

I thought that the presentations last week went rather well, and I feel that it would be pretty cool to have had something to do with generating new ideas in how the department decides to promote the program. Of course, there is always room for improvement, but I will stick with the group in saying that the term, "new media," should continue to be the main term used when referencing our program.

My completely original idea. (Kind of)

I've tried to come up with an idea that has never been done before, and found little inspiration, but I think that I may have finally came up with something that hasn't been done before. It came to me when I was serving tables at Olive Garden this weekend. It is somewhat similar to a concept from the Jetsons, but different enough that I feel that it is original. The idea is to have fully interactive menus at tables in restaurants, such that guests would be able to see a 3D rendering of a menu item complete with smells by simply selecting it off of the menu, and if they decide that they want their selection, then they would be able to instantly get their order teleported to the table. This would eleminate the need for servers, but also relieve them from having to deal with cranky, pissy, and frankly rude guests on a daily basis. I feel that this idea is different from the Jetsons concept because in the show, the food was delivered via tubes similar to the ones in the bank drive-through lane, not teleported. Of course this means that the concept of teleportation would have to be realized to perfection before this concept could be brought to fruition, in order for the food to arrive at the table in a manner similar to what the menu displayed. But then again, if teleportation of food is possible, then what is really the point in having a restaurant where people can actually go sit and eat, why not just have restaurants that teleport food to people's houses, which leaves the restaurants there merely to offer the masses different selections of food in the first place?

Grave of the Fireflies

The feeling that I got from watching the movie, "Grave of the Fireflies," was a rather depressing one. That being mainly because of the story of the two children in the movie, and the fact that their story was most likely not the only one of its kind in Japan during that time. However, I did find some nice points to dwell on after thinking further about the movie, such as the love that the brother had for his sister, and how hard he tried to take care of her. Of course this becomes sad if one considers the outcome and how futile all of his efforts were in the end, but if one sticks with the main body of the movie, then at least a little cheer can be retained. But I am happy that I have had the chance to see this movie, since it gave me a perspective on the whole situation of the later parts of WWII that I didn't have before.

Pill bottle Project

For this assignment, which entailed that I come up with a completely new use for the pill bottles, I was left kind of stumped. But then I finally came up with an idea, inspired by the discussion in class last week. I made a pair of glasses that allow me to see through the eyes of a pill-head.

Midterm Exam

So far in this class, I feel that I have learned a fair deal about being creative, how to find creativity where I think there may be none, but I have wondered how we are going to do anything with it since we rarely have any assignments to do. But as far as how I approach assignments now as compared to the beginning of the semester, I now know that when I get stuck trying to come up with a creative way to approach an assignment, I  have several different ways of trying to look at the assignment itself which will most likely yield a good approach.