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Friday, September 28, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
Don Giovanni turned video game
Michael Carson
Digital art is undeniably a form of art. Not necessarily the paintings and drawing people may be used to but it is art nonetheless. A video game could be seen as an extremely advanced work of digital art. Another example of art is an opera. Between the costumes and music and lighting and other forms of mise en scene, an opera works on many levels. Through the details these two forms of art may seem vastly different, but on a structural level they hold by the same ideas. Both contain characters with costumes, music, different settings and events. The one main structural difference is outcome and message. The opera can have one single outcome, a resolution, which can relay a specific message. However, a video game should have multiple tasks, or 'missions'. A way to turn Don Giovanni in to a video game would be to establish missions correlating to events throughout the opera. With Don Giovanni being the 'villain' per say, there could be a protagonist to try to stop him. Different missions could be the different acts of evil he commits. When his kills the Commendatore after trying to seduce Donna Anna, when he tries to seduce the several other women, when he beats up Masetto and steals from him, etc. The protagonist character could be played with Don Ottavio or Donna Elvira or some of the other characters on their side. These characters could be played with to help stop Don Giovanni in his acts of evil. There could be a mode in which you can play with Leporello and help overturn Don Giovanni before the end of the opera or game. There could even be a way to play with Don Giovanni himself and go through the opera commits acts as a villain. When playing as Don Giovanni there would be a way try to overcome the statue of the Commendatore at the end. Sort of the 'final level'. Playing as the protagonist, the purpose of the game would be to get vengeance. As the levels progress, there is more reason for vengeance therefore the level would become more difficult. The same idea would go for playing with Don Giovanni but opposite. Giovanni would be playing to strike evil to people, but as the levels progressed there would be more enemies who are seeking vengeance creating more difficult challenges.
Digital art is undeniably a form of art. Not necessarily the paintings and drawing people may be used to but it is art nonetheless. A video game could be seen as an extremely advanced work of digital art. Another example of art is an opera. Between the costumes and music and lighting and other forms of mise en scene, an opera works on many levels. Through the details these two forms of art may seem vastly different, but on a structural level they hold by the same ideas. Both contain characters with costumes, music, different settings and events. The one main structural difference is outcome and message. The opera can have one single outcome, a resolution, which can relay a specific message. However, a video game should have multiple tasks, or 'missions'. A way to turn Don Giovanni in to a video game would be to establish missions correlating to events throughout the opera. With Don Giovanni being the 'villain' per say, there could be a protagonist to try to stop him. Different missions could be the different acts of evil he commits. When his kills the Commendatore after trying to seduce Donna Anna, when he tries to seduce the several other women, when he beats up Masetto and steals from him, etc. The protagonist character could be played with Don Ottavio or Donna Elvira or some of the other characters on their side. These characters could be played with to help stop Don Giovanni in his acts of evil. There could be a mode in which you can play with Leporello and help overturn Don Giovanni before the end of the opera or game. There could even be a way to play with Don Giovanni himself and go through the opera commits acts as a villain. When playing as Don Giovanni there would be a way try to overcome the statue of the Commendatore at the end. Sort of the 'final level'. Playing as the protagonist, the purpose of the game would be to get vengeance. As the levels progress, there is more reason for vengeance therefore the level would become more difficult. The same idea would go for playing with Don Giovanni but opposite. Giovanni would be playing to strike evil to people, but as the levels progressed there would be more enemies who are seeking vengeance creating more difficult challenges.
Friday, September 7, 2018
Madama Butterly Reaction
Michel Carson
In Madama Butterly, Pjotr Sapegin depicts a tragedy of a lonely woman on an island with only hope. However, her hope will come to an abrupt end which leaves her with nothing other than despair.
Sapegin did a great job of depicting the emotion of the woman throughout the film as well as her connection with the people. After the man left, she continued to play music out of the record player she was given as well as wearing his hat. This indicates the closeness she feels towards him as they are separated. This closeness she feels even as he is gone displays the hope she feels that he will return and live a happy life with him. Additionally, when the baby is born, the woman keeps the umbilical cord attached. This represents the intimate feel she has with the child.
When the man comes back and rips the umbilical cord, he is detaching the closeness between the mother and the child, as well as the relationship between the man and the woman. After having the only relationships she had ripped away from her with shame all at once she loses hope. She proceeds to kill herself by methodically ripping herself apart.
The story of Madama Butterfly is a real tragedy.
In Madama Butterly, Pjotr Sapegin depicts a tragedy of a lonely woman on an island with only hope. However, her hope will come to an abrupt end which leaves her with nothing other than despair.
Sapegin did a great job of depicting the emotion of the woman throughout the film as well as her connection with the people. After the man left, she continued to play music out of the record player she was given as well as wearing his hat. This indicates the closeness she feels towards him as they are separated. This closeness she feels even as he is gone displays the hope she feels that he will return and live a happy life with him. Additionally, when the baby is born, the woman keeps the umbilical cord attached. This represents the intimate feel she has with the child.
When the man comes back and rips the umbilical cord, he is detaching the closeness between the mother and the child, as well as the relationship between the man and the woman. After having the only relationships she had ripped away from her with shame all at once she loses hope. She proceeds to kill herself by methodically ripping herself apart.
The story of Madama Butterfly is a real tragedy.
Looking in to Person's Eyes
Michael Carson
It is not often that you look directly in to somebody else's eyes for an extended period of time. When maintaining eye contact is is difficult to focus on anything else in the surrounding area. Even the facial features of the person you are looking at become blurred. Although being several feet apart, looking in to somebodies eyes makes you feel closer in distance to the person. The middle ground between the two people becomes almost non existent. The sounds of other talk and noises become undefined. I think it is easier to look in to someone's eyes who you don't know because there is not much to think about the person. When looking at someone you know there can be many thoughts and images of that person, but when you don't know the person there aren't many concluding thoughts, just questions.
It is not often that you look directly in to somebody else's eyes for an extended period of time. When maintaining eye contact is is difficult to focus on anything else in the surrounding area. Even the facial features of the person you are looking at become blurred. Although being several feet apart, looking in to somebodies eyes makes you feel closer in distance to the person. The middle ground between the two people becomes almost non existent. The sounds of other talk and noises become undefined. I think it is easier to look in to someone's eyes who you don't know because there is not much to think about the person. When looking at someone you know there can be many thoughts and images of that person, but when you don't know the person there aren't many concluding thoughts, just questions.
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