Music works and comments assignment

 Rap

For rap my favorite artist is Macklemore. I think he takes very important social issues and brings awareness to them. My favorite song by him is, "Same love". Although, I am heterosexual, I like that he brings awareness to the fact that LGBTQ community deserves equal rights. I love him so much I even saw him in concert when he visited Tampa. 

Country

Thomas Rhett is my favorite country singer. I love that he is with his high school sweetheart and remains loyal to her and their three kids despite the fame. I love that he adopted a daughter despite being able to have biological children. My favorite song is, "Life Changes" because I think it is a very accurate representation of life.

George Strait is one of my all time favorite artists, I enjoy the authenticity of his music and how it is carried a story throughout his life. No record label or amount of money has ever changed who he is. My favorite song by this artist is, "Love without end, Amen", because it shows a representation of his values and sets a standard for a man and a father.

Christian

Sean Curran is my favorite Christian singer. I got to see him in person at the Passion conference in January 2020 and it was life changing. His song, "All Praise" makes me cry every time. 

Another Christian artist/band I love is Hillsong worship. I also got to see them at the Passion conference. My favorite song by the is, "King of Kings", because of the positive and uplifting message.

Performance art video - Social media harms your mental health

 https://youtu.be/_D2xTVURmrk

Performance art video - Societal standards of beauty between men and women

 https://youtu.be/NLJjjtK5_UM

Flip Book

 

https://youtu.be/aPwdn33aaWc

21st Century Assignment

In previous decades transportation was an up and coming commodity that was needed for the advancement of the future of the world. Wagons were created to aid in the way people travel from place to place but as the world's technology began to develop farther into modern day, a more efficient way of travel was needed. In order to travel across the world and deal with states and other nations in a timely matter the engine was created. The engine started with cars and aided in fast and easy transportation. But still the influence of wagons did not stop there. Planes then came and made it possible to travel over seas within a day. I think the development of this aided in what we know as the world today. Travel in the future will continue to be influenced because travel is always looking to be faster, safer and even go as far as better for the environment.

Editing Tools

 I have done very little editing in my life. This is surprising given that my brother owns the you tube channel, Proceeding Boldly. Because I would be completely useless when it came to any sort of editing advice, I asked him. I know he uses adobe premier pro and puts a lot of effort into his videos. Here is what he said: "Exponential fade is a setting that you can apply to your audio clips to have them fade out. This creates a smooth transition from soundtrack to soundtrack." This is something that would make your videos smoother and sound professional.

Extra Credit - Dada movement

 Dada or Dadaism is a very important art movement that happened in the early 20th century. This was a controversial art movement. The whole movement goes against what peoples idea of "art" is. Duchamp was the father of this movement by making "art" by gluing a wheel and a table together. One of my favorite quotes is by Helena Bonham, “I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.” I agree with this quote 100%. Of course something can be art even if it is an upside down urinal. It is art because it makes people think, have discussions and debates, and learn more about themselves and the world around them.

Performance art definiton

 Performance art creates a type of art through live action. The artist often uses their own body as a medium and they preform their work live to an audience. There are many variations of this including many that are very common today, such as dance and poetry. Personally, my favorite form of performance art is spoken word poetry. I first fell in love with this type of performance art when I saw Sarah Kay's spoken word poetry, "If I should have a daughter". Later, I saw a youtube video from ClickForTaz titled, "It's okay to not be okay". These spoken word poems made such an impact on me that I remember from them six years ago and re-watched them to be more familiar with performance art for this assignment. This art form combines a visual art form with a performance. I believe this is so important because it gives the artist a chance to express their passion for their artwork in a dramatic and physical way.

Angel de Quinta's Stage Door Assigment

 The three excerpts I chose were Michael Buble's Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Jennifer Hudson's Push Da Button, and Gwen Verdon's If they could see me now. I was excited to watch Michael Buble's video, but it was not the first time I have seen it. He is one of my favorite artists. The setting of his song was in a class building with flowers, candles, and a Christmas tree. He is wearing a suit and the orchestra behind him is also very fancily dressed. The setting is classy but still upbeat and reminds me of a very happy time, Christmas. Push Da Button involves more people acting and dancing. The cast is funny and happy and gives off the mood of humor. The dancing and costumes are much less formal. Michael Buble was the only one in the spotlight, but Jennifer Hudson has around fifteen people interacting and sharing the spotlight with her. Gwen Verdon's is more similar to Michael Buble's in the way that she and, "friend", for lack of a better word are very dressed very fancy and with a lot of class and the spotlight stays primarily on Gwen Verdon. However, If They Could See Me Now, has the same sense of humor and mood that Push Da Button. 

Mise en Scene Assignment

I think that mise-en-scene is fascinating in my favorite movie, Little Women. The most creative and unique part of mise-en-scene is surprisingly the lighting. This is something I had never even considered in other movies, but stood out to me in Little Women. Based on the main characters, the four sisters, they each had their own, "color". This meant that this color was the one they primarily dressed in, which impacts their costumes. However, the producers even used a different shade color for filming based on the characters. Meg's was green, Beth's was brownish pink, Amy's was light blue, and Jo's was red and yellow. This provides depth to the movie in a way I had never seen before. These, "colors", affected costumes, lighting, and actors. Some might even say it affected decor and props. The impact these, "colors" had on the film is indescribable but it helps us understand the tone, mood, and characters much better. The producers also used decor, props, and costumes to show the time period in which this movie was set. They include parasols as props to show the style of dressing and time period. They used old paintings and furniture as decor to show the 1800's decorating style. They used clothes such as long layered dresses for the women as costume's that showed the 1800's dressing style and what was considered proper. 

Howard Goodall Assignment

 The first person that I learned about in Howard Goodall's video that I found fascinating was Claudio Monteverde. I am a big fan of romance and drama and he specialized in making, "heartbreaking love songs" and, "dramatic music". I thought it was interesting that he was the greatest genius in that era but I had never heard of him. I also liked learning about how well he knew the audience, what they liked and enjoyed. I find that the vast majority of very successful people get that way by understanding other people, not necessarily by being the best in their field. Another person I was interested to learn about was Richard Wagner. His opera's were exploited a hundred years after he made them by the Nazis and Mussolini. I am happy he was not alive to see this. It is sad to see opera, "caught between propaganda and conspiracy." It seems like opera would be the one place politics would not have to be caught up in, it could just be there to provide entertainment and happiness for the audience. I knew 150 words was not enough to cover everything in this video so I decided to focus on the two people/things that stood out to me the most.