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For this project I had originally intended to use animation on top of the film I took to deconstruct the perspective and size of the video. I had planned to create little creatures in scenes to distort how the audience would see the setting. Unfortunately, the outcome was not going well and didn't come across as clear as I had intended and had to be scrapped. I moved on with some of my original footage, and went out to re-shoot the rest. I held onto a smaller portion of my original idea by deconstructing the perspective of the audience, and pointing it out in the final cut as well. I cut back and forth between the made up characters formed by the geometry of the scene with the real image, in order to make it clear that these can just be figments of our imagination in an average day. In all honesty, I just played around with cutting the audio together from the different clips to keep the audience on edge, highly contrasting the visuals of the dreamy and imaginary clips. I had a ...

New Wave: The Buggles I think that the Buggles fit into the new wave genre not only because they are from the same era, but because of the punk feel, with the use of synthesizers and focus on technology. The Buggles became very famous for their  " Video Killed the Radio Star" music video, and new wave is known to be paired with some of the most iconic visuals with the birth of MTV. In their context, the Buggles were the beginning of new wave and it worked for them because they blended past punk attitude with newer technological sounds. Punk: Arctic Monkeys I think that the Arctic Monkeys fit into the punk genre because the music feels more driven and not just for fun and party culture. Their music has the same sound as punk bands from decades prior, but it also carries some of the same attitudes and messages. The context of Arctic Monkeys is current and it works for them because they are bringing back punk for the younger people who are rejecting the pop music that is on...

Hairspray- I have never seen a live performance of Hairspray , however, I love the film. The themes of this production are the main reason for that, but I love the colors and overall tone. The characters break social norms and push the limits of their society, and I love how humor is incorporated into all of it. The majority of the songs are upbeat and fun to watch, and this was one of the movies that introduced me to the world of musicals, as I was not raised in a family who particularly favored them. Artistically I really enjoy fashion design and design in general from the time period in which Hairspray is set, which makes me love the film/musical so much more. Beauty and the Beast- The Beauty and the Beast musical is so amazing to me because I have seen the animated film many times, and the human characters playing these fictional house objects come-to-life, do not seem any less convincing or magical to me. They do so well with costuming and getting into character, that ...