whelp here we are again, blogging it up. So lets get started. WOW! If you were in class today or you weren't, I want to say that were lucky, but on the other hand missed a great conversation starter. So, I to wish I could have a girl with big....um you know what I want. Or a boyfriend that would cry in a movie and pick out my outfits when I go out. Right?

To be honest, I wasn't excepting anything like this from this course. I took principles of Animation I last year and I thought this intro class would be a freshman breeding box of the same stuff just dumb down and less work. Well my thought were sent to hell. But at the same time this is making me think about animation and media in a whole new different way. I don't about you, but I do know that at 8:30 in the morning this isn't what I was thinking of.

Now the first movie, by a pastor from a church. If you weren't there, take Heavy D's "I like big butts" video, but another white male in it and switch the words so now its about BIG BIBLES. I guess I can understand what was running through his head when he came up with this idea. Maybe he wanted to connect with kids about faith or.... Okay maybe I can't understand why he made this. Leeper was like when he first watch this, he was pissed. This isn't AIM so I'm not going to put "LOL" but I wanted to laugh in class if it wasn't at 8:30 in the morning.

The second movie was about these two girls that wants what any woman would want, the "perfect man." A man that would understand her, be her friend, share in her interest, and just be there. The only difference between me and their choosen hero's is our sexuality. This guys are gay. I like this video. Just the title did it for me. Well put together and really funny. Some people might of not understood this, but its pretty simple concept.

We also talk in class, which one of these videos are the Christian one. In one had you have the one talking about Bibles. White male "rapping" about how he wants a girl but not for her looks or body but on how big her Bible is. On the other hand you have these to girls that just want a man that wouldn't cheat on them and no worrying about what he does around the opposite sex. The "perfect man." What do I think? I think that the messages are clear and they conveyed them very well. As of right now, I'm done with white things and gay men.

Oh no... Oh no O'Connor.
If I was more awake I would of loved to see how many people look around or at me when the N bomb was dropped. At this point I can care less. 1.) Growing up be black in a white neighborhood. 2.) Growing up being black in the ghetto. 3.) Its a book, any day If I had to the choose to goes to be white trash her a Nigga. Well I guess you know my answer right now. I'm I offend? Of course not...just don't let me catch you saying it.

Hey everyone this is Vic's blog. "what's a blog", sorry I had to put that. This is going to be full of grammar and problems and plot holes and spelling errors, so feel free to make fun of me in class. I'm the only black person in there.

To start this "blog" of, a online journal, the first short filmed we watch today by William Kentridge. This piece I found deep and had to be discussed in class. I feel that this film was trying to address to the people of the world that despite their poverty they still have something to live for. They are packed the whole town on their backs and are moving to somewhere special. Simple planed and excuted. It looks like they used torn pieces of paper to make puppets and charcoal for the sky. The shadows in the back ground were live action, they only reason I know that is because Leeper told the other class.

The second film was the child. This left me personally distraught. At first is seems that she is just moving slow motion and the grey shadow is moving with her. To later find out the figure that lumes behind isn't moving at all. To me, like the kid in the conner said, by the door, you might act normal on the out-side and pretend that everything is okay, but you still have this thing forever within you. This presence that you know about in the back of your mind that won't go away like the issues with AIDS and HIV. Despite the things you do to forget you will always know its there, in you.

Jessica Yu, oh my sweet and sour Jessica Yu. This was fun to watch to say the least. To be honest, I could care less what the meaning was behind this, plus I don't really know. Just seeing the different individuals try this sour ball of death was a little pick me up from these other short films. The human face has many of hundreds different muscles in it, and the were all used in the film. Music match great! I'd say two thumbs up but, I don't feel like getting sued, being a poor college student that I am...

The last one that we watched to was the music video. In one word brilliant. This guy is the definition of thinking out side the box or cube, sphere...whatever. Making fun of music videos while making a music video. Nicely plan and great use of the media. Simple effects that they did use. I really enjoyed this one. Didn't understand the man with the beard playing the drums, but hey why ask question. I prefer to stay in my room of ignorance a little bit longer. Long story short, low cost, great use of material. Keeping it simple students really pays off, no pun intended with the pay off thing....think about it.