Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Logo Redesign Sketch
I also felt like the YouTube one above was a bit too easy considering I was using Google's usual logo, so I made another redesign:
Most of the work on this is complete as well, I'll have to increase text size and maybe change the text itself but otherwise that's pretty much it. A subway train sandwich.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Film Review #20: Lost in Translation
After having heard this movie being praised by my dad and by the Digital Media class I finally sat down and watched...
And I regret not watching it earlier. The movie is absolutely great as an audiovisual experience: there are beautiful shots of Japanese parks and the city of Tokyo (the opening scene where Murray's character is in a taxi and is mesmerized by the city is really well done), the soundtrack is incredible and fitting, but the film also was incredible in the storytelling department. They made you care for Murray and Johansson's characters' personal stories and their search for who they are and what they want to do. A good variety of people can relate to both characters who are very different: one is an older man in a midlife crisis while the other is a young college graduate in an unhappy marriage. The film explores the themes of loneliness, insomnia and culture shock among others which hit close to home for a lot of viewers and makes them (and me) more emotionally connected to the film. It was great getting to see parts of the Japanese culture in the movie as well considering my interest in it.
Though I did feel like some of the jumps from one scene to another were a bit rough and confusing, I understood why it was like that, the film is almost two hours long and couldn't have every scene completely fleshed out.
Overall Lost in Translation was an excellent film that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys great personal stories and relationships. Now I have to rewatch clips on YouTube and listen to the soundtrack.
And I regret not watching it earlier. The movie is absolutely great as an audiovisual experience: there are beautiful shots of Japanese parks and the city of Tokyo (the opening scene where Murray's character is in a taxi and is mesmerized by the city is really well done), the soundtrack is incredible and fitting, but the film also was incredible in the storytelling department. They made you care for Murray and Johansson's characters' personal stories and their search for who they are and what they want to do. A good variety of people can relate to both characters who are very different: one is an older man in a midlife crisis while the other is a young college graduate in an unhappy marriage. The film explores the themes of loneliness, insomnia and culture shock among others which hit close to home for a lot of viewers and makes them (and me) more emotionally connected to the film. It was great getting to see parts of the Japanese culture in the movie as well considering my interest in it.
Though I did feel like some of the jumps from one scene to another were a bit rough and confusing, I understood why it was like that, the film is almost two hours long and couldn't have every scene completely fleshed out.
Overall Lost in Translation was an excellent film that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys great personal stories and relationships. Now I have to rewatch clips on YouTube and listen to the soundtrack.
Drawings and Images that Inspire Me
Sleek, black and white and good lighting. It's just what I like about logos.
I absolutely love space. The vast expanse of unknown with incredible new sights to see greatly inspire me. I feel like concept art like this one capture that feeling very well.
The color, scale and lighting in this piece really catch my eye. Source: http://mrmikedraws.com/
Great painting. The reflection of the sun in the air and water around was very well done, and similarly to space, the vast expanse of ocean with islands and wildlife is an attractive place to go.
Same as above, there's a sense of exploration when seeing paintings and drawings of underwater locations like this one. Source: http://pumax001.deviantart.com/art/Matte-painting-Underwater-Concept-Art-396925797
Logos
The first thing that comes to my mind when seeing this logo is the Battlefield game series. Digital Illusions CE (abbreviated to DICE) is a video game company now owned by EA. The company was founded in 1992 in Sweden and their original logo was very different (it was red and had a spiral in the middle and "dice" written at the bottom) They developed a few games and Electronic Arts took an interest into them. They published Battlefield 1942 and it's sequels which were big successes. They slowly purchased parts of the company throughout the years until 2006 when they fully acquired DICE and the new DICE logo reflects the modern and sleek games they create these days. I connect to it because I love their games.
The first thing that comes to my mind when seeing this logo is Twitter and the insane amount of news and useless information you can find on it. Twitter is a social networking company based in San Francisco founded in 2006. They slowly grew in popularity and it's use spiked when major world or entertainment events were taking place. As of September 2013 the company's data showed that 200 million users send over 400 million tweets daily. Their logo is a bird which fits with the name of the posts that you write on Twitter ("tweets"). It's a simple and good looking logo that is now known throughout the world, and I connect to it from personal use (also I like the color blue).
The first thing that comes to my mind is the amount of time that I've spent watching videos on YouTube. YouTube was founded in 2005 as a video sharing website and the company is currently based in San Bruno, California. The website was and still is a huge success, with users uploading and watching an incredible amount of footage. They were acquired by Google in 2006. The newest YouTube logo, a "play" button, has been simplified to look like the logos of the Google line of services and products. I connect with it because of the amount of time I've spent on the website, though their recent decisions and policy changes have been quite frustrating (sorry Google!).
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