DAS Senior Project: Music Video - Blog

Thursday, January 15, 2004
Good news, my friend Terry has a cool wooden folding table that would be PERFECT for the knife throwing table.
It looks exactly like what is used by all the acts on knifethrower.com
Also, my friend James is in a photo class and is close with the guys at the cage, he said he should be able to get us a light kit.. but alas, we still dont know how to use the light meter. We gotta ask Arturo for another demonstration (with cameras) ...I'll bring my camera in to the meeting next thursday?
Some more sites
Interesting poetry and art relating to knife throwing
http://www.knifethrower.com/impalementarts.html
Scroll down and check out that round knife throwing board! Maybe we could get a big piece of round plywood?
Or cut it round? it looks awesome! it doesn't have to be able to spin, just be supportive enough for Adam to lean back against it
http://www.mexonline.com/amigonews/02June.htm
here's another knife throwing board but decorated really cool
http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/girlonbr.shtml
more boards
http://www.knifethrower.com/ia.html
in particular THIS style of board looks like the easiest for us to make without any crazy cuts - unless we can find a ROUND piece of wood. Here is another shot of the same type of board where you can see it's actually built from 4 planks of wood (probably to make it thick enough so that the knives dont shred it).. plus Morrigan is hot.
Tons of circus banners
http://www.czarofbizarre.com/art/
http://www.knifethrower.com/banner.html
An authentic 1920's sideshow that exists now, check out the "Art" and "Banners" tabs.
http://www.brosgrimsideshow.com/index.html
Seeing this site made me think about our setup for the freakshow scene.. how can we make the
freaks look really freaky? I dunno how better to phrase that. But I'm worried the setup will be very
lackluster and almost boring without some way of really emphasizing the "freakiness" of it. Well, something for everyone to think about.
Anyway, Will.. could you post the questions I had written for Arturo in your sketchbook? (I think on the page
with the drawings of the set ideas) I wanna ask him a few things and it can't really wait till thursday.
peace
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
knife throwing board
http://www.magills.com/images/store15/pgroups/3422_image1.gif
this is the only one that i could find online.
some home-made boards:
http://www.throwzini.com/indoor_targets.html
http://www.throwzini.com/outdoor_targets.html
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Presentation Topics:
1. Cover Overhead. (all items centered): Title (large font), Name (smaller font), CIS 4930 DPS-3 Project (smaller font), Date of Talk (smaller font).
2. Summary. There are three parts to this slide. Use only one overhead.
Motivation: Why was this work necessary? What motivated you to do it?
Problem: What is the exact problem to be addressed? (Make a music video)
Solution: What solution do you provide? (Approach to completing project)
3. Literature Search. Include information resources that you used, with several bibliographic citations. (works cited, use MLA or appropriate format)
4. Work Performed. Outline the work you performed to date. Specify any software tools or creative works that you produced or used thus far. (see schedule, think back and cry)
- Have production stills, storyboard stills, other misc. images.
5. Work to Complete. What needs to be done to complete this semester's part of your project? What problems do you foresee? (see schedule, think forward and cry)
Monday, December 01, 2003
Comey, Jeremiah (2002). The Art of Film Acting. New York: Focal Press.
Buchman, Herman (1990). Film and Television Makeup. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.
Delamar, Penny (1995). The Complete Make-up Artist Working in Film, Television, and Theatre. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson. Film Art An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Roach, Gillian, ed. Music Video. Spec. issue of Computer Arts Special 46 (2003) : 1-97.
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Saturday, November 08, 2003
What we need for Wildwood:
-hay
-cot
-hammer
-work gloves
-overalls
-solid color bandana
-cheap reading glasses
-kitchen knives
-wrestling footage
-black tooth for dad
-carny tattoo stencil/stamp
-ISO speed of camera
Friday, November 07, 2003
Throwing knives-
http://www.knifecollection.com/dagger.html
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2201468712&category=475 (HOTT DAM)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2201673301&category=475 (Hott DAn)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2201956373&category=475 (Got man?)
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http://www.widgets.ws/prod/KarateDepot/Accessories/Set-of-three-7-12-in-Throwing-Knives-with-Sheath.html
http://www.buymethatnow.com/category7_1.htm
