FLASH

I have never worked with the Flash application before. Even after going through the steps and different techniques in class, it's still a foreign subject to me. I am impressed by the people who can come up with such great pieces. Below are my responses to some of the websites that were given to us in class.

www.itwillneverbethesame.com
- this creator of this Flash project made the peice interactive. The flash piece is simply a drawn in road, and when you press down on the mouse, and direct the mouse in a certain direction, then whichever way you move, is the same way the road moves on the screen, as if you are actually driving a car down this road. I like this one because it's so simple, but it's still very cool at the same time.

http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097
- this flash piece is my favorite out of all of the ones listed. It shows man vs. technology, the computer. I like how the artist was able to incorporate items on the desktop and move icons around. That just makes the peice more interesting that they were able to take a normal flash project, and take it out of the actual application, and onto the main desktop. The way he fights with the different objects to is very entertaining. Very eye pleasing also.

www.thehalcyonhours.com
- THe Halcyon Hours. This is probably my second favorite out of all of these links. You can tell that the artist of this peice must have spent an insane amount of time to produce such work, and detail. I think by adding the effect that you are looking out a window makes the peice that more interesting. If it were just the sky, then I would find it still as appealing, but less pleasing. Also all of the quick links that are posted next to this piece are very cool pieces.

Time is on my side...

<- Old Trail, Crozet before and after a period of time.
Time is precious. If I could change the way time works, I might consider making life like a DVD. At one point in life, the thought of being able to go back in time and take care of things that weren't done, seemed just too cool. Then again, if everyone had this opportunity, life wouldn't be as interesting as it is, because events would always be changed and altered with. Everything happens for a reason. Time has changed. What once were woods is now an expansion of industrialism. I live in Crozet, VA, not far from Charlottesville. In the past two years, so many wooded areas have been destroyed and made into a place for business. It would be interesting to photograph all of these changes over time. So much renovating has been done to the area. Last fall, they were shooting the film Evan Almighty. I enjoyed driving through this area to get to school everyday. I think the only reason why I enjoyed doing this so much was because I saw a different pair of animals cross the street everytime. One day it was the elephants, the next... the giraffes. I would have loved to photograph everyday of this. It would have been interesting for someone to start taking pictures of Old Trail when it first started to become more developed.

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pink+floyd/time_20108616.html