Today we use iMovie, a program for editing movies. And we always run into problems. We could not import a .mov file, and at first we could not figure out why. Eventually we figured out why, but we were frustrated.
Technology is quite convenient for a lot of fancy stuff, but even some professional engineers, they still need to take a lot of time to figure out a simple task. Sometimes it's a very silly problem, like our .mov problem.
As an educator and performer, we won't have any simple issues that we do not know how to fix. Everything is from the heart, and we can respond immediately.
Also, I use iMovie to redo my project that I made in Windows Movie Maker which is here. I spent double the time to finish almost the same job. It was so annoying. Each application has its own benefits, can do some things that the other cannot do.
From last time, I mentioned that too much planning makes people lost. The same is true for technology. In the beginning, you have good ideas, can imagine all the detailes in your mind. Then when you start to use technology, there are many ways to make you lost. First, you have to figure out how to use it, which can be slow. Second, the programs always have lots of fancy functions, so you might get lost. Third, some people without thinking, they just use those functions, and this restricts the possibilities.
We definitely need technology to help us make good production, but
if you want your production to be creative and unique, it's essential to keep your own identity, and not let technology take over your ideas.
Of course you have to be flexible in this process.
Technology is quite convenient for a lot of fancy stuff, but even some professional engineers, they still need to take a lot of time to figure out a simple task. Sometimes it's a very silly problem, like our .mov problem.
As an educator and performer, we won't have any simple issues that we do not know how to fix. Everything is from the heart, and we can respond immediately.
Also, I use iMovie to redo my project that I made in Windows Movie Maker which is here. I spent double the time to finish almost the same job. It was so annoying. Each application has its own benefits, can do some things that the other cannot do.
From last time, I mentioned that too much planning makes people lost. The same is true for technology. In the beginning, you have good ideas, can imagine all the detailes in your mind. Then when you start to use technology, there are many ways to make you lost. First, you have to figure out how to use it, which can be slow. Second, the programs always have lots of fancy functions, so you might get lost. Third, some people without thinking, they just use those functions, and this restricts the possibilities.
We definitely need technology to help us make good production, but
if you want your production to be creative and unique, it's essential to keep your own identity, and not let technology take over your ideas.
Of course you have to be flexible in this process.
All of those things that you claim are "from the heart," for which you can respond immediately were acquired over time and often with considerable devotion and painstaking attention to detail. For our instruments and performance skills we often spend hours working on one detail. There is the technology of our instruments and the "technology of ourselves" that commands our attention and effort. Many hours have gone into the development of who we are as artists.
ReplyDeleteOne point that might be made with regard to technology is that the process has gotten to be much more "user Friendly" because many of the procedures cut across applications. Yes, our first efforts take much more time, but in the creative process and technical trial and error, we acquire many skills that transfer across programs and across platforms.
I do agree that one must not lose their sense of identity and creative direction. However, the longer we are engaged with the technology the more we can interact with it to generate ideas. Technology becomes "instrumental" and "equipmental" so that our expressive ideas might be enriched and deepened as we acquire experience.
The kinds of topics that you might address in this blog might be:
ReplyDelete1. Your role as a collaborator in your production group.
2. Your response and insights from your participation in the different combined workshops.
3. What is your understanding of multimedia and its many dimensions? How is this an artistic process in extending expressive range?
4. What has been your experience in the specialized workshop and what would you recommend for the future?
5. How has your awareness been affected through the constant documentation of your work by yourself and others in the workshop?
6. How do you think the impact of deep immersion in the processes of the workshop will affect your future work and thinking?
There are many other such questions you should develop to interrogate the process of your involvement in IMPACT.