Week 5- Ari Pulido- Cat Movement

 Cat Movement

The inspiration for this was my cat Kea who loves to lay on top of me.  I chose to take a picture of her because she was giving me a cold stare.  Speaking of cold, this picture was taken at 5:45 pm today which gave the cool natural light coming from the window.  The blues in the picture also help keep the photo in that cool range.  Kea's eyes are warm in the photo which makes them pop on the blue background.  I enjoyed the movement that was done by Kea in this photo.

Week 5 - Waves - Maggie

 

         This picture was taken at Laguna Beach on a sunny day. It was badly taken but I think it could still reflect the movement of the sea waves. They just kept going and going, nonstop. The picture, however, only captures a fraction of that moment, but our eyes can interpret the main object to be continuing its movement. Imagination, or maybe the knowledge that we learned and are accustomed to (we know the waves can't stop), makes our perception very smart and agile, so we can see movement in a still picture. 

         I'm reminded of the posters for New Slate, where the dance movements also seem to move within the picture, because we understand momentum and the intention that are shown in the picture. So the eyes really do a lot in our perception of the world and ourselves, by instilling a lot of information into what seems like a simple image in front of our eyes. 

Week 5 - danny - frozen movement

 I took this picture while on my way home from school 

As always I was on  a hurry trying to leave as fast as possible and was trapped by a stop light, I looked to my left and I was fascinated by the color pallet outside my window. I usually leave school when it's fully dark outside, and because of my tired eyes and dirty windshield I don't pay much attention to the lights outside other than to say "there's a car right there" but this time I saw the cars with their lights, usually so bright that they hurt my eyes, this time those lights seemed so dimmed compared to the magnificent sun already almost out. I noticed the greens and browns of the trees that still remain and the orange and yellow slowly darkening. I tried my best to take out my phone and take as many pictures as I could before the next green light. This was my favorite 

Week 5 - Yinqi - Candle Light - Movement

I filmed this short clip when I observed the candle light in my apartment during daytime. The flame sways softly. The light around it also shifts with its own rhythm. The wax, melted around the candle, provides another surface to reflect light. The color of the jar is dark brown and its surface is frosted. The light is held within the. It is concentrated in this small space and creates a gentle and warm ambiance. I can feel how the light occupied the space and thickened the air. With heat being generated from the candle, the air becomes so juicy.

The “movement” of the flame is so delicate that I wish I could dance in that way. At the center of the jar, the flame looks like a real dancer. In terms of concert performance, the body of the dancer usually receives lights from other sources. What if the body of the dancer becomes the source of light? I had an idea to experiment for my new slate choreography (it is denied because of technical issue...): putting iridescent glitters on dancers' bodies. When they dance in the dark with flowing movement on the ground, they could look like dim lights from afar.

Week 5- Reflection in Shadows- Emily

 I was working on my laptop with my back to a window when I saw the reflection of my screen lighting up the wall next to me. When I waved my hand in front of it, I noticed that two shadows appeared: my actual hand and the reflection of my hand in the screen. This was an interesting phenomenon and something that could also be used in a performance space. With a reflective material you could create interesting images using multiple shadows. It would be cool to choreograph the shadows as opposed to the bodies dancing and might be a fun way to collaborate with a lighting designer and set designer in the process. 

Week 3 - Julian Xiong - TV LED Lights

 Recently I've been using this blue LED light during the night. I think I'm just attracted to cool lights. I don't even turn on my ceiling lights because it's a warm light and it gives off too much strong energy especially during night time even if I dim it. Cool lights feels relaxing and calming to me after finishing a productive day. I personally like how this blue light brings out the shadow and silhouette of the everything around it. In the past, I've changed it to purple and sometime green and I enjoy it a lot more than if I were to turn it to red or yellow. As we learn more about warm and cool lights, each color makes me understand more of the energies it gives off in the space.

Weel #3: AP - Pubbing it out

I chose to us this photo of the UCI pub around the hours of 4-5 pm this past Wednesday.  The day wasn't completely overcast, but the weather was finally starting to cool down this past week.  I enjoyed the combination of warm tone, cool tone, natural, and saturated colors that came to play.  In the background you can see the cool tone colors come into play from the window shining in with the natural day light, creating a cool toned atmosphere.  The saturated cool tone colors come from the neon blueish purple light in the lefthand side.  There is also a hint of saturated green popping out on the right side of Julians face and about Dannys glass.  But for the most part the warm tone colors really come into play with the hanging lights, dark yellow walls, and the color of the drinks.  The front  left hand side of the image was dark, which made all of the lights from all angles really pop out.  I also really enjoyed the redness of Dannys hand that was lit by the buzzing sound of the monitor beeping that our food was ready.  This really shows the aspects of combining lighting tones and moods to create a fun and vibrant atmosphere.