I am a Cinema and Photography major. I hate graphic design. I thought it was a brutal punishment when I learned to earn my degree I needed to take not one, but two classes. I did not understand why. So I have been thinking about all the cool things I have learned to do, and now realize, I could probably make some money just doing some freelance work (yeah, who am I kidding, no way!). But I also thought, “This is going to be helpful with title sequences!” So I further researched the topic, and also have this incredible site from Sned’s class last semester:
This site is solely dedicated to title sequences in film. Just another job that a graphic designer might consider, especially if they enjoy films. For me, this is a helpful class because now when I am just starting out making films, I can use the skills I have learned from my seemingly daunting graphic design class to save a few bucks. Title Sequences are a lost art form, and people will pay big bucks to have a good one. Just think James Bond! Perhaps they are not as important since most of society's focus last for about two seconds before they get bored, but I think they can be an integral part of a movie's story. Particularly I want to share this video of Saul Bass’ work with title design. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteI contemplated publishing this post as is because I want to keep Design–Deliberation a positive environment. I decided to go a head and use it as a lesson. Here are my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteLearning how to look at and critique work is essential to all visual communication fields. Design is essential whether you like it or not, and if you know a little bit about it and how to organize a composition to clearly communicate your content, you will be a much better photographer and a visual communicator. There are lots of photographers out there — what will set you apart is your ability to compose and tell a story, while clearly communicating the content, and that is what graphic design will teach you and why we require it.
Chelsey 0 - JBU 1, see Chels JBU knows what they are doing. They know that to be a better cinematographer, and a better photographer you will need graphic design, also you are great at it.
ReplyDeleteI did not mean for this to be negative! I was trying to show that JBU did change my mind, and taking these classes have helped me to see that they are important to help me in the future! :] Sorry it came across that way!
ReplyDeleteI didn't see it as negative. Some really interesting stuff on the first site. Really advanced graphics. It's interesting to thing that they can make this kind of thing so visually appealing... I had a good time watching it.
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