The first thing that we were shown was the structure of the lecture.
Prelude
The first part we did was to discuss what Sara was doing within her PHD, where she created films and series. The film that she is creating is called Recipe for Baking Bread. We were then shown a composer that Sara is using within the work, that was a Russian composer in the 19th Century. The next part that we listened to was the song called Brothers in Arms, which I found was very surreal and written in G#, when the words are spoken the music becomes softer. We then listened to the song called Pokerface by the artist Lady Gaga, this is another piece of pop music that is rare to be created in the note G#, I found that this song very upbeat.
Part 1
The first clip we looked at was called J.S. Bach who is an american designer. The piece that we looked at was Strings. It was used using a Cello, I thought that the motion graphics within this piece works very brilliantly and simple, but very creative. The next piece of work was by collective tomato known as Underworld - Alphabet. Within this piece of film footage is used to make this film is very surreal and creative, however I think that this film was very slow.
We then watched another animation by Max Hattler called AANAATT. The film is created using stop motion, I found that this film very fascinating as it fits to the timing of the music. I thought this video was very different to the other designs that I had seen in the lecture. We then looked at a video called UFO. I thought that this was very creative and good because the style was very Illustrative, the colours that were used within the film were bright and vibrant.
Another clip we watched was a music video by Danger Beach. It was well put together, as it showed us the collaboration between designer and musicians in the music video, as this doesn't really happen within the modern day music video as there mainly using video and people. The next music video we watched was Radio Head by No Surprises. I felt that the video could have been better because I thought that the lyrics of the music could have been bolder, as I found it hard to read what was being displayed on the music video.
Part 2
We then moved onto look at where Sara used to work, which was within BBC Sport. When watching a clip we notice that there is always one piece of graphics in the centre of the screen. A software used was like when it was used for a football match that was back and forth. We then watched a clip that was created using vector Illustration about a man hunting a wolf that was hunting sheep. Another clip that we watched was a commercial clip for Radio Head called Kid A Blips. We then watched The Accident that was created for Channel 4. Created by Sara, she said the first and favourite part was her music that was used for the film. For this clip we watched the musical version that didn't have people speaking about the story of the animation.
We then looked at Lewis Hyde that was known for the The Gift, which is about creativity and what happens within the creative process. We were told 'The Gift must stay in Motion'. The final clip we looked at within this lecture was called Understanding Music. I found this lecture good and very interesting.
