Final Project

So, my final project.... It all started out as a brainstorm on a piece of notebook paper that has transformed into a complex, yet still fundamentally simple idea. My first idea was to use music and photo's to evoke emotional responses from people, but I wasn't exactly sure what the best way to go about it was. Fortunately I received great help from my instructor and we came up with the idea of three images that had three different musical tracks that evoked different emotional responses from me. A week passed and I did not do much work on it until I had a random thought about the project. I realized that three images and three tracks would not be enough to get an emotional response from anyone, so i thought for a while and found out that five tracks and pictures would be perfect to get the emotional aspect of my piece across.
The next step I took in my planning for my final project was to try and decide what emotions to portray and what order to do them in. I deliberated for a time and decided that I would choose five emotions ranging from anger, to sadness, to hope, to happiness, and finally to elation. I liked the idea that whoever saw the piece would experience a whole range of emotions in an order that might cause confusion. It might cause confusion because of how the individual experiences a whole range of emotions in a short amount of time, 45 seconds to a picture/song. I decided to make it 45 seconds because a minute was too long and 30 seconds was too short to create an emotional up welling in me, so i figured it definitely would not be the enough time for someone else who would be looking at the project.
I chose the atomic bomb picture to go with the song by Hatebreed called Destroy Everything because I felt like they were the obvious choices to go together, since after all atomic bombs DO destroy everything, and also the concept of destruction makes me have angry feelings. I chose the song Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones to go with the picture of the Vietnam War memorial because they both evoke sadness in me, mainly from the sorrow for the dead and also the meaning of the song, which was anti war. I chose the Halo Theme song to go with the clouds because clouds are a representation of hope. They are a representation of hope because they are uplifting and also bright, and when the sun shines on them they almost make you feel like things are going to be ok. The Halo theme songs goes well with the hope emotion because the composer of the song meant it to symbolize Humanities last hope and struggle to defeat their enemies in the video game. I chose the picture of Bob Marley to go with his song called Three Little Birds because he himself was a symbol of happiness, and his music was also centered around making people feel happy and worry free. Finally, I chose the pictures of the movie Animal House and the picture of the club scene because they evoke the emotion of elation in me because of the party atmoshpere, The song Levels by Avicii is consequently a very popular club song that makes me feel like just jumping around and having a good time, or in other words being elated.

Micro Project 5

One of the words that I was given was gravity, and I chose it because I felt that I could portray it the best. The object that I decided to use was one of the most overlooked things in my life that I use on a daily basis, a pen. After I decided that I wanted to use a pen I thought to myself that in a way it was "hidden" from most people's view because it is such a worthless item, at least economically, but it is still important in almost everyone's everyday lives. My next thought was how to show "gravity" with a pen, so I thought of what a pen resembles and I came up with raindrops. I felt that raindrops were a good representation of what gravity does to objects in the physical world, which is basically a downward attraction towards the ground. The next step that I took was to use photoshop to add the pens to a picture of a cloudy day in the african savanna. I made the pens in the picture somewhat transparent because they are a transparent object in our everyday lives, in other words we take them for granted.

Micro Project 4

The Power that I chose to represent myself with was Telekinesis. I chose this power because I feel that the control over your mind is the ultimate superpower and that you can change the world however you please, be it through destruction or creation. It really took me all of 10 seconds to figure out that this was the Power I wanted to try and portray myself having. The process that I had to create this image was to go through the internet and find pictures of random objects that I feel would show the power of the mind, from the smallest object, like a  garbage can, to the largest, like a piece of a building, and have them floating up into the air to show power. I feel like I could have spent a little longer on the aesthetics and making it more streamlined. But otherwise I feel like I captured an accurate portrayal of mind power.

Micro Project 3

Well I chose the top of the 9th Ave. garage on South campus to be my spot because I go up there a lot to think and figure things out about myself because it is secluded and also has an amazing view of campus and the downtown skyline. I felt like I could express myself the most through this spot and also the background's of the pictures I took. The reason that I chose to take a picture of my X-box 360 and superimpose it into the picture of my "spot" was because it, unfortunately for my schoolwork, is one of my prized possessions and a good representation of myself and what I do for most of my free time when I am not running around doing things. It has been that way for me since I was around 7 years old when I received my first Nintendo 64 for my birthday. If someone were to go up to that spot and see the Xbox I wouldn't mind if they touched it, just as long as they did not break it. I am a very easy going, laid back person when it comes to my possessions.

The Final Draft

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Introduction of Myself

Well I know that this is a little late but for some reason I couldn't figure out why my post's wouldn't show up on my blog. But anyways lets get back to the point. My name is Brandan Ondik and I am a sophomore at the Ohio State University. I am originally from a small city in northeastern Ohio called Niles, which is a suburb of Youngstown, OH. My major is currently Criminal Justice, although with the way iv'e been going concerning life choices it will most likely change again in the near future. Ultimately I would like to end up as a Marine Corps aviator flying helicopters until I have to retire, but to do that I need to have corrective surgery for my eyes, so that option is still up in the air. I am a very active person and enjoy playing football, basketball, running, and lifting weights recreationally. Whenever I am in the gym I am calm and can focus on what I need to do and how I need to do it, also I can focus more on schoolwork after I get home. An interesting fact about me is that I consider myself somewhat of a cigar aficionado, and a friend and I normally go and have a different one every week. My top five favorite musical artists have to be Deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Jimmy Hendrix, and Rise Against.