Performing+the+Principles+Videos

=Fall 2012=

media type="youtube" key="0i26ydDtqRA" height="315" width="560" Brendan Kelly and Miles Colopy -- Variety Modeling various landscapes through contrasting colors, textures, and orientation. The goal was to emphasize the transitions across various terrain by means of both speed and language, expanding the association of the concept beyond simple visual representations. The plastic foam apple juxtaposes the inanimate with life. The lack of pattern in the speed the apple travels and terrain type creates variety in apple's movement. Ultimately, the story of the traveling apple represents that life never stands still and there is variety in everything.

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Hannah Baumgardner and Connor Kerr: Rhythm

We chose to stay away from the idea of rhythm as sound, but rather focused on rhythm in its artistic sense as visual beats, thus a silent video. These beats may be consistent, consecutive, or near random. We incorporated all three of these. Our setting, the river, is in contrast to the mechanical movements we are creating with our bodies. It is not without rhythm however, in that the river flows consistently but without constraints. The bridge in the background represents rhythm as the cars pass over it, one after another, sometimes with breaks of inactivity between. Finally, we are present in the foreground, standing in the river, as templates, wearing all white. Our repetitive and mechanical arm movements evoke a sense of rhythm, while the paint being thrown on us rhythmically changes colors. The yellow is sporadically incorporated into the rhythm. There are many aspects of the video that encompass the principle of rhythm, and together they build a piece that creates its own rhythmic sound.

media type="youtube" key="1vdYDxCxSAM" height="315" width="560" Economy – Berkley Schmidt and Maddie Rhondeau //__economy__ (v):// to reduce to a more basic form

Quick fixes and benzo trips plague our generation with laziness, madness, and apathy. Deteriorating our veins and minds with the grease of these chemicals is driving us away from sanity, realism, and the necessary act of self-care. Everyday people eat foods littered with poisons while taking diet pills to replace the effort of a healthy lifestyle. Others don’t eat a bit, while taking dietary supplements to replace the nutrition they need. All the while, these people are taking anti-depressants to replace the work it takes to find happiness. Indulging in the quick fixes pills afford us.

Pills to be thin. Pills to stay alive. Pills to be happy. Pills to numb us from the world in which we live. What is the pill to you?

media type="youtube" key="2RnjM1gVteg" width="425" height="350" Our goal was to illustrate the design principle of variety in multiple modes simultaneously. To achieve this we used two models, and in some cases two different light sources from which to project the different colored lights. We used the basic light bulb colors red, blue, green, black, pink, violet, and yellow. We mixed and matched the combinations of colors, and the shadows that came from using two different models. At the same time we have three different recordings of people reciting the colors we used. We layered the clips which helps provide variety for the ear as well. It is particularly interesting to note the variety that is achieved at some points where the clips match up and the points where they do not. The video is also constructed to vary in speed which challenges the eye. At the faster points, the video has a color-mixing effect which shows the multitude of results that come from the combination of a very few basic elements.
 * Variety**
 * Nadine Slocum and Leigh Ann Williams**

media type="youtube" key="-G3Gmsps80s" height="315" width="560" Proportion is not necessarily just the physical comparison of sizes of a single object. More importantly, it is the relationship between two connected objects. How the two relate, whether in a realistic or contorted manner creates the proportion of the piece and the implied relationship of the objects. Here, the proportion of cars to parking spaces is explored, both on a small and large scale. Additionally, the use of adults playing like children and a wildly escalating, trivial argument are plays on non-physical proportion.Title: Proportion media type="youtube" key="TAk0acdCw2E" height="315" width="420" By: Emilie Kracen & Jeffrey Duncan Statement: To demonstrate proportion in our video, we filmed the interaction between a live cat with a smaller plastic lion. The difference in size of the two cats, the difference in volume of lion's roar (too faint to hear through video) and cat's meow, the difference in response to these volumes, and the portrayal of power from the cat over the lion all show proportion.
 * Proportion**
 * Brooke Andrews and Marissa Gaven**

media type="youtube" key="oQhtLg5iQfY" height="315" width="560" Title: Rhythm By: Robert Herse & Sirena Thompson Music Cunninlynguists- Move (Kno Instrumental) Statement: We chose to illustrate the principle of "rhythm" by focusing on the rhythmic pattern of the dotted lines on the road. Driving at different speeds (25, 35, and 45 mph), the intervals between the lines increase and decrease, changing the tempo throughout the piece. The arm moves up and down with the rhythm of the wind. The tempo parallels the rhythm of the dotted lines, but at times the size of the "wave" is made bigger or smaller. The purpose of this is to contrast the two types of rhythm created while driving along the road: dotted lines maintain a consistent size and straight shape through the changing interval patterns, while the "wave" of the arm creates a flowing rhythm that alters its size depending on the speed of the wind moving through it. In addition, the cars of the neighboring lane moving in the opposite direction provide another layer of rhythm as the rate and speed of the cars move in and out of sight along the road at differing patterns.

media type="youtube" key="h6LOkgureXY" height="360" width="480" Title: Balance By: Lauren Boyle & Christina Sabol Statement: In our video we illustrate the design principle "balance" through the portrayed emotions and by using visual and physical elements in the piece. The video was balanced visually as shown by the color's of the girls clothing, two were wearing black and two where wearing white. The colors also corresponded with the emotions that the girls were attempting to portray though their body language and words. The two girls in white emoted enthusiasm and displayed very social behavior in an over excessive manner as shown through their level of emotional involvement shown throughout the conversation. In contrast the other two girls, positioned in between the two girls in white, emoted indifference and antisocial behavior in the discussion. We showed symmetry through their physical arrangement according to color of their clothing and the positioning of their desks, all of which are in a row and evenly spaced. While the scene itself was physically and visually balanced, it remained emotionally imbalanced. By bringing a person with the horse head into the scene, the scene was brought into perfect balance because the girl's emotions. For the first time during the video, were then unified emotionally by their confusion. Here, the girls were also unified and balanced by their silence.

media type="youtube" key="CDHmKsHYEGA" height="315" width="560" Title: Emphasis By: Candace Rothermel and Ashley Gaston Statement: Our word was Emphasis. To illustrate emphasis, we choreographed a short piece with twelve participants. The dancers' uniformity (all in unison, all wearing black, all quiet) was broken by different forms of emphasis: one person did different motions, one person wore white, and one person repeated a phrase. One dancer broke the pattern of movement at the end, again shifting the emphasis of the piece. The viewer can choose which emphasis to focus on.

media type="youtube" key="EbuYDMhhWUI" height="315" width="560" Performing the Principle: Economy By: Jenniffer, Melissa, and Caroline The design principle of economy is similar to minimalism; it entails reducing the piece to its bare essentials. Our performance of the principle demonstrates economy in regards to direction. In today's world, people use a GPS or mapquest to find their location and map out their directions. Prior to this technology, road maps/atlases were used. But if you reduce the process of finding your direction to its bare essentials, all you need is the sun and a compass and you'll be on your way!

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Repetition By Emily Edinberg and Margaux Wegeng In order to demonstrate repetition, we decided to include many ways of showing repetition instead of just one. The main source of repetition is us swinging and jumping off the swings over and over. Each time we jump off the swings, we jump further than the previous jump. We are repeating the same basic action but each time it's a little different. In addition to the swings, we are wearing repetitive clothing (striped sweatshirts) and the trees in the background form a repetitive pattern.

=Fall 2013=

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media type="custom" key="24505216" Remy, Trinity, and Sam - Variety Our video was on the Design Principle Variety. In our video, we filmed ten different people in ten different locations. Each participant chose a different color of Play-Doh and was told to sculpt a fish. We recorded the process from start to finish, using different camera angles. All ten fish were unique, showing variety in the construction and the final products. We edited the clips and added in each person's segment for a different length of time. We also chose different stages of the building process for each fish. This video shows variety by demonstrating that there are many ways to reach the instructed goal.

media type="custom" key="24510642" Caitlin, Heather, and Megan - Economy Throughout the video, our goal was to portray economy in a number of different ways. The video started with all of the lights on, everyone humming, a lot of makeup on, and the most elaborate classical order, all of this being representative of excess. As the video progressed, the lights were being turned off, not everyone was humming, the makeup was being taken off, and the pictures of the columns were being changed to show a transition back to the bare essentials. At the end of the video, once all of the makeup was taken off, it was no longer necessary to have lights, hence the complete darkness and silence. We chose to keep the darkness as part of our video in order to eliminate the excess, going back to the bare minimum, the original setting.

media type="custom" key="24515062" Maddie, Sarah, and Izzy - Rhythm Our video portrays rhythm by setting the planned rhythm of the tap shoes next to the unplanned rhythm of the busy streets. On top of this there is a visual representation of rhythm created with the pattern of the paints that appeared when the tap shoes dragged through the paint on the paper. Also the two different angles of the camera switch back and forth creating rhythm in how we view the piece, along with the way the film was edited. The editing was done specifically to show the subject tapping on both freshly layered paint and already used paint creating contrast in the two views. One view showed progression and more order while the other view was more chaotic because you could no longer tell what was being painted new and what was older creating the rhythm of chaos and order. Another layer of rhythm that we added was the pattern of the colors on the paper which was two blue streaks then one pink streak. All together we tried to create multiple levels of rhythm using both sight and sound to show the different ways rhythm settles around us.

media type="custom" key="24515988" Kristina, Piero, and Evan - Economy Our video uses economy in a few different ways. We wanted to use more than one way to portray economy throughout the video. At the beginning, using coupons to go shopping is very economical. But we also waned to emphasize the quickest ways to get there in terms of movement and motion, Instead of walking around things we wanted to emphasize the most economical way to get through the objects. At the last part of the video we wanted to show that you could also be economical by going shopping online to save you not only time but money from going to the store.

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Cristina Beckham, Angela Fernandez, Sarah Schrock- Proportion The goal of our video was to convey proportion in as many abstract ways as possible, in both wardrobe and tone of voice, as well as scenery. Person A, a tall girl with small clothes in a small couch moves to find Person B, a shorter girl with bigger clothes, spilling milk in a messy kitchen. The reactions of both people is blown out of proportion in the sense that the spilt milk is a minor mess compared to that of the dirty kitchen.

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Abby Mulugeta, Meghan Bringuel, and Selen Albayrak - Repetition

The goal of this video was to represent repetition by repeatedly performing the same movements. The first person starts off with a movement that is mirrored by the second person. As the video continues, several more movements are being repeated. The repetition is portrayed by the movements as well as the "video within a video" effect that we made by putting several videos together.

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Shelby Blevins, Dan and R. Gray - Emphasis

We wanted to use sound light to emphasis emotion. Also Emphasis the different emotions from one another. We did this by starting off with a soft peaceful emotion and sound, then going into a angry emotion with a loud hard sound, then a somber emotion and sound then a happy emotion with poppy, upbeat music. used the lighting to help also in emphasizing the different emotions.

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For this video our principle is balance. To represent balance, we used many layers and elements of balance. For example, we have the balance and unbalance of gender between the sides by having two boys and one girl on each side, but having them in different orders. Next and most obvious is the balance is shift of balance. Having people puling on both sides creating apposing force which occasionally breaks in the middle having one or both sides "win" breaking in the middle. Another layer of balance is Color this is represented by red and green which are also complimentary colors. This adds another layer because both sides are equally balanced in color. one side all red and one side all green. One more layer is that the ,middle person on each side is less obviously colored and the front and end person were wearing bold colors. The last layer of balance is having the buildings in the background be even on both sides and the war happening in the middle.