Thlog 8

After an eventful week, there were various things that stood out to me. First off, we watched some videos of a fella named Bob Ross. He was an old school painter who I thought was not going to be much help to us at all – but I was wrong. By watching and listening to Bob Ross explain his own painting moves, we learned how to apply those same explanations to many things like our final working project. Some things he explained were the reasons for including it in his artwork and what each piece or drawing meant to him. The next video we watched involved four Disney painters who – like Bob Ross – took the time to explain their own moves. Each individual painted the same tree but each finished with a completely different product because they took their very own path/approach to painting the tree. Like Bob Ross, they also explained their painting moves, provided their personal choices, and included any reasoning behind their methods.

Another thing that stood out to me was the frame theory. By zooming on one specific part of the classroom, we all looked at the same thing but with a different frame and a different point of view. Likewise photographers and even authors do the same thing. With framing, there can be aspects that are intentionally left out and others that are emphasized.

The Bob Ross videos, the Disney videos, and the frame theory will help us create our WP3. We can use the frame theory to emphasize one specific aspect in our actual genre creation. By using the painters as guides, we can explain the moves we used in our genre creation in the analysis part of the working project. Overall, the creativity that goes along with this WP is a pleasant change to what we have been doing all this time. I look forward to next class.