tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31582138781946323012024-03-05T13:24:53.211-08:00Ben HarrisBa Hons Cg Arts & Animation
UCA RochesterBen Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-25511607316527355342010-11-10T05:43:00.000-08:002010-11-10T05:43:28.816-08:00...More Life Drawings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry for the delay of my life drawings, some were rolled up a bit too hard so I had to use a load of books to flatten them out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My first selection of life drawings are in pencil, here we were allowed freedom to do whatever we chose, so I decided to try and develop a more abnormal 'messy' style, I had recently felt like I was doomed to follow lines, so this was a nice exercise for me to release some tension/anger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Our next lesson consisted of us using charcoal, I had barely used it before, but it was a interesting change, and I think I developed my skills through this lesson...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqgFeDhgYI/AAAAAAAAAU0/ImeAX_ueizA/s1600/3c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqgFeDhgYI/AAAAAAAAAU0/ImeAX_ueizA/s400/3c.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-64507010287016163092010-11-10T04:44:00.000-08:002010-11-10T05:17:00.029-08:00Barbarella (1968) Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><strong>Barbarella 1968</strong></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Directed by Roger Vadim</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Roger Vadim directed Barbarella in 1968 and casted Jane Fonda to be the lead role, Barbarella, who was said to be one of the most beautiful women of her time, but many find the film just to be “the campy adventures of a 41st-century sexual explorer” and with good reason many would agree.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Numerous encounters by reviewers have brought the film to its knees, “</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The film is ugly on so many levels—from art direction to human values—that it's hard to know where to begin. Let's be charitable and write it off to love—Fonda was married to director Roger Vadim at the time.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The honour that remains with this film is due to its relation between its adult comic book, “Based on the French banned bestseller comic book by Jean Claude Forest and produced by Dino de Laurentiis” but by mere referencing between the film and comic strip you can automatically see a close relationship, especially with characters and even more so with environment, from the dark corridors of the city Sogo to the dark caves of the labyrinth, the translation is beautiful, which is a uphold for any director to translate comic to film as many recent years have seen, especially from Marvel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqTgZifrYI/AAAAAAAAAUI/uuhFRcvI2mY/s1600/cccccccccccccc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqTgZifrYI/AAAAAAAAAUI/uuhFRcvI2mY/s200/cccccccccccccc.jpg" width="140" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqT8d3kAkI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/BLjryGADAfg/s1600/cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqT8d3kAkI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/BLjryGADAfg/s200/cc.jpg" width="136" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqUG_z3viI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Iu_bEHIA3H8/s1600/cc+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNqUG_z3viI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Iu_bEHIA3H8/s200/cc+%25282%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Even with a great deal of audiences disliking the film, “<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Barbarella isn't very much of a film…”</span> it has still been an inspiration for many, “</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fonda's signature role has inspired everybody from Duran Duran (who named themselves after O'Shea's bad guy), to Kylie Minogue (who based the video for her single 'Put Yourself in My Place' on Fonda's naked floating around in space).”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of course some who do like the film for what it is, and what it isn’t trying to be, “<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Can a movie be so horribly BAD and really, really cheezily GOOD all at the same time?! Oh, absolutely! This film is an EXCELLENT example of campy fun crap that hopefully wasn't supposed to be taken seriously.”</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3a140287">http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3a140287</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/barbarella/Film?oid=1065594">http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/barbarella/Film?oid=1065594</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<a href="http://www.shoestring.org/mmi_revs/janeandbarbarel-ms-88173199.html">http://www.shoestring.org/mmi_revs/janeandbarbarel-ms-88173199.html</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://www.film4.com/reviews/1967/barbarella">http://www.film4.com/reviews/1967/barbarella</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788872?refcatid=31">http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788872?refcatid=31</a><br />
<a href="http://www.joblo.com/reviews.php?mode=joblo_movies&id=1284">http://www.joblo.com/reviews.php?mode=joblo_movies&id=1284</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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Hey Phil I thought I would give you a quick update on my progress so far:<br />
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Thumbnails:<br />
Im still developing my thumbnails, I believe I have around 40ish done, im gonna wait until I reach 50 so I can upload each set in 25's so its easier for anyone to see my 'train-of-thought'. SO far im struggling with perspective drawing, but I do have a few books in the post coming to me so I can learn more about it.<br />
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Final 3 Pieces:<br />
Im starting to gather and piece rough thumbnails/drafts of each of my areas, so far I have chosen to do the Library, the cave/crater/crack where they travel through and finally a corridor of the submarine itself, which im a bit unsure of due to lack of detail I will be able to put in, but Im hoping it would give a good atmosphere.<br />
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Essay Question:<br />
So far I have just been gathering thoughts for my essay, so far Im leaning towards writing about Bioshock 1/2 simply because I have had a love for these two since their release three years ago, I thought it would also be positive for me to focus on one particular area within the game, for example:<br />
Enviroment Design<br />
Character Design<br />
The creation of the Big Daddy<br />
The relationship between the Big Daddy and the Little Sister<br />
The Big Daddy vs Big Sister: Character Manipulation<br />
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Im not sure if you had heard of the game, so I thought I would provide a link to the first game's trailer:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoYorK3E4aM&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoYorK3E4aM&feature=related</a><br />
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Perspective Drawing Exercises:<br />
I know there are some exercises that you have linked for us, I have had a look through all of them but I was unsure if you wanted us to produce our own versions of the guides/tutorials?<br />
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I also thought it to be wise for me to give myself a timetable! So I do believe so far with my progress im on track... If there is anything else you think I should research please feel free to say.Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-41471006430318148822010-11-04T07:13:00.001-07:002010-11-04T07:15:59.344-07:00Influence Map - Bioshock/ Plant Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As mentioned before Bioshock 1 and 2 are both commonly related towards 20,000 leagues under the sea, thus it is a great influence, here are a few images and plants that go hand in hand....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNK_jXzUceI/AAAAAAAAAUA/KxWgr4HGfY0/s1600/BioshockPlants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TNK_jXzUceI/AAAAAAAAAUA/KxWgr4HGfY0/s640/BioshockPlants.jpg" width="435" /></a></div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-51410268039159366292010-11-03T07:05:00.000-07:002010-11-09T03:32:33.075-08:00The Wizard of Oz (1939) Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><strong>The Wizard of Oz (1939)</strong></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Directed by Victor Fleming</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming in 1939 follows the dream world of Oz and Dorothy’s (Judy Garland) quest to get home to her family, but the Wicked Witch of the West has other plans.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wizard of Oz is believed to be one of the most famous films of all time, and for good reason, from enchanting characters such as the Cowardly Lion, the Brainless Scarecrow and the Heartless Tin Man, as well as the terrifying Wicked Witch of the West.</div><div style="text-align: left;">“Wizard of Oz is one of the most-protected films in history, and it's also one of the most well-covered”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/wizardoz.shtml">http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/wizardoz.shtml</a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">Of course the mere mention of The Wizard of Oz we are gathering thoughts of the film, and one of the most iconic pieces of environment comes along with these thoughts, the yellow brick road, there are many reasons for this, perhaps the stretching singing from the Munchkins and their love for it, or perhaps because it remains in the film for at least two thirds, and this road leads the band of characters through a variety of environments, from the beginning, the Munchkins home, which seems to be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory spliced with Thumbelina, yet it still has its own fascination of plants and small mushroom houses, there is little like it, the yellow bricks leads Dorothy to a crossroads which presents her with her new found friends, the Scarecrows from the crop field, which seems too perfect to believe, thus giving more evidence that they are in a dream world of fantasy, with no branches on any crops broken, completely untouched unlike the fence around them, which appears as old as the Scarecrow.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next we see the Tin Man, his residence seems to be borderlines with a forest, this scene looks like an artificial Red Riding Hood scene, with the small log cabin which is seen in the background and has no interaction with the characters; as the characters continue their adventures, the woods as seen in the previous scene become more dark and gloomy, which looks like, yet again, an artificial forest, with the bright yellow road as a centre piece, with tree branches reaching across, almost like an attempt to hide the road from anyone, this gives the forest a menacing atmosphere, as well as the characters and audience unable to see any blue sky, yet it is midday; once the Lion has joined them, the next scene to be shown is the field of poppies, which looks like it was borrowed from the Sound of Music, with bountiful hills that seem to go on for eternity, until we see the sight that has these characters on their voyage, the Emerald City; the outside presence of the city it appears to be made from emeralds/crystals almost like Kryptonite (from Super-Man) and a similar theme continues within the city, everything is of course an emerald shade and everything appears to be made from glass, it is as if the characters have entered a ‘walkthrough-crystal-emerald’ the environment is kept quite clear and basic, with reflective flooring, small areas of potted plants (which are all still green) and every civilian is dressed in green also.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The next major location is the Wizard of Oz’s chamber, where we are presented with small and large alters, which give an impression of power and wealth, with blazing flames which never appear to quit, which of course strikes fear into anyone.</div><div style="text-align: left;">As the characters are informed they need to take the Wicked Witch of the West’s broom in order to receive their rewards, we are given a completely different atmosphere where we find the characters walking through, what only can be described to be a haunted wood, with cheap figures of owls and vultures with blaring red eyes, with no trees having leafs it gives the impression of death and loneliness, until Dorothy is taken to the Witches castle, which yet again is very basic for such a grand building, we are given little brick work to see, but plenty of space for the characters to interact with, from her bedroom/study which is given stained glass, a large looking crystal and a horde of flying monkeys; the only real feature is the large doors which do look like they are from a medieval period.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course one of the strangest film techniques of its time period, the film starts in black and white, then switches to colour, and then back again, this ultimately gives Oz a place of fantasy and artificial make believe, which pays off for the director because it is highly effective.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The only scenes within the black and white era consist of the farm where Dorothy lives, which is of course like any other farm, from picket fences, small houses with two sets of doors, one for keeping flies and other pests out and the other for entering the house, alongside this is the rarity of plant life, except for a few trees, most probably because they were dug up to make room for the farm itself. We also get see inside the house, which is basic, plan with barely and luxuries, which is what anyone would suspect from a farm house, but it could also be seen as a generalisation. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Upon Dorothy running away from home, we also see Professor Marvel’s caravan which is pulled by a horse, yet again this set is a generalisation, from little trinkets hanging from the ceiling, to a small crystal ball and a large chair where Professor Marvel sits to tell fortunes. </div><div style="text-align: left;">“sugar-rush of that shift from sepia-monochrome to full colour as Dorothy realises she's not in Kansas any more”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/dec/15/family.musical">http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/dec/15/family.musical</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wizard of Oz can be seen as many messages from any perspective, for example, because the world is seen as a dream, Dorothy can be seen as leaving home in search of independence, yet when her Auntie becomes sick, she drastically needs to search for her family instead, thus giving the importance of family over your own intentions, but of course this is only from one seeing point.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The movie can also be seen as fighting for your friends and family, one reason she is leaving home is to defend her dog Toto, because she believes if he is found that he will be destroyed, thus her need to travel far away.</div><div style="text-align: left;">“Garland’s Dorothy embodies the fantasy of all children who dream of leaving the cocoon of their protected lives and spreading their wings. With her companions — the clowning but clever Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the compassionate Tin Man (Jack Haley) and the blubbering Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) — she journeys along the yellow brick road through a land of magic and wonder, a butterfly blossoming in a candy-colored phantasmagoria.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.seanax.com/2007/12/12/wizard-of-oz-over-the-rainbow/">http://www.seanax.com/2007/12/12/wizard-of-oz-over-the-rainbow/</a></div><br />
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Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack directed the original King Kong in 1933, which to this day remains one of Universal Studios most treasured movies.<br />
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We see the plot built up for everyone, including the characters aboard this ship that has a mystery destination which no one knows, except one man, Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong); it seems that his mission in life is to give other something they have never seen before, and his final destination will be his holy grail.<br />
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Anyone who watches King Kong will be impressed with the set design; it ranges from typical 30’s streets with classic cars and buildings, of course this would be modern in production of the movie; we also get insight into the ship which the story revolves around, it is quite clear from the structure and design of the ship, that its usual purpose is for transport. We also gain Skull Island, the residence to King Kong and his native neighbours, we see a generalisation of tribesmen, which show straw huts and grass skirts. Finally we see the amazon jungle where Kong is ‘trapped’ aside from the usual animals of birds and monkeys we also see large lizards and prehistoric creatures, which considering the creatures that lived there, you would imagine more prehistoric characteristics for the set, for example, pre-historical plants as well as tracks from these animals and other signals of their existence…<br />
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“Besides Kong in the jungle among other freaks to appear are a triceratops, a brontosaurus, a tyrannosaurus, a pterodactyl and a 60-foot snake.” <br />
<a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=variety100&content=jump&jump=review&reviewID=VE1117792322&category=1935">http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=variety100&content=jump&jump=review&reviewID=VE1117792322&category=1935</a> <br />
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Reasoning for lacking evidence towards the residence of the island, would definitely be due to the time period, which when watching Kong, should be the thought in the foreground of your mind.<br />
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“It is no longer the 1930s, however. By today's slick standards, King Kong has aged, and it's debatable how kind the passage of years has been”<br />
<a href="http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=172">http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=172</a> <br />
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King Kong can also be seen as a sexual venture of one man’s obsession for beauty, in this case Kong and Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) clear examples of Kong’s curiosity range from him touching young Darrow and sniffing his fingers, considering the production time of the film this could be seen very vulgar and unnecessary. Other hints that are more obvious would be the need for Kong to find his beauty, and keep her away from anyone else, this gives evidence of reasoning for him to climb the Empire State building, and of course being shot down, this could be shown that all love, obsession and greed has a limit. <br />
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“Staging a screen test for Ann, Denham dresses her as a fairytale princess ("The beauty and the beast costume") and coaches her in screaming at nothing”<br />
<a href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=116908">http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=116908</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-33697800627843616122010-11-01T07:50:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:27:20.922-07:00Influence Maps: Nautilus/Submarine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have recently been concentrating on one scene where the reader is taken from one room to another via a corridor, so I thought it was about time I added some influence maps to help me through this process.</div>I think a majority of the colours would range from dark greens and blues to shades of grey and black.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Any constructive feedback is welcome!</div> (Please bare in mind they were uploaded in now particular order)<br />
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</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">You might be thinking, why I am doing influence maps for a library/smoking room when my enviroment is mostly under the sea, well of course; but one of my extracts consists of Captain Nemo's library/smoking room, and the describtion in the extract is epic, and I hope to capture this in one of my final concept art pieces, so here are the selection of influence maps so far...</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please excuse the fact some of the images were squashed to fit into the boxes required.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TMhYGiDOjuI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/Xq3PHYvtxvk/s1600/Library_Colours_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TMhYGiDOjuI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/Xq3PHYvtxvk/s640/Library_Colours_1.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also found the influence maps good for colours and textures...</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-10152471011207834722010-10-27T07:45:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:19:55.747-07:00Metropolis (1927) Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u>Metropolis (1927)</u></strong></span><br />
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I had already heard rumours and mentions of Metropolis, from film documentaries, to a television program I watched ages ago called “Best Robots in History” and if I recall correctly Metropolis won; so this movie had a lot of expectations for me, and it did meet these expectations.<br />
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From watching The Cabinet of Dr Caligari I began to understand how silent movies work towards the audience, but this one had its own methods it seems, I noticed that in comparison Metropolis only used text for speaking if it was absolutely need for the most dire of situations, which must have been a challenge for actors because they of course would need to portray moods, fears, emotion and words within their body language; this definitely kept me entertained throughout.<br />
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Like I have previously stated, my latest project is based on environments, and Metropolis has a very vivid one to say the least, we are presented with a range from huge skyscrapers with hundreds of cars and planes flying in-between buildings (which was all created with miniatures) to the slaves working quarters, where every button and leveller seems to be two times the size that it should be, with some representation methods such as the explosion of one machine, then it slowly morphing into a temple with men whipping others (in a slave worker style), and finally a Indiana jones disco club room where everyone is having a ball, Metropolis definitely has its contrasts when considering environments.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The city of the slaves wasn't in ruins as you could imagine anywhere for a slave being, but instead it was almost like 'the best a slave could get' within the ability to make sure they dont enjoy their home as well, its a strange setting.<br />
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Of course this movie is well dated, but doesn’t mean it doesn’t also come without influencing other film makers…<br />
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“Filmmaker Fritz Lang gives us a shockingly prophetic view of armies of downtrodden workers, all clad in the same baggy uniform, their capped heads bent, shuffling in perfect choreography as they descend to the depths of their workaday hell. It is a dizzying precursor to all those Orwellian scenes in our collective cinematic consciousness, with a goodly dose of Joe Versus the Volcano on the side.”<br />
“Frankenstein, Blade Runner, and even Madonna’s 1989 video “Express Yourself” are heavily indebted to the incredible production design of Metropolis,”<br />
<a href="http://film-forward.com/metropolis.html">http://film-forward.com/metropolis.html</a> <br />
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“Like "Blade Runner," which borrowed from it, "Metropolis" is a futuristic spectacle about class divisions in a glittering high-rise city. But whereas "Blade Runner" was believably gritty, "Metropolis" is an artifact of abstract expressionism, steeped in the theatrics of Wagnerian opera.”<br />
<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/article_c64be241-b5ae-5f89-bf7d-c86c46b53a1e.html">http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/article_c64be241-b5ae-5f89-bf7d-c86c46b53a1e.html</a> <br />
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“Supposedly George Lucas' C-3PO was created in homage to the robot woman played by Brigitte Helm”<br />
<a href="http://www.indiemoviesonline.com/reviews/metropolis-aka-the-complete-metropolis-2010-restored-version-090910">http://www.indiemoviesonline.com/reviews/metropolis-aka-the-complete-metropolis-2010-restored-version-090910</a><br />
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Even character design from the robot of Metropolis is rumored to have sparked CP30 from one of the most famous sci-fi films ever created.<br />
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I do know a lot of my friends who hate the idea of watching silent films, which is a great shame, I did not like the aspect either until I became older, and actually understood that a lot of the famous and influential movies that surround use to date, are only as good as their original inspirations, I hope some of the quotes I have provided concrete this idea.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-90175169667715744472010-10-27T06:00:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:20:37.910-07:00The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u>The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)</u></strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><u><br />
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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was shamefully my first ever silent movie, but nether less I did enjoy some parts of the movie; but my overall view consisted of it being short paced with a fast ending.<br />
Key areas of the film that struck me as advanced for its time is the ability of storytelling, for example, we are presented with two men at the beginning just minding their own business until they see a woman, and one man tells the other about his past with that particular woman, and this is how the story continues, through the eyes of one man, but (and I speak for myself alone) I did lose track of him telling the story, and I did buy into everything he was saying as “true events”, which, considering the ending, seemed to be the goal for the director.<br />
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Most my review’s in the next five weeks will focus on set design and environments in which the movie takes place, and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, although hold, can definitely hold its own. <br />
“With its sharp angles and distorted shapes Expressionism--like Cubism and other Modernistic art--strives to impose emotional content on the objects portrayed.”<br />
<a href="http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_20/caligari.htm">http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_20/caligari.htm</a> <br />
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It was a real interest to myself to see strange set designs in such a dated movie, it definitely made the movie more entertaining, but I couldn’t for love nor money find a reasoning for this until the end…<br />
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“Staggering light patterns and deep shadows are used to portray the way the insane look at the world. The stylized set design is among the most impressive I have ever seen.”<br />
<a href="http://goatdog.com/moviePage.php?movieID=464">http://goatdog.com/moviePage.php?movieID=464</a> <br />
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Upon reading several reviews, it became apparent that the set designs where influenced in the mind of the protagonist, (of course myself unaware at the time) the main protagonist is actually insane, and it shows the world through a insane persons head<br />
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The set itself was very sharp, wonky and also very tight, even some objects within the scenes were presented abnormally, for example, pretty much all chairs within the entire movie seemed to come up to the waist of the characters. The movie has also been a foundation for many movies to present, such examples continue to be…<br />
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“One needn’t look far in the culture to see its manifestations, from the works of Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all come readily to mind) to more unexpected places (such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ music video for their single “Otherside”).”<br />
<a href="http://projectionbooth.blogspot.com/2007/01/cabinet-of-dr-caligari.html">http://projectionbooth.blogspot.com/2007/01/cabinet-of-dr-caligari.html</a> <br />
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I personally found quite a few similarities between this movie, and recently released “Shutter Island” with the aspect of everything been viewed via one person’s prospective of the word and their surroundings…<br />
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“One is a great plot twist that doesn't play as simply as the one trick wonder of the recent The Sixth Sense. Although it may shock first time viewers, it doesn't feel manipulative or forced, and subsequent viewings reveal just how well its creators have developed the themes of madness; hence, the common association with Poe. With its multiple layers the deceptive melodramatic screenplay has held up over the years as a real shocker--the kind that certainly had to please the Master of Suspense himself.”<br />
<a href="http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_20/caligari.htm">http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_20/caligari.htm</a> <br />
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The use of music was also very different, for example, there were scenes were you would suspect loud, brave and aggressive tones, but instead there was only silence, almost like a gloomy doom, the main scene that did this that caught my eye was the attemtped kidnap/rape scene, the entire scene went silent.<br />
The plot twist towards the end was completely unseen for myself, I was a complete ‘sucker’ and bought into the entire movie, regardless of the environment.<br />
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As mentioned before the plot is paced, but the ending is thrilling, it doesn’t hit you in the face, but makes you change your personal views on one person completely, which is a very strange and powerful feeling.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>So for our next brief we have been asked to create three final pieces of concept around certain segments of a book, in my case, I recieved 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, which I'm really happy to recieve. Alongside these three pieces of concept art, there will also be work to support them.Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-11454267803860318822010-10-22T15:26:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:28:39.247-07:00Final Scorpion Splice Self Portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TMIPZPE_f7I/AAAAAAAAAQY/Oixtnvszazo/s1600/Ben+Harris-+Scorpion+Splice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TMIPZPE_f7I/AAAAAAAAAQY/Oixtnvszazo/s640/Ben+Harris-+Scorpion+Splice.jpg" width="476" /></a></div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-83163772986210492082010-10-21T06:40:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:22:50.147-07:00Maya Rendering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This scene consister of me complying a selection of renders to create a more indepth final render, this range from ambient, zdepth and beauty rendering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PLEASE note I did not create any objects within this scene, I was given the scene for educational purposes on rendering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Directed By: Vincenzo Natali</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Scientists Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) are on the brink of curing some of the world’s deadliest diseases by combining a variety of creatures DNA, but their work has come to a standstill as their employer wants to concentrate on making protein pills from the DNA, but the scientists want to continue and mix human DNA, and the results are far worse than they expected…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">When I finished watching Splice I decided I have never watched a movie that was so disturbing, disgusting, revolting, but at the same time, ‘mind-blowingly’ fascinating to watch. I say this due to the creature, Dren (Delphine Chaneac), she is the final result of a collection of animals and human DNA mixed together, and the her story is portrayed so well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Of course, like most movies, they give a story to the audience, in Splice, it comes down to family, it shows how some can have family problems dwelling inside them, in this case the main protagonist that has these problems is Elsa Kast, who we believe has had an abusive childhood, and she wants to do everything she can to not be the same mother her mother was to her, but this movie proves that the more you try to move away from something, you could end up doing the complete opposite, and unfortunately Elsa does show signs of her mother inside herself.</span><br />
While Elsa is trying not to be her mother, Clive is trying to do the best he can not to get into trouble, Clive and Elsa clash a lot through this movie, especially at the begining of Dren's birth, he believes it's best to dispose of Dren, and he comes close when he attempts to drown her, until we have the huge twist of growing gills, which Elsa finds shocking that Clive 'knew' and he even lies to cover his tracks from his true intentions, which shows how much Elsa loves Dren to avoid the fact her 'father' almost killed her, Elsa is willing to let it go and continue looking after Dren. Clive throughout the movie slowly progresses to accepting Dren as a part of their trio, maybe not so much as a daughter, but he can see Elsa within her, which inevitably leads him to loving Dren to the extent of them making love on the barn floor until Elsa catches him, and finally they both have to confront their issues and problems which have been lying deep for a while throughout the movie.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Splice isn't just horror or science fiction. It is a film about parenting, portrayed in an ingeniously unfamiliar way as just another form of genetic experimentation. “</span></em><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1296924/Splice-Monstrously-good-fun-feature-offering-horror-movies-lack--wit-charm-sting-tail.html#ixzz12Fnow7Cu"><span style="color: #003399; font-family: inherit;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1296924/Splice-Monstrously-good-fun-feature-offering-horror-movies-lack--wit-charm-sting-tail.html#ixzz12Fnow7Cu</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As you can imagine these two scientist raise this creature as their own, thus showing their own Frankenstein creature, which both characters were named as a homage to the movie Frankenstein’s Bride.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>“With its quirky, tragi-comic tone, the film Splice most resembles is Bride Of Frankenstein (1935). It can hardly be a coincidence that the leading characters' names are Elsa, surely named after Elsa Lanchester, who played the title character, and Clive, after Colin Clive, who played Frankenstein. </em></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found the creature design in the movie very interesting also, mainly because the first two monsters we see, Fred and Ginger, look like blob creatures with a small amount of bone structure, then we are presented with Dren, who is exactly the same, but only with human DNA present, its interesting the differences the creators chose. They also show antennas on Dren when she is a young creature, then she slowly looses them, which can be seen as metamorphism, a lot like her wings, which we dont know she has until much later in the movie, similar with her gills. One thing Dren never fails to do is surprise, which I think helps the audience in keeping entertained.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
</span>What I found most refreshing about this movie is to show what scientists are capable if they have free roam, it’s great to see a director not afraid to push the audiences limit and give them a film that requires intellectual engagment.</div>Not only that, is but the director is more than happy to show the scientists having sex with the creatures, I could imagine a lot of directors shying away from a oppotunity like this, but it made the movie (aside from the mutant creatures) a lot more believable. Dren as a whole is portrayed perfectly, when she is female, we see her actions resemble the animals she is mixed with, from her head tilts which are bird like, to her agility which is taken from her horse aspects; and when she is male and rapes Elsa, we see Dren acting like an animal, he’s not enjoying it, its his primal instinct to mate and populate, he takes no hesitation in the act.<br />
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</span></div></div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-26463563198920098372010-10-13T07:49:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:25:51.648-07:00More Life Drawing...I didnt feel 100% when drawing these images, we were meant to be using the proportion method with use the tip of a pencil to measure the body and make a accurate figure, I think to me feeling a bit sick it didnt help my work, but I believe I gave it the best I could so thats all you can ask of someone...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TLXEmkc9EcI/AAAAAAAAANQ/Eiylq3B-37M/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TLXEmkc9EcI/AAAAAAAAANQ/Eiylq3B-37M/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Ben Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920620867778994671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3158213878194632301.post-16889960501104416462010-10-13T06:23:00.000-07:002010-11-02T06:21:32.707-07:00The Elephant Man (1980) Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><strong>The Elephant Man (1980)</strong></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Directed By: David Lynch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TLWk0ESYm-I/AAAAAAAAAM4/75gb9LBl7v8/s1600/elephant_man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TLWk0ESYm-I/AAAAAAAAAM4/75gb9LBl7v8/s400/elephant_man.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.impawards.com/1980/elephant_man.html">http://www.impawards.com/1980/elephant_man.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Elephant Man being one of the most famous movies in the 1980's it is a insight of the life of a man who is suffering from a disfiguring congenital disease, his name is John Merrick (John Hurt), who is found by doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), who sets out to give John Merrick the life he deserves...</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </span> <br />
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</div>The movie seems to appear as a basic linear structure, but one thing that annoied me the most was the, what I can only call, 'dream-sequences' at the begining and end of the movie, which both featured elephants and John Merrick's mother, where she was originally attacked by a elephant, it is also lead to believe that her fear was so intense that the elephant fear imprinted on her child, John, who was in the womb when she was attacked.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is aso interesting that even though the movie was made in the 1980's it was produced in black and white, I would presume they went with this method to give not only more age to the movie and help it set itself within the period of time it was story takes place, it would also help the audience understand the life style back then, as well as being able to make the actors, in a sense, more believable and more dated.</div><br />
<em>"Black and white widescreen provides a sumptuous backdrop to excellent turns from a youthful Anthony Hopkins and an unrecognisable John Hurt."</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>"abused as an inhuman freak, was gradually coaxed into revealing a soul of such delicacy and refinement that he became a lion of Victorian society."</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/63796/the_elephant_man.html">http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/63796/the_elephant_man.html</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its also astounding from a production side that John Hurt had to undergo hours upon hours of make-up, which does scare a great deal of actors, yet he still substains a rememerable role</div><em>"Here’s a character requiring makeup that entirely obscures the actor’s appearance, and speaking impediments substantial enough to make his voice unrecognizable. Yet Hurt took on the role with relish, and delivers as subtle and wonderful a performance..."</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To conclude I believe this to be a film that should take all credit it deserves, the only real threat I believe the movie has is its length, it did drag on for some time to express a story which could of been shortened, but this could be myself being a member of the 'YouTube-Generation' otherwise I really enjoyed The Elephant Man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't want to use the original image because I thought it would be better for me to practice with another image, the only problem I had with my image is the white colouring, it did make the image wash out a bit, but the blue added a very nice tint to the metal work on the chairs as well as the character in the cinema.</div>I also thought to move the chairs at the back further back to make the shadows appear more, plus they were already quite close to the other set.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">Spot Light and Directional Lighting</span></u></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It’s interesting the reaction I see when someone sees this image, first is disgust, then curiosity, then realisation of what aids can create, I believe these two posters are very effective, especially for those who fear scorpions and spiders...</div><div class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Another thing to note is the fact that both these creatures come in a variety of colours, for example, the scorpion I am researching is a Deathstalker Scorpion which is indeed yellow, and I'm highly aware that spiders come in a range of colours; with the creatures colours it is also interesting to see the contract they have against the backgrounds, which of course is close to pure white. All these notifications are there for a reason, the colour of the creature to disgust and let us associate it with dirt, and the white backgrounds to bring this feeling forward to the viewer more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TKyUC7F7VZI/AAAAAAAAAKY/t1-2Dt_fs2I/s1600/aids-awareness-spider-small-16680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGOU0GrZoxE/TKyUC7F7VZI/AAAAAAAAAKY/t1-2Dt_fs2I/s640/aids-awareness-spider-small-16680.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can also understand the choice of these two creatures, being two of the most feared insects its understandable to relate them to something you can see, but fear. When I was thinking of other creatures they could have possibly replaced them with also barely any come to mind, and the ones that do, don't match these two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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