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Updated Artist Statement

Although I do not consider myself to be an artist, for lack of a better word- I continue. I like to design and create digitalized versions of what I would otherwise consider to be rather mundane work. The internet is creating a venue for people like myself to do so freely, as can be seen in the emerging computerist culture. Design medium which I frequent are color, digitalization, and playful juxtaposition. I have a favorability towards even numbers, as can be seen in my keen adherence to symmetry in everything I create. Artistic endeavors upon which I embark tend to fall into place serendipitously. I like to think that art is about more than a simple, aesthetically appealing phenotype. I would consider myself more of a programmer than anything. And try to use my computer skills when working on more 'artisinal' creations. Computers are just creative as a human mind, and although composed of 0's and 1's, and although you have to figure out how to navigate their complex interfaces- the possibilities of any work I create using the combination of computers and art I feel are endless.

The scene I chose for this blog assignment was the lunch scene from “The Breakfast Club”. The reason I chose this scene is because like the rest of the movie, I feel that it is very well edited. In addition to being well edited, I feel that it is edited in a way that also lends to the character development. The shot length and frame placement also lends to the ideas of the movie as well; with certain characters receiving of a different angle than others, and at different lengths- thus somewhat speaking to their character traits. An example of this can be seen in Alison’s character (the one sitting in the back of the library with a black sweater and a sandwich covered in pixie sticks. Her shots tend to be longer and unlike the others who are all shot from either a neutral or angle which looks down at them, she is shot from an angle which looks up at her. I feel like her unique angles and shot lengths are testaments to the very different and almost stereotypically bizarre nature of her character, the ‘Basketcase’. I feel like the disparity in shot length between the different characters works perfectly for the reason lister above, it lends to character development. I do feel that the shots move around the library geographically; giving the scene nothing more special than a plain high school vibe. In this was, I feel that the shots connect very well to the mood of the film at this point- an almost mundane organization to the shots that are trying to convey a boring part of the day for the students.