Paper Airplanes

I feel like the paper airplane experiment was a success. It demonstrated how hard it is to make something aerodynamic. When we threw the airplanes in the classroom, I thought there was a better outcome because there was no wind to interfere with the flight of the airplane. Unlike outside when we threw the airplanes off the parking garage, the wind took the planes and didn't give an accurate representation of the flight.

19th Century Opera

Opera in the 19^th Century had many women who dominated opera from the mid 19^th century. It was said that no male singer was more popular. People like Adelina Patti, Jenny Lind, and Natalie Melba were all sopranos. A soprano is the highest female voice that has the flexibility to handle the most brilliant music. Opera singers attained a huge fortune and it was common for them to flaunt their wealth. Opera in the 19^th Century had no particular unity to it. The only thing that had any form of unity was in the stage design. Rehearsals were rare and the singers would almost never rehearse with the rest of the cast. The singer was always center stage and looked as if they ignored everything else.

Mise-en-scene is everything that appears in the framing. So this would include actors, lighting, décor, props, costume, etc. It is a French word that means “placing on stage”. Another thing that is considered part of the mise-en-scene is the camera work and framework of a movie. In cinema, the placement on the stage is important because that is how it appears on the screen. The director is in charge of deciding on what goes where, at what time, and how. Basically, if it is on the screen and if it is a physical object that gets recorded by the camera, then it is part of the mise-en-scene. Academically speaking, mise-en-scene is the collaboration of many professionals in the production environment. Everyone in the production such as the prop master, the set designer, the actors, or the make up artists all have an influence in the mise-en-scene.

In the opera I watched, I discovered that the singer had the crowd all to himself. The audience reacted in a positive way. Technology is used in opera because of acoustics and sometimes in the performance the performers are hoisted up using hydraulics or pulley systems that levitate them.

Pjotr Sepegin's Madama Butterfly

I don't really know what to say about this video... It was really weird and awkward and I didn't want to continue watching after the first minute. Also, I don't really understand the concept of it.

What Is Art & Technology?

I think art is the human imagination put into visual form. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Put together, I think Art and Technology is a demonstration of visual images and how they interrelate with technology. There is a lot of emphasis on modern technology such as radio, television, computers, and the internet. My opinion of Art and Technology is that it is an interesting combination. I am interested in learning more about todays technology.