Audio Tour - WM Keck Museum

http://www.unr.edu/art/digital_media/tour/unr/005_Kostecki.mp3 <-- Link to mp3 of audio tour. - For this project I chose to do a tour of the WM Keck Mineral Museum on the UNR campus. Making an audio tour for a mineral museum was a unique challenge because of the objective nature of a scientific museum. Even though I think the museum is rather interesting, I wanted to give a sense of intrigue and maybe a bit of pizzazz to this space, and make it "smooth" and "cool." A film noir theme seemed to fit just right. There was enough material to use as clues of sort, but at the same time, I encountered the problem of being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff the museum has. I ended up cutting and re-recording many parts so that they would fit into a neat little tour. When it comes to the actual story of the tour, I did not intent for there to be a clear plot. I wanted it to be open ended, leaving enough to the imagination of the listeners, but I also did not want to take away from the exhibits themselves.

Youtube Mixer

Final Presentation

http://prezi.com/zj56v7pva1z1/present/?auth_key=eawsgyf&follow=oklhqklejdih

Altered Reality

This is the final rendition of my altered reality project. It is a shot from outside my apartment, of the view that lies behind it. I chose this particular shot because I enjoyed how the two buildings framed the background scenery, almost like an alleyway opening up to a vast landscape of mountains and trees. I rendered the buildings and the center-most tree, as well as the fence. 

Altered Reality Proposal

This picture shows the area just outside of my apartment. I'm choosing this shot because of the contrast between the buildings and the backdrop, and how they frame the view behind them. I plan on making models of the buildings, and I'm debating on wether to model the fence too. I like the idea of "digitalizing" the man-made elements in this shot. The shadow is also something I might consider altering also. 

3D Modeling

For this model I was trying to focus on being anatomically correct, as I used a front and side picture of my own face to use as a guide. Some aspect worked better than others, but I personally prefer the profile angle, and the front view, since those were what I had the best idea of and thus are the angles that most closely resemble me. Although in the end it does not entirely have my likeness, the basic human shape still reads, and is recognizable.

New Aesthetic Selection

http://youtu.be/8Mrj8sOq2Fo

I found this video before watching "The New Aesthetic," and enjoyed it very much, but I wasn't entirely sure why. It was visually pleasing, being very colorful, and crisp, and fun, but it was only after watching "The New Aesthetic" did this particular video make sense to why it appealed to me as much as it did. It's integration of the eye of the machine into our lives. It also frightened me in the sense that it portrays in a literal way just how much the tempo of our lives are affected.