CNN: The most creative Youtube videos ever

I was very impressed after I finished watching, "CNN: The most creative Youtube videos ever." All the clips shown are great examples of what happens when art and technology cross paths. Youtube was searching for the most creative and innovative clips out there and received thousands of submissions from all over the world. One of the videos played was food being tossed up in the air in slow motion. When I saw that I thought about how people used to paint portraits of fruit and that would be the full project. Now, they took something old and combined the use of technology to create something that is still art, but the use of video cameras and computers is what makes it a masterpiece. Another video thats brings old art to the new modern art of technology is the video of John Lennon's voice. A teenager snuck into his hotel room and was able to get an interview with him. This interview of Lennon was transformed into an animated video of his voice almost four decades later. The news reporter even said the interview itself tells us a lot about the time the interview took place (1969). Nowadays, no one would be able to sneak into a celebrity's hotel room. The teenager used the digital world to create a modern and tech savvy clip of a recorded interview that was recorded decades prior. I think this whole video shows us how art will never disappear, it just changes and adapts to the time period we are in.

Madama Butterfly

The first thing I noticed while watching, "Madama Butterfly" was the claymation. I find claymation videos to be very amusing and I give a lot of credit to the producers. To make a claymation video takes hours since you have to move the characters one by one and take one shot after another. Almost like making one of the flip books but much harder and more tedious.
The way the whole oprea was portrayed in this short video was beautiful, graceful, but most of all tragic. I enjoyed how there was little to no words so I was forced to put the pieces together and make sense of it on my own- especially since I have not seen the original oprea or had an background information prior to taking this class. You're able to see the bond between a mother and child in the video. The way the umbilical cord is almost like a string to a kite, keeping each other grounded is something I picked up from watching the video and created a deeper meaning for it myself. Overall, the whole video was very impressive because the producers were able to summarize an opera and create a claymation video out of it.

Raul Cuero's Interview About Creativity

After watching the interview on Raul Cuero's thoughts about creativity, I can say I agree with everything he said. I do believe that a person should not only be aware of what is going on around them locally, but also universally. I think that there are many connections to what is happening other places in the world that can and will affect us in our hometown area. Another point that Cuero brought up was about intellectual culture being lost in the American education system. This point stood out to be because I think myself, as well as many other individuals believe in this too and was waiting for someone to put it into words. Education has become a system where students are there to be groomed and trained for a career they will later take on in life as opposed to trying to find their strength and weaknesses. Once the strengths and weaknesses are identified, they should both be nurtured so the student can succeed in any environment, not just where they end up working. I know so many intelligent people who are turned off by the type of education system they are put into. With that being said, I also believe that learning by doing is a teaching strategy that our system also does not have. I consider myself a hands-on learner so when I am put in front of a screen and that is the only way I am expected to obtain the material, I am setting myself up for failure.

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Hi! My name is Maayan. I am currently a sophomore attending the University of Tampa working towards a BA in advertising and public relations. I am originally from New Jersey but now live in Florida year round. I would consider myself outgoing and personable. Meeting new people and adapting to the environment around me is something that comes very easy to me. I love trying new things and am always ready for whatever life throws at me.