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The final riveting installment, …. “a night in”.. #networkedmedia #rmit #doors #nomoredoorvideos

A post shared by Toby Lang (@tobylangdrums) on Oct 13, 2018 at 5:50pm PDT

How did you author the video you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I made this video yet again using my iPhone 6s with the rear camera no flash. I started the shot right on the window of the door so by the end of the clip I walked backwards to get the full door in view. Each video I’ve made for this project has featured the same door with something to do with my cat and his relationship with the door. I filmed this clip through the IOS camera app and then made a short edit to streamline it using the iMovie. I decided to not use a filter on this one as I thought there was enough going on with the colours form the coloured glass windows.

How did you publish the video you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I started by publishing to my personal Instagram account (tobylangdrums) and then explored the possibilities of how to repost directly to my networked media account (tlangrmit). I tried to do the same thing with my week 10 video but found I couldn’t find an intuitive way to get it done. On a closer look this week I discovered there is no way to clearly repost between accounts using the Instagram app but there are other apps have been designed to repost videos by utilising the ‘copy link’ function. I tried to do this using the ‘Repost’ but when it came to the final stage of the process it wanted money, I opted out.

How did you distribute the video you published on Instagram to other social media services?

With this particular video I was wondering whether I would leave it off my Facebook account as I feel that style of social media platform might be getting a little tired of my uni project clips. Instagram tends to be a social space that’s more open to ideas and just trying things out. Quite often with Instagram I’ll make a post and see if anyone reacts to it over an hour or two to then decide if it will be suitable as a Facebook post. I don’t think I have ever really reversed that process as I feel Instagram is a lot more understanding space. I ended up posting to both Instagram accounts and then later to Facebook, it felt like a pretty silly series of videos but I needed to complete the set.

How did you author the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram?

Like every other photo I shot this pic on my iPhone 6s using the rear camera without using a flash. I tend to rarely use a flash with smartphones as I feel it can really washout a photo, I would prefer photos to be dark over being too bright.  I took the shot straight in front of the door from about a metre back and only needed to take one photo as I felt the image spoke for itself.

How did you publish the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

The reason I take pics and store them in the library as opposed to using the Instagram camera is that I never really know if I’m going to post the photo and would like to make that decision at a later time.  This was the first photo in this project that hasn’t been the back door at home, I was visiting this place with my partner and simply just loved the door and thought, I have to add this to my assignment. I also added some more general hashtags such as #fitzroy and #doors to see what kind of coverage it would get.

How did you distribute the photo you published on Instagram to other social media services?

I posted this photo to both of my Instagram accounts and also shared it to Facebook. As I felt this photo was less personal to my space I added a few hashtags to put it out to the public. I was particularly surprised to get some’ likes’ from photographers who had a few thousand followers, even one that specialised in photos of doors around the world. As a hack photographer and Instagrammer it gave me a slight thrill that someone who successfully dedicates so much time and effort into their art appreciates someone I’ve offered in a similar field.

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Episode 2 of uni assignment “door”videos.. I call this one “time apart” #rmit #networkedmedia

A post shared by Toby Lang (@tobylangdrums) on Oct 5, 2018 at 8:14pm PDT

How did you author the video you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I shot this video on my iPhone 6s using the rear camera, so far I have been filming to same door (backdoor to my house) as a sort of series. My cat Willie always gets very active around this door so I thought I would feature his antics and relationship with going in and outside all day. As a part of this process I’ve decided to give each video a title to try make a small joke of the situation, This one is called “time apart” as he leaves Lulu the other cat behind (not particularly funny, just stupid really).

How did you publish the video you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I published this video to my personal Instagram account (tobylangdrums) after selecting from the iPhone library. It was taken mid morning so I was getting some nice sunlight coming through the north facing door, I played with some filters to try and enhance the sunlight but not sure if that adversely affected the last part of the video when I walked outside to the shaded area.

How did you distribute the video you published on Instagram to other social media services? 

I filmed this through the iPhone camera app and then uploaded to my personal Instagram account about an hour later. It was the first time I’ve added a filter to a video on Instagram as I haven’t posted many videos in the past. Like the other media I’ve posted for this subject and shared straight to my Facebook account via the share function on the Instagram app keeping the initial post intact. I also reposted a few days later to my Instagram account that I’ve setup up for this assignment. A few friends have told my they were enjoying the “door series” on my feeds so I feel compelled to complete the trilogy with episode three next week.

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Uni assignment pic number 2.. “door from the other side”.. ohh the perspectives! Stay tuned for accompanying video (spoiler alert.. the door opens) #rmit #networkedmedia

A post shared by Toby Lang (@tobylangdrums) on Oct 5, 2018 at 6:43pm PDT

How did you author the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I took this photo with my iPhone 6s using the rear camera without flash, the same as the last picture. This time I took the photo using the Instagram app so had to size up the shot in the square format. This is the same door as last weeks post but from outside to give a different perspective, I didn’t feel the need to take a technically well crafted picture i just wanted to see it from the view I have sitting outside in the morning having a coffee.

How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I took this photo directly through the Instagram app just to try it out for the assignment. In the past I have always used the iPhone photo app and then selected a picture via the library function. I only ended up taking the one shot and didn’t give it a filter, I found that taking a picture through the Instagram app didn’t inspire me to take multiple shots for some reason. Maybe as I become more familiar with that process I’ll think about taking extra shots.

How did you distribute the photo you published on Instagram to other social media services? 

I intially published the photo to my personal Instagram account with a slightly sarcastic post that would appeal to the friends and colleagues that follow me. I also shared the exact post to my Facebook account without editing anything including hashtags (#rmit #networked media) I felt like if I just added it to these accounts without any explanation it wouldn’t have made much sense to anyone who knows or follows me. A few days later I tried to share it to my Instagram account I set up for this subject but found I had to to repost it from scratch which surprised me.

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Taking some short clips featuring “doors” for a uni project.. yes that’s right!… I call this one.. “nope”

A post shared by Toby Lang (@tobylangdrums) on Sep 26, 2018 at 10:03pm PDT

How did you author the video you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I took this video with my iPhone 6s using in the inbuilt camera app with the intention of editing within that app. I was initially going to take a 5 second video of the door when my cat entered the shot just staring at the door so I thought ‘everyone loves a cat video’..he can be in it. I did a quick crop edit to shorten the video by about 20 seconds and then uploaded it.

How did you publish the video you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I published the video to my personal Instagram account by selecting it from the library. It did chop out the bottom of the screen publishing this way but not enough for it to be a problem. As I was uploading this video to my personal accounts (Instagram, Facebook) I thought it needed an explanation and a touch of humour so I gave it a caption that helped it sync to the tone of my accounts. I chose not to hashtag this particular video as I would like to try different approaches to the three videos.

How did you distribute the video you published on Instagram to
other social media services? 

I started by posting it to my personal Instagram account and using the share function within the app to add it to my Facebook account. I found that adding a short description of why I was adding a video of my door helped put context to anyone who came across the post. Having a cat in there always helps in the land of social media.

How did you author the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I took this photo with my iPhone 6s using the rear camera and didn’t use the flash function. I used the camera app in the iPhone and then uploaded to Instagram through the photo library. This door leads out to the courtyard in the house I rent in Carlton, it was the selling point for picking the house because we liked how the sunlight came through the coloured glass in the afternoon. At this stage I’m thinking I might make this particular door the focus of the blog posts.

How did you publish the photo you recorded for upload to Instagram? 

I took about six different shots from the same position and angle and then picked the one which had the best lighting for my taste. I didn’t use a filter for the image as I was happy with how it looked. I published this photo to the Instagram account I set up for this assignment (Tlangrmit) but didn’t feel the need to add any hashtags as I wanted to keep this part of the assignment relatively private.

How did you distribute the photo you published on Instagram to
other social media services? 

I started by posting this photo this photo to the rmit account that was setup with the idea of then sharing it with my personal Instagram account. I haven’t quite worked out how to easily share one photo between two linked Instagram account as there doesn’t seem to be a quick option in the app like there is for Facebook or Tumblr. Saying that I quickly set up an account in Tumblr so I had more options to sharing, I’m not really looking into developing the Tumblr account after this assignment though.

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It’s Friday the 13th & if you’re superstitious then there is a long list of unlucky things you shouldn’t do today. Here’s a sweet reminder of the top five that will help keep you alive! Of course if you find today’s hidden emoji within my animation, a black outline of the four leaf clover #🍀, then luck is bound to come your way! Let me know if you find it, but don’t spoil where it is for everyone else playing along…that would be unlucky for them! All luck aside, I hope you all have a happy Friday! #ispyemojis #stopmotion #animation #art #drawing #illustration #instavideo #instavid #lucky #unlucky #brokenmirror #blackcat #superstitious #superstition #fridaythe13th #friday13th

A post shared by Rachel Ryle (@rachelryle) on Oct 13, 2017 at 5:01am PDT

Who is the practitioner and when were they practicing?

This video is titled “Friday The 13th!” and was created by Rachel Ryle who is an illustrator and animator who publishes her short animations on Instagram to over 1 million followers. Although she has been illustrating for most of her life she began animating in 2013.

With the video you are examining when was it produced (date)?

This video was uploaded to her account on the 13th of October in 2017 which was a Friday. It acts as a sort of homage to the superstitious nature of Friday the 13th.

How was the photo or video authored?

She is famous for using stop animation techniques for her videos which seems to be the common thread in her online work. It is filmed with a static camera from above and begins with her drawing with a pencil, the animated images look like they have been created by software as opposed to hand drawing as the lines are so perfect and later in the video there are some 3D effects. It’s also set against quite dramatic music and very cartoon like sound effects such as the mirror smashing.

How was the photo or video published?

The video was published to her Instagram account which has a huge following of over one million subscribers, this particularly video has been viewed 174,116 times so far. Even though all her videos are posted to her Youtube account they all seem to run for under one minute which is the Instagram limit so I presume that is her target market and art form.

How was the photo or video distributed?

This video was distributed through Rachel’s major social media accounts which consists of Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Facebook. With the amount of followers she has on these platforms it must have been constantly shared and viewed around the world outside of her accounts. Her Youtube page has all her animations categorised into separate genres and headings, I noticed that this video had only been viewed 807 times on Youtube as opposed to 174K on Instagram.

References

http://www.rachelryle.com/artist/

https://www.instagram.com/rachelryle/

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

Marrioly Vazquez who goes by the name Maria Marie, she is a Mexican photographer who lives in London.

With the photo you are examining when was it produced (date)?

The photo was taken in Mexico in the city of Merida, it doesn’t seem to have a given title. It was uploaded to her Instagram account on August 31st 2018.

How was the photo authored?

It appears to have been taken on a professional camera as opposed to a smartphone. The photo utilises her trademark pastel colour scheme matched with travel scenes from Mexico. It appears that her photos are being used for tourism purposes due to some of the attached hashtags #visitmexico #passionpassport

How was the photo published?

The photo was published to her Instagram account which has 130k followers, she also has a blog linked to her Insta account where she also posts a lot of her photos. She also has a book out called “Pastel Moods” which features her work which focuses on travel, lifestyle and interior design.

How was the photo or video distributed?

The photo was posted on her Instagram account which has 130k followers and possibly on her blog. By the looks of the hashtags the photo circulated through many travel blogging and tourism sites. It looks like this particular photo might be too recent to have made it to the “Pastel Moods” book.

References

http://cestmaria.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cestmaria/

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

Nam June Paik was a Korean artist known to be the founder of video art. His first works were published in 1963 and continued producing until close to his death in 2006.

With the photo or video you are examining when was it produced (date)?

“TV Buddha” was produced in 1974.

How was the photo or video authored?

A camera and monitor were set up to create a video loop that distorted the image of the bronze buddha in real time. It is said to juxtapose the ideas of the East and West, history meets the future. The buddhas’s image is reflected back to itself on the tv screen.

How was the photo or video published?

It was published as an installation in exhibitions, it was originally made as a gap-filler for an empty wall in his fourth show in the Galeria Bonino, New York. He has constructed multiple set ups of the sculpture over his career which slightly different materials.

How was the photo or video distributed?

It has been exhibited in many galleries including the Guggenheim in New York, it is currently in Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

References

www.vmfa.museum/mlit/looking-buddha-watching-tv

http://100photos.time.com/photos/henri-cartier-bresson-behind-gare-saint-lazare#photograph

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in 1908 and was a French street photographer. His first exhibition was in 1932 in New York at the Julien Levy Gallery. The photo is entitled “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare”

With the photo or video you are examining when was it produced (date)?

It was produced in 1932 on gelatine silver print.

How was the photo or video authored?

This photo was taken in 1932 behind Paris’ Saint-Lazare station on his Leica 35mm camera with no flash. It is a classic example of the “Decisive Moment” a phrase Cartier-Bresson coined regarding catching a fleeting moment on film.

How was the photo or video published?

The photo was printed in his book “The Decisive Moment” which was published in 1952. It contained 126 photos from his travels around the world.

How was the photo or video distributed?

He had his first exhibition in France in 1955 at the Louvre in Paris. It has been available to view in Moma in New York for many years, it is also available from multiple sources online such as magnum photos

References

http://100photos.time.com/photos/henri-cartier-bresson-behind-gare-saint-lazare#photograph

https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/83.190