The Western Wall (also known as the Wailing Wall) is an important Jewish religious site located in the old city of Jerusalem. It is important because It's purpose is to mourn the destruction of the old temple; it is the last remnant. The total height of the wall is 32 meters and is 1600 feet wide. It was build among the temple mount in the 10th century and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.

Many people of the Jewish faith make pilgrimages to the temple as it is essally excess able and is a very holy spot. The people of Jewish faith wrote their prayers on a slip of paper and placed them in the cracks of the Western Wall. Many people think that those of Jewish faith can not set a foot upon the Temple Mount because it is considered a sin. The Jewish people believe that the temple was created by King David and was one of the first .

When the Roman Emperor Vespasian was in the midst of his take over. He left the temple standing as a reminder of what he conquered. In 1967, the Western Wall was under the control of Israel. During events like Bar Mitzvahs or Jerusalem Day people gather around to pray.

Other cultures besides besides the Jewish faith find meaning in the Western Wall. In the Islamic faith, it is believed that the Prophet Muhammad left his winged steed, Buraq by the Western Wall(they call it Al-Buraq Wall) A few cultures have their own opinions about the Western Wall. Palestienian have their own opinions as does the Jewish, Israeli, and the Egyptians. They have their own opinions about the Western Wall and it's origins.

IT'S A ZOMBIE GORILLA APOCOLYPSE!!!

So there is this group called the Gorillaz. They're an ok group. My favorite song by them is Clint Eastwood. The video is all about them hanging out at a cemetery until zombie gorillas rise from the grave to attack them. However why I like this video specifically is the fact that it's all animated. All of their videos are animated cartoon characters. The animation is different in different videos but it's still cool. I hear that even at their concerts they have the videos of their songs playing and a silloette in the background. Here is a link or one of their songs.

Goodbye March Break :(

Well, March Break is done. Back to reality for everybody. Althought I'm not too crazy that it's over(since it was too much fun) I accually am looking forward to April because Kick-ass is coming out in April was well as Nighmare in Elm Street. So even though I'm sad to see March Break go, at least I have something to look forward to right?

Technical and Artistic Reflection.

Hi readers. So finally I finished my typography assignment. Which also means the Typography unit is finishing. So in a previous blog entry, I think I touched on what I did fro my typography, well now I'm going more in depth about it...almost reflecting on it..O.O...

Anyway, my Kinetic Typography assignment was called Jack's Persuation.Looking back I probably could've chosen a better name but it is what it is. The medium I got the audio from was Pirates of the Caribbean Deadman's Chest. It was the part where Jack does what Jack does best, he smooth talks his way out of his problems.He manages to persuade Former Commodore Norringtion into ditching the key to Davy Jones' heart to fight Will Turner. To make my Typography I use Flash MX.

I used several layers during this assignment(Eight to be exact).I also switched to different fonts through out the assignment as well as different backgrounds. Even though it took very long, feel that the time that I put in was worth it in the end. As a class I think we learned a few cool thing to pull off some of the complicated technical stuff that we did.I am happy with my work.

I don't think there is a specific part of the assignment that I didn't like. I think I put a good amount of time into and I think it shows. Our teacher did show me a few things like how to adjust the alpha of an image. Personally, I don't think mine is as good as some of my classmates or the others that you might see. Although this is a very time consuming process I think that it shows that I put the time and effort in by the quality of my work. Sadly my only regret is that I don't feel like I spent my time as effectively as I could've.

As for my design choices, the backgrounds for my stage change three times during the animation. In the beginning of the presentation Norington is speaking to Will saying "do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life" the background was purple but had a pattern kinda blended into the purple. Purple was a very regal colour in England. Iwas was also coupled with a fancy font with a pinkish read colour. Because Norington was a very important man, choosing a regal colour seem like a good idea. Choosing a dingy colour would've worked as well since he is now disgraced.For Will, because he was a blacksmith I had a stoney background coupled with a kind of stoney font. For Jack Sparrow, I gave his background a ripped, tattered, parchment look with a bit of blood spalatter on the top for effect. It was also coupled with a kind of scratchy hand written font.

What I found difficult was the course of the animation it's self. One I got the hang of it, the animation wasn't that difficult. The next problem I experienced was chosing the backgrounds. Solid colours where too plain to do the job right so I then had to think even deeper. With the deeper thought process and advice from our teacher, I did end up using patterns in addition to using solid colours to make the background more interesting.

That's it for my reflection.Thanks for reading. :)

Nightmare on Elm Street remake

Most people may or may not be in favor of the new Nightmare on Elm Street remake coming out in April, however I for one am looking forward to it. Now there are visible difference between The Elm Street of 1984 and the up and coming 2010 remake besides the obvious casting differences. Because of the new special effects we use in movies now, they should be able to pull of a lot of complex dream sequences. They have also changed the look of the glove as well as the overall attitude of Freddy Krueger. Also, Robert Englund is not returning for the role of Freddy Krueger which would be sad if not for the fact that Fred Krueger will be played by Jackie Earle Haley who played Rorschach in Watchman. Now I'm not complaining about these changes, I'm in favor of them, (most of them) however hopefully this movie won't disappoint me because the effect look fantastic. This link is the link to the trailer.

Space Bounty hunters

Most of my drawing are spontaneous. I hardly ever plan out my drawings. No exception to this is a picture of Boba Fett from Star Wars.I did said picture completely out of boredom and I will say it came good for my first one. I don't have a copy of the picture on the computer but I'll upload it on a later date. For those who have never heard of Boba Fett except from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, This is a picture of him when he's all grown up.

Kinetic Typography

So this past week, my class and I have been working on Kinetic Typography assignments. For those who don't know, Kinetic Typography is basically moving words. What you do is you take source material like a song or and audio clip of a movie and animate the words to the source material.It does take a lot of time and patience depending on the length of your animation but the finished product will be worth it. The program we're using is flash however there might be other programs you can do Kinetic Typography with. The links below will show you examples of Kinetic Typography. One does contain strong language.