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Response to Video Editing for N00bs

Mark Montgomery wrote a simple, very easy guide to getting started into video editing. The author assumes the reader is young, a student and technically inclined and saavy so that getting started into video editing should not be a hurdle and those responsibilities may possibly be asked upon by a family member or at work.

The first step is acquiring the equipment needed to perform video editing such an external harddrive, extra monitor and various software from built into the operating system to professional level Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere.

The next step is to come up with a file naming convention and organization of video, audio and picture files to be stored so that files can be referenced easily.

Then it is finally time to think about story telling through A/B editing with A being the primary action of the video and B being the ancillary and visual additions to the video. Context must be carefully thought of to present an interesting subject matter in the form of video to the audience.

Finally, add credits to the video for the proud people involved in the work.

I found this article extremely simple to read and contained nothing new to me into the foray of video editing. However, it did serve as an excellent refresher to me to get started in working with video.

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Response - Video Editing For Noobs

I thought this article had some good points for the beginning film editor. From someone who is new to video editing and production, the section on pacing and the amount of time you are supposed to take in terms of pacing your edits was something I had not thought of before but it makes sense when you think about action scenes or dramatic scenes.

I also thought it was a good point to mention that you don’t have to think of the process in linear terms. Using the example of the baby being born/hospital story interspersed with edits of B-roll film puts that idea into the proper context and is, again, something to think about for someone who doesn’t necessarily have experience thinking about setting up a story visually.

Since I plan on using Adobe Premiere and have used it once before for a project I was glad to see they referenced it in the article as being one of the tools you can use, but I thought the most important point is in the section called “Keep it Simple” when the author talks about having a clear objective. I compare this to being the same as in music or in writing a short work of fiction for instance. You have to have something to say or at least a clear idea of what your song or story is going to be about before you begin. Although, depending on what type of story you are trying to tell, it is my belief that you don’t necessarily have to “keep the audience in mind,” as the author suggests, Sometimes that type of thinking can really bog down the creative process. I think maybe a better way to articulate that thought would be to simply always try to stay consistent with what it is you are trying to communicate with the audience or simply just know what general idea or feeling you are trying to get across.

Gabe Rosen

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Alaska Bear Hunting

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My Example of Video Editing

Testing video editing

Um...experimenting?

Grant Baumgartner In Class Video

This ended up sounding kinda creepy.

First Cut, Waterfall

Jesse Walsh Video in Class 3

Reading Response: Video Editing For Noobs

This article was useful for me being a “NOOb” it delivered important rules to editing video like 3 second before any cut scene. This is important because in today media videos are cut into so many scenes. It’s unnoticed how much work the editor goes through creating your favorite movie. The most important thing in creating a video is the amount of footage you capture it don’t matter because you can edited it so capture as much as possible. I tried to make video without editing it never came out great because all the mistake and audio imperfection. Such as the background noises, voices, shifting of cameras.

The article say to make a video you need to establish two main part of the video. One is the primary massage of the video. The massage should be clear to the viewer or audience this is call the A-roll. The extra tricks and footage can be combined to give the video more spunk or design to help make the A-roll clearer.

Video Editing for N00bs

This article I thought was a great overview of the process of video editing and what to expect along the way, not only in learning something about the technical aspects of the software, but some basics about storyline, composition, and perhaps how the video editing means and may be influenced by other variables, for example, of what may or not be important to include in video editing.

Overall, this article points out useful tips to not only stay organized while creating a video storyline, but the article also suggests software to be used as an initial experience to video editing. Here are some good tips that this article points out: keeping it simple; compress your time and pacing; and finally to remember to give yourself and others credit.

Regarding keeping it simple with video editing, according to the article, was to focus on the goal of the video itself; keeping organized by labeling folders appropriately before getting started; and always keeping the audience context in mind. And as the result be after creating and then viewing this newly created video would be then of compositions with both A-roll and B-roll elements. An A-roll is a term meant to distinguish the primary action of the video, while B-roll are the supportive visuals within the video.

I learned while compressing time and pacing, the video editor has much control over how the video is composed to tell the story. A part of that composition is the pacing involved depending on the type of event that is shot or the emphasis that is requested for a particular segment of time. The main thing, I think, I learned is make sure enough information that is needed for the video within the composition to consider how those different variables could be represented in different ways, while at the same time making sure that there is enough possible flexibility within the composition to allow the storyline to work well.

Response to Grace Taking Form: Marey's Movement Machines

I have an interest in the combination of art and technology and Grace Taking Form gives me perspective on the history and development of capturing motion. Marey believed human eyes did not operate at a high enough frequency to accurately perceive movement of nature or things around us. This reminds me a lot of Muybridge's work to settle a bet with someone by proving that all four legs of a horse are off the ground when in motion. Also, a mockingbird flaps its wings at such a high rate that it requires sufficient nutrients or else it cannot support itself flying around. Then there is Bruce Lee's famed punches and kicks were actually too fast for film cameras to capture.

The idea that Marey had to plot the position and time of movements of anything on a graph appeals the math nerd in me. I'm reminded of Calculus where on this graph, tangent lines can be shown at certain parts of the curve on the graph is where we can find the change of rate of motion at the very moment.

Response regarding Marey's Movement Machines:

I found this article to be an interesting in-depth description of the study of Etienne-Jules Marey's (1830 -1904) measurements as a result of the machines he invested to measure what can not be perceived and actual visible movement. In a mechanical way, he proved his theories and experimented with perception to calculate movement and how it was taking shape. This article explains his study of movement and I think how one may also learn from this information to understand more about how movement is expressed.

There is various things about movement that Marey focuses on about this topic: not only the curves of movement but the curves in movement; the complexity of mechanisms of perception as linked to movement; techniques of relation and how the senses themselves perhaps can be perceived as a process coupling with the environment; the relationship of time, movement, and space; the capacity to feel movement that would be experienced as imperceptible; and Marey's machines themselves that were open to experimentation to invite a new way of thought.

Overall, I think movement, as a result of this article, shows how the details of movement and rhythm are important to show perhaps both learned and experimental ways to express this naturally and how this information could be used today as a tool towards engaging with movement in a perhaps better way and understand more about how this can be applied.

Video Editing for N00bs

This article gives several tips on basic video editing for people who haven't done any editing before, AKA noobs, to use the articles phrasing. It first went over the stuff you need for video editing, such as the correct software and some of the basic requirements for which computer to use. It then went over the importance of keeping all of your clips organized and planning out your video through the use of storyboards and such. It then went into a few tips on the timing of the video and then closed with advice on a credit roll.

I've done a little bit of video editing before, so some of this was stuff that I knew already. When I did the video editing I knew about keeping stuff organized and simple (Though I should add that this was not anything overly complicated. I think I did it with Windows Movie Maker.) There was a lot of stuff that I did not know before reading this article. One of these things was the thing with the A and B rolls.

It seems like it would be a common sense sort of thing, but with a lot of the videos you see, the editor only puts in the really important A roll stuff and leaves out a lot of the supporting clips from the B roll.

Another tip that I thought was a really cool idea was the music tip from the pacing segment. In it, the article suggested taking a piece of music with the tempo you want, and making the clips in the movie follow the beat in the music. When you are finished putting the clips together, you can then delete the music and either move on with the editing or put in music with the same tempo and beat to use as the actual music for the video. I thought this was a really cool little shortcut.

Reading Response

When I was reading Video editing for Noobs I found it to be very helpful for the upcoming project in the class. Even before I took this class I was thinking of doing some video editing on a non-school related project. I may have read how to do video editing I still may need help to actually do it because I'm more of a visual learner. So I hope that either my classmates or teacher can help me understand video editing better.

Response to Video Editing for N00bs by Mark Montgomery

In his article "Video Editing for N00bs" Mark Montgomery talks about the particulars of video editing as it pertains to a novice video maker. He makes a point to say that a full size keyboard would be absolutely essential, as it provides the user the ability to use quick shortcuts. “Keyboard shortcuts are an editor’s best friend”, he says. He also talks about the software one would use to edit their videos starting from free programs like Apple iMovie and Microsoft Movie Maker, to relatively inexpensive programs like Adobe Premier Elements and Apple Final Cut Express to full blown production suits like Adobe Premier Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro. He tells the reader to be mindful of their naming convention when it comes to organizing the folders and accompanying files for ease of retrieval and storage. Then he goes on to talk about some general editing techniques and how it’s important to have a specific goal in mind when it comes to developing a storyline. He also says that it’s important to keep the audience captivated and that in order to do so one should use ample B-roll footage to compliment the main narrative that’s being portrayed in the A-roll. He illustrates this through the use of some particular examples. He also mentions that the pacing of time does not always have to follow a linear fashion and that editors have at their disposal the ability to jump between “times” with their cuts. He finishes his article by telling the read that they should include credits at the end of their work to credit themselves and whoever else helped them on the video, and to be proud of their work and share it on video posting sites like YouTube.com and Vimeo.com.

Video Editing for N00bs Response

In the article “Video Editing for N00bs” by Mark Montgomery, it talks about the proper way of making a video. I found reading this article very helpful even though I have had some experiencing making amateur videos of my own. Even so, I know that I can take what I’ve learned and use it to aid me in making any other videos in the future. One thing I found helpful was the fact that we should make the videos simple. That doesn’t mean that it should be boring and not catch other people’s interest, but the storyline should be made clear. You should always make a video that will catch your audience’s attention, but they should also be able to understand what is going on. Things can get pretty hectic at times so it is important to keep all of the files your using organized in a folder so it will be easy to access later. It is also important to manage your time in the video. For example: very important moments shouldn’t go by so quickly so that the audience won’t be able to catch it. Leave it there for a nice period of time so the audience isn’t left wondering what just happened. Lastly, the author states that when it comes to the credit roll, remember to give yourself, and anyone else that worked on the project, the credit you/they deserve. He also gives websites in which you can have your videos seen. I’ve also done this, where I’ve made a video and posted it to YouTube or even Facebook so that I would get feedback. I found it very helpful because some people offered their feedback and some constructive criticism so that I will be able to make a better video the next time around. This was a pretty good article.

Video Editing for N00bs

Mark Montgomery's article Video Editing for N00bs is a quick and efficient intro to editing videos. He lays out a basic formula for making your videos interesting and informative. The basic equipment and software is briefly explained followed by some useful advice about the objective of your piece. He emphasizes the importance of a clear storyline or objective then goes into details about how this can be accomplished using basic A/B editing. Film that follows closely to the main objective is A roll and secondary supporting visuals are B roll. He explains a trick where the A roll sound is persistent with B roll visuals placed on top. Another useful trick that he conveys is using a song that has a tempo similar to your desired pacing. Montgomery explains that if you make your edits with the "hits" of the musical tempo and then delete the song when you are done, nobody will know your little secret.
Overall Montgomery's article was informative in a very general way. He outlines useful techniques without getting into much detail.

Response to Video Editing for N00bs

My first impression of the article is that it appears old. Just looking at it, the font, the ads and the B-roll shots, it looks like it was made in the early 2000's. But I press on. Having taken a year's worth of Television classes in high school, most of, if not every bit of this makes sense to me. Its all reasonable and basic knowledge. So I guess the title "...for N00bs" makes sense. All of this was covered in my first class in Intro to Television.

However, the way the narration instructs or rather informs the reader on how to edit their video, is pretty non-explanatory. Meaning that it just tells you what to do as opposed to explains why you should do this. Granted, it does explain the file sorting information rather well, but this isn't basics of video editing, its pretty basic for anything related to any type of computer.

Another thing I noticed, is the article doesn't explain any type of video editing, it just gives you examples of things to do. Going back to the statement that this doesn't explain well, putting myself in someone else's shoes, I would be very confused. This article would be a waste of ten minutes had I been seriously inquiring in how to edit my videos.

By Brad Parkkonen

Response: Video Editing for Noobs

This was a quite a short read so there's not going to be much to say in terms of a response to this. Also, adding in the fact that I've taken a class on video production lessens the amount I have to say about the read. However, I will say it was a great refresher since I haven't practiced video editing in quite a while.

Keeping your files and scenes organized is a great skill to learn as it explains in the excerpt. I've noticed this not only in video editing, but also in things like web design and game design. Keeping your files organized helps you get to what you're looking for faster, and also makes it easy for structuring your final output, whether it's a video, website, or video game.

I do like how it explains video editing in a fashion that even someone who isn't great at drawing out a storyline can still make a solid video just by editing the video with certain techniques in mind, e.g. pacing your scenes and mixing up the chronological order of the shots within the scene.

Reading Response Video Editing for Noobs

The article "Video Editing for Noobs" is to show beginners how to use video editing software and show what they'll need for they don't have to pull a chunk of their hair out like guy on the article. Its all simple what you need in order to edit your videos firewire, camera, computer, and finally a editing program. I've done my share of video editing in high school in my TV production class it was fun doing some editing, but it was hell for major projects. I had time it every time and sometimes the mouths would not be in sync and it took me forever and especially doing music videos those were hell to do. Though I don't regret it knowing how to use the software it was useful sometimes and I've earn money because of it. In the road of learning how to edit everyone has their favorite program which mine was iMovie since it was easy to use and everyone has their most hated program which was Avid which my TV production class always used and it was a pain using it every time it crashes and messes up the audio sync and that's why I'd stick with iMovie no matter what.

Reading Response:Grace Taking Form

When I first read the article about Manning I was confused about what was going on, mostly because they use words that I have never heard of. But after a couple of reading of the article and looking up some of the words that I didn't know I was able to understand it better. I found interesting that Eric Manning would look very closely at machine seeing how they work and what they look like while they move. When I read about Manning hobby I can sort of relate to it because when I see some kind of machinery going on in the world around us. For example when i walk by one of the construction going on in the city I look at the machinery to see how they work or what they look like when they move. In conclusion the idea behind this article is that it is to show that every day appliance can have movement in them and that life revolves around it.

Response for "Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines"

The most I got out of "“Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines" was a story about the compulsive obsessions of one man to find answers about physical life and motion. What strikes me as most fascinating about Marey is the amount of time and resources he must have used in order to build his machines, maintain them, and have the time to conduct every one of his experiments to such detail.

While I can acknowledge the importance of such study, I can't help but wonder how much time and energy Marey put into performing these studies, and how much they impacted his own life. How was he able to continue obtaining the materials he used to test and to build and design? Was it worth it to him in the end, with such a need to know and learn more and more? Perhaps we'll never really know.

Reading Response- Grace Taking Form: Marey's Movement Machines

When I read “Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines,” I was very confused at first and throughout the majority of the text. I kind of got what he was saying in some areas, but most of the time I was quite overwhelmed by it all. What I got what that he was trying to make a machine that would allow you to see the things that were actually there but you could not see it. So I was guessing it was like being able to measure things like sound waves and the like and having it being recorded down on paper. Even though I didn’t get the majority of what was going on besides him being really obsessed with movement, I thought it was really interesting. He had a lot of determination to do what he wanted to do. I would call him very dedicated as well because he spent his life trying to make these machines that were to measure movement. What I also found interesting was the fact that, in a way, whenever he found a flaw in one of his machines or discovered something new, he would make them better. And then when something else came up, he would change it up again. He wanted everything to be perfect. Another way to say that is that it was like he was trying to make his machines to adapt to the times (if that makes any sense). It’s kind of like with businesses that sell clothes. They try to keep up with the times because if they don’t then nobody would want their clothes. In his case, he made changes to the machines because if he didn’t then they would be obsolete. I don’t know if I’m really making sense and it feels like I’m rambling my thoughts, but that’s basically what I got out of it.

In Response to "Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines" by Erin Manning

In her essay titled “Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines” Erin Manning talks about the experiments performed by French scientist Étienne-Jules Marey on motion and the theoretical aspects that accompany the study. Starting in the 1850’s Marey dedicated his professional career to the pursuit of deeper understanding of movement and motion, particularly of the human form and other mammals. In his quest to capture the imperceptible motions that existed but where not readily perceivable by the human senses, Marey created a multitude of machines in order to aid him in this process, including the invention of a chronophotographic gun that was capable to take twelve consecutive shot a second and superimpose the all onto a single frame of photographic film.

Manning talks about the transformation in the method that Marey used to document his findings. Whereas in his earlier experiments he would record motion in a systematic and grid-like fashion, later on he was able to record motion in a more fluid and organic manner, even though the subject matter was the same, the human form. She goes on to say that grace is found in these organic motions because they tend to follow dynamic curving lines versus static jagged ones, and by virtue of being curved ones they have the unique ability to foretell a sense of direction.

The manner in which Erin Manning wrote her essay and the use of the seemingly abstract vocabulary is non-conducive to what she is trying to convey. She introduces and talks a lot about theoretical aspects that I don’t believe existed originally, at least not till after the experiments. I believe Marey had a very health curiosity and was part scientist and part artist. He followed the scientific method when it came to documenting his findings but he also just experimented like a photographer would with a new camera. All in all, Manning’s essay has difficult to read, but I was able to capture the essence of what she was trying to say.

Response To Manning's Grace Taking Form

My initial reaction to this piece was "what in the hell is this person talking about?." However, as i continued reading and by the time i got about 4 pages into it, things began to connect and make sense. Manning was attempting to make some sense out of Marey's experiments documenting movement and spends a considerable amount of time dealing with the concept of the inherent chaos within all movements. I found this to be an interesting concept simply because it takes an everyday action such as simple movement, and breaks it down into measure and rhythm. Rhythm, Manning writes, is borne out of the chaos of movements taking form. "This indeterminacy is a living aspect of the event. It is what rhythm feeds on." (Manning, p 87).


One passage that particularly made sense to me in terms of documenting the chaos that takes place in space during movement, was when Manning describes the process of transcoding. "Transcoding or transduction is the manner in which one milieu serves as the basis for another, or conversely is established atop another milieu, dissipates in it, or is constituted in it." (p87). Which basically means the rhythm of the imperceptible chaos taking place within a movement, causes each milieu to seamlessly transition into another.

It is the rhythm of an action or movement that creates the seen perception of movement out of something that is normally imperceptible. This is precisely what Marey was trying to document in his experiments. One can look at his photo's such as the series documenting smoke rising, and wonder if they are meant to be works of art for aesthetic purposes, or simply scientific works, using scientific method, designed to show the imperceptible collective parts of movement. This is because there is a certain aesthetic gracefulness in the smoke images and Manning discusses the concept of grace in detail. "Grace is the experience of a becoming movement taking form." (p88). I immediately thought of a pitcher's windup in baseball, or a basketball player going up for a layup as an example of this. Both actions are an "intensity of process" as Manning writes of grace. Furthermore, there is an inherent grace in Marey's experiment in locomotion that documents the movement within a person's hips while walking. It is the "elasticity of movement" as Manning describes it, that shows a rhythmic force taking form.

Gabe Rosen 9/14

Response to “Grace Taking Form: Marey’s Movement Machines”

After a series of classes and research I’ve done, I’ve come to learn about ethnographers, ethnography essays and why they exist. In a strange way of describing them, one could say that the writers – ethnographers – are obsessed with their research. Why else would someone willingly study something – that to normal people would be considered immensely boring – for months on end? This has to be at least a mild case of obsession, maybe even addiction.

In Marey’s case, he was obsessed with movement. Not just physical movement – although technicallyspeaking, all movement is physical. But Marey was obsessed with movement that could not be seen. Movement in air, like that of which in gases and movement in liquid like currents and blood flow. Marey even developed machines to test his hypotheses, what more he even developed machines to react to the outcomes of his hypotheses. Marey was a man obsessed.

In my opinion, the drive Marey had towards his studies is admirable. He completed one study, which in turn would just propel him forward onto another study and so on. This definitely shows what kind of man Marey was and the amount of time and interest he placed in his subjects and his work.

Marey

“‘Science has two obstacles that block its advance, first the defective capacity of our

senses for discovering truths, and then the insufficiency of language for expressing

and transmitting those we have acquire.”

Truly, this statement is one any researcher could agree with. And surely anyone that has strived to prove something, or communicate an idea or thought has had trouble doing so. I believe that this quote can be related not only to scientific endeavors, but the endeavors of every person in any situation.

Throughout his work, Marey stressed that the senses were not capable of identifying his work, as they could only access environments whereas his work was “quasi-virtual transition states of movement.” What this means, I have no idea. But I feel as though this is relatable to everyday life in the sense that one can’t always trust their own senses.

Brad Parkkonen. 9/14/2011

Grace Taking Form: Marey's Movement Machines

In his paper Grace Taking Form: Marey's Movement Machines Eric Manning goes to great pains to describe the underlying principles that lead to the creation of Erienne-Jules Marey's intricate machines designed to capture and record motion. While several insightful scholarly quotations were inserted by Manning, which helped to clarify his thesis, the essay was generally overly elaborate with several examples of Manning defining terms with the term that he sought to define. Phrases like "drawing perception drawing" and "drawing vision drawing" abound, while actual explanations of Marey's true intent and the purpose of his machines are generalized.
Some interest and insight can be gained from Grace Taking Form, but these insights are not original ideas of the author. An explanation that everything is in motion and that the eye only perceives a series of edges, is a revelation by Marey that Manning briefly touches upon, but fails to sufficiently elaborate. The title Grace Taking Form is probably the most explained and defined portion of the essay, but the clearest explanation of grace is a quotation from Bergson, expounded on by Manning in the line "A graceful movement is one that feels like it already carries the fullness of the movement-passing within the pre-acceleration of the movement taking form." While this explanation is somewhat clear and insightful, movement-passing isn't an actual term. The correct term is motion. Additionally pre-acceleration is also a fanciful term that would indicate a grievous breach of Newton's Laws (Laws not theories). The state of acceleration is a binary term, either something is accelerating or it isn't. Marey would have scowled at the idea of pre-acceleration, as seemingly his entire life's work was to measure imperceptible forces, acceleration being one of them. However, the idea that grace is the beginning of motion that foreshadows the continuance of that motion is a useful idea and is indeed used to explain why a curved line appears more graceful than a jagged one. The curve predicts where the line is headed, and thus imparts grace.
The fundamental concept of grace is a useful one that has numerous practical applications, but Manning's paper is a failure. From beginning to end it is jumbled and unclear. The authors repetitive use of elaborate vocabulary combined with fanciful terms slows understanding, and his overall reaction to Marey's experimental machines seem to miss the mark.

Response: Grace Taking Form

After reading Grace Taking Form: Marey's Movement Machines by Erin Manning, I was slightly confused, a little overwhelmed, but overall intrigued. Just the thought of a single man going through such lengths to study, experiment, and invent equipment and machines for all things imperceptible is astounding.

Manning describes Marey's work with such detail and overly thought-out, back and forth ramblings, one would almost be suspicious that the use of cocaine may have been involved. But with all due respect, I feel that this form of thinking and explaining is close, if not identical, to how Marley ticked. Only with the kind of mind that interminably overlaps itself can one really get so deep into the theory of movement, shape, light, and the perception of all that combined that they create machines to attach to the human anatomy in order to study it; that they invent machines to study the findings based off the previous machines, and so on.

Truthfully, going into this reading, I didn't see how this would better myself as a game designer or a designer in general. But as I continued reading, I began to feel a sense of understanding. This study, I feel got me closer to the root of what movement is, which I assume will open my eyes (so to speak) to not just usual types of movements like my fingers moving around this keyboard as I type, but like the pulsing movements of my hands when they're still, or the micro-movements of my eyes as they focus on the word/letter/pixel I'm currently staring at.

Grace Taking Form Reading Response

Grace Taking Form, by Erin Manning, was an interesting read, to say the least. Etienne-Jules Marey sounds like he would've been quite radical in his time. I've always thought of things like studying unperceived forces to be a fairly recent discipline, but from this article I was clearly mistaken. According to the article, a lot of Marey's work serves as the basis for a lot of work in this field, and he even came up with a few new ways of quantifying forces during his experiments. He measured these forces using machines of his own invention. He used these machines because he believed that the human senses obstructed the viewing of these forces, which makes sense, as they are not supposed to be perceivable.

One of the interesting things about Marey's work was the fact that his machines invented new measurements which led to new machines in an odd sort of evolutionary process. Another thing I found interesting was all the mentions of curves and arcs. In another class, 2D Motion for Games, I had to read about the 12 Principles of Animation and there was a lot of stuff about how important arcs are to realistic animation. There were several connections I could see between the principles and Marey's work, especially when talking about how pretty much all organic motion occur along arcs and curves.

While some of the article didn't make a whole lot of sense, especially when phrases like quasi-chaos started popping up, I did enjoy reading it. I think the author could have worded the article a little better, as some of it came off sounding a bit odd. A major example was during quotes and sections where the author talked about movement-passing and movement-passed. I'm think I know what she meant by those, but I can also think of several ways to make those sections easier to understand.

Grace Taking Form Response

It was interesting reading this article about Etienne-Jules Marey. Knowing how he spent his life inventing

machines to measure the imperceptible, which in his definition of imperceptible that shows what the eye

can’t see that’s actually there. He soon began in the 1850s with writing machines, which I’m guessing the

writing machines were typewriters. He built a vast of experimental inventions and soon he

built a machine that focused on his practice was to “delineate the in-between movements of a

body such that it could be plotted on graph” in, which the paper says. Marey really liked testing

on the human body senses though he doesn’t trust the human senses since the human body

senses is limited.

Marey is a very intelligent person though I get lost during reading this paper since I’m not quite used to

reading these kinds of papers, but I did understand most of this paper of what its talking about.I believe Erin

Manning have to have a reward for writing this paper because I believe he’s one the few people who

actually understands Marey’s work. I think during his time people looked at him like he was nuts, since

he’s making inventions that might kill him or might hurt the people around him, but if he was during our

time scientist’s will bow down to him like a god and less of a crazy person. Hopefully soon I’ll

be able to understand most of the information that these writers write in these types of

papers, which this essay helped me extend my vocabulary by a little .

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Grace Taking Form Response

In Grace Taking Form: Mareys Movement Machines,
the author, Erin Manning, talks about Etienne-Jules Marey; a man who dedicated
his life to the inventing of machines that would measure the imperceptible (something
that can’t be seen but is actually there.)

In my opinion, Marey was a very intelligent man. To even think about something like the
imperceptible comes from intelligence.
Then to spend most of his life inventing machines to graph the
imperceptible, starting with taking a writing machine and making it graph the
invisible movements of pulse rhythms and the bloods flow. He constantly tested the human body’s
senses. He distrusted the senses,
considering them to only be capable of sensing actual environments.

“Marey’s
machines produced margins of indeterminacy that incited new processes to take form.
Machines were created for experimentation
even as experiments created new machines.”

As I stated earlier, Marey was a very
intelligent man. But at the same time,
during his lifetime, he might’ve been considered a little crazy. Someone like myself who just lives life by
the day and accepts everything as it is doesn’t know how to take in all these
theories and information. The fact that
Marey thought about this kind of stuff is putting my brain into a pretzel and
confusing me. I only hope to one day be
able to think like this and put forth as much effort into answers as he did.

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My name is Grant. I'm from St. Louis, MO and I am a Game Art major.

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