Tonal Design Painting

Day mood – Serene

1 – 30%; 6 – 60%; 9 – 10%

The day is set in the condition of mid afternoon at approximately 1 to 2pm where the sun is high up shining down onto the street.  The sides of the buildings are not as well lit as they are not in contact with the sunlight directly hence they are in darker gradient tone.

The effect of this artpiece initially makes me feel that it is actually raining, and the mood is set to be sad, and I want to make it show that it is actually the effect of the the cloud that is slowly covering the sun ray onto the street and people are still continuing their activity peacefully as the rain has not yet fall, it is just the dark clouds slowly approaching

The harder texture on the building and roof is to signify the idea the sun rays hitting onto the surface with the reflections.

Night mood – Chilly

3 – 35%; 7 – 50%; 9 – 15%

The day is set in the condition of a cold dark night without streetlight, the light provided are from the households and vehicles hence it explains on the lower half of the buildings being in a lighter tone as compare to the top where the light does not reach on.

The harder texture on the background of the sky is to exaggerate the fog in the chilly weather.

By using different gradient and tone, this image seems to set a feeling that it is a very lonely night from my initial view, from the effect that the fog show that it is a dark, chilly and lonely night in a city that does not have street lights, each household have different lights hence resulting in different tone of lightness.

This is a very unique exercise as I can manipulate the colour of black and white to create different tones to reflect the visibility and atmosphere of the day.

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Your decision making (why did you choose that image/text? Why did you piece the various sounds together?)

The purpose of the intention of the picture is to show manipulation through Democracy and Dictatorship respectively. In the video, a voice over speech of “The Great Dictator” (Charlie Chaplin, 1940) was a War World Two vintage war propaganda to spread about Democracy in American to convince the Americans to fight for Democracy and against Dictatorship respectively.

The purpose of why I have decided to choose the picture of a German soldier pointing a gun against the head of Franklin Roosevelt was due to the fact that this will bring across a second meaning of Dictatorship vs Democracy. In war, the fighting is done between both side of the government through the sacrifices of his soldiers on the battlefield. This is to further show how Dictator can clearly brainwash their men to command them to follow his own belief. The soldier was merely controlled by his dictator to reject Democracy.

The red background is used as I felt that it can bring the emotion of the tone of the speaker out further, as he himself is actually speaking from his heart with the inner hatred towards Dictatorship, the colour channels out the fire within him and how he want to eradicate Dictatorship desperately.

In the opening of the voice over speech, it was made to stress on the effect of the realism of Dictatorship which enslaves and restrict the freedom of choice of mankind whereas under Democracy, mankind can freely stand up for themselves to achieve what they want. As seen in this situation, before the speech could be finished, it was ended abruptly with a gunshot and a shot pause before the sound “it’s not my business” ended the video.

This voice over sound piece is pieced together as an indirect conversation between the soldier who was controlled by his dictator against the movement of Democracy. This voice context set in 1940 which was during World War Two also talks about how in terms of propaganda, both sides of the government will brainwash and control their citizens to fight for the government and often enemies will drop propaganda leaflets to each other in other to create fear and spread hatred. In this art piece, it is to show how the German soldier is not affected and declined the propaganda of Democracy send by the Americans.

The gunshot is actually a message to show that the soldier reject Democracy as he has already been subjected and gave in his life to his dictator as he was controlled like a puppet with a puppeteer controlling him and the ideal to accept Democracy is impossible, it is actually an exaggeration to show that Democracy is dead within the soldier as he has fell to Dictatorship.

 

Recognize and explain the various categories of sound in your work.

The Attack – Opening speech on the fall of dictatorship, freedom will be given to the people of the nation of the dictator before the change of a higher tone to stress on the effect of how freedom can be achieved which is by Democracy.

The Sustain – The exaggerated high pitch sound on how freedom will be achieve through Democracy, how everyone have to unite together and not be afraid to be oppressed by Dictatorship. In order to be able to topple the Dictator and then they can achieve the dreams and realities that they have yearned for.

The Decay – The high pitch voice over was actually cut off in a sudden with a gun shot and a soft monotone voice stating “it’s not my business” which was actually the soldier that fell to Dictatorship rejecting the request of Democracy.

What are the semiotics of your work? The signifier and the signified?

The semiotics are the puppeteer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Red background and the gunshot.

The puppeteer signifies the symbol of manipulation of the soldier’s life under Dictatorship by the Dictator.

The face of Franklin D. Roosevelt signifies the Democratic symbol as he is a pro democratic in world war two against Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler.

The red background signifies the symbol of anger, as compose with the tone of the speech, it shows the hatred and fiery spirit inside the speaker in his view towards fighting against Dictatorship.

The gunshot signifies the symbol of death of Democracy within the soldier who has already been subjected to Dictatorship

 

References

Victor Castillo Escoto. (Jan 12, 2012).  “The Great Dictator” speech by Charlie Chaplin (English Subtitles). Retrieved 12th September 2018 from.

“The Great Dictator” speech by Charlie Chaplin (English Subtitles)

Escoto, Victor. (Jan 12, 2012). “The Great Dictator” speech by Charlie Chaplin (English Subtitles). [MP3]. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

http://convert2mp3.net/en/index.php?p=tags&id=youtube_GU_rn1xzItk&key=JN5losa1aWCl

TheLifeOfMe. (Sep 11, 2013). M9 GunShot sound effects, FREE for your videos. Retrieved 12th September 2018 from.

m9 GunShot sound effects, FREE for your videos

TheLifeOfMe. (Sep 11, 2013). M9 GunShot sound effects, FREE for your videos. [MP3]. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

http://convert2mp3.net/index.php?p=tags&id=youtube_OhJXewJV0Vc&key=7aghtJg1kW5T

Speed-speed-speed-fdr-a. [Picture]. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

http://wavethemes.net/gallery/index.php/PatrioticPhotos/Patriotic-Posters/speed-speed-speed-fdr-a

MANIPULATION: Hand of a puppeteer. [Picture]. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

https://www.videoblocks.com/video/manipulation-hand-of-a-puppeteer-hedqgfwy-j22onjip

Come and See. [Picture]. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

https://posteritati.com/poster/6440/come-and-see-1985-russian-silver-gelatin-singleweight-photo

Adolf Hitler Nazi salute Nazism Ditator United States – others. {Picture}. Retrieved 13th September 2018 from.

https://www.kisspng.com/png-adolf-hitler-nazi-salute-nazism-dictator-united-st-2746133/