Roberto Moreno: 2016

Vending: Guide to Buying From Machines from Roberto Moreno on Vimeo.

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Project #3

The Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) is filled with different kinds of exhibition and demos that specifically deal with mass media and communications. The museum is located right next to the Kaufman Astoria Studios which give it a very ‘Hollywood’ feel when entering the area. The first demo I experienced was the optical illusion wheels. It was a basic image of a man running but wheel created an illusion of the moving cycle. My mistake was that I spin the wheel the wrong way, so the man kept running backwards.
One of my favorite exhibition was the different types of film cameras. They had on display so many diverse cameras. Their size was colossal compared to the film cameras we used in lab. I like that these cameras had tripods instead of being on a wheelie, they look like art pieces instead of usable items.

The flip book maker was a fun demo to do. A tough aspect that I learn was putting my skills of finding the right camera angle to the test. The camera was stable so it was a basic zoom in and out, and tilt up and down. That’s what made it difficult, was that once I moved into the screen, my body was not fitting properly in the screen. Overall, the museum allowed me to realize how not all new technology is good. New movies always rely on CGI and computer graphics, but the museum made me see how a simple thing, like old fashioned costumes or make up can had a great depth to the film.

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Blog #4 MOMI Reflections

Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar is one of the best music videos to incorporate a storyline, motivated camera movements and establish a relationship between shots alongside a music track. The video begins with Benatar being kicked out of her family home. The camera angle is a bit lower when viewing the parents (POV of Pat Benatar being smaller and weaker) The camera switched between Pat and her parents with her slowly walking away. The next scenes are with Pat Benatar when she is a bit older. She is walking thru a scratchy part of town. To add effect, the music video flashed between signs that read “Girls, Girls, Girls” or ‘XXX”. Thus not explicitly saying but implying that Pat Benatar might be a sex worker. When she arrives at the club, there is cool tracking shot of the patrons and dancers hanging out. With some wide shots to close ups. The most epic scene was the big dance number in the middle. Once it started, the creepy guy is seen being shoved away from the camera, and then there is a slow pan out while Pat Banatar does the famous shoulder shimmy. Has she keeps dancing, the camera zoom into a close up of the creepy guy showing him being scared, as if he were about to lose a fight. The editing in this piece really helps put the story of the music video together. At the end, the viewer wanted to cheer on Pat Benatar as she walks into the sunset.

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Blog #3 Editing Analysis

Interview with Alyson Indursky about a dramatic experience she encountered at Hunter College.
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Project #2 Audio Portrait of a Person

On Wednesday evening, after my last class for the day was over, I decided the easiest way to create a soundwalk was by heading west over to Central Park. Located just a few blocks away from Hunter College, I took this great opportunity to listen to the sounds of the huge green area we had planted in the middle of the big apple.

I began my walk in the E69th St entrance to the park. It was towards the late evening, so the park was not very crowded. I saw a few tourists walking in the path trail, I heard their strong foreign European dialects and could hear the digital clicks coming from their cameras. I began to feel envious because it was a very long time since I have felt like a “tourist”; just walking around a new city, taking pictures, and discovering an unfamiliar area.

I walked by a few empty sports fields, “if it was a few hours earlier, there be lots of people playing baseball or soccer” I thought to myself, however all I hear was a light wind howling in the air. In the distant background, I could hear the metal chain link fence hitting the pole that supported it. It felt like an isolated sport field, a difference sound that it was use to producing during the typical sports games during the day. It was barren and kinda lonesome.

When I approached the west side of the park, I began to slowly hear the noises of the city coming back. While I walked about Central Park, It definitely helped me escape the typical city noise. It’s a very different contrast when inside this busy loud city, one can take a simple walk in the park to escape it.

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Blog #2 Soundwalk

Define a Space from Roberto Moreno on Vimeo.

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Project #1 Define a Space

When I first heard the story about Giotto drawing a perfect circle, [without the help of a compass using only his free hand] I was extremely impressed. The simple gift of a perfect O to the Pope was considered an amazing artistic achievement. So I began to doodle circles, over and over and over, but always failing to draw my own perfect loop. Many years later, with the help of Illustrator and Photoshop, I was finally able to create my own.

As a Graphic Designer, I can take Giotto and become inspired to learn, grow and improve my skills, even if the process takes years to shape up. As a young Filmmaker, I can take Giotto’s talent, make a short doc and broadcast it on YouTube. New York City, Hunter College and the art world as became my inspiration and I take it all to motivate my work.

I used to doodle because I was bored. My doodles were encouraged by Saturday Morning Cartoons, so I would recreate and draw them. My art evolved after I learned to design on a computer. Illustrator encouraged me to doodle with a purpose. Photoshop gave me tools to create dazzling images. InDesign helps me put together my work into a portfolio. My art [drawing, design, filmmaking] is yet to reach a full perfect circle, so it is in constant evolutionary loop.

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Blog #1 Artist Statement

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