John Lhotka's [e]motions

Need to work on speed.

...Let's talk about Vertigo. I am willing to bet a lot of people will end up doing Vertigo, but how many people already have a Saul Bass / Hitchcock inspired downloaded font on their computer already? The title and credits use a mixture of Slab Serif / Sans Serif for main information and minor, respectively. The facial imagery and sepatone invokes a suspicious atmosphere. The shift to red suggests something dark occurs in the film (like murder) and the spiral, akin to a storm, coming from the eye suggests inner drama or torment. Unlike North by Northwest's credits no outside images are included (just the face, the spirals and  hypotrochoid shapes) so the focus will be on the people rather than location. Of course my impressions might be impacted by the fact I've seen the film a just a FEW times.

This was a fascinating exhibit on a person who I had not really heard of but certainly recognize his body of work. If I were watching this movie on my own I would have probably paused the film several times and taken pictures for possible inspiration images because there were several exciting visuals. His style of typography and visual communication is rather distinctive and inspiring. This movie makes me want to go out and make some interesting motion graphics (which is good considering that is the subject of the class I am watching it in). I like how this movie did not put Pablo Ferro on a pedestal which is often done happens with documentaries like this one: sure, he’s talented but they showed he was human and didn’t gloss over sex and drug use (though they did paint it in a positive light rather than a neutral focus but I suppose this is caused by the interviewees). Rather nice film with a great animation style. Even the film’s animation made me think about what I want to do. I am

This is going to be a very busy semester