My name is Will, I’m 20 years old and I’m from Hamilton Ontario. I’m doing my BFA in Film Production and am loving it so far, I am really passionate about filmmaking, photography, as well as anything to do with the outdoors!
I did’t know much about this class prior to registering for it, kind of a last minute choice. But just from the first few minutes being here I am pretty pumped for what is to come over the term as we talk about really important topics/issues. I’m interested in technology and I’m excited to dive into how it will change humanity over time.
Todays discussion was sweet, pretty eye opening to see all the charts and diagrams showing the recent the surge in technology, social media presence and the advancement of artificial intelligence in the next few years. It seems kind of messed up how attached we are to technology, specifically our cellphones. They go everywhere with us and we feel almost lost without them. It’s an addiction and 5 years ago it was not an issue. Just my thoughts, cheers – Will
Hey guys, the image I am choosing was taken at the end of February last year. It is a little of of camera inception because the photo is of me from behind taking a photo of a fellow UBC swimmer at nationals last year, but the main thing that stands out in this image is the fact that I am wearing a pretty big neck/back brace. To most people this image just looks like nothing out of the ordinary, just a guy taking a photo, but to me it means so much more.
In early December in 2016 I experienced a pretty gnarly ski accident and as a result of that I broke 2 vertebrae’s in my neck, my C-6 and C-7. This was extremely traumatic for me, I had to wear that neck brace in the image for the next 3 and a half months straight with no exceptions of taking it off. I was on the varsity swim team so immediately my season was over, as I would get my brace of mid March and the national championships were at the end of February. It was a huge set back, but I chose to keep my head up (pun intended) and to let this incident change me for the better not the worse. Looking on the bright side by saying “hey, this could have been a lot worse, I am pretty lucky even to still be here and have full use of my legs.”
Being a filmmaker I knew the only way I could share my emotions about this was to make a film about it, and thats what I did, showing the ups and downs and my positive attitude throughout. If your curious about the video I will link it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCkK77027k&t=7s
Not trying to do a shameless plug, just thought you might be able to understand better if you saw the short film.
Moving forward I knew my season was over but I didn’t want to let the team as well as myself down, so I traveled with them to nationals in Quebec as the team photographer. I was so glad I did, it was amazing to be at the event and watching all of my closest friends succeed at such a high level, both the mens and the women’s team took home the national championships and to be a part of that even though I didn’t compete was simply amazing. For me this image is very powerful because it shows that I did not let this injury get the best of me, I continued to do what I love and I believe that in turn being in such a positive head space helped with the healing in the future.
It just goes to show, theres a story behind ever image, something that might mean nothing to you might mean the world to someone else and vice versa, thanks for reading and I look forward to reading all of yours, cheers – Will
Anthropocene: Earths most recent time period, “human influenced”, everything is altered by humans.
Worldwide smartphone usage: by 2020 the number of worldwide smartphone users is said to double from the previous number in 2014, only 6 years later… 1.57 million in 2014 to 2.87 million in 2020
Artificial inteligance (AI): in 2013 it was said that almost half American jobs could be potentially replaced with automative technology in the next 2 decades.
Planet selfie: From 2012-2014 humans have staggeringly tripled the daily number of photos shared and uploaded on platforms including Instagram, facebook, snapchat, WhatsApp and Flickr. This was only a matter of 2 years, and that number is going up immensely each year to come.
In my image from week 1 I talked about being positive in hard times, no matter the situation and reminding yourself there will always be light at the end of the tunnel.
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic.
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic.
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic. hope you enjoy
Picture, Representation, Information, Map retains to social Memories,Emotions 2D reality mental, Capture/not a capture, Reflection of reality, Purpose, which connects with reality
-We are living in a moment where digital images are becoming an emerging language, through representation, chemical equations (for example H2O translates to water but the meaning is entirely different.
Poetry – Images don’t have to just be visual representations, only one of the 5 senses has to be in play (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
All social platforms have different cultures and they create certain commonalities
B is an image, A is a memory, experiences, definitions, concepts, emotions, imagined, convention. Culture,
Representation is the act of referring to something that relates to everything.
This weeks homework was to take our previous weeks work (representation of an apple) and shape it in some form, make it more abstract. I enjoyed this because we got to see how everyone interpreted the assignment differently, it made for an interesting discussion this class.
Transcend established definitions, Images define us (social media), Translation vs narratives, We are all image creators Talked about going from A to B as a medium, can be photo, music etc, Experience is a story that someone tells us, can be a song that we heard, A narrative is about telling something, What is a photographer? in my mind it is anyone that captures moments
A translator Detached from function Scientific, news etc have a particular function
were meant to convey a particular form of information
“dissemination”
Reality – we create images and let them go, thats where autonomy comes from.
5000 years ago
photography was the first moment in which we were able to achieve something very important. Our technologies change and determine how we see the world and how we see ourselves. Every one of these technologies puts us in different situations and tells us different things on who we are as human beings
My name is Will, I’m 20 years old and I’m from Hamilton Ontario. I’m doing my BFA in Film Production and am loving it so far, I am really passionate about filmmaking, photography, as well as anything to do with the outdoors!
I did’t know much about this class prior to registering for it, kind of a last minute choice. But just from the first few minutes being here I am pretty pumped for what is to come over the term as we talk about really important topics/issues. I’m interested in technology and I’m excited to dive into how it will change humanity over time.
Todays discussion was sweet, pretty eye opening to see all the charts and diagrams showing the recent the surge in technology, social media presence and the advancement of artificial intelligence in the next few years. It seems kind of messed up how attached we are to technology, specifically our cellphones. They go everywhere with us and we feel almost lost without them. It’s an addiction and 5 years ago it was not an issue. Just my thoughts, cheers – Will
Week 1 Challenge – An image In My Mind
Hey guys, the image I am choosing was taken at the end of February last year. It is a little of of camera inception because the photo is of me from behind taking a photo of a fellow UBC swimmer at nationals last year, but the main thing that stands out in this image is the fact that I am wearing a pretty big neck/back brace. To most people this image just looks like nothing out of the ordinary, just a guy taking a photo, but to me it means so much more.
In early December in 2016 I experienced a pretty gnarly ski accident and as a result of that I broke 2 vertebrae’s in my neck, my C-6 and C-7. This was extremely traumatic for me, I had to wear that neck brace in the image for the next 3 and a half months straight with no exceptions of taking it off. I was on the varsity swim team so immediately my season was over, as I would get my brace of mid March and the national championships were at the end of February. It was a huge set back, but I chose to keep my head up (pun intended) and to let this incident change me for the better not the worse. Looking on the bright side by saying “hey, this could have been a lot worse, I am pretty lucky even to still be here and have full use of my legs.”
Being a filmmaker I knew the only way I could share my emotions about this was to make a film about it, and thats what I did, showing the ups and downs and my positive attitude throughout. If your curious about the video I will link it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCkK77027k&t=7s
Not trying to do a shameless plug, just thought you might be able to understand better if you saw the short film.
Moving forward I knew my season was over but I didn’t want to let the team as well as myself down, so I traveled with them to nationals in Quebec as the team photographer. I was so glad I did, it was amazing to be at the event and watching all of my closest friends succeed at such a high level, both the mens and the women’s team took home the national championships and to be a part of that even though I didn’t compete was simply amazing. For me this image is very powerful because it shows that I did not let this injury get the best of me, I continued to do what I love and I believe that in turn being in such a positive head space helped with the healing in the future.
It just goes to show, theres a story behind ever image, something that might mean nothing to you might mean the world to someone else and vice versa, thanks for reading and I look forward to reading all of yours, cheers – Will
Week 1 notes – jan 3rd
Anthropocene: Earths most recent time period, “human influenced”, everything is altered by humans.
Worldwide smartphone usage: by 2020 the number of worldwide smartphone users is said to double from the previous number in 2014, only 6 years later… 1.57 million in 2014 to 2.87 million in 2020
Artificial inteligance (AI): in 2013 it was said that almost half American jobs could be potentially replaced with automative technology in the next 2 decades.
Planet selfie: From 2012-2014 humans have staggeringly tripled the daily number of photos shared and uploaded on platforms including Instagram, facebook, snapchat, WhatsApp and Flickr. This was only a matter of 2 years, and that number is going up immensely each year to come.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeU1KZKDL5w/?taken-by=willdickson_visa210
In my image from week 1 I talked about being positive in hard times, no matter the situation and reminding yourself there will always be light at the end of the tunnel.
New hive is still not working for me, so here are a few poetic videos that I feel are pretty powerful for my week 10 homework
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ&t=12s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ&t=12s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M
I am still unable to get new hive working on my computer, so I am posting the week 10 homework on my page. Here are a few poets videos that I feel are very powerful and eye opening about the topic. hope you enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ&t=12s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M
Week 2 class notes – What is an image?
Picture, Representation, Information, Map retains to social Memories,Emotions 2D reality mental, Capture/not a capture, Reflection of reality, Purpose, which connects with reality
-We are living in a moment where digital images are becoming an emerging language, through representation, chemical equations (for example H2O translates to water but the meaning is entirely different.
Poetry – Images don’t have to just be visual representations, only one of the 5 senses has to be in play (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
Week 3 class notes – Images and the Real
All social platforms have different cultures and they create certain commonalities
B is an image, A is a memory, experiences, definitions, concepts, emotions, imagined, convention. Culture,
Representation is the act of referring to something that relates to everything.
This weeks homework was to take our previous weeks work (representation of an apple) and shape it in some form, make it more abstract. I enjoyed this because we got to see how everyone interpreted the assignment differently, it made for an interesting discussion this class.
Week 4 notes – The technical image
Transcend established definitions, Images define us (social media), Translation vs narratives, We are all image creators Talked about going from A to B as a medium, can be photo, music etc, Experience is a story that someone tells us, can be a song that we heard, A narrative is about telling something, What is a photographer? in my mind it is anyone that captures moments
A translator Detached from function Scientific, news etc have a particular function
were meant to convey a particular form of information
“dissemination”
Reality – we create images and let them go, thats where autonomy comes from.
5000 years ago
photography was the first moment in which we were able to achieve something very important. Our technologies change and determine how we see the world and how we see ourselves. Every one of these technologies puts us in different situations and tells us different things on who we are as human beings
My partner portrait of Stephanie Bueno.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfutzCCDx3J/?taken-by=willdickson_visa210
This is our midterm reflection Onenote. With Stephanie Bueno and Mikayla Preete
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=1cc5c6abc4ad8137&page=view&resid=1CC5C6ABC4AD8137!105&parId=1CC5C6ABC4AD8137!104&authkey=!AD9POlzjfpOk8to&app=OneNote
My Culminating video for the course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z18iwECNoLI&feature=youtu.be