tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27393963.post7537106665405018451..comments2023-05-01T03:25:30.560-07:00Comments on One Terrific Day: Thing's I Can't Do # 21Denishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11948616346975182373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27393963.post-44369754840556930642007-11-09T13:58:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:58:00.000-08:00I don't know, I doubt it's that much different to ...I don't know, I doubt it's that much different to how paintings, photos, sculptures or books are created. I think maybe you always need to have some sort of structure in mind, like with a photo you don't see the final image in perfect detail, you have ideas about dense areas, areas of negative space, focal points, the movement and direction of the image etc. Then as you compose the image you start to find the details that work and the details that don't so you fix them. Similarly with books I think you have to have an idea of pace and structure, how stories intertwine (or not), how the story builds and how it's resolved. I suppose it's not like that from the start, it depends on how clear your idea is at the start and how fast it crystallises in your mind. I guess what I'm saying is that you'll work with both a vague structure and precise details at different times, probably switching back and forth and I think that holds for almost all art forms.<BR/>I'm thinking of a great piece of instrumental music by Badly Drawn Boy, "I Love N.Y.E." (it's from the About A Boy soundtrack) Anyway, it starts of nice and soft, mellow and sweet, as it goes it rises slightly, slightly more weight added to some of the notes and then quite quickly fades, pauses and rushes back, after that, there's just about 30 seconds of wave after wave of beautiful, powerful, heart wrenching music. And then it's done with a nice soft resolution. That piece had to be composed with great attention to structure, each part of the song only works because it creates tension or offers resolution. At the same time it's quite a complex piece with several instruments, so great attention had to be paid to the arrangement and the texture of each individual bar. Similarly, composition is vital to a photo, so are details like texture and colour, the exclusion of distracting objects and the placement of conceptually important items.Cianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426386626289019350noreply@blogger.com