Wednesday, July 11, 2007

activity #9 rewrite

The wide spread use of the camera has change the appearance of visual art by the use of film making, video cameras and the computer. Photographers use a variety of techniques to undercut the objectivity of the camera to produce gauzy and atmospheric images that seemed more like art ( Getlein, 219). It opened photography to amateurs, and it quickly became a popular hobby. Almost any where a person could go, a camera could now go; almost anything a person could see, a camera could record ( Getlein, 215).

In film, new technology made it possible so that visual art could tell stories through film and that stories could unfold over time and in motion, as they did in life or on stage in the theater (Getlein, 229). The first filmmakers were entrepreneurs. They worked alone or started up their on business.
We can now view images through what we call a video camera. It was not until the 1960s that a portable video camera was marketed to the general public together with magnetic tape for recording (Getlein, 243). Video cameras has brought new life to the meaning of visual art, because you can video special events, like weddings and sporting events.

The personal computer, the compact disc, the scanner; the World Wide Web, the digital video disk and the digital camera has change the visual art in which we can download images from a camera onto the computer.

In the invention of the camera, it has brought new technology to the world of art as well as visual art to those who want to explore the making of films or taking pictures.



The invention and the widespread use of the camera has brought a phenomenon effect on the world today .One way is that the camera has changed the world by the quantity of images that could be created. Photographers use a variety of techniques to undercut the objectivity of the camera to produce gauzy and atmospheric images that seemed more like art ( Getlein, 219). It opened photography to amateurs, and it quickly became a popular hobby. Almost any where a person could go, a camera could now go; almost anything a person could see, a camera could record ( Getlein, 215).Visual art can be seen through film and video cameras today.


In film, new technology made it possible so that visual art could tell stories through film and that stories could unfold over time and in motion, as they did in life or on stage in the theater (Getlein, 229). The first filmmakers were entrepreneurs. They worked alone or started up their on business. We can now view images through what we call a video camera. It was not until the 1960s that a portable video camera was marketed to the general public together with magnetic tape for recording (Getlein, 243). Video cameras has brought new life to the meaning of visual art, because you can video special events, like weddings and sporting events.

In the invention of the camera, it has brought new technology to the world of art as well as visual art to those who want to explore the making of films or taking pictures.

1 comment:

Anne Brew said...

Dear Matt,

this essay is a good example of critical thinking and assimilating information.

However, it does not answer the question:

"How did the wide spread use of the camera change the appearance of visual art?"