SPACE SETTLEMENT FILM PROJECT
Link to "BIG WORLD" by Tiernan Stein and Sam Sturm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOwLcRBiUk
During this project, my skills as a Digital Artist have definitely improved. Mostly thanks to my partner and friend, Sam Sturm, I’ve learned all sorts of things about how to use Adobe Premiere, which is VERY helpful when you’re a boss filmmaker like me. Specifically, I learned how to use some of the basic tools for cutting, moving, importing and exporting video. I even learned how to apply effects like distortion, faster and slower speed, and a handful of other things. One of the most fun and creative parts of this project was creating a stop-motion animation on a whiteboard.
One of four physics concepts that is clearly demonstrated in our video is center of gravity. Center of gravity is the center of a spinning object. It is the exact spot of something that creates gravity that is also unaffected by the gravity the object is making itself. This spot applies to the center of our space settlement and is the concept behind how everything stays where it is.
Circular motion is concept with many concepts within it. Circular motion is a combination of forces being generated in different places of a spinning object. These forces include tangential velocity, the speed at which the edge of the object is physically moving, and centripetal force, the “resistance” that an object has when moving. This resistance is made by a connection between it and the center of gravity, causing it to moving circularly. Circular motion is the reason our settlement spins the way it does.
Newton’s third law can be applied… well… pretty much anywhere all the time. Newton’s third law basically means that for every force, there’s an equal and opposite force. For example, when you stand up on the ground, yes, you’re pushing on the ground because of your weight, however, the ground is also pushing back on you equally. Now, say there’s not a ground at all. There’s just air! So… you’re falling, but while you’re falling, the air is pushing back on you as equally as you’re falling. Eh?
I think my “greatest” 21st century skill during this project was creativity. I say that because while there were lots of troubled moments where I was forced to collaborate and adapt to new ideas, most of the project was just brainstorming fun things to do to both make people laugh and make the coolest space settlement the world has ever known!
Most likely, my greatest area for growth would be to have better communication with my partner. Often, we he and I wouldn’t be able to understand what we wanted to do, so it was hard coming up with solutions. For example, the cow and dirt animation in the video was something Sam was trying to describe to me beforehand. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what he was talking about. I couldn’t visualize what he wanted to do, yet fortunately, we were patient and diligent enough to get our ideas across to each other and put them into the final video.
One of four physics concepts that is clearly demonstrated in our video is center of gravity. Center of gravity is the center of a spinning object. It is the exact spot of something that creates gravity that is also unaffected by the gravity the object is making itself. This spot applies to the center of our space settlement and is the concept behind how everything stays where it is.
Circular motion is concept with many concepts within it. Circular motion is a combination of forces being generated in different places of a spinning object. These forces include tangential velocity, the speed at which the edge of the object is physically moving, and centripetal force, the “resistance” that an object has when moving. This resistance is made by a connection between it and the center of gravity, causing it to moving circularly. Circular motion is the reason our settlement spins the way it does.
Newton’s third law can be applied… well… pretty much anywhere all the time. Newton’s third law basically means that for every force, there’s an equal and opposite force. For example, when you stand up on the ground, yes, you’re pushing on the ground because of your weight, however, the ground is also pushing back on you equally. Now, say there’s not a ground at all. There’s just air! So… you’re falling, but while you’re falling, the air is pushing back on you as equally as you’re falling. Eh?
I think my “greatest” 21st century skill during this project was creativity. I say that because while there were lots of troubled moments where I was forced to collaborate and adapt to new ideas, most of the project was just brainstorming fun things to do to both make people laugh and make the coolest space settlement the world has ever known!
Most likely, my greatest area for growth would be to have better communication with my partner. Often, we he and I wouldn’t be able to understand what we wanted to do, so it was hard coming up with solutions. For example, the cow and dirt animation in the video was something Sam was trying to describe to me beforehand. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what he was talking about. I couldn’t visualize what he wanted to do, yet fortunately, we were patient and diligent enough to get our ideas across to each other and put them into the final video.