Can our eyes be deceived? Yes! They can, although there is nothing wrong with our eyes as such but it is our brain that determines what is and what is not existent which leads to our deception. Whatever our brain interprets, we see as an illusion. Our brain makes assumptions with the knowledge we have been educated with, so, what appears to be may not be as it seems. So we are left with the question, “is seeing believing?” (Horizon, 2010, episode: Is seeing believing?)
Take Figure 1 for example, we see the tiles labelled A and B as different colours, but are they? In our minds we know that in Figure 1 the square is checked, therefore the coloured tile after black is white so we assume that it’s supposed to be white. If you move the loose tile from B across to A they are actually the same colour. ‘The checker-shadow illusion’ was created by a vision scientist named Edward H. Adelson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Figure 1 Checker-shadow illusion
Mauritz (Morris) Cornelis Escher (1898), a Graphic artist, is famous for optical illusions. His inspiration of nature and the natural environment is clearly demonstrated in his work and is quite remarkable; it’s only a quarter of the build of his astonishing work. The most amazing feature about M.C. Escher’s (2006) work is that he creates the deception devised by an illusion. Escher (2006) has worked relatively hard to create the pieces of work that elude us. His intelligence to use mathematical problems to illustrate his inspiration and perception of the world is absolutely astounding. J. L. Locher (2006, inside cover) believed that ‘No artist has ever worked harder to render the visions of his mind’s eye’ than M. C. Escher (2006)....
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Cafe wall Illusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_wall_illusion
Rubix illusion http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/18/why-our-brains-are-fooled-by-illusions/
Rubix illusion 2 http://lesswrong.com/lw/1om/bizarre_illusions/
Magazines
BBC Focus magazine – Don’t believe your eyes Issue 222 November 2010
Books
ESCHER. M. C. 2006. The Magic of M.C. Escher. Place of Publication: Thames and Hudson.
Video
Horizon: is seeing believing? 2010. Director and Producer: Naomi Austin. [TV programme]. B. B. C.
Horizon: what is one degree? 2011. Director and Producer: Dan Clifton. [TV programme]. B. B. C.
dictionary an illusion is a “perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause
I observed a very unique series of photographs by Vik Muniz called Seeing is Believing. Vik Muniz’s images are not simply photography but are pictures of complicated pieces of art he has produced at earlier times. Utilizing an array of unorthodox materials including granulated sugar, chocolate syrup, sewing thread, cotton, wire, and soil Muniz first creates an image, sculpturally manipulates it and then photographs it. Muniz’s pictures include portraits, landscapes, x-rays, and historical images.
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Over the past weeks we have learned a lot of new things. I learned about different races, ethnicities, and cultures. The world would not be the same if everyone was the same race and it is a great thing to learn about everyone and where they are from, and where they have come from. Everyone is different in their own way and it is our duty to accept everyone as a whole. I am going to talk about the social construct of race today, some of our readings, and a lot of our discussions that are always fun.
The simple optical illusions used by Ariely show us just how easily our senses can lead our judgments to be distorted. The first illusion was an animation of Shepard’s Tables; an example of size-constancy expansion first published by Roger Shepard as “Turning the Tables”. We know the two tables are the same length but yet why does one table appear to be longer than the other? In this case it is because the angles suggest depth and perspective and the brain wrongly believes one table is longer and while the other in shorter. It is interesting that despite us knowing that the tables are in fact the same length, we still perceive them to be different lengths; despite us knowing the truth, we could not get our minds to see reality as it really is. In the second example, Ariely shows the ...
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
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Visual illusions are images that are perceived different thanfrom the reality of the image. What the eye sees does not match the measurement of the stimulus source. These illusions demonstrate the difference between perception and reality. Visual illusions are known to be tricks the brain because you know exactly how an object is setup yet you still see it how it was perceived instead of how it actually is. LikewiseLikewise, with the magic tricks the card tricks, pulling the coin out of the ear, you eventually learn to decipher the difference in these visual misconceptions but at some point in timetime, they were perceived as expected.
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In Stephen Jay Gould’s essay, “Some close encounters of a mental kind,” Gould discussed about how certainty can be both blessing and dangerous. According to Gould, certainty can be blessing because it can provide warmth, comfort and secure. However, it can also be a danger because it can trick our mind with false information of what we see and remember in our mind. Gould also talked about the three levels of possible error in direct visual observation: misperception, retention and retrieval. According to Gould, our human mind is the greatest miracle of nature and the wicked of all frauds and tricksters mixed. To support his argument and statements, he used an example of an experiment that Elizabeth Loftus, a professor from University of California Irvine, did to her students and a personal experience of his childhood trip to the Devils Tower. I agree with Gould that sight and memory do not provide certainty because what we remember is not always true, our mind can be tricky and trick us into believing what we see/hear is real due to the three potential error of visual observation. Certainty is unreliable and tricky.
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Das, Trisha. How to Write a Documentary Script: A Monograph. USA: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print.
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Of the many crimes that are present in this day and age, one that not only vandalizes the property, but as well as historical background is that of art theft. A crime that has taken away the sanctity of churches as well as many other religious and historical sites. Thefts have ranged from WWII (World War II) to the times of the Holocaust. Of the items that were taken from the churches, relics were items of great priority. These items not only had great value to the churches they were stolen from, but a great value to relic collectors. Most of the items taking during these times were either sold or placed in underground storage. Most of these items that were place in these secret places were never to be seen again. From the times of these so called “relic hunters” to now, art theft has become something that has taken some extreme changes. It has evolved from crime that started with minor relic thefts to something that has become a worldwide crime in need of better prevention.
For the chosen brief, a two minutes opening scene and a title sequence are done for a TV programme named “Superhero High School”, along with a teaser ad campaign for the show to generate discussion before the premier. Superhero High School is an action, dramatic, sci-fi comedy TV series following a group of students in a school for individuals with special abnormal abilities struggling to maintain the balance between precarious friendships, young loves and saving chaotic world. The show is targeted toward a relatively young demographic between 15 and 35 and will be suitable for all ages. To satisfy Silver Lining Production’s ideology, the text is trying to push the boundaries of the format through hybridisation of multiple genres, including documentary.