Techniques and

Performance Practices
 WHAT IS
Medium is defined as
MEDIUM? the material, or the substance out of
which a work is made. Through these materials, the artists
express and communicate feelings and ideas. The medium also
defines the nature of the art form as follows:
1. Sculpture uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass. It is the branch
of the visual art that operates in three-dimension because it occupies
space and has a volume. One form of sculpture is pottery and
woodcarvings like carvings of saints in Christian churches.
2. Architecture uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete, and various
building materials. It is the art or practice of designing and constructing
buildings.
3. Paintings uses pigments like watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic,
ink on a usually flat ground such as wood, canvas, paper and stonewall used
in cave paintings.
4. Printmaking uses ink normally on paper but can also be used on woods,
metal plates, or silkscreens. Prints is classified as two-dimensional because
they include the surface or ground on which coloring substances are
applied. However, while paintings are unique, prints can be reproduced in
several pre-determined editions.
5. Music uses sounds and instruments (including the human voice), while the
dancer uses the body.
6. Dance uses the body and its movements. Dance is often accompanied by music,
but there are dances that do not rely on musical accompaniment to be realized.
Dance can tell stories, but at other times, they convey abstract ideas that do not
rely on a narrative.
7. Theater artist integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design,
performance elements, and script to enable the visual, musical, dance, and other
aspects to come together as a whole work.
8. Photography and filmmaking use the camera to record the outside world. The
filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put together production
design, sound engineering, performance, and screenplay. In digital photography
and film, the images can be assimilated into the computer, thus eliminating the
need for celluloid or negatives, processing chemicals, or print.
9. Writing of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction uses words.
On the basis of medium, the arts can be classified as practical, environmental, pictorial,
narrative, dramatic, and musical. The musical arts include music, poetry (those that
have perceptible rhythm and can be sung or danced to), and dance that is accompanied
by music. The practical arts have immediate use for everyday and business life such as
design, architecture, and furniture. Environmental arts occupy space and change in its
meaning and function depends on their categories including architecture, sculpture,
and site-specific works such as installations and public art.

Pictorial works include painting, drawing, graphics and stage and production design
(lighting, dress, props, and set). Works that are staged and performed are considered
Dramatic and they include drama, performance art, or music and dance. If they are
based on stories, the art forms are classified as narrative and they include drama, novel,
fiction, nonfiction, music, and dance.
 What is
Technique is the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired
technique?
formal effect, and communicate the desired concept, or meaning, according to his or her
personal style (modern, Neoclassic, etc.).
• The distinctive character or nature of the medium determines the technique. For example,
stone is chiseled, wood is carved, clay is modeled and shaped, metal is cast, and thread is
woven. See for example below.
Technique involves tools and technology, ranging from the most traditional (for example
carving, silkscreen, analog photography, and filmmaking) to the most contemporary (digital
photography, digital filmmaking, music production, Industrial design, and robotics).

Traditional Techniques
Silk-screen printing
Is one of the most popular printing techniques, and is most-used by companies when
printing design onto products of different sizes and materials. It has been used for more
than 100 years in the commercial and artistic sector and is mainly used for printing images
and designs on T-shirts, Tote bags, paper, wood, ceramics and other materials.
Analogue Photography
Analogue photography refers to photography using an analogue camera and film. A
roll of film loaded into the camera and the magic begins once you start clicking: light
interacts with the chemicals in the film and an image is recorded. The pictures
collected in your film roll come to life when the film is processed in a photo lab.
Filmmaking
Film production is the process of making a film. The direction or production of films
for the cinema or television is a visual storytelling. Filmmaking involves a number of
discrete stages including an initial story, idea, or commission, through screenwriting,
casting, shooting, sound recording and reproduction, editing, and screening the
finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition.

Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range of economic,
social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies and cinematic
techniques. Typically, it involves a large number of people and can take from a few
months to several years to [Link] is the one who takes the onus of a
feature film from beginning to end, and most commonly fulfills the dual role of
producer and director (or more).
Contemporary Techniques

Digital photography
Uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photodetectors to capture images focused by a
lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The captured images are digitized and
stored as a computer file ready for further digital processing, viewing, electronic publishing,
or digital printing.

Digital film making

Is the norm these days, enabling filmmakers to blend art and digital media and speed up the
process of filmmaking as well as be more creative and enterprising in the special effects
department.
In short, more flexible digital cameras—such as the Panasonic HVX 200 and the RED One
and Scarlet cameras—and editing software such as Final Cut Pro Studio, have made the
cinematographer's and editor's jobs easier and made it possible for filmmakers to produce
quality films at much less expensive cost.
Music production
It is the process of creating a recorded music project. A record producer usually handles music
production, managing every aspect. That can include being a critical part of the creative process,
such as deciding what instruments are used and contributing to song arrangements. Since music
production plays a vital role in the quality of the final product, it can make or break the success of an
album. Record producers give recommendations on which songs are best to record; manage financial
aspects of recording; hire outside performers, if needed; and work with sound engineers in the
recording process.

Industrial design
It is a combination of art and engineering; drawing skills, creativity and technical knowledge are
critical. Industrial designers usually choose to work on products in a specific industry, such as the
medical, automobile, or technology industry.
Robotics
It is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science and engineering. Robotics
involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design
intelligent machines that can help and assist humans in their day-to-day lives and keep everyone safe.

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