The 4th wall

Well i would have liked this to be my first blog...... but its not, its about my 3rd or 4th. The problem was that of sustained enthusiasm, i just couldn't sustain my enthusiasm to blog. Anyway i really hope this is it hehe anyway now to the title of my post with which i start my (here we go again !) glorius blog - The 4th wall.. what is it you ask, well I answer :P

The 4th wall as i've understood it and you guys are free to correct me drop a comment is an invisible wall that exists between you the viewer and the work of art that you are viewing. Now for example if you consider this blog a piece of art...ahem.... then if i tell you to press the letter 'J' on your keyboard then there ! I've broken down 'the 4th wall' and have made you do something, the'something' was instigated by the work of art...

So i hope you've got me, now this same concept is very interestingly use in one video game which i currently am liking the more i play it, its called Metal Gear Solid. Ya the first one ported to the pc way back around 98 i think anyway correct me if i am wrong. Here in one of the numerous conversations with the game characters (NPCs for you gamers out there) the guy you are talking to mentions about a radio frequency that is written on the back of the CD case thereby breaking 'the 4th wall' and making you go look for your CD cover and find the mentioned frequency. Now thats a clever way to poke a finger at piracy and have a fun gaming experience at the same time !

Ok so thats about it from me for now. I am quite determined to keep this blog running !

Oh by the way I forgot the introductions ! My name is Joseph Thomas M. The M stands for Mekkattukulam i'm not sure i spelt that right because i've rarely had to write it ! i always shorten it to just 'M.'. Thats the thing with malayalee names LOL. I am currently working as a 'trainee matchmove artist' over at paprikaas/MPC which is a studio at Bangalore. My passions include movies, video games, reading,bicycling.... and a whole lot more. I've reached here after going through Takshaa-Academy For The Artist (an institute i'm indebted to :)), then a 4 month internship at Ittinna Studios where i dabbled at a little bit of hair simulation). And before that i studied at Manipal junior college for my 11th and 12th and finally my schooling was in Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar with Madhava Krupa School, Manipal as the place i did LKG :)...