Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Independent Work
Yesterday I decided to change the colors of some of the members of the justice league for my independent project. It allowed me to work in photoshop to use the path selection tool and overlay colors with different effect to produce an "alternate reality" superhero. I finished The Flash and The Green Latern and out of those two my favorite is The Flash. Seeing how my dad has always been a huge comic guru, I've found that I find the heroes themselves awesome, just not so much the books. I could see my house having many posters but few books.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Article Review
I read an article on technology found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/technology/12soft.html?ref=technology
The main idea of the article is that Microsoft is trying to offer Office 2010 for free in an attempt to compete with other companies such as Google that are already offering free web software. This is the first time that Office will allow people to store their documents in the Web rather than on their personal computers. There will be a free Web version full of ads that show the full blown out version for $500. I personally find this very interesting and I am anxious to see how everything plays out. It will be cool to see how this unfolds and how other competing companies such as Google, react once the Office free software is released and received. I think at first it will be a pretty big hit among people but after a while I'm not exactly sure how it will do. I do wonder, if Google will try to come out with something to compete with the new Office stuff around the release of the software. To me, that would be good business.
The main idea of the article is that Microsoft is trying to offer Office 2010 for free in an attempt to compete with other companies such as Google that are already offering free web software. This is the first time that Office will allow people to store their documents in the Web rather than on their personal computers. There will be a free Web version full of ads that show the full blown out version for $500. I personally find this very interesting and I am anxious to see how everything plays out. It will be cool to see how this unfolds and how other competing companies such as Google, react once the Office free software is released and received. I think at first it will be a pretty big hit among people but after a while I'm not exactly sure how it will do. I do wonder, if Google will try to come out with something to compete with the new Office stuff around the release of the software. To me, that would be good business.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Beginning of my arcade work
This is currently what I am working on... I still need to texture each arcade game machine.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Video Production Reflection
1. What questions did the judges ask you (or your team)?
The judges asked us what our inspiration was for this project, what we used to make the title screen/lower thirds, and how we used the mics during the interviews.
2. What comments did the judges give your team?
The judges told us we had a good idea, but we needed to have better audio and more b-roll footage for when Corporal Scott was talking.
3. What was the strongest part of your presentation?
The strongest part of our presentation was us telling the judges about everything. they were listening intently to everything we were saying.
4. What was the weakest part of your presentation?
The weakest part of our presentation was the lack of audio, lack of b-roll, and having key things within the bonus footage but not in the overall video. Those were all things the judges mentioned.
5. Write a detailed description your judged event. I want the sequence of actions that you went through!
We first read our competition guidelines followed by brainstorming potential heroes. After we chose Corporal Scott, we contacted him for an interview and he was very open to the whole thing. We storyboarded what we wanted in the video followed by the writing of the script that we used while shooting. We then met with Scott to discuss what we thought the video would turn out to be. Later we met with Scott again, in various locations, to shoot our interview and small clips of b-roll footage. Then we edited the clips we had and chose what to put in the 5 minute video and what just couldn't make the cut. After the editing was done we did some voiceover work and added a music montage at the beginning for the tv show effect. We burned the movie to some dvds and put a few folders together for the judges to view and we went to eastland to present. We sat in the cafeteria for quite some time. Passing the time was done by eating pizza, conversing with those around, and playing cards. Occasionally the speaker would call groups to go present. When it was our turn we were escorted to the room by a very nice woman. The judges were all very laid back and listened intently to what we said. After the video was done playing, they gave us both positive and negative feedback. Positive feedback included things like you guys have a really good idea and I like what you did with your graphics. The negative feedback included comments about audio, lack of b-roll footage, lack of police graphics in the video, and lack of some information in the video. Overall they were very nice and I think we did decent but in my opinion, following their feedback, I don't expect to be high on the winners list.
6. What would you do differently about your presentation?
I would've stressed more about speaking clearly and with enthusiasm, which weren't huge deals during our presentation but it's something that can always be improved.
7. What would you change about your preperation for contest.
I would have to say stressing more on b-roll footage. In the early stages I had ideas for small clips of b-roll that as time went by we just strayed further and further from. It all came down to time at the end and we never got around to b-roll footage.
The judges asked us what our inspiration was for this project, what we used to make the title screen/lower thirds, and how we used the mics during the interviews.
2. What comments did the judges give your team?
The judges told us we had a good idea, but we needed to have better audio and more b-roll footage for when Corporal Scott was talking.
3. What was the strongest part of your presentation?
The strongest part of our presentation was us telling the judges about everything. they were listening intently to everything we were saying.
4. What was the weakest part of your presentation?
The weakest part of our presentation was the lack of audio, lack of b-roll, and having key things within the bonus footage but not in the overall video. Those were all things the judges mentioned.
5. Write a detailed description your judged event. I want the sequence of actions that you went through!
We first read our competition guidelines followed by brainstorming potential heroes. After we chose Corporal Scott, we contacted him for an interview and he was very open to the whole thing. We storyboarded what we wanted in the video followed by the writing of the script that we used while shooting. We then met with Scott to discuss what we thought the video would turn out to be. Later we met with Scott again, in various locations, to shoot our interview and small clips of b-roll footage. Then we edited the clips we had and chose what to put in the 5 minute video and what just couldn't make the cut. After the editing was done we did some voiceover work and added a music montage at the beginning for the tv show effect. We burned the movie to some dvds and put a few folders together for the judges to view and we went to eastland to present. We sat in the cafeteria for quite some time. Passing the time was done by eating pizza, conversing with those around, and playing cards. Occasionally the speaker would call groups to go present. When it was our turn we were escorted to the room by a very nice woman. The judges were all very laid back and listened intently to what we said. After the video was done playing, they gave us both positive and negative feedback. Positive feedback included things like you guys have a really good idea and I like what you did with your graphics. The negative feedback included comments about audio, lack of b-roll footage, lack of police graphics in the video, and lack of some information in the video. Overall they were very nice and I think we did decent but in my opinion, following their feedback, I don't expect to be high on the winners list.
6. What would you do differently about your presentation?
I would've stressed more about speaking clearly and with enthusiasm, which weren't huge deals during our presentation but it's something that can always be improved.
7. What would you change about your preperation for contest.
I would have to say stressing more on b-roll footage. In the early stages I had ideas for small clips of b-roll that as time went by we just strayed further and further from. It all came down to time at the end and we never got around to b-roll footage.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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