PostCards

 In this project, we had to create 3 different postcards. The fall postcard pretty much helped me figure out how to use the clipping mask, then I used that on my Zach postcard. The Holidays postcard was inspired by a Hawaii postcard that we made earlier.
One problem that I encountered while doing these projects was being able to put images behind letters. I was able to solve this problem by reading the instructions thoroughly and adding a clipping mask to the layers and images.

Blood & Legos

Blood Drive 

This was my attempt at doing two different journalism projects, one over the annual ONW Blood drive and the other over the annual ONW Lego day.

 Our process was different than what we are used to, for the Blood Drive, we didn't really get that much instruction to what we were supposed to do when filming the people so we couldn't really get all of the shots that we wanted. But for the editing process, we had to find different "sound bytes", or different times when the person you interviewed spoke, then we had to write a script based on those sound bytes and then come up with our own voice over to tell the story that we wanted to. For the lego project, we had a little more time to prepare what we were going to do but it was pretty much the same process.

What Did I Learn?

The main thing I learned from this project was how to keep a camera steady and also how to interview people for different shots. I also learned how the microphones work so that I could gather quality audio. I also lean red that you need good teamwork with the other people in your group so that it all goes smoothly.

I would plan my shots differently, and also gather more shots if I was to do this project again because for some of the pieces, I felt like I didn't have enough shots to make a whole story. I would also come up with a better script because I realized that it was an important piece to the project.

I guess I would keep my audio the same if I was to do this project again because I felt like I gathered fairly good audio. 

I learned that I need a lot more close ups to make the story interesting and I think that would enhance my video for next time.

How would these 2 projects compare?

If I was to compare the two projects, I think that my preparation for the Lego Project was better but the Blood Drive turned out better. I think I had a better voiceover, and better shots for the Blood drive.

Lego Day 

Floating Mountain

We started this "Floating Mountain" project by learning about "Pixel fringe" and how you can get rid of it so that you can make images look good. The first thing I had to do to complete this project was to find and extract a picture of a mountain. The next thing I had to do was set the mountain image to a new "sky background". Then I had to extract 2 more images and add them onto my Mountain image. I chose my the spaceship and the big moon because I wanted to go for a "futuristic"feel, which the spaceship showed. And the moon represented that the floating mountain was kind of out of this world.
In this project, I learned how to use the "Quick Selection Tool" to select the part of the image I want and add them into another background. I also found that it was kind of hard to put the mountain behind the first cloud, but I eventually learned to add that to the layer above the mountain so it all worked out.
If I could do this project again, I would try to blend the mountain and the images better. I would've also liked to make the moon look like it was behind all of the clouds, instead of it being sort of in front of the clouds. I would keep the images the same, because I like what they represented, like it was futuristic and from a different world.
I can enhance the next project I do with this because I now know more shortcut tools, Like "W" is the quick selection tool, which can help me extract more images. I also will know how to blend more images.
Overall, I liked this project and I thought that it taught me a lot about the "Photoshop" program, like how you can be very creative with what you post, and the possibilities can be endless.

SAIL

The scope of this project was to create an original version of a music video. My group chose the song "Sail" by AWOLNATION for our video.

What was the process for this project?

We started this project out by coming up with an idea then finding a song that could match that idea. I didn't really like the idea that my group chose because it didn't really make that much sense but we had to go through with it. After we found our song and idea, then we had to create a storyboard with different shots that we could do to tell our story. Then we had to make a film schedule so we could get our projects done in time for the due date. Then we actually had to go out and film the shots based on how we made our storyboard.
Then for post production, we had to edit our films so the shots went by quick and we also used different effects in our edits to make the film more interesting.

What did I learn?

 I learned throughout this project that having a good idea can make or brake your project. I think that if I was to do this project again, I would be more creative during the idea process and not be so critical.
 I would do the same with my shot choice and edit because I liked how both of those things turned out.
I think that I can enhance my next project by being more creative and cooperative with my group.

Sphere Tutorials

In this project, we had to search up a sphere tutorial for Photoshop and Illustrator.

I started out this project by googling tutorials for both programs, then I decided which one would look the best. Then once I finished, I turned it in on my blogger site. 

3 things that are different between the 2 programs are that Photoshop is a bit map, and Illustrator is a vector, Photoshop uses filters while illustrator uses effects, and photoshop saves as a .jpg or .png and Illustrator saves as a PDF.

Ine the Illustrator tutorial, I learned how to put symbols on objects that I create, and on the photoshop tutorial I learned how to add different layers onto an object so it looks like a sphere.

I need to learn more about all the other different tools, so that I can become more familiar with the programs. 

The sites I used were http://ibrandstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-create-3d-ball-in-photoshop

and http://pixelrockit.com/create-stylish-3d-shapes-with-adobe-illustrator/

Graphic Spheres

In this project, we had to create spheres by hand, and in different programs like Illustrator and Photoshop. I personally thought that making a sphere in photoshop was easier than making a sphere in Illustrator, I also thought that it looked better too. To me, spheres are also very hard to draw by hand. You have to shade spheres based on which way the light is coming onto them. The sphere is brightest where it directly faces the light, and then it gets darker the farther away the object is facing.

Personal Logo

This is my personal logo. I think that this logo represents me well because it is a unique looking logo with a pretty cool idea. I chose the colors the way I did because Grey is considered a conservative color and I chose a circle as my background because it can represent wholeness and unity.
While making this, I learned how to do cool effects with letters, like extending my Z throughout the whole logo. I also learned how to make the text look 3-D, with shadow behind it.
I think that what I did well on this logo was coming up with an original idea, and I also think I chose the right color scheme.
If I were to do this project differently, I would probably try some more text effects to make it more creative.
I think that I need to work more on knowing all of the things that illustrator can do, so that I could make things look unique.
 This was the process that I went through to make my design.

Logo Tutorial

This was a logo I made doing a tutorial. I chose to do this particular tutorial because I thought that the logo looked fun, but also kind of challenging. While doing the tutorial, I learned how to put a pattern on the text and I also learned how to make a cool looking 3-D text. On my actual logo, I will use a different color scheme and also do a different design. I think I did well making the lightning bolt and also making the text.

Google Logo

The Google logo was originally created by a man named Sergey Brin in 1988. The colors in the original logo were just primary colors, but weren't put in order, instead they put a secondary color on the "l" to show that Google doesn't follow the rules. This original logo kept it's same properties until around 2010, where they "O" an orange color instead of the yellow color that it had before. They also have always used the original font of Baskerville Bold for the font for the Google logo, but they did a rendered shadowing style.

The Chase

This project was a 30 shot sequence, where we used different shots to create a Chase scene. We used Close Up, Medium Shot, Wide Shot, Extreme Wide, POV, and OTS shots to tell our story.
This project started with me, meeting with my partner to create a storyboard. Once we got the storyboard done, we got to filming the shots that we drew up in the storyboard. After we got done filming our story, we uploaded our project onto the computer, where we would then edit the project. Finally, we uploaded our film to Youtube and to Blogger once we got done editing. In this project, I learned some new ways to film shots and I also learned that storyboarding is very importing to making the movie because you need to know what you are going to film.
In this project, I edited my shots differently than I usually do. In this project, I used more sounds and also sped up and slowed down the shots to make a cool effect.
I can make my future projects better because of this project because now I know some different editing techniques and also know how to film different kinds of shots.
In the end, I thought this project was fun, and beneficial at the same time, and I would recommend this for the classes after me.

What Font Am I?

I got the font "Helvetica". I think that this font represents me fully, but for the most part it suites me well. Some of the characteristics for it were Classic, Reliable, and maybe a bit boring. I really don't agree with the boring part, but I'd agree with the other words because I might consider myself a classic and reliable person. I think that the font also looks professional and clean, which could also describe me.

10 Shot Sequence

In this assignment we had to make a 10 shot sequence of someone going somewhere. My partner wanted to go to the cafeteria to get food so that is what we filmed.
We used 6 original shots and then copied 4 more shots to make the sequence. The 6 shots we did use were Close up, Medium, Wide, Extreme wide, POV, and Over the shoulder shots. Close up shots emphasize the characters emotions, Medium shots focus on emotion, but also show the characters torso, Wide shots focus on the character but also show their feet and some of their surroundings, Extreme shots show the character and the setting in which the character is in. POV shots go in the point of view of the character, so you can see what they see, and Over the shoulder shots show part of the character, and can also show what they are looking at. I learned how to film people moving to a specific location and also learned how to film different shots while moving, such as Over the shoulder shots.

Pencil Practice

In this project, we started out making a generic pencil and pencil bucket, using instructions that our teacher gave us. Then our next step was to make a creative pencil, which included making different sized pencils and buckets. The last part of our project was to make 2 complimentary objects.

      My 3 biggest takeaways from this project are learning how to use illustrator to make objects, learning all the shortcuts that are needed to use different tools in illustrator, and finally, learning how to make each individual thing in my project, like the seams in the baseball I made. 

6 Shot Sequence

I made a 6 Shot Sequence Video for my E-Communication class. We used Close up shots, POV, Over The Shoulder, Extreme Wide, and Medium Shots to make the video.