Saturday 13 December 2008
FeedBack
We had our presentation yesterday to showcase our work to the AV pathway group. The presentation went well and the people in the AVgroup seemed to like the Documentary. They thought we could have had a shot of Chris in a lecture to show the side of him doing work. We found that we could not meet up becuase he was too busy at the time to meet up again. One of the lecturers said they like the documnetary but they have seen this idea done a few times. Feedback is good to have becuase when you have to do a similiar project we will take into account the feedback.
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Ambience Track
Today we shown a Lecturer rough final edit for feeback. He mentioned that we need a ambience track to fill in the dead spaces of sound to keep the audio running smoothly when the Character isnt talking. This was needed when we filmming out side. Also he said we needed to change the shot quicker when we were in the radio studio to make it look faster to fit in with th music.
Friday 5 December 2008
COMIC STRIP
These are the three comic strips that I came up with to show the progression in the documentary.
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Script in footage
Couple of hours see yea, starting off with this one, its my-sound-through (not sure what song he says)
2.10 – small documentary on rave Trent, so there here with me for the evening, just for fly FM, Their going to be coming down to rave Trent, also checking one of our socials, so hopefully we will have that online for you in the next few weeks, you can check that out, yea like I say rolling on with the next one. The next tune coming in is _________ - freefall
7.20- what am I doing tonight?
Well errrr, each week on fly fm we have a radio show, which we rotated between 4 residences down at rave Trent. It should be me and another lad this evening between 6 till 9pm should be another lad here with me this evening but his tied up with work being 4th year that we are you know. Pressures of the university stuff, but errmmm, each week on the show best to have a variety on fly fm. Many day time shows. Not many specialist evening.
12min .00- to be fair this is the first show I have done this year, so I’ve yet to find out how am going to balance it, but I suppose you got to put work before play at time so you make sure you freed up your time to do what you want do, so obviously this is a hobby of mine.
THIS IS NOT ALL THE SCRIP
2.10 – small documentary on rave Trent, so there here with me for the evening, just for fly FM, Their going to be coming down to rave Trent, also checking one of our socials, so hopefully we will have that online for you in the next few weeks, you can check that out, yea like I say rolling on with the next one. The next tune coming in is _________ - freefall
7.20- what am I doing tonight?
Well errrr, each week on fly fm we have a radio show, which we rotated between 4 residences down at rave Trent. It should be me and another lad this evening between 6 till 9pm should be another lad here with me this evening but his tied up with work being 4th year that we are you know. Pressures of the university stuff, but errmmm, each week on the show best to have a variety on fly fm. Many day time shows. Not many specialist evening.
12min .00- to be fair this is the first show I have done this year, so I’ve yet to find out how am going to balance it, but I suppose you got to put work before play at time so you make sure you freed up your time to do what you want do, so obviously this is a hobby of mine.
THIS IS NOT ALL THE SCRIP
Monday 1 December 2008
First Edit
Plan
Today we would like to finalise editing process and try and cut the footage form 45 minutes down to 10 or under. We to get all the main points of the documentary within the 10 minute then hopefully in the next session try and cut it down to 5 minute.
We have also decided to produce a sort of story board using screen shots so it looks like a comic strip, also for my personnel use I want to turn this in to a short version of the of the documentary making it look like a comic in motion.
This is an example of a comic strip from spiderman.
Today we would like to finalise editing process and try and cut the footage form 45 minutes down to 10 or under. We to get all the main points of the documentary within the 10 minute then hopefully in the next session try and cut it down to 5 minute.
We have also decided to produce a sort of story board using screen shots so it looks like a comic strip, also for my personnel use I want to turn this in to a short version of the of the documentary making it look like a comic in motion.
This is an example of a comic strip from spiderman.
Friday 28 November 2008
Practitioner Development
As Practition I find my idea come at different times of the day most of the day majority of my idea just before I fall asleep or in the showe. To develop these ideas I tend to watch other material that could be related to the subject and see how they have tackled it. I tend to watch a lot of films in general I like to look at the different camera angles and the composition of the shots.
Saturday 15 November 2008
Monday 10 November 2008
Documentary idea
Title: Too Many Djs Not enough study
Chris James is a 4th year NTU student who is also the president of rave trent society. We want to find out how he manages to kope the pressures of his course and the demands of the society, bring an insight to why he does it
Chris James is a 4th year NTU student who is also the president of rave trent society. We want to find out how he manages to kope the pressures of his course and the demands of the society, bring an insight to why he does it
Wednesday 5 November 2008
NEW IDEA
Idea
We have decide on a idea when were in the SU when we thought all hope was gone.
We found a person who was the leader of the "Trent Rave" Society he his role is to organize the socials and the monthly Drum and Bass events for the members of the society and members of the student body. In the vdeo we want to show that the people behind the scenes dont get any credit
Working title
One Man Band
The Story
Chris is a student at Nottingham Trent he is also the president of the Trent Rave society. He organizes the socials and events that take place in the society. We want to follow him with his day-to-day life to see how he copes with his student work and the organization of the socials.
We have decide on a idea when were in the SU when we thought all hope was gone.
We found a person who was the leader of the "Trent Rave" Society he his role is to organize the socials and the monthly Drum and Bass events for the members of the society and members of the student body. In the vdeo we want to show that the people behind the scenes dont get any credit
Working title
One Man Band
The Story
Chris is a student at Nottingham Trent he is also the president of the Trent Rave society. He organizes the socials and events that take place in the society. We want to follow him with his day-to-day life to see how he copes with his student work and the organization of the socials.
Idea 1
The idea for the original documentary was about how homeless people are helped by Volunteer workers to help them get back on their feet. We were hoping to get a Volunteer worker that works to help homeless people.
We managed to get a contact with an organisation called 58i these were a company that dealt with a local soup kitchen. We was close to filming with them but they never got back to me about the filming at the soup kitchen. In addition, at the time we were starting to loose confidence with the idea, we started to hit a bit of a dead end with the idea so we decided to scrap the idea and look for a new idea for our documentary.
We managed to get a contact with an organisation called 58i these were a company that dealt with a local soup kitchen. We was close to filming with them but they never got back to me about the filming at the soup kitchen. In addition, at the time we were starting to loose confidence with the idea, we started to hit a bit of a dead end with the idea so we decided to scrap the idea and look for a new idea for our documentary.
Thursday 30 October 2008
Creative opportunity
Just recently I did some freelance work for a advertising company called EYECORP. This work meant that I had to film there advertisements in and around Manchester airport. They wanted me to produce a 3 minute and 1 minute video showing people interacting with the advertisements. I had to film and edit the whole sequence and make it interesting enough for there sales personnel to use in there presentation pitches to perspective clients. I really enjoyed taking a project on my own and only relying on myself to get the end product I really enjoyed the editing side of the project because it allowed me to be really creative with footage that was really boring to watch if it was unedited.
Friday 24 October 2008
Random Rants
“The Rise of EBay the rise of the Profiteer”
I bet most people have woke up one morning with the building excitement of hoping to buy tickets to see their favourite band from one of the leading internet ticket seller. To find that they have sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale, your heart sinks knowing that this could be the last chance you could see them. Out of curiosity you look on eBay to see if there could be a few at a reasonable price, to your hearts dismay you find that it is flooded with hundreds of tickets of the venue you wanted and the price as almost double.
I have been in this situation a number of times. These day people just tend to buy tickets for a high profile gig not for the love of the music or that they are a fan but for sheer profit. I find this to be disgusting and selfish. The people who have followed a band, bought all their albums and want to experience them live but find that they cant because people have decided to buy more than they need with the intent of sell them on eBay at an extortionate rate.
I do understand that the seller as the right to this because they have bought the ticket and they own it but it just is not fair on the people who would of paid the original price but not the price they want. I also understand that there are fans that would be willing to pay double the price and these are the people they are targeting.
I just feel the rise of Internet bidding sites as allowed the illegal toting system to be legitimised on the these such sites allowing people to charge what they want. I just think there should be some regulation on this.
I bet most people have woke up one morning with the building excitement of hoping to buy tickets to see their favourite band from one of the leading internet ticket seller. To find that they have sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale, your heart sinks knowing that this could be the last chance you could see them. Out of curiosity you look on eBay to see if there could be a few at a reasonable price, to your hearts dismay you find that it is flooded with hundreds of tickets of the venue you wanted and the price as almost double.
I have been in this situation a number of times. These day people just tend to buy tickets for a high profile gig not for the love of the music or that they are a fan but for sheer profit. I find this to be disgusting and selfish. The people who have followed a band, bought all their albums and want to experience them live but find that they cant because people have decided to buy more than they need with the intent of sell them on eBay at an extortionate rate.
I do understand that the seller as the right to this because they have bought the ticket and they own it but it just is not fair on the people who would of paid the original price but not the price they want. I also understand that there are fans that would be willing to pay double the price and these are the people they are targeting.
I just feel the rise of Internet bidding sites as allowed the illegal toting system to be legitimised on the these such sites allowing people to charge what they want. I just think there should be some regulation on this.
Thursday 23 October 2008
Social Networking
“The essential point of networking is human contact. Business has killed networking by making it for the career orientated person”
The original concept of networking was to make human contract with other people whether this was with a neighbor or friends to catch up on the latest gossip. A group of friends is a good example of a network.
I do believe that networking has not been killed by business although now people now see networking as a way to progress their career. Business as driven this trend because most companies give jobs through word of mouth or to people they may already know either personally or through a friend, so this trend as spurred the need to network in the pursuit of career advancement.
I do feel the growing popularity of socially networking sites and the advancement of technology, as taken the original concept of networking and changed it so now that networking can be done over the internet by either through email, instant messaging or though these social networking sites. I personally feel the best way to networking is through personnel contract. Although I have done networking through the internet because of its convenience by giving my C.V to Job networks for perspective employers to view.
Personal experience of this was when I did freelance work over the summer with someone who was a friend of a friends who wanted me to do some filming for them. I think this a good example of networking because the work came from my network of friends. This is a good example but I did for my own career enhancement so then this does show that business as spurred the trend for networking for career advancement because from this I have built a contact within the industry.
I just feel that business has made networking more for the career orientated person but has not killed it because people are always networking in day to day life whether this is meeting new people or just seeing friends for a catch up.
The original concept of networking was to make human contract with other people whether this was with a neighbor or friends to catch up on the latest gossip. A group of friends is a good example of a network.
I do believe that networking has not been killed by business although now people now see networking as a way to progress their career. Business as driven this trend because most companies give jobs through word of mouth or to people they may already know either personally or through a friend, so this trend as spurred the need to network in the pursuit of career advancement.
I do feel the growing popularity of socially networking sites and the advancement of technology, as taken the original concept of networking and changed it so now that networking can be done over the internet by either through email, instant messaging or though these social networking sites. I personally feel the best way to networking is through personnel contract. Although I have done networking through the internet because of its convenience by giving my C.V to Job networks for perspective employers to view.
Personal experience of this was when I did freelance work over the summer with someone who was a friend of a friends who wanted me to do some filming for them. I think this a good example of networking because the work came from my network of friends. This is a good example but I did for my own career enhancement so then this does show that business as spurred the trend for networking for career advancement because from this I have built a contact within the industry.
I just feel that business has made networking more for the career orientated person but has not killed it because people are always networking in day to day life whether this is meeting new people or just seeing friends for a catch up.
Thursday 14 August 2008
Update
I haven't wrote on this for a while. I had quite a busy summer with being on holiday. I decide to create and online portfolio at the moment its still in the early stages really i haven't really done that much to but its getting there. I need some web space which cost money. I will hopefully have this by the time I go back to university. In the mean time ive been using youtube to show my work off.
Also I have found some freelance work for a company called eyecorp. They specialize in advertising and have offices in the a number of countries. I was asked specially by a family friend who is a sales manager to do the work for the company. He was impressed with work that I have produced previously.
Also I have found some freelance work for a company called eyecorp. They specialize in advertising and have offices in the a number of countries. I was asked specially by a family friend who is a sales manager to do the work for the company. He was impressed with work that I have produced previously.
Friday 23 May 2008
Copy Right Fair use act
"I thought this was quite interesting how in america that if you acknowledge the owner you can use there work for as long it is not used for a profit. this is the main guidelines of the fair use act.
One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the Copyright Act (title 17, U. S. Code). One of the more important limitations is the doctrine of “fair use.” Although fair use was not mentioned in the previous copyright law, the doctrine has developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years. This doctrine has been codified in section 107 of the copyright law.
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered “fair,” such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The distinction between “fair use” and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author's observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.”
Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.
The safest course is always to get permission from the copyright owner before using copyrighted material. The Copyright Office cannot give this permission.
When it is impracticable to obtain permission, use of copyrighted material should be avoided unless the doctrine of “fair use” would clearly apply to the situation. The Copyright Office can neither determine if a certain use may be considered “fair” nor advise on possible copyright violations. If there is any doubt, it is advisable to consult an attorney.
FL-102, Revised July 2006"
One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the Copyright Act (title 17, U. S. Code). One of the more important limitations is the doctrine of “fair use.” Although fair use was not mentioned in the previous copyright law, the doctrine has developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years. This doctrine has been codified in section 107 of the copyright law.
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered “fair,” such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The distinction between “fair use” and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author's observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.”
Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.
The safest course is always to get permission from the copyright owner before using copyrighted material. The Copyright Office cannot give this permission.
When it is impracticable to obtain permission, use of copyrighted material should be avoided unless the doctrine of “fair use” would clearly apply to the situation. The Copyright Office can neither determine if a certain use may be considered “fair” nor advise on possible copyright violations. If there is any doubt, it is advisable to consult an attorney.
FL-102, Revised July 2006"
Thursday 22 May 2008
Practitioner
Ben Dodd is a graduate from Plymouth College of Art & Design. he is an in house direction of a very successful production company and is working on many short film at the moment.I specially like his piece called “SUPRRISE” the film was a one shot movie that was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s film noire style and use of one shot which Hitchcock often use. The short film is a surprise for the viewer and the character in the film.
"I was inspired to create Surprise by the brief set from Single Shot, which necessitated the entire film was created using one shot. A Hitchcock inspired film seemed appropriate as many of his films include single takes.
In a month of pleading, charming and building, and with the help of Space City Productions, I managed to put together the production and was able to use 35mm film on a motion control camera.
With the financial support of the Single Shot Scheme, I was able to complete the complex post-production process. The film later went on to premier at Tate Britain and also went on a nationwide tour."
Ben Dodd
"I was inspired to create Surprise by the brief set from Single Shot, which necessitated the entire film was created using one shot. A Hitchcock inspired film seemed appropriate as many of his films include single takes.
In a month of pleading, charming and building, and with the help of Space City Productions, I managed to put together the production and was able to use 35mm film on a motion control camera.
With the financial support of the Single Shot Scheme, I was able to complete the complex post-production process. The film later went on to premier at Tate Britain and also went on a nationwide tour."
Ben Dodd
A SUDDEN URGE MOVIE
I decided to enter my stop motion animation in to a Competition Called the "Northern Design Competition". I had forgotten about it, until this morning when I checked my emails that I had been Highly commended for the piece. I was not a finalist but I had been a Runner up and that I was considered as a finalist. I was really happy to find a piece of my work had been considered in a competition. Even though I did not win I was still excited to have entered and been considered as a finalist in the competition. Maybe next year I could enter a pice of work and see if could be more successful.
Flash Website Finished
I have finished my website and it is uploaded to the web. A friend of mine is hosting the site for me. I feel that even with the trouble I had with the flash code and the publishing I feel that the project went well and that I feel kinda glad that it is over, but also feel I have gain vital skills when it come to creating a website. I am thinking of building an online portfolio using flash. I have set my self a project for over the summer, create an online portfolio using flash. Web design is not somthing I want to go into but I feel to know how to use Flash would be a vital tool in the future.
Sunday 4 May 2008
Online Interactivity
http://www.bigwok.co.uk
The first website I look was of a local business Called Big Wok. They are a company that runs a few Oriental Buffets. The purpose of their website is to promote the business. The logo for the company is the name over the top of a pan that looks like a wok so the content that is on the website is relevant to the company. On the website there is flash animation that in some places is excessive for example the opening of the site, I think there should be option whether you can skip the animation. There is music on the site that cannot be switch off so if you was on the website for some time you would have to turn the volume down on you computer I found the interactivity to be at its minimum. I feel the website does its purpose but I think the design of the website is poor and maybe it would need to b redeveloped.
This is the website for the new Tower of Terror attraction is Disneyland Paris. The website promotes a made up hotel that the user can take around when they visit the website. The website as a number of language options which gives access to people with from different. I think the reason they have done this because Disney its self is a world wide corporation and can be recognised solely by the logo of either the magical castle or the silhouette of the Mickey Mouse the Mascot of the company. The website as vast interactivity options, there is lot of animation and use of 3D graphics, option s to skip if the user wants to. Also there is music which can be switched off but the text for this is small and in the corner so this implies that the developer does not want the user to turn the sound down, maybe because the there is a person that is from the advert dressed as a hotel attendant that speaks to you and there is a lot of sound affects that add to the experience of visiting the website. It is more of a marketing tool to get people to visit the park. I feel the website is successful in doing what it is set out to do.
http://www.spiderwickchronicles.com/
This is the official website for the film of Spiderwick Chronicles. The website as vast interactivity. It is a vast website incorporating games, film clips and added bonuses in the form of free downloads such as screen savers and wallpapers. The user gets to look in the Book of Spiderwick and gets to use the Seeing stone to find hidden features in the game. I feel the website would benefit people more if they have seen the film than those who have not. The site is very user friendly making it easy for children to use because this is a family film I think the website is quite universal allowing adults and children alike to enjoy. I feel the developers have produced a good marketing tool to sell the film as it is advertised to be on sale in June.
The first website I look was of a local business Called Big Wok. They are a company that runs a few Oriental Buffets. The purpose of their website is to promote the business. The logo for the company is the name over the top of a pan that looks like a wok so the content that is on the website is relevant to the company. On the website there is flash animation that in some places is excessive for example the opening of the site, I think there should be option whether you can skip the animation. There is music on the site that cannot be switch off so if you was on the website for some time you would have to turn the volume down on you computer I found the interactivity to be at its minimum. I feel the website does its purpose but I think the design of the website is poor and maybe it would need to b redeveloped.
This is the website for the new Tower of Terror attraction is Disneyland Paris. The website promotes a made up hotel that the user can take around when they visit the website. The website as a number of language options which gives access to people with from different. I think the reason they have done this because Disney its self is a world wide corporation and can be recognised solely by the logo of either the magical castle or the silhouette of the Mickey Mouse the Mascot of the company. The website as vast interactivity options, there is lot of animation and use of 3D graphics, option s to skip if the user wants to. Also there is music which can be switched off but the text for this is small and in the corner so this implies that the developer does not want the user to turn the sound down, maybe because the there is a person that is from the advert dressed as a hotel attendant that speaks to you and there is a lot of sound affects that add to the experience of visiting the website. It is more of a marketing tool to get people to visit the park. I feel the website is successful in doing what it is set out to do.
http://www.spiderwickchronicles.com/
This is the official website for the film of Spiderwick Chronicles. The website as vast interactivity. It is a vast website incorporating games, film clips and added bonuses in the form of free downloads such as screen savers and wallpapers. The user gets to look in the Book of Spiderwick and gets to use the Seeing stone to find hidden features in the game. I feel the website would benefit people more if they have seen the film than those who have not. The site is very user friendly making it easy for children to use because this is a family film I think the website is quite universal allowing adults and children alike to enjoy. I feel the developers have produced a good marketing tool to sell the film as it is advertised to be on sale in June.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Flash Project- items
I have decided to make the ipod to play a movie when the user touches the object. Iv have change my idea for the movies. I decided to come up with the idea of having someone having a sudden urge to do something and that, that urge is so strong that they are almost pulled or float to where they need to go
Thursday 24 April 2008
flash Project- ROOM
I have decide that the space the objects will go into will be my bedroom. I feel my room is a good place for the items to go into because with my room I feel comfortable to be so thought the items would fit well into. I decide to use 2D graphics using photoshop I wanted to make it look like a cartoon illustration I was going for a simple look, I feel it looks like a scene from Southpark
Flash Project- Items
From my early ideas on what items should be in my website. I have developed them further and decided to change a few of them because I feel they represent my identity. I decided change the camera into a computer because my computer helps me to keep in touch with my friends and family who are a big part of who I am. My family represent where I am from and gives me my identity as a Mancunian. I choose my ipod to play the Movie also my ipod can play films so this shows my passion for film and also music. A book which will be diary will be a place where I can add comments on and and for me to create and online profile. It could my own personal blog. A photo frame with my avatar will play my avatar video avatar is a representation of me and my personality at times. then I have a guitar which will show my love for music epecially rock music I think music can give person there identity some people tend to dress a certain way to fit into the image the music puts across. This I believe can give people an identity.
items
items
Monday 21 April 2008
Flash project
(Should of been posted a week ago)
Ive stated my flash its not that bad Im still struggling with the action script but I have found some websites with helpful tips and bit of source code. this is the Opening page of my site.
Ive stated my flash its not that bad Im still struggling with the action script but I have found some websites with helpful tips and bit of source code. this is the Opening page of my site.
Flash project
(should of been posted two weeks ago)
Im stuck don,t know where to start on this one. I really gonna struggle with this this falsh project. i dont really know much about flash but I have a book out out that as a lot of action script in it but I cant seem to make sense of mush of what it is saying.
Im stuck don,t know where to start on this one. I really gonna struggle with this this falsh project. i dont really know much about flash but I have a book out out that as a lot of action script in it but I cant seem to make sense of mush of what it is saying.
Wednesday 9 April 2008
IDENTITIES PROJECT 2. Flash website
I got an idea for the video that as to be shown on the website. the Ideaof boredem and the thing people do to keep themselve occupied to stop being bored like reading,watching tv, going out to the shop or going to the pub. The idea is that i will use the one shot technique but with a twist. I will have a camera set on a tripod in a room I will have a person stood doing something eg cooking the i will pan the camera around the room the stop it. the I will sit the person sown on a chair and again the pan the camera around the room So when it comes to editting it will look as if time as passed in the same shot a the person is in other part of the room. I just need to get an actor to be in the shot. I preferable want a girl to be in the video.
IDENTITIES PROJECT 2. Flash website
I have finished project one now I have to concentrate on creating a website using flash. The website has to contain 5 object that tell a story of who I am, I have already chose the Five objects but I might change them depending on how I feel during the implementing of my website. Each object has to be interactive. I have to learn how to write Action Script 3 which is a task in itself to do. I think I am going to struggle with this project. I also need to produce a report on 3 other websites has research to show that I have looked at other websites.
I feel this is going to be the biggest challenge that I have face so far this year.
I feel this is going to be the biggest challenge that I have face so far this year.
Monday 10 March 2008
So my video represents the way I like to be around people and socialising and being in the centre of it all being busy with things to do. But I am always in a constant struggle to find a place to be alone a place with piece and quiet. Which is something I find hard whilst at university. So the Monkey represents me. The tree is the quiet place, the buildings are the people and everything that is busy in my life and the camera work so me always looking for the quiet place looking to be alone.
Friday 7 March 2008
Evaluation
We were set a project called Identity, we had to explore the meaning of our Identity and how we see our self then form this we had to create an avatar that would be placed in a space. We had to consider our Identity the design of the avatar and the space.
The project meant we had to research what an avatar was to gain an understanding of what we had to do and how we would design the avatar. I thought the best way to gain a understanding of “who I am” so I started by do a mind map this help me to get all the different traits of my personality down I help then to gain a direction of where I wanted to take the project. So to help I did a mood board so I could visualise my mind map giving me a good direction on what to do. For the avatar design I started to draw myself and then develop those drawing an illustrated avatar. I came up with the design of a monkey wearing a green T-shirt listening to music. This is to represent that my nickname to my friends is monkey, green is one of y favourite colours and I really like listening to music. I feel a monkey is the best way to describe my identity.
The area, I decided to have it a city with a huge tree over looking and have my Avatar sitting on a branch looking down at the city. The idea developed because as a person I like to be surrounded by people and be busy in a busy environment. So the city represents this need to be around people and the need in a busy place, but then there is a contradiction with me, because I am constantly looking for a place to be alone. I wanted to show this with the huge tree which is the main theme representing the constant need to be alone. My avatar is sat down looking over at the city this is to show what the city represents to me as the busy place. To design the area and Avatar I had to use 3D Studio Max this is a 3D modelling software, I found it really hard to make any progress at the start of the project I found it to be a big learning curve, but after I learnt the basic I felt comfortable to produce my Avatar. I think if I had more experience with the software I could of done more to the area and made it look a lot more professional.
The movie is going to have a sound track of a busy city and birds singing. I thinks this puts across the idea of the busy to city to the viewer even though I have not modelled cars or people the audio will allow the viewer to know they seeing a busy city.
I started my research in an online 3D community to gain an insight what it is like to have an avatar I maybe change your Identity and in a way become some else. I kept a diary that followed my Avatar progress with the virtual world. I food the experience to be both interesting and little boring because of he fact that there was not much to do on the online community that I was on, I don’t think I would go back on this particular one again. As another form of research, I looked in to the work of Russ Mills an Illustrator. I especially like his work form 2006-2007 because he did portraits of people and edited them on the computer to get his finished result his work at this period consisted of just people’s faces.
I feel this was a successful project and that if was to do it again I would like to charge a few features and maybe do some more tutorials and some animation in the video. But due to the time constraints of the project I was limited to what I could do but I am happy with the final movie, I feel I am ready for the next project and feel my ideas reflect the ideas from this project.
The project meant we had to research what an avatar was to gain an understanding of what we had to do and how we would design the avatar. I thought the best way to gain a understanding of “who I am” so I started by do a mind map this help me to get all the different traits of my personality down I help then to gain a direction of where I wanted to take the project. So to help I did a mood board so I could visualise my mind map giving me a good direction on what to do. For the avatar design I started to draw myself and then develop those drawing an illustrated avatar. I came up with the design of a monkey wearing a green T-shirt listening to music. This is to represent that my nickname to my friends is monkey, green is one of y favourite colours and I really like listening to music. I feel a monkey is the best way to describe my identity.
The area, I decided to have it a city with a huge tree over looking and have my Avatar sitting on a branch looking down at the city. The idea developed because as a person I like to be surrounded by people and be busy in a busy environment. So the city represents this need to be around people and the need in a busy place, but then there is a contradiction with me, because I am constantly looking for a place to be alone. I wanted to show this with the huge tree which is the main theme representing the constant need to be alone. My avatar is sat down looking over at the city this is to show what the city represents to me as the busy place. To design the area and Avatar I had to use 3D Studio Max this is a 3D modelling software, I found it really hard to make any progress at the start of the project I found it to be a big learning curve, but after I learnt the basic I felt comfortable to produce my Avatar. I think if I had more experience with the software I could of done more to the area and made it look a lot more professional.
The movie is going to have a sound track of a busy city and birds singing. I thinks this puts across the idea of the busy to city to the viewer even though I have not modelled cars or people the audio will allow the viewer to know they seeing a busy city.
I started my research in an online 3D community to gain an insight what it is like to have an avatar I maybe change your Identity and in a way become some else. I kept a diary that followed my Avatar progress with the virtual world. I food the experience to be both interesting and little boring because of he fact that there was not much to do on the online community that I was on, I don’t think I would go back on this particular one again. As another form of research, I looked in to the work of Russ Mills an Illustrator. I especially like his work form 2006-2007 because he did portraits of people and edited them on the computer to get his finished result his work at this period consisted of just people’s faces.
I feel this was a successful project and that if was to do it again I would like to charge a few features and maybe do some more tutorials and some animation in the video. But due to the time constraints of the project I was limited to what I could do but I am happy with the final movie, I feel I am ready for the next project and feel my ideas reflect the ideas from this project.
Diary Synopsis
I tried to enter the community of Second life but found I could not enter the community or even get an account from them so I found a different online community call Vside. This is a small online community. There are only three average sized maps to explore.
I found my experiences in Vside to be at time to be a bit boring I started getting a little bored with doing the same things I did not like the idea of socialising on a computer with people I do not know I preferred to socialise with people I know. The first two weeks were ok they were more about discovering what was it all about and why people create a new identity. At first I got a little addicted to the online community. I think it’s been more of a novelty of meeting and talking to people you haven’t met and are in a different country. I noticed that it never really gets busy until late at night I found most of the events I went to, this could be because the creators of this online community are based in America and so the majority of the people that go on this community are American and the events that I went to. It was three in total they were at 4 o’clock in the morning. I only did this to experience what it would be like to visit these events.
In Vside I also heard that there were quite a lot of secrets to find in Vside. I was fun finding these secrets I meant that I had to make more friends so I find these secrets within the online community. Managed to make around more than 100 friends, in the community there is an incentive to making more friends because you earn points called “Respekt” points the more you have you are able to access new areas such as VIP rooms or buy items of clothes that are made available by getting more points. I did actually make friends with someone that I spoke to on a number of occasion’s jus to catch up. They were one of the people who invited me to the event that took place one event was quite tricky to find. I had to find my way to a hidden basketball court. It took a while to find. The party was at 4 am so I decided to look for it before the party I did not want to be looking for something so early in the morning.
I would say my experiences in Vside to be quite exciting but as the time went on and I done majority of the things you could do on Vside. I got a little bored especially when the project work got more demanding I got less and less to enthusiastic about visiting the community. I think I might go on it again from time to time but I don’t think I could get addicted.
I found my experiences in Vside to be at time to be a bit boring I started getting a little bored with doing the same things I did not like the idea of socialising on a computer with people I do not know I preferred to socialise with people I know. The first two weeks were ok they were more about discovering what was it all about and why people create a new identity. At first I got a little addicted to the online community. I think it’s been more of a novelty of meeting and talking to people you haven’t met and are in a different country. I noticed that it never really gets busy until late at night I found most of the events I went to, this could be because the creators of this online community are based in America and so the majority of the people that go on this community are American and the events that I went to. It was three in total they were at 4 o’clock in the morning. I only did this to experience what it would be like to visit these events.
In Vside I also heard that there were quite a lot of secrets to find in Vside. I was fun finding these secrets I meant that I had to make more friends so I find these secrets within the online community. Managed to make around more than 100 friends, in the community there is an incentive to making more friends because you earn points called “Respekt” points the more you have you are able to access new areas such as VIP rooms or buy items of clothes that are made available by getting more points. I did actually make friends with someone that I spoke to on a number of occasion’s jus to catch up. They were one of the people who invited me to the event that took place one event was quite tricky to find. I had to find my way to a hidden basketball court. It took a while to find. The party was at 4 am so I decided to look for it before the party I did not want to be looking for something so early in the morning.
I would say my experiences in Vside to be quite exciting but as the time went on and I done majority of the things you could do on Vside. I got a little bored especially when the project work got more demanding I got less and less to enthusiastic about visiting the community. I think I might go on it again from time to time but I don’t think I could get addicted.
Sunday 2 March 2008
Avatar Space implementation
Now that I have created my avatar I now need to create area my avatar will go into. I struggled at first to figure out how i will go about implementing the space it took me quiet a while to get used to some of the features i had never used such as lighting and mainly using the camera.
Avatar implementaiotn
I struggled at first to create an avatar for in 3D studio Max beausse with it being a new software to learn it took me a while to figure out what to do. After a bit of messing around with software I managed to create my avatar.
Sketch book Space Design
Now That I have developed my Avatar I need to consider the space I want it to go in to. I need to consider my identity for the design. As a person I like busy places such as a city and I like quiet place . So in a way I love being in a busy place but I always in constant struggle to find a quiet place to find piece and quiet. So before I design my space I need to research cities a and parks.
These are some of the pictures I took.
These are some of the pictures I took.
Sketch book Avatar Design
I have came up with my final idea for my sketchbook I decided to go for the Monkey design because it as always been my nickname. I also decided to give him a green T-shirt because it is one of my favorite colours. Because the drawing was in 2D I could not imagine how I would be able to model my avatar in 3D.
Sketch book Avatar Design
Now that I have explored my identity i feel it is time to start my design Ideas. I wanted to go for something simple because I had to model my avatar on 3D Studio Max which a piece of software I have not used much previous so I think by keeping it simple I could easily produce a avatar.
sketch book
Here is where i looked at an artist illustrator who drew portraits of people. His name is Russ Mills he uses real media to draw his images then he edits them on the computer. I really like his technique and his style I did a project last year on this artist and I tried to replicate his style but using some of my own techniques
Sketch book
These are some images that i drew of myself, I wanted to use different methods of drawing to explore who I am. I feel the best way to explore my identity is to draw myself.
Sketch book
On my blog I will show extracts from my sketchbook showing my thought process on this project and the ideas i want to put across my ideas on my identity.
This is my mind map and the mood board that I produced that shows my identity.
This is my mind map and the mood board that I produced that shows my identity.
Monday 25 February 2008
Vside diary continued
Vside Day 8
Today on Vside I decide to go on it in the morning to see of it is actually in use because the majority of users are American I wanted to see if any one was actually on it so I visited all three areas and the main area New Vencia still had people playing from America I could believe how thy could do this I would have been around 4 in the morning in some states. Started to ask people what time it was where they were. I didn’t get a reply from some. I think they might of Thought I was some weird person.
Vside Day 9
I signed in at the forums on the Website to see if there were things I was missing out on any secrets. I stumble across an article about a secret bot that appears in different location in the world. So I went in search for these bots. And found on the train track hidden away at the graphic boundaries of the section of New Vencia. He kept asking whether I preferred sushi or burritos. I answered and he said something about a red Bunny that will give you secret. So im in search of a Red bunny.
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I took a break from Vside. Had too much work to do.
Vside Day 11
I went on Vside today to meet a friend from back that had joined so we could chat. If seemed weird and it sunk in that these are real people playing this as well as me. We chatted for quite a long. It free and we didn’t have use the Phone. I guess this is a good advantage over a regular chat room I that the game is interactive a that there are things to do.
Vside Day 12
I met someone from the UK. I think this was the first person that I have as a friend from the UK on Vside. They were from Cornwall. They were on quite late at night I think they were on so late because most people are on and it is busy very late
Vside Day 13
I thought I would catch up with a person I met in the first few days. It just felt weird that I was actually speaking to someone I didn’t actually know. She was telling me she as the new Mac book air. We started chatting about the iphone and how unnecessary it is. She decided to invite me to a special meeting in a secret area. I didn’t go because it was at 4am our time and decided it would be ridiculous to stay awake that late just to stay on this game.
Vside Day 14
I went to an area that I haven’t really visited much because you don’t get many people visiting it so there is no one to talk to La GenoaAires. Its as a latin feel to the area. I decided to fully explore the area. I found a nightclub there and there was a few people in the club. So I started to talk to them.
I did not go on Vside today so there is no diary entery for it.
Vside Day 16
Today I again decide to go to another area this one is called Raijuku. There weren’t many people to talk to. So I did a little exploring and found some secrets in this area which which improved my status level.
Vside Day 17
I getting little bit board of playing this Online community in a way I cant wait to stop playing I don’t understand how people can get addicted to this type of online community. Feel at bit weird that that I am speaking to people that I don’t know. When I could be socialising with my friends instead of stuck in on my computer.
I just feel the novelty of it as worn off. I just decided today to see if there were any people that I know are on.
Monday 4 February 2008
V-isde Diary
Day 2
I started to make friends from al over the world. I managed to find one person from the UK. I have noticed that most of my Friends are from the US I think this must be because Vside was created in america and so it was favoured more by americans. I did not manage to much on this visit to the Vside
Day 3
I took a day off form going on Vside.
Day 4
I made a discovery from one of my friends they told me that if you follow the Rabbits on the walls they will lead to secrets. So I started looking for Rabbits on the walls. I found that there was a Rabbit on a wall near a shop I was looking in. I asked someone how do you find the secret near the Rabbit. They told me that you had to jump in to the wall. I did this and I was tele-ported to a new part of Vside. these are the screenshot of this.
This bunny on the bottom left of the screen takes you to the roof above where a bunny make you jump really high.
Vside Day 5
I was invited to special event near a secret Basket Ball court. the only problem I was at half 2 am so I decided to stay up and see what t was like. There were quite a few people there so I decide to chat to them.
I decided to take 2 days away from Vside because I had to work at weekend so could not find the time to visit.
Monday 28 January 2008
IDENTITIES-SECOND SELF part2
Vside Day one
I entered the virtual world with alias as Monkeyd, I explored the 3 different section of the world. I was quite quiet to begin with but it started to get a bit busier. I have made 6 friends already they are all from America. I had a dance with a girl in Club and she swithed her clothes to a bikini it made me laugh because it made realise that people that this sort of thing serious. They actually asked how do I look. I did not know what to say. Its a virtual women.
This is my Character on the game.
IDENTITIES-SECOND SELF
When I first read that I needed to create a second identity. I did not have a clue what I would need to do. So I looked at Second life and tried to get a account with it and I was not able to they did not send me a confirmation email so it was impossible for me to set up an account with them. I thought I was not going to be able to do the project. My lecturer told me that there were other online communities. So I decide to join Vside. This is a relatively new but free online community by doppelganger. The Characters are all cell shaded giving it a cartoon look to it. There are 3 towns to visit. Its quite a small online community. then again that could be a good thing because if you lose a friend you can find them easily. You can also teleport to your friends if you want to speak to them.
On this society you can purchase a credits which are a sort of currency that can be used on the game to purchase new clothes for you character. I don't think that will be something that will be something that I will be doing. I have heard that people spend a lot of money on these virtual world especially second life where you can opt to pay £9 a month so you can buy land and clothes or set up a business.
Im going to keep a day to day diary of the goings on and the interaction of my character with other members within the world of Vside.
Monday 21 January 2008
NEW TERM, NEW MODULE-IDENTITIES
We have started our new term and our new module. I found review week to be very positive and helpful, I have set my self some new aims for the term. I am considering producing an online portfolio I am thinking of using flash to produce it. so this would mean that I should looking at books on flash for help on action script. I am really looking forward to the challenges ahead.
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Flash Project Part 5
The project is finished and all I need to do is hand in my work. The Flash project was a big learning curve as I have never used flash before and so having to learn how to use was a daunting task.
For the project I came up with the idea of creating a character called cliff. He is a student that is confused on what he should do with his life at university. So it is down to the user to decide what they should do with him and what path they should take as a student. I had a few problems when it when it came to implementation because of the loops I wanted to make within the project. I feel that it went quite successful and that the loops and buttons I used work the way they should. I think that I had spent a few more hours on it I think I could of made it betters because I noticed some mistakes before I had to hand it in. I feel next time I do a project I will make sure I spend a little more time making sure there no mistakes.
For the project I came up with the idea of creating a character called cliff. He is a student that is confused on what he should do with his life at university. So it is down to the user to decide what they should do with him and what path they should take as a student. I had a few problems when it when it came to implementation because of the loops I wanted to make within the project. I feel that it went quite successful and that the loops and buttons I used work the way they should. I think that I had spent a few more hours on it I think I could of made it betters because I noticed some mistakes before I had to hand it in. I feel next time I do a project I will make sure I spend a little more time making sure there no mistakes.
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