Weekly review 8

Week in review-   This week went by kind of slow.  Monday we had our documentary conferences , to talk about what were going to do for our next big project. Tuesdays Wednesday and Thursday were all shadowing days.  Wednesday Niagara falls came, i think maybe one or two were at least a little bit interested in this program. most of them talked in our demo or were on there phones. Thursday Starpoint came, and they actually seamed interested in this class, they asked questions and talked about there experiences with programs and even thanked us for showing them some cool things.  Thursday we also had an explosions demo in aftereffects. its a lot easier then i thought it was going to be. but this will be a fun project to do since we can get footage of some thing we want to blow up. Im honestly glad were done with shadowing for a while now to work on explosions and the typography project.

Some thing i learned-   Well, Thursday we leaned about explosions, yay. this is some thing i wanted to do for a while, and when i heard we were eventually doing this project i just couldn't wait. Again its a lot easier than i thought it was going to be.

Some thing i want to learn- Id like to learn more bout my new camera, so many settings i have no idea what they mean. I'm going to end up reading the little book that comes with it front to back.

Some thing that made me happy- I'm just about done with my typography project, just want to make a few adjustments. Bridge didn't crash on me for once, yay. I also got a camera a few weeks ago so i don't have to worry bout signing one out anymore.

Some thing that frustrated me-  Saturday we brought my great grandma to the states from Canada for a visit, and on the way back to bring her home the boarder people stopped us and made her walk up into the building to be scanned and have all these background checks done, because she has a dual citizenship and her passport doesn't say that she lives in Canada. She's 94, can hardly walk and it was freezing outside. They gave her such a hard time an were beyond rude to us all. On the way home they yet again stopped us, saying that one of the carpets were folded over in they trunk. So they pulled us aside again and tore out every thing in the trunk, went through every little nook and cranny of the car. On top of that my mother had had her daily medication and vitamins in a small container in her purse. Well they thought she was trying to sell drugs in Canada so another two hours go by with them searching the car again. Apparently its illegal to carry medication in any other container than the one it comes in, if she didn't have the Walgreens app on her phone we would have been detained over night in Canada until they could verify that they were hers. Not a fun day.

Link of interest- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb6xGKxRpP8 this link it so a Photoshop tutorial that i thought was really cool. This adds a smoke effect to your image, an makes it look like your image is make of smoke. This person has many photoshop tutorials, some better than others. i always liked to play around with photoshop and there are tons of tutorials out there to do amazing things in this program.

Keys to creating complex transitions.

Transitions, some thing I personally don't like. I find most of them kind of cheesy, even know they are very helpful. Transitions are often over looked or underused. Transitions connect two parts of a story. Make sure that the subject in your videos are lined up perfectly and that the lighting is the same in both parts of the transitions, to make a seamless transition from one clip to another. Sound is very important. even if you footage isn't the best or don't fit very well together the right sounds can totally change that to make the transitions better. when the perfect sounds and clips are put together it can really seam amazing. this helps make the transitions fluid.

This wasn't one of my favorite articles, there wasn't very much information provided and when I watched the first video to me it was like there was no transitions at all. the transitions he was talking about was one clip fitting with the next clip, I don't really consider that transitions, more like clip alignment. There was a lot of amazing shots in the video some that make you wonder how they accomplished that with out breaking the camera or how close they must have been to some what dangerous things to get the right video needed.

Weekly review 7

Week in review-  Tuesday and Thursday we had 10th grader shadowing, and its not very fun. Wednesday there was a typography quiz and a notebook check. I'm also about half way done on my typography project, hopefully ill be able to finish in time.

Some thing I learned-  typography is a lot harder than it looks, especially with adobe bridge hating me. I ended up starting over and my second project is coming together much better.

Some thing I want to learn-  I really want to learn how to make explosions, I think this will be a super fun project and cant wait until we can start them

Some thing I enjoyed-   I did enjoy finishing my tutorials finally, and starting in my type project, once I got the hang of it

Some thing that frustrated me- shadowing, shadowing is no fun. most of the time no one says any thing not even a smile a giggle or a hello, like there scared of us or some thing. I cant wait until shadowing Is over.

Link of interest-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOi5P1qxrM4 this is a link to a tutorial on how to do a simple typography project, this helped me out a lot because I wasn't even sure where to start off,

The peanuts movie.

Honestly I was never a big fan of the peanuts movies, every year my family would always go the extra mile to call every one and let them know that the movie is on, so its been like a family tradition that I'm not a part of. It is nice to see that they kept the original character designs from when it was 2d, into a 3d animation.  Each character looks exactly the same, just in a more 3d style. before they are able to animate in 3d, they drew out every scene in a comic book strip to make sure every part is just like they want it to be before they go ahead and animate it in a 3d animating program. They must also make fully rigged designs of each character, from being able to move there joints to changing facial expressions. The style of this 3d animation is amazing, like the different shades of colors in there faces really give it a nice touch. the snow in this movie is amazing looking it really looks fluffy and cold, and even has small sparkles in it like real snow would have, the characters may be some what simple but they really paid attention to small details that really adds to the over all animation and makes it look fantastic.

Weekly Review 6

Week in review- Oh my goodness, Just about every day this week we had an after effects demo, and tutorials. Monday there was a fieldtrip to Daemen, but I didn't go, I went last year and I'm not interested in that college. Most of the tutorials are fairly easy so far but the one type one I keep messing up and have to redo it. Its quite frustrating.

Some thing I learned- This week we learned quite a bit about after effects and I'm likening it so far, One thing that is kind of odd is you have to preview different effects in a different program, but  its fun to see all the different things you can do to a video clip.

Some thing I want to learn- In the future id like to learn more about computers,  maybe take a computer class or two in college. I have never been good with computers at all

Some thing that frustrated me- Well most of the day Sunday my computer was being wonky, and wouldn't connect to my internet or only connect for a few moments, Luckily my boyfriends going to college for computers and he fixed it right up. Good thing because I know very little about computers.

Something that made me happy- Finishing a tutorial Is always wonderful, only one more to go and I'm all caught up. (I think) I also got to see the new hunger games movie, mocking jay part two over the week end, it wasn't as good as I was hoping it to be, in my opinion it seams like each movie gets a little bit worse. Not to mention the popcorn wasn't good.

Link of interest- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPPR53K9M8    I thought this video was quite interesting, It shows a bit of the green screen work in the hunger games movie, It talks a little bit about how the actors did random movements and was later animated in to look like they were using this holographic table thing.

Inside out

        I really really wanted to see this movie when it first came out and I hear a lot of good things about it. they really did put a lot of small details into this film, for instance joy is some what in charge of all Riley’s other emotions to show that children are kind of care free and happy. The fathers main emotion is madness, to show his competitive nature and when watching the game. on the other hand the mothers main emotion is sadness, to she that's she is still a bit uneasy after the move. every one has different emotions some stronger than others. Another thing I liked about this film is there take on memories, your long term memories go into Rem when you fall into a deep sleep and settler there way into the long term memory, while short term memories kind of just get flushed out right away

 

        Over all I liked this article, I wish it was more in an information state rather then question and answer, I feel like the characters were designed very well and showed off there specific emotion very nicely. I cant wait for this movie to come out on to dvd so I can see the full movie. some thing I really likes about this movie is the characters them selves, each one is either very likeable or not so much and that's clear to see, the textures on the characters also made then stand out even know they remind me of some kind of sour candy. This movie is like a one of a kind, not many other movies deal with certain emotions as there own being, so its a first.

Weekly review 5

Weekly review- On Monday this week we had a premiere demo and also got to listen to the group sound effect scavenger hunt. Tuesday we finished up out quest trailers and handed them in. Wednesday our second group project, the shot scavenger hunt project was due and today (Thursday) we got to watch every ones project, our group did pretty well and got most of the shots correct. tomorrow e get to go on a field trip to Villa Maria college along with the graphics class and fashion class. later in the day we we will get to watch the animation class's flour sack animation. for me this was one of the more difficult projects so it will be interesting to see how well they did.

Some thing i learned-  i learned that its hard to get a clear shot, thats not super shakey with the schools dollys. Theres not to many great surfaces to roll the dolly on. It was also cool learning about different shots and how to do them, some are quite difficult like the extra credit one but the end result it really cool.

Some thing i want to learn- I need to learn how to be more confident in my work, even when filming I'm afraid of failing or, no one will like my ideas or not see it the way I see it.

Some thing that frustrated me- some how i managed to pull a muscle in my leg, and its a bit sore to walk up or down stairs. The marking period for my high school also ends Friday and my english teacher told me i owed two things that i know i handed in, so i had to redo them. i'm glad i asked her, i was certain i didn't owe anything.

Some thing i enjoyed- i think its really cool to see others people's work, and i cant wait to see the morning classes animations. Saturday morning i'm going with my step mom to get her new puppy. i hope her other dogs like him, Im a bit worried because she has two full grown dogs (husky and a husky-chow mix) so i hope every one gets along.


Link of interest-http://emptyeasel.com/2012/08/12/how-to-be-a-more-confident-artist-and-grow-your-art-business-too/ This link shows a few steps to help you become more confident in your art work. I lack confidence in my art, films and snimations big time, and this always effects the final result.