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This was by far one of the most challenging projects this semester. I had to really think about what I wanted my video to be about since there were so many stories I wanted to talk about. I was trying to accomplish a successful video that was interesting to listen to and watch. I had the most difficulty finding images for my story since my story was about a scenario that only happened once in my life and never happened again. I wasn’t thinking in the moment that I should have taken a video and I do regret that. I also had some trouble finding music but realized instead of music intriguing melody would be more appropriate for my particular story. I did find a sound that was ere and mysterious, exactly what I was trying to go for. The whole process of IMovie was not new to me but telling a story and making a video about a particular story was new to me and something that I had never considered before. I like how we had the freedom to pick any story that we wanted. I enjoyed finishing the movie the most just because the whole process did take a while. I am most proud of how the video came out, I do wish that the melody in the background came out a little smoother, there were some parts where it cuts off but I had a lot of difficulty trying to fix that as well. If I had more time with this assignment, I would have fixed the music in background to make it smoother and I would have probably taken some more pictures of the actual story itself. Overall this whole process was a learning experience and I am happy that I am able to use iMovie more confidently.

 

 

 

For this assignment I used a bibi card from US Weekly. It was a little difficult finding the right bibi card that I wanted to use since there were a lot of options. I choose this specific bibi card because I really liked the bright pink colors and I felt it would be more fun to create than a boring card with no color. I also enjoy the magazine a lot and have always thought that their bibi cards were bright and eye catching.  I was trying to achieve the exact design of the card and make it look as clean as possible with little to no mistakes. It was extremely hard making sure everything looked precise and the same and also finding the exact fonts that were from the original card. I couldn’t find some of the fonts so I had to improvise, but they were close enough so It didn’t look too off. I also had some trouble with line spacing and fitting everything in the right spot. My favorite part of the whole process was when I found fonts that looked almost the same as the original and also when I was finished with the card. Even though the process wasn’t too challenging It was still nice to sit back and admire what I accomplished. I was most proud of the end result and I do feel that it looks almost identical to the original. It takes a lot of focusing and font hunting to achieve the same look so that takes some effort in itself. If I could do this whole process differently I would have tried harder to find the exact fonts and also maybe have touched up a few places that felt could be more precise. All and all this was a fun assignment and I learned a lot from the whole process.

 

 

 

 

 

Best Friends from Emily McDermott on Vimeo.

With this assignment I was trying to achieve a very emotionally moving commercial that people would respond to. By doing so I needed to find images that were moving, and went with what I was trying to go for. I also needed to come up with a script that was short but also would be effective enough to get my message across. I struggled with coming up with a script because there was a lot I wanted to say but that wouldn’t fit into the 30 second restriction. I also had trouble making my script sound like it was for a commercial instead of like I was reading from a paper. I had never made a commercial before so this whole process was all very new to me but I enjoyed it and I am happy I now know how to make one. I also had never done a voice over a video and that was something to adjust to since It is strange listening to your own voice. I really liked how I could pick whatever topic I wanted and I could choose something I was passionate about. I choose to do my commercial on the advocacy organization Best Friends which helps save the lives of thousands of animals mostly dogs and cats. I am always moved by those commercials that are very emotional and make people want to get up and do something about the cause so I wanted my commercial to make the same effect on people.  I was most proud of coming up with a successful commercial that came out exactly as I wanted. I think if I had more time to work on this I would have had the commercial be longer so I could of talked about other important facts about the organization. Overall I really enjoyed this process and I learned so much that I didn’t know before.

For this assignment I got to create a kiosk on one of my favorite bands Green Day. I already knew a lot about the band to begin with so creating an entire presentation on them I knew wasn’t going to be too difficult. The breakdown of the assignment into different slides I felt made the assignment more organized and easier to understand. We had to choice to use Key Note or Power Point and I had never used Key Note before so I was fairly curious about how that worked. I decided to go with Key Note and found that there were a lot more options and choices than Power Point. I did have some difficulty getting used to some of the differences with the platform but once I got the hang of it is was a breeze. When I found out that we had to add in a song to go with the slideshow that was something I was not sure how to do so that was the most difficult thing to figure out. I also struggled making sure the timing of the presentation was long enough and the song lined up correctly. What was new to me was as I said before using Key Note and combining a song that goes with the slideshow. I really enjoyed having the freedom of picking what song I could use for the project as well as the information to add into the slides. I am most proud of my poster that I created because I feel that it is a great representation of what the band is all about. It also took me awhile to come up with design decisions for the poster so when I finally knew exactly what I was going to do I felt proud. If I had more time I would of added more to my presentation with some more interesting facts.

Design Rationale

For this assignment I was trying to go for the most “Green Day” like poster that I could accomplish. I wanted the poster to scream the band and to resemble what the band has done previous times. I went for a color scheme that represents the band the most which is very random vibrant colors that don’t make too much sense. Green Day as a band is a band that doesn’t care about rules and order so I felt that this poster was a good representation of that. I did have some trouble coming up with design ideas that kind of combined the band as a whole since they have been around for such a long time so I went for the American Flag with a green brick background since I feel this is a classic Green Day feel. Also the bands most famous song is “American Idiot” so the American flag represents that well. I also drew my favorite band logo of theirs which is a hand holding a grenade heart. I had to add in that logo because it’s part of the band. I have never designed a band poster before so this assignment was fairly new to me but I enjoyed the process because I picked my favorite band. My favorite part about the project was that we could pick any band we wanted and had the freedom of being as creative as we wanted. I think I am most proud of just the whole design of the poster as a whole and how it all came together pretty nicely. I had no real set plan on what I was going to do and kind of just going with the flow but I feel that mindset worked in my favor. If I had more time I would of added probably the band members to the poster as well!

Design Rationale

For my animated gif I was trying to make everything look nice and complete when it was all done. I wanted the words to flow and go together, and I made sure that they went in order. I only wanted the word “glitters” to fade because I felt that was the strongest word out of the verse and I wanted it to stick out. The other words I wanted to just flow in and not fade and I also didn’t want my background to fade because I felt that would be too much going on. When I first started making it, the words were coming out very choppy and it was unpleasant to watch.  It took me over a dozen tries to figure out how many seconds I wanted each word to go to make it look as nice as possible. I did have to redo the word layout a bunch of times as well because the first couple tries I messed up on the order. The most challenging part out of every step was definitely figuring out the seconds for the start of the lyrics and the end. For some reason the ending kept being too short and It was difficult to make it end smoothly. The whole process of making the gif was new to me since I have never made one before, so I had to learn everything by scratch. My favorite part about the project was when it was finally completed and everything went together perfectly. I really enjoyed watching the gif over and over again.  I was super proud that I accomplished my first gif and that it actually worked correctly. If I had more time on this assignment I think I would of maybe added some sort of “glitter” animation to make the gif look even better and complete.