3208 Doodlez

Ok, I'm in the lab copying the last disc. Right after this, I'll hand it in and this marks the end of this module. But before I say goodbye, I will do a quick recount of the events that happened for the past few days.


Short summary:
- I used Encore to do the DVD menu. A pretty simple menu I think. I wanted to do something more.... cool and extravagant... but alas.. no time!!! arghhhh!!
- I uploaded Assignment 4 on youtube 2 days ago and I am rather impressed at the quality of the video. Still quite good! wow... not bad...
- I edited the other Assignments and put them all in the DVD as intended. Yep yep. would like to post them on youtube now.
- I edited 10 clips worth of Learning Journal on After Effects and it took so long to render it that I couldn't do anything on After Effects as it renders! arghhhh!! -_- and the whole com lagged. Sheesh. I should have done the work at AS6.

Here are the links to the Assignments:
Assignment 1: http://nm3208.thruhere.net/
Assignment 2: http://nm3208a2.thruhere.net/
Assignment 3A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTyLEoofzII
Assignment 3B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMSmGj-1R5c (they disabled my audio!!! argh!!!)
Assignment 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNUbHM7U9es
Final Project (CNM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-34kllLars
Final Project (Game Show): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hK6v8VpIw

Will be updating this entry soon.

Here is the final video on YouTube:




Hope you enjoy it! :)

I just filmed the Learning Journal earlier today. It was SUPER FUNNYYYYY LA. Haha... Imagine talking to yourself in front of the camera while you're lying down.

>_< HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA.... LOLS. I really felt like I was going through a psychotherapy session with myself. It was quite.... therapeutic. Recounting what happened for the past few months and all. Haha...

I said quite a lot of things I realised. Each clip was like... around 5-10 minutes long. Yeah... I tend to ramble on and on and on and on and on.... AND THERE'S NO ONE AROUND TO SHUT ME UP. Yep. So there you go. One long Learning journal set of videos.

Ok, going to do more editing. Cya..

Ok, I just printed out the DVD cover design plus the accompanying CD design as well. Looks good in my opinion. Here's what it looks like:

Ok, here's some updates on these 2 Assignments.

1. I did the proper colour corrections and touch-ups with the curves and all. and OMG it looks so much better than before! WOW! :)))
2. Will be changing the Assignment 2 website a bit to suit to the theme more. Making it look grundgy and dirty and wat-not. But the pictures will be the same. I just have to do my aligning as per normal. I got used to that since Assignment 1.
3. Assignment 3 will have to stay the same in terms of pictures and lyrics I feel. I couldn't make it rhyme without changing a lot of the other stuff. It's like a snowball effect I'm afraid. But still, it's good enough to fit into the theme. So as of now, I'm just going to pour in more After Effects magic on it. The last time I did this assignment was during the time when I was still quite a noob at After Effects. But now I'm more comfortable with it, I really show try to do more about to make it look awesome.

Ok more to do now.

The name of this entry gives a little insight to what my theme will be for my portfolio. Bought the 'props' already. I'm getting help from Bibi on certain 'psychological' matters. And I'm ready for my session with the psychiatrist.

Hehe.

Won't tell you just yet... :)

Ok, we have finally reached the end of this whirlwind of a module! :) YAYNESS!!! I must say, I am both happy and sad that it is finally over. I really love my classmates. I really do. They make this whole module fun, on top of having a great lecturer Julian as well as the cool assignments that we had to do.

Despite the heavy workload we all had to endure over the past 12 weeks, I must say that I truly gained A LOT from this module as it exposes me to software and techniques which I would have other wise not have even begun to imagine or grab my hands on. I'm pretty glad with what I gained from this.

I'm happy that I'm no longer afraid of using After Effects. I feel quite comfortable using this software now. Premiere Pro is okay but I didn't get much chance to use this as most of my clips for the final projects had to be (in one way or another) be edited in After Effects. And so, it just felt more comfortable using After Effects teh whole way. But I daresay I'm comfortable with video editing software in general so it's not too bad I guess.

Ok, so its PORTFOLIO TIME!!! WHEEEEE!!!! :)

Well, I was offered to join the other girls in my class to do a collective portfolio with a "Survivor: Heroes VS Villains" theme of some sort but I rejected the offer as I wanted to do something different. Plus, I really wanted to learn how to create my own DVD menu from scratch by myself instead of having to rely on others to do the designs and effects for me.

Anyway, I really wanted to expose myself to Adobe Encore. I think it's important that CNM students like us should learn as much as we can about the various forms of medium and how to create them. How else can I effectively manage a team of designers one day (or advertising campaigns and the works) if I myself do not know how to create the essentials myself? What kind of a leader would I be then? I do not aim to simply do video-editing and designing all my life of course, although that's what I hope to start out with. I do have visions of going into the broadcasting industry and managing projects from a managerial standpoint and not from the "sit-down-and-listen-to-superiors-telling-you-what-to-do" standpoint. But I gotta start from the beginning and climb my way up. It's humbling and a necessary rite of passage I feel. Only then can you be a effective and respected leader.

The past few days had been hectic with presentations and assignment deadlines, so right now I'm going to get down and dirty with this final portfolio. I have this theme in mind but I do not want to reveal it here just yet. At first I thought of a bloody revenge theme but then...that would be similar to "Trapped" and such, right? The main idea there is portraying a specific emotion throughout the theme.

I choose to be different. I'm gonna try to see this from a different perspective altogether. I'm sorry but I really can't help myself when my creative juices are flowing. I don't usually settle for the ordinary. I love to brainstorm for new and original ideas. Makes my day just thinking about it. :) In my opinion, although I find my classmates' collective Survivor idea to be pretty awesome, I do worry for them as there are 8 of them and there's bound to be an uneven distribution of work. Some may end up not even knowing how to make DVD menus. But I can't assume of course. Not my place and business. I sincerely wish them and my team members Jalea and Sharon all the best. :)

I have found a few resources on helping me with this project. I already managed to source out for a printing company that deals with DVD covers and such, so yep. Good. :) Plus, I have been watching tutorials on how to make DVD menus for a while now, and I am going to start working on that very soon too.

But first I'm going to decide how I want to portray my Learning Journal as well as how I will arrange my Assignments. I will not be putting them in chronological order. It will be changed up a bit to add to the story and theme. Hehehe... I don't want to reveal this just yet.