Throughout the semester my favorite project has been the Photoshop collage. I thought it was a fun and creative way to show off my skills I learned on the program. In addition, I thought that the directions and the purpose were straight forward and easy to follow. By completing this class I feel very satisfied with the skills that I have acquired. Before the class, I did not know what any of these programs were (aside from Photoshop) let alone how to use them. Now I feel semi-confident in using the programs and I could even teach someone how to use them. From my AMDT class, they stressed the importance of knowing how to use Illustrator, many of my peers had never even heard of the program and here I am designing my own logo with the software. Overall, I think that knowing how to use these programs is going to give me a leg up against my peers when it comes to class, job oppertunites, and so on. In the future I hope to become a broadcaster of some sort, therefore I am pressuring a communications path. This class definitely did influence my career choice. I learned that I do not enjoy the editing and creating process of communications. I found myself more frustrated with the programs than enjoying them. Therefore, I want to do more in front of the screen communications instead of behind the scenes editing. I feel like I learned a sufficient amount of skills from the programs and cannot think of anything else that I would have wanted to learn about. Next, I only used the class material given to us to complete the assignments. To be honest, I didn’t even think of looking else where for information on completing the assignments. In conclusion, I think that this was a very useful class that has taught me a lot. However, I ran into so many problems every unit that it made me frustrated with the class and often discouraged me. Whether it be not knowing how to use the program or technical problems, you name it, I had it. In addition, I thought that the Illustrator tutorials were incredibly hard and time consuming. Have so many to complete when we were just learning how to use the program seemed a bit excessive, in my opinion. But, I did enjoy the creative aspect of this course and enjoyed the freedom we were given.
Final Video Post
Time Video Audio
00:00:00:00 “Kappa Delta through my Eyes” Klingande – “Jubel”
Scooter toward camera
00:00:03:17 Ellen close up/Dancing
00:00:24:23 Riding on the Fire truck
00:00:47:22 Photos
00:00:54:16 Elle dancing in the Flamingo
00:00:57:22 Long Dance Sequence/Ice Bucket Challenge
00:01:40:00 Shot of Kappa Delta
This was by far the most challenging and time consuming of all of the units. It took a long way to get here, but I am proud of how it turned out. I decided to make my video centering around my sorority, Kappa Delta. I chose this as a focus because my blog is about me and Kappa Delta is a huge part of my identity. I wanted my video to be light-hearted and happy with lots of colors and upbeat music…just like myself. In addition, I tried several times to add interviews to my video but the sound was not compatible and therefore I was unable to use that footage, which is a huge disappointment to me. As far as the editing process goes, I spent a lot of time working hard to make sure that it all flowed nicely and looked professional. I first began by choosing my clips and piecing them together in a mindful order. Then, I shorted them and removed any unnecessary video clips. After that, I added transitions to make the clips flow with one another. I believe that the dissolve transitions look the cleanest and most professional, therefore, they can be seen throughout my video. I also added title sequences to portions of the video to make it come more to life as well as ending credits. Also, I played with the length of clips making some short and some long to give a variation throughout the video. Finally, I tied it all together with a song that made the video fun! I hope that you love my video and can see that I highlighted the fun happy-go-lucky side of my sorority. Through all the frustration, I do that think that this was a fun assignment and I enjoyed it!! Thank you for taking the time to watch it!
Draft Movie Post
Here is my draft movie post! I found this assignment to be the most time consuming assignment I have completed. I guess I never really knew all the time that is put into making a “movie.” But I decided to base mine off of my sorority, Kappa Delta. This chapter means a lot to me, its my home away from home and my identity here at WSU. I want to give my viewers a look inside my crazy-beautiful life at the mansion with my equally crazy-beautiful sisters. I want to show people what it is really like to live in a house with 60 girls and what the chapter means to me and my fellow sisters. First, I filmed the clips for the video using my Iphone. The quality is not the best, but it gets the job done. For my final draft I am going to add more video clips that I have taken off my cannon camera so the quality of the video will increase. In addition, I want to fix the audio in my movie. My interview at the end will not play with audio so that is a major problem I need to correct. Also, I want to go in and include voice over in my movie so that my audience can better connect with the clips. Furthermore, I want to add more effects to my editing like transitions and pictures. I think that will better enhance the quality again. I realize that this movie is a work in progress but I think that when I piece together my vision and it all comes together, I think I will have something pretty amazing. The more I use the editing program the more I am comfortable with it, so another week using the program will be extremely helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video. I am looking forward to reading my feedback and using it to better my project!
Below I have my story board posted!
Breanna Fee
Story Board
Time Video Audio
00:00:00:00 “Kappa Delta through my Eyes” Klingande – “Jubel”
Front of Kappa Delta (Sign included)
00:00:03:17 Walking up to the house/Foyer
00:00:24:23 Walking up the stairs/Central Hall
00:00:47:22 Jack Dancing
00:00:54:16 The Girls of John
00:00:57:22 SHAMROCK
00:01:47:12 Meg Interview
Premiere Tutorials
Tutorial 2:
Tutorial 1:
Raw Video Footage
Video 1:
Video 2:
Final Audio Story
Here is my final audio story! I am very happy with the way it turned out and I think that the changes I made to my audio story made a huge difference in the overall quality of my work. My topic for the story is greek life, as discussed in the clip, and I chose that topic because it is close to my heart. At this point in my life my sorority Kappa Delta is my friends, family, and support system. They give me strength and have helped to shape me into the women that I am. That is exactly why I have chosen greek life as my topic. Since my blog is about me, it only makes sense to pick something that has impacted me in every aspect of myself. Regarding the capturing and editing process, I recorded the audio clips from my Iphone and uploaded the files to audition. I picked to interview two of my own sorority sisters because I have a personal connection with them and I was able to get a more genuine interview. I asked each of them one question regarding our sorority and documented their response. I proceded to edit their interviews being sure to edit out the um’s and the ugh’s as well as long and awkward pauses. By doing so the interview flowed well and smoothly. After that, I added an introduction to the story to give listeners a background and to help them connect with the topic. The corrections I made to my story was that I completely edited the music selection. This time I picked a song that I believe works better with the audio track and helps to tell the story. Also, I had the music begin playing sooner and I think that it improved the track. I still faded the music in and out, just much less dramatically. I also increased the volume of the music so it could be heard more clearly. Next, I used the razor tool and I cut out any extra likes and um’s that I originally missed and pieced the story together. I hope that you enjoy my story! Thank you
Draft Audio Story
Above I have posted the link to my draft audio story. As mentioned in the sound clip, I decided to pick greek life as my theme. I chose this topic because my blog is about myself and being apart of a greek chapter has been a huge impact on my life as well as myself. In regards to the interviews them self, I recorded them on my smart phone and then uploaded the files to Audition where I edited out the um’s and uh’s and awkward gaps in the audio. I selected two girls from my house that I believed represented the chapter well and asked them questions that pertained to the topic. Next, I added an intro to my audio story that summarized the interviews and explained why I picked Greek life as my topic. After that, I embedded all the pieces together so they all flowed well together. Lastly, I went on to sound cloud and found an instrumental music track that complemented the audio story. I am still unsure on the music and I think that I will eventually change it to something different once I go back and edit my story after your input. I lowered the volume on the track and faded the beginning and end of the track so that you could still clearly hear the interviews. I hope that you enjoy my audio story and I am excited to hear your input. Thanks!!
Raw Audio Footage
Interview 1 Chelsey:
Interview 2 Taylor:
Audio Tutorials
Counting out of order:
Counting in order with music:
Interview:
Final Logo
Here is my final logo for my blog! I took all of the comment feed back into consideration when editing my logo and I think that it made my logo look SO much better. Like I mentioned in my first post, I was inspired by a t-shirt I saw that connected where I from (Mill Creek) to Pullman. I think that it connects to my topic, me, because all of my blog posts have been about college and my transition here. The hearts represent the people I love at each location and the connection represents that even when I am away from one I still love and am always “connected” to the family and friends that I have left behind. I edited the fill of the state of Washington, originally it was just a solid pink fill. However, I think that looked too harsh and also did not show off my illustrator skills. Instead, I chose a pink to white gradient that makes the logo look both cleaner and more sharp. The pink in the gradient represents my favorite color and again ties into the subject…me! To create this logo I took the pen tool and created the outline for the shape of Washington. I used a point 5 thickness for the pen to emphasize the outline in order to make it stand out. Then, I used vector shapes (two circles, and a triangle) to create the heart shape. This was tricky to blend the shapes together and it took many tires to make it look like a heart, but I was pleasantly surprised by how they turned out. After that, I copied and pasted the image of the heart to the other side of the logo to make the hearts mirror images of each other. Next, I used the pen tool again (with a point 3 thickness) and created the connection between the two hearts. I originally had a straight line connection between the hearts but I later went back and make it a little curved and I think that was the right choice. Finally, I took my peers advice and added text to my logo. I think that this helped tie my overall theme together and helped the logo make sense without reading my description. I kept it simple and clean and I think that it turned out great! I hope you love my logo just as much as I do!
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