Tumblr

I decided to get tumblr today, the link is http://holliefergusonx.tumblr.com
although I have no idea how to use it!

christmas in 3 days :D very excited, although my 14th driving test got cancelled today due to snow :(

probablyyyy my last post of 2010 so happy christmas & happy new year! :D

Term 1 Complete :) :)

:D I presented my presentation to Simon & Andrew today who seemed pretty impressed :) Lasted 10 minutes & also handed them the DVDS of my work & process :)

Wasn't too happy on the train home when we were stranded in the middle of no where for 2 and half hours due to a "suicidal man" at leicester train station but at least it was on the way home and not on the way to the presentation.

I am so excited for christmas & 4 weeks offf :D

Here's my assessment presentation:

The assessment

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:) Happppy Child

I have finished my presentation & will upload it to here soon :) I have finished my essay on a beautiful 1505 words :) & all I have to do now it put my work onto a DVD which i'm going in to uni to do tomorrow - the thing i'm dreading the most if im honest as i'm rubbbbishhhh with technology & have never burnt anything to a DVD in my life, first time for everything!

:) & it's 18 dayssss to christmas :D :D

SOMEBODY HELP ME

I really need help with the dvd for presentation :( I understand what needs to go on the disks but my files wont burn to it?! is there any way I should be doing it? & I have DVD+R not -R or RW will this work?

Pleaseeeeee help me anyoneee! :)

One Shot Film 300 Word Rationale... :)

My brief for this project was to produce a one shot film titled "you decide" in which in our group we could only zoom / pan once. During the three weeks I have learnt about filming, composition, lighting, sound effects and I have how to use editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro.
For our practice one shot to get used to the camera and the idea of one shot we filmed a stereotypical spy scene in which two characters dropped off and picked up a suspicious parcel. We developed this idea further for our final idea in which there was a twist & the spy scene became comedy as a surprise birthday party took place.

Filming didn't exactly go to plan due to the snow & it was pretty hard to capture what we planned. Lee and Elliot were playing the spy scene as we felt males suited it more and met the genre more than a female would. I edited this scene by playing mission impossible to create the atmosphere of suspence and create tension. Whilst Elliot opens the envolope the audience is intriged to see what is inside. Happy birthday song is then played and me and Amanda come on with party hats, presents and blowers. Party blower sound is editing in to the film.

I did want to use a pink text for the title and credits but it didnt fit into the theme well so chose a black and red theme. The name of the one shot is the suspicious birthday - hence what happens in the film. The film isn't very long which it could be critised for but it was so cold filming!the film could had a wide audience in which it attracts both male and females, could be seen as either spy/sci fi or comedy.

I enjoyed planning for the one shot and filming although it was cold. I found the software a little hard to use at first but once I got used to it I found the editing of the film quite simple.

So Good (LLL)

Final One Shot :)

Today was the last seminar on one shot film in which we had to indivdually edit our group work. I used the software adobe premiere pro cs4 to edit my video. I used sound and text to improve my film, the sound idea from misson impossible to suit the spy scene and a happy birthday song for the celebrations.

The final one shot film:

For The Use Of My Presentation - Changes Made To Interactive Space

I didn’t make many changes, I kept with the original idea & photos but added text to the photos. I had text on some photos already but changed the colour to red & blue so it would appeal to children & the font is now comic sans which I feel is a “child like” font. I added text to keep the user involved and to help them along the way with the game. I used pronouns such as “you” to make the child feel that the characters were actually talking to them. Taking the feedback into account the text to ratio amount is now more equal than before. I made the "give me a clue" image more clearer of what it means & where to click. The rollover hyperlink text on the image is now in capital letters as I felt it made it more excitable and as if the text was "shouting" at the user adding to the feel of excitment. I feel my project is now more interactive with the user and adjusts well to the audience of young children.

Here are the images I edited/changed:

                                    

Update On Assignment & Presentation

I am so so happy these are the last few days and then we have time off for christmas, also enjoyed opening my 4 advent calenders this morning :)

I finallly finished my first draft of the context 1 essay :D I sent it to Jools earlier & he gave me some feedback which i'm then going to do tomorrow so it's all done :D

I have a plan set out for how to do my presentation I just need to do it! So after my essay tomorrow i'm going to start on my presentation and finish it off over the weekend. I'm presenting to Simon & Andrew which i'm pretty happy about , plussssss i'm basing the presentation on my interactive space which is what they both taught :)

Now off to catch up on the apprentice & be up nice and early for a long trip to uni in the snow


:)