POST-PRODUCTION PROCESSES

As always Jools had prepared us another surprise, this time we had 45 minutes to create a 30 sec PowerPoint presentation, that consists a series of images. The aim is that the presentation tells the story and should not need any verbal accompaniment from the team who have created the presentation. It was a life and death task..…
The following scheme suppose us to help:

Collate - Correct - Divide - Decide
Collate- Gathering the original source material. Forming some sort of administrative order.

Correct- amending the original material in some way that makes it relevant to the desired purpose.

Divide- ruthlessly eliminate any original or amended source material that will no longer fit the purpose.

Decide- Shape the material that made the cut so that this material will be affect the intended audience .

Me and Ian used websites bellow to track images and sounds.
Image library
http://www.pics4learning.com

Sound library
http://www.freeaudioclips.com/

To make it faster we saved loads of images on desktop and later chose the best ones to create a our story. After we finished, I understood how important is always to check your projects on the machine it's gonna be presented and make sure it does work the same way as on yours.
Because after we delivered to Jools and he put it on his computer it didn't work the same anda lott of effects were missing:( So at the end me and Ian didn't survive! Well, most of us "died"
I try to apload the presentation we have done into this journal..if I be succsessful.

>>My First Video Reply Publishing<<

Raccoon Rant - Climate Change!!!


Handizo zong!!!!



As you can see it's a short abit weird video reply..
I wasn't feeling very happy ...because of this I didn't want to speak on a camera...and really I haven't enjoy it at all, while I was working with it ..I think it was just an impact of my mood that day...
I was thinking I will remake it ,but the next day it made me laugh, so I kept it...even I still think it's silly!
It's hard to believe that i start making this video like 8pm and finished 12am, the original idea was diferent, but as i was struggling to embody it, I end up with this wierd Handizo type of thing...
I thought i can easy make it, but i was so wrong, as i hardly used camera before I came with so many problems, beginning with basic problems like: switching the camera on, cheking the time, acting, turning the sound on, at last switching it off,,,if i only knew about Adobe Premier before and video editing I wouldn't have these problems,,, as using A.Premier you can edit videos after,,,
So as purport of my video is not the best, I think this task was more useful of helping to understand the whole procedure!
Quick review:
Make a 30 sec video reply to video blog
- Import it into Adobe Priemier 6.5
- Set up the right settings
- Do the nessesary editing
- Choose the size and save it as avi file.
- Create an You Tube account
- Apload it into You Tube as video reply
- Apload to Online journal

By the way I just got a reply from My Dear Raccoon,saying:

" Thankyou! I'm so glad someone heard my plee! I'm going to be saved!

Yours,

Raccoon R."

>> ART WALK <<

Two weeks ago...

One very cold Tuesday afternoon.....

The big five - Hannah, Paul, Sukhdeep, Aaron and me, for Dominic Shaw's request, were acting as Archaeologists from the future researching the present days..
"ART WALK"
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/www/pressreleases/view_article.asp?ReleaseID=4223

We had to wear a "real" archeologist coats, goggles and carry shovels for better effect.
Part of the team were all given mobile phones and they went through events to take pictures of certain things; like people with body piercing,tattooss, glasses some other things that might not be exist in the future anymore.
I've stayed at the base camp with Dominic and I was trying to learn working with apple computers as i never used it before. I found it quite easy to use and I really liked the design ( I want one now!!!) As others came back with some pictures, we uploadad them on to PC via Bluetooth.Because of mobile phone's cameras, quality of the pictures wasn't perfect, but I think guys really managed to get some nice ones.I've played with some image effects functions, brightening, contrasting and made images look even better. Set up pictures in order with PowerPoint for final presentation and job was done..sadly not many people saw it.
Genuine talking, despite 6 hours of freez and spent long weekendand in bed with tea because of cold I got after, I still had a good experiencence and interesting time with my team and Dominic. I think it's interesting to work with him, he is very free person and like do things his own way, somehow getting a good results at the end.LOL