Hello!
This blog post I know is a little late but i was quite busy last week, finishing off assignments and then travelling back to Ireland, and I'm here now!
Last Monday we had a really short session where basically we received verbal feedback on our production, what was wrong with it and what was right with it! I think overall I am happy with that module after the first semester.
In contemporary media studies last week we concluded the game assignment and then we had a short lecture on narrative and storytelling. After this we had to get into groups and construct a linear or non-linear story throughout the Screen School using the first line of a book, which we were given on a small piece of paper. Me, Mark and Lois were put into a group and we had really good fun throughout the lesson, we used different forms of media to carry the story through, for example we had a Facebook status, a Dictaphone and others.
In digital media tools, we screened all of our animations. Unfortunately me and Sam haven't been able to completely finish the animation because we haven't had a chance to use the after effects software, but after Christmas Ian is going to give us a hand to finish it off.
For creativity and concept we have had two assignments and I am glad to say I have them both done thank goodness! They weren't too hard actually just quite time consuming. The essay I found not too bad to write, but I am new to referencing so hopefully I've done it right. The Screenr presentation on reflection was quite interesting to do actually because the research I did had me reading certain peoples thoughts and expert opinions. As well as this, it was actually a good reflection process doing the Screenr ironically!
On Friday we had our last film language class where we got our exam results back. I got a 2.1 (62) which I'm really happy with, at least I know I'm on the right path I guess. After this we had a Christmas party which was fun and it wrapped up the semester well :)
Merry Christmas everyone!
Josh Out.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Monday, 12 December 2011
Chapter 8.5
So I'm just sitting in my room doing a but of uni stuff, so why not leave a short blog post?
Today we went into the Screen School to get our feedback on the People On The Move project. Overall I think that our feedback was really good! Camilla pointed out a few small things that we will need to improve on in the future, but I'm glad that she told us now we will concentrate a lot more on the next project, which I believe is going to be factual. This is going to be something completely new to me as well.
Last night I started and finished my reflection essay for Creativity and Concept. It took me a while but it really wasn't as bad as I thought. The next thing to do is the Screenr presentation which I think I'm going to start tonight. We have to record a voice over as we present our ideas on what reflection is, some people are a bit nervous about doing a voice over, but for me this will be fine as I have no problem talking...and talking...and talking haha.
There is a link that I would like to add to the post actually. The link is to the website Stumbleupon. I think this is one of the coolest websites I've ever came across and hats off to whoever made it, like they say the simplest ideas are the best.
Here's the link - Stumbleupon
Okay I think that is all for now, I'll update soon!
Josh Out.
Today we went into the Screen School to get our feedback on the People On The Move project. Overall I think that our feedback was really good! Camilla pointed out a few small things that we will need to improve on in the future, but I'm glad that she told us now we will concentrate a lot more on the next project, which I believe is going to be factual. This is going to be something completely new to me as well.
Last night I started and finished my reflection essay for Creativity and Concept. It took me a while but it really wasn't as bad as I thought. The next thing to do is the Screenr presentation which I think I'm going to start tonight. We have to record a voice over as we present our ideas on what reflection is, some people are a bit nervous about doing a voice over, but for me this will be fine as I have no problem talking...and talking...and talking haha.
There is a link that I would like to add to the post actually. The link is to the website Stumbleupon. I think this is one of the coolest websites I've ever came across and hats off to whoever made it, like they say the simplest ideas are the best.
Here's the link - Stumbleupon
Okay I think that is all for now, I'll update soon!
Josh Out.
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Chapter 8
Last week was a bit hectic! In Monday's class we presented our final cut of the People On The Move assignment and I thoroughly enjoyed everyone's short films, and it was also nice to see ours on the big screen! Me and Orlagh came in slightly earlier just to touch up on any editing that needed to be fixed and it turned out we had it complete with about 45 minutes to go so we decided to add in some fun credits at the end! I'm sure I'm not just speaking for myself though when i say that in the end i am really happy with our film and although it was slightly stressful to begin with, in the end it was really rewarding to have it finished and exactly how we wanted it, have a watch below:
Okay so on Tuesday then, we had to present our game ideas to the class in Contemporary Media Issues. Drew was my partner and we had came up with the idea of Screen School Olympics. This is basically a set of small, simple games that represent certain events within the Olympics for example for fencing we used whiteboard markers instead of the fencing swords (obviously!) and it was all good fun. The week before we did user testing, so we got Smars and Ian to be our users and took pictures and various small clips which we added into our Prezi presentation. The presentation went really well actually, I really do think that Prezi's are really good for things like this and now that I'm getting the hang of it, it is an online that i will definitely use in the future! One thing that I'm looking forward to is getting feedback on this small assignment and also the Wiki assignment, just to see if I'm doing the right thing haha. Have a look at our Prezi :)
In Digital Media Tools this week we finished off the animation project, we actually haven't 100% completed it, all we have to do is put it together in After Effects, hopefully it works!
In Thursday's class we basically kind of recapped everything and got given the assignment brief again but in more detail, which was good because I wasn't too sure about it.
I think Ive went on for a bit too long there so I'll finished there, its nearly Christmas and I'm quite excited as I'm going back to Ireland so it will be really good to catch up with everyone, I will keep posting though.
Josh Out.
Okay so on Tuesday then, we had to present our game ideas to the class in Contemporary Media Issues. Drew was my partner and we had came up with the idea of Screen School Olympics. This is basically a set of small, simple games that represent certain events within the Olympics for example for fencing we used whiteboard markers instead of the fencing swords (obviously!) and it was all good fun. The week before we did user testing, so we got Smars and Ian to be our users and took pictures and various small clips which we added into our Prezi presentation. The presentation went really well actually, I really do think that Prezi's are really good for things like this and now that I'm getting the hang of it, it is an online that i will definitely use in the future! One thing that I'm looking forward to is getting feedback on this small assignment and also the Wiki assignment, just to see if I'm doing the right thing haha. Have a look at our Prezi :)
In Digital Media Tools this week we finished off the animation project, we actually haven't 100% completed it, all we have to do is put it together in After Effects, hopefully it works!
In Thursday's class we basically kind of recapped everything and got given the assignment brief again but in more detail, which was good because I wasn't too sure about it.
I think Ive went on for a bit too long there so I'll finished there, its nearly Christmas and I'm quite excited as I'm going back to Ireland so it will be really good to catch up with everyone, I will keep posting though.
Josh Out.
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