My Multimedia

Todays Seminar

2010-02-25T20:16:00.000-08:00

Ok so I haven't been very well, and spent most of todays seminar lying on the floor, hoping no one would step on me.. but I'm really looking forward to this project!

I bloody love superheroes, and I love Marvel Comics! I did a project on Superheroes and Villains in college and I really enjoyed itso I think I'm going to find this work fun!

I don't know how to use the software though, so it may be quite interesting!

Feedback...

2010-02-18T19:16:00.000-08:00

Ok I'm not being funny but our group gave all the other films pretty good feedback!
And our work basically just got completely critisized...

Fair enough I know its not finished and we havent finished editing, and quite frankly there is quite a bit more we have to do to it, but no one elses work was exactly an oscar, and I think we were quite nice when we were giving feedback.

I'm not impressed and I will take what everyone has said into account, but Jools said it was good so whatev!

AND for those of you who said it was confusing, go on NOW and read our script and tell me how much of it makes sense to you, we did our best with it!

Autism...

2010-02-18T19:15:00.000-08:00

Basically the main character in our film is what I would call slightly "special"... I said this to my tutor group and we talked about Autism, so I did a little bit of research.

Here is some info you might like to know...

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. The two other autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and PDD-NOS, diagnosed when full criteria for the other two disorders are not met.

BRICK

2010-02-18T19:12:00.001-08:00

Ohhhhhh YEAH!

Filming

2010-02-18T19:06:00.000-08:00

All our scenes have been filmed, now all we have to do is finish editing! Which we are doing tomorrow...

The setting for the first scene was pretty good, we rung up and asked a brick yard if we would be able to go there for the day to do our first scene!

Part A

2010-01-26T05:28:00.000-08:00

What has been my creativity over the past few years?

I've always been interseted in Graphic Design even when I first strted High School. But in the last few years, I became really unmotivated, and I didn't even want to go to Uni. Then I did my foundation, and I think I decided that I didn't want to be a bum anymore and I remembered why I liked the subject! Even though I'm doing Multimedia now, I still really enjoy it!

Who has it been for?

Myself, my parents and to show all the people who thought I would never make anything of myself that they were wrong and can go take a run and jump!!

Why have I done it this way? Was it my decision or someone else's?

I just did. It was definately for myself, one of the few good decisions I've made so far.

What do I want the future of my creativity to be?

I'd like to use my creativity in a future job, otherwise it will feel like I've wasted time getting a foundation and a degree for nothing. Also design is one of the few things I feel I'm actually good at.

Bricks

2010-01-26T05:13:00.000-08:00

SO.. Me and Jake are in a group of two, so its more like a pairing than a group!
But whatev..

So far we have decided that one of the characters is a little bit spesh, and we have decided who is going to play him! Sucks to be them!!

So far that's about it.. we just have to develop a few ideas for the additional scene, write a bit of a script, find some other actors, and then we'll start filming!

FUN TIMES!

Interactive Narrative

2009-12-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

Abby's Interactive Narrative by ~AbigailLeyla on deviant ART

So BASIC I am Amazing...
I realized that the reason deviant art was being Whack was because my file was too big, so today, after finishing my power point, I edited the pixel dimensions and resolutions and what not using photoshop, and VOILA the size is now tinnnnnyyyyyy!
AND HERE IS MY INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE!!!

Essay

2009-12-14T17:27:00.000-08:00

Finished and Submitted with 22 hours and 29 minutes to spare.
Thankyou
VERY
Much!

DeviantFrickingArt

2009-12-14T17:24:00.000-08:00

I'm not being funny right, but my work is only 3MB over the poxy limit and it won't let me upload it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again DeviantArt is whack.
Does anyone know how to make the file size for the SWF. smaller?
Because, I've tried everything and it wont work.
If you do your help would be MUCH appreciated.
If not I'm just going to sit in the corner and cry!

Teammmmmmm Unicorn

2009-12-14T17:21:00.000-08:00

Team Unicorn One Shot from Josh Crooks on Vimeo.

Woop Woop this is Team Unicorn's One. Shot. Film. BABY
Dead Happy with this piece of work, it turned out pretty well considering the tape got all chewed up and that.

ALSO... Yes that is me in the video, and yes I had basically just rolled out of bed and walked to the park in my pyjamas. Don't Judge.

Pixilation!!!!

2009-12-11T06:58:00.000-08:00

I've worked out how to upload my pixilation wooooo hoooooooo!!!

AND

2009-12-11T06:31:00.000-08:00

Deviant Art is WHACK.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

2009-12-11T06:29:00.000-08:00

I have finished all of my work,
But do you think I can upload any of it?
No
I. HATE. FLASH. PHOTOSHOP. AND. PREMIERE!

FUDGING HELL!

Basicallyyyyy....

2009-12-02T16:56:00.000-08:00

My Whiteboard pixelation thing was stressing me out BIG TIME because it was taking so fricking long. SO, I completely changed my Idea. In an hour and a half I've taken 360 pictures,
now all I have to do is edit them and add some music! I'm so happy right now it's UNREAL! (Even if it is two weeks late) here are some of my picturesssss.....

White Board Images

2009-11-27T09:14:00.000-08:00

I've been looking at some of my photos that I have taken of my White board images for my pixelation piece, and I've realised that I'm definately going to have to play around with them in photoshop, especially with the brightness and contrast, otherwise they are going to look quite messy!

Pixelation...

2009-11-27T09:03:00.000-08:00

Well this is a funny story... I decided to do my pixelation using a white board, like we did in our first week, I took about 150 photos, all different shots of my white board images, BUT my friend accidently deleted all my photos when she was drunk, at the time I thought it was funny, as I was also drunk, however now I'm thinking CRAP because it obviously means I've lost about a week and a halfs worth of work. Clearly not acctually funny, but what can you do, other than start again...

My idea is based around dreams, I thought it would make the basis for a good story because anything can happen in dreams, now ive just got to finish taking the pictures. It's a really long process but, I really like pixelation!

Interactive Narrative- The General Idea

2009-11-27T08:52:00.000-08:00

Basically I'm finding Flash realllllly hard to work, it's probably the most confusing programme I've EVER used! This is why I won't be posting my Narrative.. because its not actually finished!

However, I am going to post some of my pictures that I have taken for my narrative... just so you can see that I have actually taken pictures!

Basically the idea of my Narrative, is that you enter a block of flats to find a certain character, in the block you can enter different flats, and different rooms inside each flat. It's taking a while but it should be quite good when it's finished!

.....

2009-11-27T08:51:00.000-08:00

Fresh starts always help when you stupid computer doesn't crash!

Fresh Start!

2009-11-26T08:03:00.000-08:00

I realise I've been really shoddy recently and havent actually posted any of my work on my blog! This is partly because they aren't completed yet, as I am still making ammendments. But, I have decided that I'm going to be really good as of now! If not you are allowed to slap me....

COMPETITIONS

2009-10-22T06:36:00.000-07:00

I've found two different competitions that I would maybe be able to enter in the future.

The first is a competition for Web Design, I've never actually personally done Web Design but, I still thought this type of competition could maybe be relevant to some of the work that I will be doing, and it could also be a good competition for some of the other people on my course to consider entering:

http://websitedesignawards.com/index.php/about/

The second competition is the Adobe Design Achievment Awards. This competition offers a range of categories; Interactive Media, Video and Motion and Traditional Media. This is then divided into sub categories. This competion would be perfect for the work that is being done on my course:

http://adaaentry.com/

INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES!

2009-10-20T15:31:00.003-07:00

Just been set our first project,
I thought I understood it but I don't...
Definately need to do some more research and maybe ask a few people in my group!

ALSO everyones blogs are really pretty, I want mine to be to!

EXPECTATIONS

2009-10-06T05:16:00.001-07:00

I expect to learn things I don't know.. I've never done Multimedia before!