To be a foley artist, or not to be a foley artist...

...that is the question...the foley artist is what may be refered to as the "sound guy" on a film set...officially he is a sound editor...after the film is shot and edited the sound editor recieves a print of the film...the sound editor adds all the sound effects...he and his partners will record sound effects after the fact...for example...if there is a kiss in the film the sound editor may be sitting in a room kissing the back of his hand...for punches...he may be smashing watermelons, ect. ect. the foley's artist main goal is to not be noticed...to have the sound effects as organic and subtle as possible so that the audience accepts the sounds completely and never questions it...the foley artist gets little credit from audience members but it is one of the most important parts of a finished film...

Video game designer urges moderation to avoid addiction

Video games are great...they are fun...they are entertainment...but don't make it your religion...don't become so devoted to it that it becomes a way of life as opposed to a pass time...I am happy that designers are speaking out and saying that the games are supposed to be fun...and they will be...in moderation. Many, many people do become addicted and it's horrible...video games should exist in a life...not give meaning to it. Have fun...and don't let it take over your life in the meantime...happy gaming!

Movie

This is the movie Melanie and I made using windows movie maker...and more importanly...a camera.

The Week is Over...the week is over!

Well the school week is anyway...cause tomorrow is a P.D day...{under breath} Huzzah!...This week was mostly spent learning about animation...and I really find the whole process fascinating...it's amazing how these inanimate things can appear alive and moving up on the screen...So we learned a lot about that and then really the only other thing I did was make the Godfather part 4 poster.

"The Godfather 4" poster

Here it is! For the first time ever the poster for the upcoming the Godfather part 4...Dan O'Brien takes over the iconic role of Don Vito Corleone...look out Brando and DeNiro...there's a new Godfather in town...and he'll make you an offer you can't refuse!

Screen Print Design

This is the screen print design I made...

Another week bites the dust...

This week mostly what I learned was about animation. I learned about stop motion animation, claymation and pixilation. Stop motion animation is taking a inanimate object {e.g puppets} and animating it. Like in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" or "The Corpse Bride". Claymation is animation using clay. Such as "Wallace and Grommit". Finally Pixilation is using humans as "puppets" to animate a scene. So that's pretty much all we've really been learning this week.

Animation

Stop motion: (or frame-by-frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own.

Claymation: A service mark used for an animation process in which clay figurines are manipulated and filmed to produce an image of lifelike movement.

Pixilation: Movies. animation of people, where performers change their positions slightly between exposures of one or two frames each, to obtain a comic effect of jerky movement when the film is projected at normal speed.

These are the types of animation you told us about. So there they are...with definitions! Hurray!

Logo

This is the personal logo I designed.

Face to Face with Facebook

I think that the idea behind that is entirely wrong...that an employer could potentially decide on hiring you or not based on your facebook page. The page is a personal thing in a strange way...i suppose based on the fact that you are broadcasting it over the internet one migth think it wouldn't be personal but some of it is...there's also a lot of silliness behind it...it's not created to impress but simply to be...facebook is a tool...not a resume....

logo design

A New Kind of Animal...

This is a picture I created in Photoshop Elements. It is a new animal created out of images of several other animals. All of the animals I used currently can be found in Australia. I used a platypus' head and tail, a rare type of fish, and a crocodile's arm.

Algoma's Got Talent Poster...

This is the poster I made for the upcoming Algoma's Got Talent{AGT} talent show...

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Cloning Photo Activity

For this assignment we were required to remove certain things from the photo.

The second week finishes

This week we did a a tutorial on Photo shop elements. It went well. I learned a lot more about the tools such as how to crop a picture;how to change the colour. I think I was able to follow the tutorial fairly well and I accomplished each task that was thrown at me. I think in order to improve, I just have to play with the program and explore and really push the limits. I encountered a couple problems. It was a little difficult at first to really keep up with the tutorial. Basically after a bit of work and all that I got caught up fine and was really enjoying just playing with the tools.

The very first post...of the year...{insert scarry, moving music here}

Well here we go...This is for Grade 11 comm. tech...I created a blog last year for grade 10 comm. tech...and now I'm back for grade 11...I enjoyed comm. tech a lot last year and so I decided to take it again. I specifically enjoyed the video stuff and hope to get to do more of that this year...I'm looking foreward to another fun year.