Now some might ask, why are these useful to Seattle Creative Academy students well to that I say, in any way you could imagine. Not only can you change the connections on a rejecter or change a light bulb, you can also get beautiful photography shots of Seattle from a high up angle. All this at the low, low price of $9999.99.
*figure of speech, not laced with pure titanium.
**at same median price point, these statements have not been verified by consumer protection agency.
My product was a piece of tape, This piece of tape is meant to be standing above all others because it is on the apple box. The story that is told here is that even in the randomness of the world, tape will always be useful. There is also the motif of circles because tape is often rolled up in a circle. You can see this in the bottom tap, and in the top tape. You can also see this in the circle hole of metal floating above the top tape. Circles can represent many things in our society so having tape be a circle adds to the scene. The mouse and bike chain add to the scene because it makes it seem more in line with the rule of thirds.
The world that is supposed to represent is one of pure depravity, every piece of tape for themselves, This world is set after a nuclear war that wiped out 99% of Tapekind. The only ones that survived were pieces of tape that hid away in bunkers and ones on an orbiting space station. I was trying to evoke the feeling of resources running out and a story of how intelligent life is inherently self destructive.
Commercials I watched
1: Popeyes Commercial
2: Drumstick Commercials
3: ETrade Commercial
4: Uber eats Commercial
5: Cold brew Commercial
The two Commercials I will choose are the Popeyes commercial and the drumstick Commercial.
Pros of the Popeyes commercial
1: It was semi funny with the dialogue and acting + it had an intersting concept with drone
2: I also liked the acting of the commercial as it was fairly high quality.
Cons of the Popeyes commercial
1: It had bad sound fx in it and that took away from the impact of the ad.
2: The food they showed in the ad did not look appetizing and appeared to me as a fried rat over chicken. So absolutely appalling that I would not give it to my greatest foe.
Pros of the Drumstick commercial
1: Eric Andre was fairly funny in it, along with some good dialogue it told an interesting story of a man on a plane.
2: It also had an interesting setting as it was on a plane and not many other Super Bowl commercials had there setting be on a plane.
Cons of the Drumstick commercial
1: The camera was not moving at all and the outside of the plane looked fake, this took me out of the scene.
2: The product the were selling looked incredibly unappetizing and not something I would buy.
List of 10 ideas:
1: 3D tracked text with video in it.
2: Color grading log footage to get different moods.
3: Stop motion with paper.
4: Geo tracking someone’s face and adding 3d effects.
5: Recreating the school with photos in Fspy.
6: Making a motion graph in after effects
7: Mixing audio with automation.
8: Create a 20 second short film in blender
9: Learn the distort tool in fusion by making a horror film
10: Make a 1980s style advertisement
For this project I most like idea 10. The idea for this project is to create a slightly unnerving ad for a paranormal removal agency. This effect would be achieved by running digital footage through a VHS tape.
I feel like this would add to my portfolio because it has a unique style and vibe that takes a lot of effort to recreate. It would also be a good addition because it pops out compared to other digital video of the modern day.
The skills I hope to gain are better proficiency in using old tech and getting better at green screen and rotoscoping. These are useful skills in any project for the future and will definitely help improve any filmmaking I attempt to do in the future.
This is a proof of concept of a visual glitch that I can do, I want to combine this with real VHS damage to get an unnerving 1980s vibe to the project.
Background: This is a short 3D animation with a green screen element in it. My challenge was integrating both elements together in an animation.
Actions: My actions were first importing the video I took into resolve and keying out the green from the element, Then I created a back ground using connected scan lines. I exported it then in a new timeline added more glitch elements to the video. Then I exported the video once more and put it into blender. I modeled a fast 3D TV and put the video inside it. I added a few emission textures and then I created a glowing background. I then parented the TV and video to a point light and used that to move the TV around the scene. This allowed light to be casted in a semi realistic manner on the ground. I then rendered the animation in Eevee so I wouldn’t have to wait 12.3 years for the scene to render. After that the final step was to import the video back into resolve and add grain and do audio mixing.
My inspiration for this project was the 80s. I wanted to recreate the same old time vibe that the 80s give off, a mix of nostalgia and outdated tech, A lot of grain and glow to get that feeling. With this I added a bit of 90s inspiration with an old computer feel. Glitchy lines go all over the screen and the sounds are all from dial up PCs. There is also a bit of analog damage all over the footage to make it seem much more like it came from a TV.
Results: The results of creating this were not notable, it was a personal project. I took me around 2 1/2 hours in total to complete the project.
Board game review:
The game I played was betrayal at house on the hill, In the game you work with the other players in a cooperative manner to escape from a hunted house you are trapped in, The twist being halfway through the game, one or more players become traitors in one of fifty different scenarios. I personally enjoyed the game for almost all of it, the only cons that I would say it has is the initial learning curve, but after the first game it becomes increasingly fun due to multiple scenarios.
Tools I know:
Resolve
Photo shop
lightroom
Tools I am learning:
Blender
After Effects
Audition
Tools I need to learn for the future
Synth eyes
Nuke
I used runway AI to make the images for this project. For the first prompt of Stone-age Home Entertainment, I said a caveman watching TV. I then expanded this by getting trees around them, then I asked for even more trees around them.
The software runway pros are that it is free and it makes images fairly fast. Its cons are that It does not have a ton of detail.
Today I will give my thoughts on the zoom audio recorder H4n. The H4n is a small audio recording device that costs 150 dollars. This tends to be on the lower end of prices for portable audio recorders, That was also the thing that drove me the most to buying this device. When I started recording with it the audio quality was good, far better than the audio quality on my camera. I liked the fact that the H4n could record up to 4 separate audio tracks at once all in wave format. I overall was happy with my purchase and would recommend this product.
All visuals were included in aero.
The idea was to have each text block be a trigger