Monday, November 24, 2014
Project 5 Critique
Ideas I incorporated
I was really paranoid about about my phone dying, or loosing memory. Also I thought one of my days would be boring, so I recorded over the weekend and procrastinated. I wanted to keep it short but still tell a story. I didn't want this long audio file that's boring and didn't really make sense so I try to cut out all the random excess audio. I kinda cheated using songs, but I thought it helped narrate my story so much better.
Was it Successful?
I thought this was one of my more successful projects. There was an idea behind it therefore it was much easier to do the project. Plus, once there was a foundation/ idea it was a lot easier to create new ideas from the original plan. I thought it was a pretty good representation of my weekend. All the transitions were as smooth as they could be. It was the best I could do from the cards I was dealt with.
What did I learn
Patience. It was hard listening to all this audio and trying to figure out what I really wanted in my piece. It was hard not to just stick everything on there. It got tiring listening to random "noises" So I tried to remain patient and listen to the audio files from an outside perspective. (If that makes sense)
What challenges did I face
Everything with conversions. I assumed the files recorded with my phone would immediately open up in audacity but then I had to convert them into different files. After that, putting the audio on photoshop was more complicated (because I was using my pc.) Plus like I said, I was recording with my phone, so I would constantly stop recordings because I was scared the reccordings would somehow break my phone. My phone has to run the recording application on its own. So every time I would use a different app the recording would stop.
Resolution
With conversions, the obvious solution to that problem was just to convert the files, it was just a pain to convert files and take the time to re-download and everything. My audacity files from my PC wouldn't transfer on to the school macs. I ended up using windows movie maker instead of Photoshop. Despite then, it was still difficult to put the audio over a title screen. The maximum time for a title in movie maker was 30 seconds so instead I put a picture of the sunset.
Revisions
I'd probably have my recording run the whole time instead of constantly stopping it. I think I did the best I could with the tools and skills I had. I'd be more ambitious and take more time to really listen to what I recorded and maybe use less dialogue. (I don't know if I'd be able to narrate the "weekend" idea as well)
I was really paranoid about about my phone dying, or loosing memory. Also I thought one of my days would be boring, so I recorded over the weekend and procrastinated. I wanted to keep it short but still tell a story. I didn't want this long audio file that's boring and didn't really make sense so I try to cut out all the random excess audio. I kinda cheated using songs, but I thought it helped narrate my story so much better.
Was it Successful?
I thought this was one of my more successful projects. There was an idea behind it therefore it was much easier to do the project. Plus, once there was a foundation/ idea it was a lot easier to create new ideas from the original plan. I thought it was a pretty good representation of my weekend. All the transitions were as smooth as they could be. It was the best I could do from the cards I was dealt with.
What did I learn
Patience. It was hard listening to all this audio and trying to figure out what I really wanted in my piece. It was hard not to just stick everything on there. It got tiring listening to random "noises" So I tried to remain patient and listen to the audio files from an outside perspective. (If that makes sense)
What challenges did I face
Everything with conversions. I assumed the files recorded with my phone would immediately open up in audacity but then I had to convert them into different files. After that, putting the audio on photoshop was more complicated (because I was using my pc.) Plus like I said, I was recording with my phone, so I would constantly stop recordings because I was scared the reccordings would somehow break my phone. My phone has to run the recording application on its own. So every time I would use a different app the recording would stop.
Resolution
With conversions, the obvious solution to that problem was just to convert the files, it was just a pain to convert files and take the time to re-download and everything. My audacity files from my PC wouldn't transfer on to the school macs. I ended up using windows movie maker instead of Photoshop. Despite then, it was still difficult to put the audio over a title screen. The maximum time for a title in movie maker was 30 seconds so instead I put a picture of the sunset.
Revisions
I'd probably have my recording run the whole time instead of constantly stopping it. I think I did the best I could with the tools and skills I had. I'd be more ambitious and take more time to really listen to what I recorded and maybe use less dialogue. (I don't know if I'd be able to narrate the "weekend" idea as well)
Monday, November 17, 2014
Critique form for Project 6
Ideas incorporated.
I recently heard in the news (or the time the project was given) about Scotland trying to gain independence from the UK and thought it was an interesting issue to bring up. Although it failed, apparently the Scottish are trying for independence again sometime in the future. I wanted to show what would happen if they did gain independence. Originally I was going to do it with stuffed animals, but being as the due date moved, and I was going to a conference over the weekend; I thought the project would be better using a crowd.
Do you think it was successful.
No not really. The concept was there. To me the project makes sense, but looking at it from an outside perspective, it doesn't tell a story or have a clear narrative of what's going on. It kind of just looks like a bunch of things that aren't coherent. Specially cause I have unsteady hands and I couldn't get the exact same angle pr shot. I underestimated the unknown variables such as the area where the conference would be being so dark.
What skills did I learn:
I need to be more conscious of taking pictures. Totally underestimated this project and thought that the hardest part and the part that needed the most attention would be putting them into animation. I now know that the pictures are an integral part, and one that I shouldn't have rushed. It would probably have been better to use a tripod or something of the sort.
Challenges I faced
As I said I should have planned better. I wasn't expecting it to be so dark everywhere I took pictures, so it's hard to see what's going on, and that's probably why the narrative is so hard to understand. I did the one thing we weren't suppose to do, and boy do I feel crummy. I didn't even realize till i was actually putting it on the timeline that I was the dreaded black borders on the side. Force of habit, it was just so much easier to take pictures like that.
Suitable resolutions
I was able to kinda fix the darkness issue by playing around with the brightness. I, however can't do anything about the vertical pictures. Next project, I'll have to make a conscious effort not to shoot vertically
Revisions
1) Take the storyboarding seriously, it would have been easier if I knew EXACTLY what I wanted and how I wanted it to happen.
2) Remember to shoot horizontally.
3) Use a more stable medium of taking pictures (not my smartphone, or unless it was on a stand)
4) Account for unknown variables, and prepare a plan B, because things will always go wrong.
I recently heard in the news (or the time the project was given) about Scotland trying to gain independence from the UK and thought it was an interesting issue to bring up. Although it failed, apparently the Scottish are trying for independence again sometime in the future. I wanted to show what would happen if they did gain independence. Originally I was going to do it with stuffed animals, but being as the due date moved, and I was going to a conference over the weekend; I thought the project would be better using a crowd.
Do you think it was successful.
No not really. The concept was there. To me the project makes sense, but looking at it from an outside perspective, it doesn't tell a story or have a clear narrative of what's going on. It kind of just looks like a bunch of things that aren't coherent. Specially cause I have unsteady hands and I couldn't get the exact same angle pr shot. I underestimated the unknown variables such as the area where the conference would be being so dark.
What skills did I learn:
I need to be more conscious of taking pictures. Totally underestimated this project and thought that the hardest part and the part that needed the most attention would be putting them into animation. I now know that the pictures are an integral part, and one that I shouldn't have rushed. It would probably have been better to use a tripod or something of the sort.
Challenges I faced
As I said I should have planned better. I wasn't expecting it to be so dark everywhere I took pictures, so it's hard to see what's going on, and that's probably why the narrative is so hard to understand. I did the one thing we weren't suppose to do, and boy do I feel crummy. I didn't even realize till i was actually putting it on the timeline that I was the dreaded black borders on the side. Force of habit, it was just so much easier to take pictures like that.
Suitable resolutions
I was able to kinda fix the darkness issue by playing around with the brightness. I, however can't do anything about the vertical pictures. Next project, I'll have to make a conscious effort not to shoot vertically
Revisions
1) Take the storyboarding seriously, it would have been easier if I knew EXACTLY what I wanted and how I wanted it to happen.
2) Remember to shoot horizontally.
3) Use a more stable medium of taking pictures (not my smartphone, or unless it was on a stand)
4) Account for unknown variables, and prepare a plan B, because things will always go wrong.
I'm sorry I did the one thing I wasn't suppose to do!
Sorry! I forgot, I realized by the time I put it on the timeline and couldn't do it over.
Here's the news link that goes with it.
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