Tuesday, December 8, 2009
My project appears to be done
Hence if there is any problems with the uploading of the video on YouTube (knock on wood), my project appears to be done. It is about 4 minutes and 40 seconds. It contains my voice as a narrative. The only beef I have with it is that most of the audio when I am talking and same with Suzanne Power is scratchy. There is an abundance of pictures of UNH fans, the hockey players, etc. The video has a combination of audio, picture and video. The end includes the accomplishments of the UNH hockey team and a couple of quotes from "Dot" Sheehan, who is one of the Senior Athletic directors. I added a few combination of transitions so the pictures won't seem to be bland. Overall, I am mega excited that the project is done. I think for my first project I did a really good job. It took a maximum amount of work and perseverance, but I did what I had to do. To some of you, it could be better. There may be some missing pieces. However, that is why we need readers and viewers to be more observant when it comes to reading the news; it is an education of what is around you in your everyday life. I hope you all enjoy it. If I don't get a chance to post the video online, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Hope everyday is not dreading to do their last stage of their stories. Good luck everyone.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Project as of 12/5/09
Another day, another post about the update of the project. I continue to have my doubts on my project, mostly because I want to make it really good. The presentations on Wednesday did not help too much when it comes to confidence. But no matter, I will do my project my way.
I got some live shots of the hockey game from the TNH. Some of them are really good and I think it can add a lot when it comes to my project. It will be better than some of the hockey pictures than I had before.
Anyway, I went to the hockey game last night and got some recordings on the chants again. The audio is not even as close to as good as the one I lost because 1) it was not again Maine and 2) no one is passionate about facing UMASS Lowell. They are the #8 team in the country. To have the opportunity to dethrone them out of the top ten ranking in the country could gain monumental confidence in the hockey team. But that is okay because the student section was once again sold out. In the beginning of the game, the crowd was pretty loud. In the middle of the game, the crowd was quiet because the Wildcats were not playing particularly well. In the end, the crowd got into it and the recordings got better. Once I get the audio put together, I should be able to get to the next step, putting the audio, video and photography together in IMovie.
My last objective is to talk to the director of the ticket office. I have to wait until Monday if I can even talk to her because she is traveling with the UNH Football team this weekend. She was initially annoyed at me because I did at the last minute. I did then say I notified someone on Tuesday which gives you or someone else time to talk to me. She was okay afterward. I am concerned that she will not be committed to the interview on Monday. If it does not happen, then I may just have to talk about the tradition of going to the game, which I guess will not be too bad. It's crunch time now. Whatever happens, that's life and there is nothing I can do about it.
I got some live shots of the hockey game from the TNH. Some of them are really good and I think it can add a lot when it comes to my project. It will be better than some of the hockey pictures than I had before.
Anyway, I went to the hockey game last night and got some recordings on the chants again. The audio is not even as close to as good as the one I lost because 1) it was not again Maine and 2) no one is passionate about facing UMASS Lowell. They are the #8 team in the country. To have the opportunity to dethrone them out of the top ten ranking in the country could gain monumental confidence in the hockey team. But that is okay because the student section was once again sold out. In the beginning of the game, the crowd was pretty loud. In the middle of the game, the crowd was quiet because the Wildcats were not playing particularly well. In the end, the crowd got into it and the recordings got better. Once I get the audio put together, I should be able to get to the next step, putting the audio, video and photography together in IMovie.
My last objective is to talk to the director of the ticket office. I have to wait until Monday if I can even talk to her because she is traveling with the UNH Football team this weekend. She was initially annoyed at me because I did at the last minute. I did then say I notified someone on Tuesday which gives you or someone else time to talk to me. She was okay afterward. I am concerned that she will not be committed to the interview on Monday. If it does not happen, then I may just have to talk about the tradition of going to the game, which I guess will not be too bad. It's crunch time now. Whatever happens, that's life and there is nothing I can do about it.
Good presentations peers!
Coming into Wednesday's class, I did not know what to expect when it came to the first round of multimedia presentations. I have been looking forward to the final projects because I have been anticipating on how my classmates made adjustments to their final projects. We had a rough start at first because the sound was a little quirky, but once that was fixed, the presentations were off and running.
Sylvia's project was actually a lot better than I expected. When I learned that her project was going to be about love relationships, I was not fond of it because I thought it was a little lame and kind of gossipy. But once she released facts about relationships between high school and college, I became more interested. She taught her audience that couples learn more about each other and have different personalities when it comes to high school and college. I wish that she got a picture of the psychiatrist, but the source probably did not want that. She had really good pictures too. This version had more variety than on the rough draft. It was a massive improvement. Well done Sylvia!
Once again, Cam's project was impressive, but this presentation was much better than his last one. What I loved about the story was the relationship between Cam and his father. Through video, audio and pictures, the audience can feel the emotions before, during and after the race. I really liked the candid pictures of Cam and his dad when they were both younger. Personally, I am very close to my family and thanks to them, they make me strong, confident and their teachings make me the best person I can be. That is what I see in Cam's story, love and trust. The pictures were just gorgeous and I thought the video interviews were well done. Once again, Cam's second crack was amazing and I don't see anyone in the class that will come close to as good as his presentation.
I liked AJ's project a lot. At first, I thought it was a little boring because it was just another story about a band of people congratulating the military of fighting for our country. But once AJ managed to get to the older veterans and the family members of the troops that were coming back, I thought it was pretty cool. The pictures were really smooth and crisp. I could tell it must have been a difficult process of choosing them. What impressed me the most was the music. I liked the alternate version of the "Star-Spangled Banner." It was very modern and mellow. The video interviews with the soldiers were really powerful. The project was very good because it had a really strong ending, which is what I like the most. I was in the Parker Media Lab when AJ had problems what IMovie, but it appeared that she combated it enough that everything came out well in the end. Love the persistence AJ. Keep it up.
Mike's presentation was really solid and kind of groovy. I was really impressed of his composure with the camera when he had the video recordings of the concert and when he was taking pictures of it. The trust with the use of the camera was obvious and that is a very difficult obstacle to overcome. The audio recordings of the band members at first was irritating at first because of the noise of the background, but the more interviews there were, the more appropriate the B-roll was. I think it was my favorite project when it comes to creativity for college students. We all love music and we all love going to concerts and rocking out. Mike gave us that and it was a job well done.
These presentations intimidates me even more now once it will be my turn. I guess that it what happens when you encounter high quality work. I am going to have to step it up with my project. Once again, well done classmates. I am looking forward to next week's presentations.
Sylvia's project was actually a lot better than I expected. When I learned that her project was going to be about love relationships, I was not fond of it because I thought it was a little lame and kind of gossipy. But once she released facts about relationships between high school and college, I became more interested. She taught her audience that couples learn more about each other and have different personalities when it comes to high school and college. I wish that she got a picture of the psychiatrist, but the source probably did not want that. She had really good pictures too. This version had more variety than on the rough draft. It was a massive improvement. Well done Sylvia!
Once again, Cam's project was impressive, but this presentation was much better than his last one. What I loved about the story was the relationship between Cam and his father. Through video, audio and pictures, the audience can feel the emotions before, during and after the race. I really liked the candid pictures of Cam and his dad when they were both younger. Personally, I am very close to my family and thanks to them, they make me strong, confident and their teachings make me the best person I can be. That is what I see in Cam's story, love and trust. The pictures were just gorgeous and I thought the video interviews were well done. Once again, Cam's second crack was amazing and I don't see anyone in the class that will come close to as good as his presentation.
I liked AJ's project a lot. At first, I thought it was a little boring because it was just another story about a band of people congratulating the military of fighting for our country. But once AJ managed to get to the older veterans and the family members of the troops that were coming back, I thought it was pretty cool. The pictures were really smooth and crisp. I could tell it must have been a difficult process of choosing them. What impressed me the most was the music. I liked the alternate version of the "Star-Spangled Banner." It was very modern and mellow. The video interviews with the soldiers were really powerful. The project was very good because it had a really strong ending, which is what I like the most. I was in the Parker Media Lab when AJ had problems what IMovie, but it appeared that she combated it enough that everything came out well in the end. Love the persistence AJ. Keep it up.
Mike's presentation was really solid and kind of groovy. I was really impressed of his composure with the camera when he had the video recordings of the concert and when he was taking pictures of it. The trust with the use of the camera was obvious and that is a very difficult obstacle to overcome. The audio recordings of the band members at first was irritating at first because of the noise of the background, but the more interviews there were, the more appropriate the B-roll was. I think it was my favorite project when it comes to creativity for college students. We all love music and we all love going to concerts and rocking out. Mike gave us that and it was a job well done.
These presentations intimidates me even more now once it will be my turn. I guess that it what happens when you encounter high quality work. I am going to have to step it up with my project. Once again, well done classmates. I am looking forward to next week's presentations.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Updated project
As of right now, I am still trying to speak to someone at the ticket office. Someone is going to call me tomorrow and then I can make an arrangement with whoever calls and then interview them. I want to talk to someone from the ticket office because maybe he or she can give me an idea what the atmosphere when students are buying their tickets. I will make a judgment to see whether it will be worthy enough to add that person after the interview.
I tried to call one of the editors of the USA Hockey Magazine to ask why they added the fish tradition in the article, but I have had no luck. I am going to keep calling until they respond. But I did find another article that added the fish tradition why it is so famous.
I also added some narration of my story. I did an introduction, the nutgraph, introducing my sources, and the ending. The narration is not all of the way finished, but it is getting there. I edited all of my photos that I am going to use on Adobe Photoshop. I may take a few more pictures at Friday's game and then will edit a few more. I could also go to the TNH during production night and get some photos then. If the photos are good, it could add a lot of emotion and dimension to the project. I think once I get all of my objectives done, I will use IMovie to use the stuff. I will use still photography and audio and then add some video. At this point, it is a day-to-day process until Friday. Once December 4th is here, I will then take full advantage of audio recording since I lost the original recording on the chants.
Losing the original audio recording definitely hurt, because I guess this is something I should learn from it...don't save too much audio in one project; you will lose everything. If I keep being productive in this story, I think it can work out well. If anyone has suggestions, let me know. Thanks.
I tried to call one of the editors of the USA Hockey Magazine to ask why they added the fish tradition in the article, but I have had no luck. I am going to keep calling until they respond. But I did find another article that added the fish tradition why it is so famous.
I also added some narration of my story. I did an introduction, the nutgraph, introducing my sources, and the ending. The narration is not all of the way finished, but it is getting there. I edited all of my photos that I am going to use on Adobe Photoshop. I may take a few more pictures at Friday's game and then will edit a few more. I could also go to the TNH during production night and get some photos then. If the photos are good, it could add a lot of emotion and dimension to the project. I think once I get all of my objectives done, I will use IMovie to use the stuff. I will use still photography and audio and then add some video. At this point, it is a day-to-day process until Friday. Once December 4th is here, I will then take full advantage of audio recording since I lost the original recording on the chants.
Losing the original audio recording definitely hurt, because I guess this is something I should learn from it...don't save too much audio in one project; you will lose everything. If I keep being productive in this story, I think it can work out well. If anyone has suggestions, let me know. Thanks.
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