Rest In Peace Short Film

Scope:

This project was to create a short film between 3-5 minutes. We worked in groups having to incorporate different things into our story including a water bottle, a hat, and other things. 

Process:

Pre-production:

Pre-production consisted of picking groups, brainstorming lots and lots of ideas for a film, storyboarding, script writing, cast picking, and just all around getting everything ready to film. Getting props and dates set up and having everyone called out so we could film off school campus.

Production:

The production piece was probably the most fun. We got to leave school to film shots and voiceovers and that consisted of basically just going to the "sets" and setting everything up, reading off the script what we needed to do and then filming it. We had to make sure lighting was set correctly, often checking the white balance and using the iris ring to make sure the shots had the correct lighting. 

Post-Production:

Once finished with production, editing comes into play. I had to upload all of our shots to the Final Cut Pro, favorite and rename them all so they could easily be found. When that was done, the shots can start to be put down in the timeline to create the story! I had to find sound fx and music that fit the tone of the story well which was kind of hard sometimes. And audio levels are always a pain to match with one another. But once everything was done, the sense of accomplishment feels amazing.

What I Learned:

Technically: 

Being an actor in the film, I didn't get to explore much with the cameras. I did learn though, that if it starts raining, you better run like hell with the camera. Also to make sure that your SD card has room before you go out and film for the hour. 

Professionally:

I learned a lot about being a team player and collaboration. Sometimes you have a really good idea and you want to share but you have to know when it's a good time to share ideas and when to just continue with what's already planned. Or when others propose ideas, how to compromise and see the best in their ideas instead of thinking only yours can work. I love working with groups because I love being able to include everyone and pull the creativity lout of people and have them do the same off me. I love when we feed off of each others ideas until we have an AMAZING concept or idea and it just blossoms into something great.

Commentary:

Although I really liked this short film, there are some things that can be fixed, as with anything. I would like to fix the audio levels and the flashback scenes. I wish we could have conveyed the message of the video a little better. Also I think I could have color corrected more. I thought though, on the other hand, that the music choice was really good, and that the set choices were really cool! We worked well together with the time and resources we had and I'm so proud of myself and my team for working so well together. 

Crystal Clear Eye Supplement

 My Design

My carton design is for a supplement called Crystal Clear. Crystal Clear is a pill you take that helps improve your vision to 20/20, guaranteed. *Does not work on blind people* Creating my first carton design was hard and took a lot longer than I thought it would.  

What I Did

I Used Lynda.com to create the package, label and everything else you see in here. I found a nice color scheme online and and a nutrition facts generator. 

What I Would Change

 I think the design turned out alright but the 3D revolve and bevel/extrude was what I really had trouble with. I hope my carton designs only get better from here.

Trapped : Short Film

Loving Life

I made this at home because I've had my Adobe Suite for awhile and I don't use it as often as I should. A simple, yet very optomistic quote. "If you love life, life will love you back."

I dare you to try it. It's the beginning of April, summer is almost here and you have nothing to lose. Try it. Love your life, love your body, love your friends, family. Try something new, be exciting. Let your body explore new things, let your mind expand with new discoveries; whether that be music, books, beautiful unseen sights, anything. Love your life. And let life love you back.

Photoshop scenery

I used lynda.com to help me make an ocean scenery look more vibrant and colorful!

Here is the original.

Here is the edited version.

It was a very helpful tutorial, and I'm glad I took the time to watch the video and go through the steps!

The Balance of a Student Athlete

Black Swan

Process:

The process for this poster was difficult. I went through multiple ideas and created multiple posters before I finally decided on one. I had to go find a pair of eyes that matched the ones from the movie but I couldn't just use a pair from online because of copyright reasons, I had to use it as an outline to make my own. After I made the eyes I went back and forth between having a ballerina between the swan eyes, I just couldn't find a way to make it look like a contemporary movie poster so I decided against it. I also changed the title around a lot, it was at the top, and at the bottom, I used different fonts, and customized them all until I decided on one. But it needed more so I added the feather underneath. Once it was complete, I turned down the opacity on the eyes and the title to match the feather a little better. 

Commentary:

I really liked the project, and also the idea of not just a regular movie poster, but a contemporatry one, following the styles of Saul Bass. Who never used many colors, everything was very simplistic and easy to look at. The hardest thing for me was to keep things simple, I had 3 colors (Black, white and red) but my ideas kept getting big and difficult so I often had to tell myself to think simpler. Another hard thing for me was finalizing. Once you think you're done, you see something wrong with your work, or you get a better idea and it just takes longer than you think it will and that's not necessarily a bad thing it's just hard to keep changing your ideas and wondering if you should have kept with your old ones or if your new ones look better.