For my second and final mashup assignment this week, I chose to do the Storytelling Through Text Mashup Assignment.

In order to complete this assignment, I used my friend’s laptop that had Final Cut Pro installed on it and downloaded a plug-in that simulates text conversations. Entering my script I had written into each text bubble was time consuming but I think the end result came out really well. The bouncy, fun music was also a nice touch.

This Movie Mashup (4.5 stars) asks you to find a movie you like, find one that it is compared to, and then create a poster that includes the two. Well, Stranger Things isn’t a movie, but it does have so many 80s references, so I chose that. We know Stranger Things pays homage to lots … Continue reading “Stranger Things feat. E.T.”

For my last regular mashup assignment of the week I decided to tackle the Inappropriate Laughter assignment. For this assignment I relied heavily on iMovie, FreeSound.org, and Movie Clips.

First, I had to choose a movie clip. I went with Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, a film first released in 1988. It’s not really a horror movie, but more on the creepy comical side (my favorite scene is the Day-o dinner scene).

After choosing the clip, I went to FreeSound.org to find laughing sounds. I realized listening to different laughs over and over can get a little annoying after a while . I also added an “uh-oh” sound in clip.

After gathering all the materials I embedded everything into iMovie to put it all together. I had to adjust some of the noise levels on the audio clips, as I didn’t want the laughter to overpower the actual dialogue.

Lastly, I uploaded the finished product to Vimeo.

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The last mashup assignment that I did was Mashing Friends and Emojis. In this assignment, I had to take a picture of one of my friends recreating an emoji and then compare them to each other.

For this assignment, I tasked my roommate to be the person recreating the emoji. First we had to figure out what emoji we wanted to do. We tried a bunch of different emojis before we decided on the final one.

Once we had picked an emoji, I started taking photos of my roommate recreating it. It took a couple of tries but I am really happy on how the final product came out!

You mean I can include my dog? Done. I’ll take any opportunity that allows me to video or take pictures of my pups, so when I saw the Talking Dog Mashup (4 stars), I knew I had to do it. My frenchie, Frankie, doesn’t really bark, so I had to figure out a way to … Continue reading “Did you just sneeze on me?”

Pokemon and Super Smash Bros Ultimate are two of my favorite games so I added them together in this mash-up. I wanted to try Super Smash and Dragon Quest but I couldn’t find a good picture to mash up. But then I found this and I decided to go with Pokemon. The figures Mii Brawlers which are fighters on SSBU. Their skins (clothes) are based on Team Rocket, an organization bent on exploiting Pokemon. So it’s a whole mash-up that fits perfectly. And for the Remix of this assignment see if you can find Waldo, you know the one. So see if you can find Waldo.

For this assignment, Video Game Cover Mashup, I downloaded the picture and uploaded it to Pixlr. Then I added the different titles to it. After that, I uploaded it here using the Image button.

My second assignment of the week was inspired by my first assignment, but this time follows the Logo Switch Up assignment rules.

While looking for inspiration for my first assignment, I stumbled upon the logos for Cabbage Patch Kids and Garbage Pail Kids. I knew it would be a fun mash-up. Cabbage Patch Kids were popular dolls in the 1980’s and Garbage Pail Kids were a play on baseball trading cards.

To start I needed to find a clear and editable Cabbage Patch logo. Similar to with my first assignment, to eliminate the unwanted logo letters, I “Quick Selected” the components I wanted to keep and painted over everything else with white to match with the pre-existing background.

The next step was to get the Garbage Pail Kids logo. I was able to locate a logo someone had already created.

Next, I knew I wanted to incorporate a Garbage Pail Kid to replace the Cabbage Patch baby on the logo. After a little searching I found one of the original kids.

I isolated the head, erased the rest, and put it all together for the finished product. Looking back, the hear is a little pixilated, I should have soothed out the edges and maybe manipulated the resolution to make it look less Photoshopped and more cohesive.

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