The one assignment that we all had to do this week was recreating the Foley assignment that we made during audio week.  Then we each got assigned thirty seconds of the video to make up our own audio for and this week we had to take audio and add in back in with the video to make a bit of a different story.

Here is the original video just to jog your memory:

For my audio clips I choose to use Karissa’s, for part two I used Brooke’s, for part three I used mine, for part four I used Kristen’s, and for part five I used Cole’s, and for part six I used Kaitlyn’s.  After picking my audio clips I went ahead and downloaded them to my computer. I then ripped the youtube video from above from keepvid.

I then imported the video into iMovie.  I then muted the volume volume of the original video.   I then imported each of the thirty second sound clips that I had originally downloaded.  I then added them in on at a time making sure to line them up side by side.  The first five fit perfectly without issue.  The sixth one was a little bit funny though.  I had to push it back a few seconds to make it fit correctly so there is a small amount of dead space before the final clip.

I then added in a title sequence for my clip.  I decided to add my title in on top of the picture to have it flow well.  I then added credits.  I credited both myself for making it and everyone whose parts I used.  I then went back and added the sound back into the parts without sound.  I had considered using my own music but I had a hard time finding something that fit well.

Overall this wasn’t too hard of process.  I think I had dreaded it a bit more than I needed too.

Here is my Foley video.  Hope you enjoy!

The video assignment called Sports Mashup, which called to create a video mix of a bunch of great moments in sports history, was a lot of fun and got me pumped up to go out and do something!  This assignment was one that I got prepped for a couple of weeks ago.  I found all the videos on YouTube and chose which parts of those videos I wanted to put in my mix.  The sources for all the videos are found in my original post.

I decided to go a little out there and not do any football moments, because I feel like that sport is the most common one to get pumped about.  Instead, I chose snowboarding, rugby, parkour, soccer, and boxing.  I used keepvid to download each YouTube video and then opened them in MPEG Streamclip.  Once I trimmed down the part of the video I wanted to use, I exported it as an avi file and opened it in Windows Movie Maker.  To get rid of the audio, I muted each clip and added in a song by Deadmau5 called “Ghosts n’ Stuff.”  I used Audacity to trim the audio and create the fade in and out effects, which I uploaded into Windows Movie Maker.  I first heard this song in a documentary called The Art of Flight and knew it would be a good one since it got me pumped up and excited to be watching these amazing snowboarders (by the way, I really recommend watching that documentary!).

As for each clip I chose…I love watching Shaun White snowboard, so it was a no brainer to me to put some of his stuff in.  I also thought it was a good one to put first since the action was immediate and you could see him do several tricks.  If you know anything about soccer, you know Wayne Rooney has a golden foot and has so many amazing videos of his goals already on YouTube.  I had to choose a goal that would keep none-soccer fans interested, so I chose one that was more than just kicking the ball into goal; it has him doing a backflip with it.  As for boxing, I only know a few boxers, but when I watch boxing movies and there’s a knockout, I get super pumped so I put in a clip of Sergio Martinez knocking out Paul Williams with one punch.  As a rugby player, I couldn’t do a sports mashup without a clip of a great try by a world class team.  It shows that you have to not only be fast, but also an accurate kicker and have good predictability of a ball shaped like that bouncing around.  Finally, I saw a video of this guy, Damien Walters, on Facebook a while back, and couldn’t resist putting him in.  His longer videos are really fantastic and I could watch them for hours.  It’s amazing what he can do.

Finally, I uploaded the video onto YouTube et voilà!

14/16 stars

My final assignment this week was the One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds from the assignment bank.

I loved this assignment, mostly because I’m a huge fan of inspirational teacher movies–so choosing my archetype was easy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT6NSTwi_js

And I swear it was exactly 5 seconds in Premiere Pro!!

Proof:

I used clips from Freedom Writers (2007), School of Rock (2003), Lean on Me (1989), Dangerous Minds (1995), and Dead Poets Society (1989).

Clips

Dangerous Minds — Hallway Scene

Freedom Writers — We Mattered Scene

School of Rock — The Man

Lean on Me — You are dismissed

Dead Poets Society — Carpe Diem

I took each video from YouTube using the PwnYouTube bookmark. Downloaded the best quality MP4 I could. Then I opened them all up in Adobe Premiere Pro. I didn’t have a plan at first for which part of the video clips I wanted to use for the one second I had. After cutting Dangerous Minds, Dead Poets Society, and Lean on Me, I started to see a pattern so I put them in an almost conversation.

The little girl asks, “Are you going to teach us anything?”

Then Michelle Pfeiffer screams, “MOVE!”

Robin Williams, “Well, come on!”

Morgan Freeman, “To learn.”

Hillary Swank, “To graduate.”

Okay, it’s not perfect, but I think it’s a nice coincidence!

That should be the goal of any inspirational teacher, though. Moving your students to learn and to graduate!

For this assignment, it required to make a tutorial for Mom, or someone who just isn’t familiar with a piece of technology. About three years ago, my grandma started her own company and usually has my mom do all of her paper while she manages. However, in the past year, my mom decided to get her a laptop so that she could do some of the paper work on her own. What a waste of money that was because all she does is play solitaire on it. Her excuse? That WE never showed her how to use it! So lately, we’ve been making the effort to show her how to use certain parts of her computer. Last week, she called me complaining that she’s tired of Safari messing up her e-mails, and i reminded her that she has an app that helps her send e-mails! So I took it upon myself to use two birds for one stone: get some star’s done while showing my grandma how to send an email. I used QuickTime Player, which has this really cool option to record your screen while doing audio as well. I messed up a couple of times because I didn’t realize there was an option to record audio (i thought it just did it by itself) but I finally figured it all out! The steps were pretty cut and dry, but I managed to show my grandma  how to send an e-mail now! The best part is that this is a video, so she can come back to it whenever she forgets..And now she has no excuse for not knowing how to send an e-mail! What a five cool ?’s this was!

*Digging through!

One of the assignments I picked was Where are they now? Just ’cause I couldn’t resist picking one of my favorite casts and totally morphing them by picking their futures! For this, I used iMovie and Google images to my fullll advantage! I picked one of my favorite movies, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days but definitely got silly with it. I use the billboard theme to make it fun and the song Good Riddance to make it somewhat nostalgic. Basically, Andie (Kate Hudson) dumped Ben (Matthew McConaughey), and although she is still reallly hot, while getting her dream job, he lost a bunch of weight and became obsessive. He’s been arrested 4 times for stalking her, funny how he turned into the obsessive one! Jeannie (Annie Parisse) became a total fashion mogul, and now travels all over the world but she still keeps in really good touch with Andie, her BFF. Tony (Adam Goldberg) ended up owning the company that he, Ben and Thayer worked for, as well as coming out of the closet! His boyfriend’s name is Rodolfo; they own two houses and a poodle named Elenore. Michele (Kathryn Hanh) remains funny as ever! Except now she shares her humor with her husband, who never takes her for granted like the douches in the movie. Finally, Thayer!…Quit his job because it wasn’t the same to him with Benjamin and he became a rent-a-cop, mostly to help Ben stalk Andie but keep his cover about it.

This assignment was made possible by iMovie, which I used to add in all the pictures and create the entire show. This was a nice 2 ?’s!

*Please be sure to have hard hats on!

For this assignment, my mom was actually the one to suggest ideas. The idea was to basically pick a topic, any topic, and make a 30 second documentary from it. My mom suggests that I pick something I am terrible at, and make a video from it. I really couldn’t decide between riding a bike and tying my shoes, but after recording both, I went with the latter. I really do struggle with this, and I usually get so frustrated that just end up tucking them into the sides my shoes. Although it sounds ridiculous, it’s 100% honest. When I was younger, my parents made me get these ugly boots and said I could pick my own next pair once i learned to tie my shoes…Well, being the rebellious child I was, I didn’t learn out of spite and ever since then, I just never put in the effort. Now whenever i try to learn, i just get frustrated and give up. For this, I recorded with my phone, and then uploaded it to iMovie. The background music is I Love It, just be ironic because trying my shoes is something I absolutely hate doing! If i get a chance, I’ll also upload the video of me riding a bike..Which is actually just disgraceful because I fell twice. This was a worthy four and 1/2 ?’s, and it was fun! I think making fun of myself also added some comedic relief and you can also laugh with me on it!

*under construction

This assignment allowed creativity to take over and for the fun to flow! The goal of this assignment was to pick an issue of whatever (silly, serious, etc.) and make a public service announcement. I decided to have fun with these assignments to let go and let fun do allll the work. I have to say that I am a HUGE The Office fan…so I decided to let it influence my work this week. My topic I decided would be that there are too many damn people on this planet, and we need to do something about it. Like yesterday. So, I started off by using KeepVid and downloading a couple videos, like one of crowds of people, then a song to go along with the entire video I Hate People (Yup, that’s a real song), and ending with my personal favorite one of Dwight, hating people. I used iMovie because it makes life sooooooo much easier, and I cut up the clips so that it includes each one of the scenes that I want, as well as the News Theme iMovie offers! I did find trouble during the text I wanted to put. i wanted it to be dramatic, and go slow but every time I tried to slow it down, it just wouldn’t seem to go as slow as I wanted it to so I just let it use the standard speed but even when I still try to change the duration time, it still seems to be iffy, so that’s something I hope to fix as I continue to use iMovie over time. However, i am still pleased with my product and I’m also happy to report that it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, but only because of how much practice I’ve been getting with iMovie. Anyways, this assignment was a wonderful five ?’s, here’s the final product and please like if you agree with Dwight and me!

*how the magic happens

This assignment required some deep thinking and soul searching. It was Movie Scenes that Changed Our Lives, and how it impacted our lives. This assignment proved to be much harder than it appeared. I started off with a movie that immediately caught me by the heart, The Pursuit of Happyness, in particular in the scene with the Will Smith and his son. The movie follows Christopher Gardner and the struggles he faces as he attempts to raise his son but also succeed in the world. This clip involves Gardner telling his son at first that he can’t play basketball, and when his son doesn’t object, he then proceeds to tell him that no one has the right to ever tell him he can’t do something. Will Smith has a tendency to leave me in complete awe, however, this scene in particular was really powerful because it’s something that everyone should take into account in their lives. No one has the right to ever tell you that you’re incapable of something or that you can’t do something, not even your own father, so why give them the satisfaction of seeing you break? This scene just reminds me of how i stay strong for myself, and that despite people telling me that I can’t, it gives me more reason to show them I can.

The second part of the video is a scene from Toy Story 3, and it was the basically the closing out of the entire trilogy. For those of you who don’t know these movies…You should probably get out from that rock you’ve been living under! Toy Story is possibly the movie of my generation. It’s about these toys that come alive when there are no adults alive but there’s so much more to it than that! Anyways, the scene that I chose was the one where Andy says good bye to all his toys, but Woody in particular. This might sound ridiculous but i honestly felt as if I saying good bye to my own childhood as Andy gave away Woody just because he’s meant to much to Andy over the years. Not to mention, I knew i would be graduating soon and i would have to say good-bye to a lot of things as well. It just hit close to home when Andy finally let go of what was left of his child hood so it broke my heart knowing that soon enough, that would be me.

The third clip I choose was from the movie Milk, based on Harvey Milk, an openly gay activist as well as politician during the 1970′s. The movie follows his life, and this particular scene had some comedic relief to it. Although Milk had just received a death threat, this did not stop him from standing on stage and giving his speech. He even teases the crowd and media some. This movie was very sentimental to me just because of my own sexual orientation and this scene in particular shows how Milk had no fears when it came to standing up for what he believed in. It made me see that while you can’t get along with everyone, it is much better to die for what you believe in before conforming to something that forces you to deny who and what you are.

The final part of this video is Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which is basically a sequel to the original Alice in Wonderland, as she returns in Wonderland when she’s older. However, this scene in particular is a very encouraging one and actually something that i do now. Before she fights the Jabberwocky, Alice says six impossible things (before breakfast usually but this time before slaying the Jabberwocky). This is one of my MOST favorites because of how encouraging it is. Before I go into a game now, for rugby, I also think of six impossible things before going in because once you see that you accomplish them, you feel as though you’ve achieved something entirely new. Alice says these things to comfort her as she is fighting, and that exactly how I think now, I say six impossible things that I actually know i can achieve.

To do all of these videos, I downloaded these thinks (here, here, here, and here!) with KeepVid then I realized iMovie for all editing, cutting, and gluing together. This assignment was a wonderful five ?’s!

So for this assignment, we were supposed to make a documentary on something that lasted 30 seconds. The idea was to cram something that provided knowledge about something to other people into a short amount of time.  The process made you focus on the little important bits that gave the most information.

I was trying to do something that was lacrosse related, but I shaved off my mustache and separated my shoulder so I couldn’t do it.  So instead, I had to think of something else.  It took me a while to think about something, longer than I would have liked, so I eventually just gave up on thinking of something creative and went with something really, really lame.  How to cook peas.

Yes, the directions are on the bag.  Yes, I was making dinner.  Yes, I’m even disappointed in myself, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.  I assembled everything in iMovie again, which I’m definitely getting a good feel for–everything is getting really easy and quick.  The filming was done on my iPhone, which is currently my best friend as of late.  Here’s my final video.

In retrospect, I really wish I had thought of something better.  I separated my shoulder the day before so I really just wasn’t in a very creative mood.  Still feel the same way.  Can’t always perform your best.