Thursday, March 20, 2008

Reflecting...

Well, all that has to be said, has been said. Life goes on, you know? Anyway, I had a really great experience through the days. (: Will never forget the days. And oh yes, I still have yet to submit the Journal, but I will!

Everyone, REMEMBER TO SUBMIT!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Oh to hold you.

Well, it's been a really trying time for everyone, and all of the fruits have been rewarding.

I feel very proud of everyone for having pulled through this major project. I am very impressed by a lot of the work. And I'm sure that if everyone works together, we can produce something even greater and more impressive. The talent, the hard work, the effort; it has all been rewarding and we can feel it.

To the last day, Snap has been together, even though we have been unhappy at one time or another. But still, we are a team. We have helped each other grow. And I'm so glad that this has all ended.

Thank you to everyone who helped in making this project successful. Mal loves you! :D

And... CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY MOI YEAR 1. WE'RE DONE WITH PROJECT 1!!!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Time we've spent together.

We are totally done with everything. We just came to school to get everything on tape and decide on our outfits for tomorrow's presentation. WOO.

Somehow things look better on camera than on the computer. Why?!

Anywayyyy, we're finally through it all. I'm very sorry if I've ever offended anyone with my blog, especially my team mates, if I have ever wrongly accused you.

We've finally made it through, year ones, and I'm proud of everyone who has stuck it out. CONGRATULATIONS! WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Yawwwn

Hmmm. Nothing much to do today ehhh. We just basically RENDERED today. Really really. We didn't do anything... =L Decided to get it on tape tomorrow instead cause we didn't get the camera, and the school's computer was rendering REALLY slowly.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

MMM.

At times I do feel that my efforts go unappreciated. Maybe it's because I'm the youngest? Gee. I did try to do subtitles before Wahidah came to view the final video...

I did the subtitles for about half an hour before our very late leader came and said that the subtitles I did was all wrong. -.- Okay, I know I didn't put them into the safe box, because first of all, that's my first time doing subtitles. Grrr. And then, because I felt that the font colour of white would be difficult to see if the video had a similar colpur, so I put in some shadow. Then he came and said no. Got rid of it. Never mind. Learnt to deal with this kinda people. They think they're all that. So I guess I just let him do it.

After Wahdidah viewed the final product, I asked her if it was okay to put a shadow for our subtitles. She said it was okay. So there were some things to work out. Tri and Rachael had things to do so they went off first. So, through my seething anger, I kept it all down and worked with Lionel to improve the video... I guess we managed to work the video out... I think he felt kind of apologetic towards me, and took my advice into mind. I'm glad. I'm not angry anymore! Have you ever seen Mal angry for more than a day? Haaah.

Well... YAY.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

SNAP ROCKS.

Met up today at 10pm~

Did work again! This time, we were able to compile our work together!!! Animations are all in, we edited the video more, we did the audio, we animated more... WE DID A LOT TODAY AND WE ARE ALMOST DONE!

I feel so awesome. I wrote down the subtitles that we will put into our video tomorrow, and I hoped with the animation of the Photograph Fundamentals and 3D Art Fundamentals showreel... :D Ooh yeah, the background I used for the previous presentation was used for the showreel. YAY! Credits to xoospace.com :)

We will meet tomorrow at 11am to do the final touches, such as the audio and subtitling!

I almost forgot that tomorrow is a Thursday... Meaning, we are ahead of schedule! This is totally awesome.

I'm really glad that I have such willing, initiative and experienced group mates. LOVE IT MAN. KISSES FOR THE DUDE AND DUDETTE.

:) I hope that our video will be good enough!!! All our hardwork should pay off and not go down the drain. I'm excited and nervous!!! =DDD I LOVE SNAP!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Hot shizzle~

:D Came to school at 9am! Edited! But encountered some problems with putting our work together. Some stupid error. Tri said she'd go home to re-render it for tomorrow...

I was doing the powerpoint presentation slides over the weekend... And it's so pretty! =D

Anyway, during the presentation, we showed our work which was still in bits and pieces to the class. The feedback was constructive and we can make use of the criticism to improve our work! So tomorrow we shall put everything together into a single clip! =D

We've learnt our lesson to always be prepared for equipment failures~ Woo! So excited to finish all this work!

The work that everyone has done has been significant and nobody has been left out... Even though we might have some unhappiness with each other at certain times, we are quite content now. All is forgiven! However, I do feel that it is important to state down our true feelings about each group member for the peer assessment... I do hope that my comments don't affect anyone in the group too adversely!

Anyway, I'll be seeing them tomorrow to compile everything when there are no errors! LOVES.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

We are editing, again!

Editing's fun, really.

But anyway, we have finalized the real deal. As in we have decided on the organization of work to be shown in the video. And the work is going to be split up equally!

Tri will be doing (new)animation for:
- The Interview questions
- The animation showreel
- Footsteps
- I can't remember

Rachael:
- ANIMATION FOR ALL MODULES ( a lot man)

Lionel:
- Video editing

Me:
- Video editing
- Subtitling

WORK WORK WORK. Tomorrow we aren't coming to school, just so that we can do our work. Will be seeing ma darlings next week! =DDD YAYS. All anger... BE GONE!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Change is the only constant in life.

Hmmm. So we've finally decided what to change. We are going to combine our Showreel and the Interview parts together! Why did we decide on this? We encountered some problems, that's why!

Problems:
- Interview was long and draggy
- Showreel would be boring
- The boring parts would bring the video down

Solution!!! (YAY)

We decided to combine both things together so that they will be able to compliment each other!!! =DDD

Okay so we've got quite a bit of work to be done from now till next week. Ayyye! GOGO SNAP.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

FEVER BUG

Tri is down with a fever! NOOO. GET WELL SOOON!

Anyway, I went to school and waited for Lionel. Then we waited for Wahidah and told her the latest happenings for our video.

The only other thing we did today was compile our work. I'd just dumped my Video Fundamentals video into my thumbdrivvvvvve. Wee! Okay. othing else to say. ._. BYE!

Monday, March 3, 2008

SORRY!

Sorry to SNAP for not being able to make it down for the meeting. I was at a Pre-U seminar meeting. Sorry guys... ):

But the latest update is that we are going to change the showreel part. We are really changing and developing new ideas now. :D Different, but better. :) Sorry again guys!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

NICE.

Okay. I'm really not happy with the punctuality. I can be early, so can you. Period.

But other than that, we had a successful filming session today. We filmed our interview all over again and fixed the problems that were identified yesterday... Retro clothes were present. And we definitely did our best to be funny and enthusiastic. Hehhh.

Okay. So we're totally scrapping the idea of the reverse handwriting credits things. Haahhh. We're going to animate it instead. Good. Never did like the idea of the reverse thing. Lol.

WEEKEND. I LOVE WEEKENDS.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Die!!!

Shucks! Tri showed our interview video to some of our other coursemates yesterday. Turns out that our video came across as weird, and did not portray the message appropriately.

Also showed it to Wahidah. Gotta work on some of the stuff...:
  • Colour combination
  • Outfits (retro!)
  • Composition
  • Attitude/Enthusiasm
Ahhh! So we've got to re-shoot... Extend our camera loan as well. Oh wellllll. Re-do it shall be. We've no other options... Tomorrow... Will... Be a better... Day...

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Yay!

I really mean yay! Cause we've just filmed the interview part of our video. It's also the most difficult part of our video actually, because we did not have the privilege of help from other people. Man. But it's alright, actually. Because we figured that we could cut the actual video into parts and take out the unnecessary parts.

We actually made a big boo-boo when we did the credits for our video. We overwrote the scene of the Design school. But that's okay. We re-did that part. So what is left for us to do?

Video:
  • Editing

Animation:

  • Animation showreel start

Showreel:

  • Compiling our work into a video

Monday, February 25, 2008

OOOright.

We got out of class today for filming. Weather wasn't so fantastic so we ended up doing more video editing.

Submitted the printout of this journal. Hmmm. Will film the actual thing tomorrow. Yay!

Sleep.

Friday, February 22, 2008

More filming!

As the title suggests, Snap did more filming today. We did the filming for the credits. We're like left with just the interview thing. Bahhh.

We've returned our camera and tripod already. Will rent out another one next week so we can transfer the recorded stuff onto the school computer for editing. Yay!

After we're done with all this, it's SHOWREEL time.

Happy Birthday to Mal! :D on 24th of Feb!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Presentation 2...

Yeah! Presentation 2. I think Snap did a pretty good job. Critique from others taken note of. Will work on the boo-boos and show it to other people outside of our class including lecturers. :D Good job so far guys! Weee!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Fun at Design Ramp

Hehe. Did something kinda unethical today. But we had no choice! We wanted to do some filming in Design school. But we had no trolley to film! So I ended up pushing Lionel around on a roller chair. Hurhur. But isn't something wrong here? Haha. I'm the lady pushing Lionel around!!! But never mind! That's fine. I'm TOUGH.

We're getting along pretty well, in my opinion. Cause now we're done with our introduction! And it's all goooood. (: But we defnitely have more work to dooo!

Presentation tomorrow. EEK.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Editing already!

Hah. I'm the most forgetful walking piece of flesh. Brought ALL the things we needed today except for the tripod stand. -_-! Thankfully could borrow it from another group. But. We didn't film anything today in the end.

We went to the 2D lab to do our video editing. Hmmm. Got to re-think our audio choices to make it suit the videooo. Alright.

Showreel. Argh. Have to do that in school. Compiled everything already. Just got to get my work from Video Fundamentals. Julian needs to know the class I was in for Video Fundamentals. BUT HOW THE HELL CAN I REMEMBER? Urgh. Right. WHO IN MY VIDEO FUND CLASS HAS THE TIMETABLE?

Monday, February 18, 2008

First day filming

Turns out I was supposed to do the Script up. Shit. I didn't do it. Urgh. So sorry to Snap. ):

Anyway, Have compiled what I'm going to put in for my showreel over the weekend. Now it's just that I have no idea how I'm supposed to install premiere. Uhhh, help?

Went to Youth Park today for filming. It was crazy hot out there. >.< I hope the take was good today. Cause I think I'll roast if we go there again!

Anyway, I got asked by group members to approach some of the skaters there today for a favour. We got some footage of the skaters doing simple skateboarding tricks. Hahah. We filmmakers have to have thick skin, I figured, to approach people to ask for things. Hmmm. But! One of the skaters(not local) was really nice and let us film him! His name is James. So we'll credit him of course.

Lionel's girlfriend is sooo sweet! She came down to help us film! Is that sweeet or what? Thanks Juliana! Sweetest ever. :D

Overall productive day. Though will have to submit script tomorrow due to my booboo.

Have yet to0 retrieve clapper from my cousin. He's gonna deliver it at what, 12am? Bahh. The lengths I go for film.

TOMORROW IS DAY 2 OF FILMING. YAY.