Friday 14 March 2008

Tilt Shifting

http://blog.georgegumpert.com/2007/03/27/photoshop-tilt-shift/

Just posting this so I don't forget the website.

10 Reasons not to answer your phone in lectures.

This blog is about someone who used their phone in a lecture. Here are the top ten reasons I came up with for this brilliant task.

1. You might wake up the person next to you. (Rude)

2. Everyone can hear your conversation. (Stupid)

3. It makes you look stupid. (This goes to that guy who was on his phone in two different lectures thinking he’s awesome because he has an iPhone. He was probably just talking into the mouth piece with no one on the other side just to show it off to everyone in the lecture. He wasn't cool he looked foolish. iPhones are not that cool...)

4. It's a waste of battery.

5. Everyone will hate you because you will get tasks like '10 reasons not to answer your phone in lectures'.(Dedicated to previously mentioned)

6. You can't get a decent conversation any way because your going to have to be whispering.

7. Some lecturers are actually quite nice and don't deserve rudeness on that level. (Same to the other students who are paying £3070 for the benefit of listening to you discussing last nights Holyoakes/Girlfriends or lack of/How cool your iPhone is)

8. iPhones are not that cool. (No 3G)

8. It can disrupt other electrical equipment.

9. Your wasting your time even turning up if your going to be on the phone. Best thing to do is walk out then answer the call.

10. Its written in the rules, on the lecture room doors and it's pretty obvious you shouldn't do it.

Wednesday 12 March 2008

Superheroes Videos

This blog is all about superheroes.

The task for this week’s class was to film in a group and edit it on windows movie maker. Unfortunately I was unable to find a group to do the task with in class. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and do it in my own time with some mates. Once I thought of an idea for the hero and villain I approached my brave mates with this idea.

I then borrowed a camera off of a flat mate and then began to film. I filmed in the hall way of my flat because its private and saved embarrassment (haha) I made sure not to use camera angles that are too tight because of the space in the flat and to avoid confusion. I used a mixture of video and photos to achieve my desired result and used some of the built in transitions in movie maker to switch between these.

I didn't add any music because I think the video is more humorous with out it. However this was something important to be considered because the choice of music can really set the scene.

This task was to prepare for a part of the assignment which is to make a video titled 'A day in the life of...'