Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Another Douglas giveaway entry!
A week left to enter for a chance to win an awesome Douglas Cuddle Toy (some of the rarest and most realistic animal species & dog breed plushies out there!! They've got SO many fantastic choices!)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Advanced Digital Media: "Road Trip"
I want to be able to share my Advanced Digital Media final projects on YouTube, but cannot due to copyright issues; I also can't find any video storage site that will upload files between 950 MB and 2 GB. (They are quite long: 27 minutes for the full footage, roughly half that for each of the two edited versions, one of which I also needed to split in half.) =/ Therefore, I'm at a loss as to how to include these videos among the others on my YouTube channel. I suppose for now I will have to simply keep them on my hard drive and find a way of sharing them with anyone who might wish to see them in the future.
The descriptions are as follows:
I have three versions (one semi-final, the final, and then the original 27 minutes of recording, also set to a musical montage and spiced up with various visual effects. That one is basically my home video. The semi-final and the longest one had to be split due to the file sizes.
One was created as a final project for Advanced Digital Media (editing, essentially), for which we could do just about anything.
As usual, I started off with far better ideas and ran out of time--and the final product could be quite a bit better. I wrote up scripts and wanted to cast a couple of "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?" reenactments ("Grave Sitting" and "Precious"); my other choice was exploring/documenting some supposedly haunted local sites (namely, the five spots on my campus and one Revolutionary War house in the same town.) But, alas, I had to go with this idea: recording my Easter weekend trip down to Virginia Beach, VA, to hang out with my newly made-up Marine brother. Didn't know whether it would become a travelogue or advertisement or what, but it seems to be a home movie music video of sorts. The only aspect that lives up to what I'd envisioned is the assortment of songs (which were pulled from my own personal collection of ultimate road trip music.)
I knew it'd be tricky to get much more than a "home movies" effect with my digital camera on a family trip...but I did attempt to record as much of what we saw and did as possible, and to somewhat capture that exciting 'travely' feeling of getting ready to go, setting out on the road, being in new places and seeing new things, etc.
The ever-so-slightly different version of the project (think it was mostly the very end that changed) is just a sliiightly different edit...I'd saved it first and still liked it, so I knew I'd wind up keeping both. Same thing, mostly, though.
Finally, I took the complete 27-minute trip footage and set it to more awesome music and funky effects. 8-] <--On the 12th, I uploaded that to YT w/ AudioSwapped tracks. All of the project versions wound up being approximately 15 minutes in length.
To provide a better idea of what the videos are, here is the would-be list of tags for them:
advanced digital media editing class final project music video songs road trip driving virginia beach home video highway hotel Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf Movin' Right Along The Muppet Movie Til We Run Out of Road Jewel Me and You and a Dog Named Boo Lobo Vacation Vitamin C On the Open Road A Goofy Movie Life Is a Highway Rascal Flatts Everyday Is a Winding Road Sheryl Crow Don't Stop Believin' Journey Holiday Madonna On the Road Again Willie Nelson I'm On My Way I Was Born Under a Wandering Star Paint Your Wagon Ramblin' Man Allman Brothers Vacation The Go-Gos Breakaway Kelly Clarkson I Get Around Beach Boys No Particular Place to Go Chuck Berry Two Tickets To Paradise Eddie Money Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones Holiday Road Dancin' 'Cross the USA Lindsey Buckingham Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi Kokomo Two Tickets to Paradise Eddie Money Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles Rock This Country Shania Twain Born Free Kid Rock Send Me On My Way Rusted Root
The descriptions are as follows:
I have three versions (one semi-final, the final, and then the original 27 minutes of recording, also set to a musical montage and spiced up with various visual effects. That one is basically my home video. The semi-final and the longest one had to be split due to the file sizes.
One was created as a final project for Advanced Digital Media (editing, essentially), for which we could do just about anything.
As usual, I started off with far better ideas and ran out of time--and the final product could be quite a bit better. I wrote up scripts and wanted to cast a couple of "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?" reenactments ("Grave Sitting" and "Precious"); my other choice was exploring/documenting some supposedly haunted local sites (namely, the five spots on my campus and one Revolutionary War house in the same town.) But, alas, I had to go with this idea: recording my Easter weekend trip down to Virginia Beach, VA, to hang out with my newly made-up Marine brother. Didn't know whether it would become a travelogue or advertisement or what, but it seems to be a home movie music video of sorts. The only aspect that lives up to what I'd envisioned is the assortment of songs (which were pulled from my own personal collection of ultimate road trip music.)
I knew it'd be tricky to get much more than a "home movies" effect with my digital camera on a family trip...but I did attempt to record as much of what we saw and did as possible, and to somewhat capture that exciting 'travely' feeling of getting ready to go, setting out on the road, being in new places and seeing new things, etc.
The ever-so-slightly different version of the project (think it was mostly the very end that changed) is just a sliiightly different edit...I'd saved it first and still liked it, so I knew I'd wind up keeping both. Same thing, mostly, though.
Finally, I took the complete 27-minute trip footage and set it to more awesome music and funky effects. 8-] <--On the 12th, I uploaded that to YT w/ AudioSwapped tracks. All of the project versions wound up being approximately 15 minutes in length.
To provide a better idea of what the videos are, here is the would-be list of tags for them:
advanced digital media editing class final project music video songs road trip driving virginia beach home video highway hotel Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf Movin' Right Along The Muppet Movie Til We Run Out of Road Jewel Me and You and a Dog Named Boo Lobo Vacation Vitamin C On the Open Road A Goofy Movie Life Is a Highway Rascal Flatts Everyday Is a Winding Road Sheryl Crow Don't Stop Believin' Journey Holiday Madonna On the Road Again Willie Nelson I'm On My Way I Was Born Under a Wandering Star Paint Your Wagon Ramblin' Man Allman Brothers Vacation The Go-Gos Breakaway Kelly Clarkson I Get Around Beach Boys No Particular Place to Go Chuck Berry Two Tickets To Paradise Eddie Money Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones Holiday Road Dancin' 'Cross the USA Lindsey Buckingham Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi Kokomo Two Tickets to Paradise Eddie Money Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles Rock This Country Shania Twain Born Free Kid Rock Send Me On My Way Rusted Root
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Song Dedication (Celine Dion: "Fly")
I'd like to take a moment to play this song in memory and honor of our dearly departed Casey and Molly (as well as every other lost family member and friend.)
Lyrics:
Fly, fly, little wing
Fly beyond imagining
The softest cloud, the whitest dove
Upon the wind of heaven's love
Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain
And fly again
Fly, fly precious one
Your endless journey has begun
Take your gentle happiness
Far too beautiful for this
Cross over to the other shore
There is peace forevermore
But hold this mem'ry bittersweet
Until we meet
Fly, fly do not fear
Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear
Your heart is pure, your soul is free
Be on your way, don't wait for me
Above the universe you'll climb
On beyond the hands of time
The moon will rise, the sun will set
But I won't forget
Fly, fly little wing
Fly where only angels sing
Fly away, the time is right
Go now, find the light
Casey: (adopted) 10/5/01~9/10/10
"I know you can't stay,
But part of you will never, ever go away;
Your heart will stay.,,"
~Jordan Hill
But part of you will never, ever go away;
Your heart will stay.,,"
~Jordan Hill
"When you lose someone you love they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart."
"I don't want him in my heart;I want him here with me."
~Victor Frankenstein (Frankenweenie)
~Victor Frankenstein (Frankenweenie)
"If only tears could bring you back to me,
If only love could find a way...
What I would do, what I would give, if you'd
Return to me, someday, somehow, some way....
If my tears could bring you back to me."
~Midnight Sons
Molly:8/8/97~5/9/10
"Energy does not die; I have only changed form.
I will always be with you."
"It came to me that every time I lose a dog,
they take a piece of my heart with them....
And every new dog who comes into my life
Gifts me with a piece of their heart.
If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog--
And I will become as generous and loving as they are."
~Anonymous
I still run, I still swing open the door;
I still think you'll be there like before
{SHeDaisy}
"So long, old friend,
I wish that I could see once again.
I never knew, the time would come
When I'd be losing you.
I hope you know I never meant
To treat you badly...
And now I know just what a friend like you is for.
I never thought that it would end so sadly,
And you'd be walking through that door...
So long old friend,
I wish that I could see once again.
I never knew, the time would come
When I'd be losing you.
I always thought our fun and games would just
Go on and on....
I never knew I'd have to say...so long..."
~"Here Comes Garfield" ("Garfield and Friends")
I wish that I could see once again.
I never knew, the time would come
When I'd be losing you.
I hope you know I never meant
To treat you badly...
And now I know just what a friend like you is for.
I never thought that it would end so sadly,
And you'd be walking through that door...
So long old friend,
I wish that I could see once again.
I never knew, the time would come
When I'd be losing you.
I always thought our fun and games would just
Go on and on....
I never knew I'd have to say...so long..."
~"Here Comes Garfield" ("Garfield and Friends")
"There must be something more to us than you and me;
It must be tangled up somehow with destiny.
I used to think the sum of one and one was two,
But we add up to more, me and you.
I don't know how to say the things I'm thinking of,
But the something more I'm feeling must be love."
It must be tangled up somehow with destiny.
I used to think the sum of one and one was two,
But we add up to more, me and you.
I don't know how to say the things I'm thinking of,
But the something more I'm feeling must be love."
~Charlotte's Web (1973)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Let's go & win us some Douglas!!
This sweepstakes end on April 23 (this Saturday); it's easy to enter for another chance to win a high-quality Douglas Cuddle Toy product--those are without doubt some of the absolute best plushes ever made...and I of all people ought to know! ;)
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Another sweepstakes:
Head on over here for a chance (or several) to win an awesome Douglas Cuddle Toy item!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Studio Production materials: Talent's spring cupcake decorating how-to guide
Cupcake Decoration Steps
Download Word Document
Full-size pictures:
*Try to leave enough unfrosted space on back of doughnut hole to be able to handle it with minimal mess.
*Pinch marshmallow slices to see if you can make them more bunny ear- and flower petal-like. I think this test one I made resembles a mouse, since I only pinched a little.
Download Word Document
Full-size pictures:
Monday, April 4, 2011
Are You Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha, or Miranda?
You Are Miranda |
 You are down to earth and no nonsense. You don't suffer fools gladly. You've been accused of being a workaholic, but you can't help it... you like to be productive. You are competitive, and you love to win. You've even been known to compete with the men you date. You need a man strong enough to stand up to you - that's the only way you'll respect him! |
(Hardly a foreign film, buuuut....I think this blog may as well be used for something now that the course is over.)
I think I'm a Miranda-Carrie-Charlotte-Samantha, in that order...
Friday, March 4, 2011
'Nother contest!
Also unrelated to the old blog, but let's add it here anyway, shall we? Instructions for entering to win a Douglas Cuddle Toy product of your choice are right here! Ends on the 26th...
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Off-topic: Contest!
Baby-Sitters Club fan(atic) like me? Enter to win the entire California Diaries series--simply by adding a comment here! That's it; good luck...!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Just a few more foreign films I recommend:
Once Were Warriors: New Zealand. 1994. Directed by Lee Tamahori.
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