Blog Assignment 9

In our gaming presentation we got all the points across that we needed to.  Are strongest point that we went across were the controls of the game we created.  We made a lacrosse game to add onto the Wii Sports package that you get when you buy the Wii.  We explained what each button will do with the control.  We also made it easy to learn, and make sure that everyone could play.  We also added to the controller by adding an attachment to the controller to actually feel like you were playing actual lacrosse.  This was a good idea because the Wii uses motion mainly for the controls so we had the attachment simulate the actual motion of lacrosse.  We included pictures of the controller and pointed to each button saying what it’ll do.  Are weak point that we had a little bit of trouble explaining were the Objectives.  This is because the objectives are usually the same with any other sport game that is made, which is to score more points than the opponent.  Objectives are mainly for adventure games where you have to reach checkpoints and go through many different levels and tasks.  To explain it more, we added unlockable items based on the persons skills.  If you do good, you get better gear, attributes and stadiums.  Overall, I thought our presentation and game we thought of were great

Blog Assignment 8

Heres the link to the superpowers podcast.

Blog Assignment 7

The video joke that I was assigned to was the T-G-I-F joke.  The joke is of someone going up to another saying T-G-I-F (thank god it’s Friday) and the other person says S-H-I-T (Sorry honey it’s Thursday).  Although the two videos we made shared the same joke, there were also differences between the two.

The first movie that we filmed was shot inside of Seigfred Hall elevator.  Our first movie that we created did a great job with explaining tension and release.  This is because of the awkward moment that the guy and girl share in the elevator.  The girl comes in the elevator saying T-G-I-F continuously and the guy becomes confused and then starts saying S-H-I-T.  The tension is the build up of the two of them having this awkward feud.  The release is when the guy says “Sorry honey, It’s Thursday”.  Along with tension and release, we had a lack of space between the two people compare to the 2nd movie that we made.  It was hard to film inside of in elavator because of the limited space an elevator holds.  We had to cram the 2 into the shot and seemed uncomfortable on camera for the actors.  At first, we were frustrated with the space, but then we realized that it added to the humor of the movie because it made the two people more awkward around each other.

The second film that we made was filmed outside of Seigfred Hall where they do the graffiti.  We made this video more creative than the first one.  We decided to do a old western silent film.  To make it old fashioned, we added a sepia effect so the color was old.  We also took out all sounds and added captions like in the old movies. The viewer would not know what they were talking about until the captions came up.  Our film did a great job demonstrating objective and subjective.  The video was subjective because it makes the audience wonder what they said or are doing when they were talking before the captions popped up.  It eventually made it objective after they talk because it shows a caption of what they just said.  The objective and subjective parts of the movie make the movie more interesting to the audience and makes them pay more attention.  This film had a lot more movement in the shots than the previous video that we made.  We had MacKenzie frolic to the guy creating a lot of movement.  They also shook their heads while they were talking to make it look more interesting.  In the end of the video, Nick throws a bottle at the two and walks over to them.

Both of the videos that we made were both good and very different from each other. Even though both were good, I liked the second video more than the first. Our group had a great time filming and creating these videos and were successful in it.  Our video also successfully used the same joke in two dif

Video Joke 2

Joke Video 1

Blog Assignment 6B

Blog Assignment 6A

Blog Assignment 5

Original From Ben Goossens

 My reframed image

I chose to reframe one of Ben Goossens pictures.  This is a picture of a room where the walls are painted to look like a sky, and the floor is painted to look like and open grass prairie.  In the original picture, there is an owl sitting on a rocking chair.  I decided to reframe just the owl, limiting the viewers of what is in the background to emphasize the bird.  I took out the emphasis that was given to the entire room and just focused on the owl in the rocking chair.  By doing this I changed the space, rule of thirds, and shot type.

The first the that drastically changed by reframing this picture is space.  I decided to limit the amount of space that the artist wanted to reveal in the original.  In the original picture, the owl was a point of interest, but did not show a major importance to the owl.  By limiting the space the owl seems more dominant, and the viewer now focuses their full attention on it making it seem like the most important part of the picture.  Limiting the space also changed the whole way somebody perceives the image.  In the original, the audience realized that the sky and grass prairie were painted on the walls of the room.  Now from limiting the viewers space, the do not know that it is a painted room, but rather a owl standing on a rocking chair in an actual grass prairie.

Along with space, I also changed the rule of thirds of the original image bye Goossens.  In the original picture, the owl was put in the right rule of third making it more visually attractive to the audience.  Now, by reframing the image, the owl is now placed in the middle third of the image giving the owl and book more importance.

By reframing the image, I also changed the shot type.  In the original shot the artist made the shot a wide shot.  The wide shot reveals vaguely the bird on the chair, but also reveals more of the background by establishing where the image is taking place.  After my reframing it changed to a medium shot.  This gives more emphasis of emotion because you are able to analyze the owl more closely, and see the facial expressions

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