The Beast from the East is here, and leaving white here in Inverness.
Today in Page Layout, we were asked to follow a set of instruction Iain gave us on creating a three page leaflet in Adobe InDesign. It was a little tricky, but we managed to create our leaflets. Maybe I'll practice the exercise again to be more confident.
In Animation, I've started to work on my storyboard for the animation piece and we looked on the internet for images in the public domain we could use as an inspiration for one of our videos' scenes. I found images of forests and a construction site. Using an image of a forest, I used Photoshop to put in forest animals. Allison says that we'll be going into more detail in Image Design tomorrow.
They say that the Beast from the East brings the cold, and I'll say it does. During lunch, the fire alarm went off, and we went outside into the cold where we waited till it was save to go back inside. The fire alarm upset my lunch plans as I hoped to double check my college work.
Hopefully, tomorrow will go better.
Wish us all luck.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Friday, 23 February 2018
Review of the Road Safety Event footage
The end of another week at college.
Yesterday in Intro to Comics and Graphic Novels, we continued to look at the differences between the two. In Digital Imaging we were asked to photograph some of the art students putting their work up for a display in the study area, pick ones we liked, then hand them in for the Market Department.
Today we were looking at the footage of the event. Some of the outdoor shots were very good, and Brian, our lecturer, says that some may have to be edited for the best bits. The footage of the event indoors was not too bad, but when people were specking, we couldn't hear them clearly. It was here that we talked about editing some of our videos and Brain asked us to start creating a logbook about the project.
During break between PAT this morning and the start of class, I took a look in the internet about last week's event, and I found a lot from the BBC, the Highland Council, the Inverness Courier (a local newspaper), the Press and Journal (another local newspaper) and the Inverness College websites.
Debbie Gilham was the lady who lost her daughter, Georgia, in a car crash a couple of years ago and came to speck about what happened and the aftermath. I know a couple of people who know Debbie, but what shocked me a lot was that Georgia was studying at my old school before college, Culloden Academy. I was shocked that Georgia and I walked the same corridors, and might have known some of the same teachers.
I hope that you will be careful on the road.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Yesterday in Intro to Comics and Graphic Novels, we continued to look at the differences between the two. In Digital Imaging we were asked to photograph some of the art students putting their work up for a display in the study area, pick ones we liked, then hand them in for the Market Department.
Today we were looking at the footage of the event. Some of the outdoor shots were very good, and Brian, our lecturer, says that some may have to be edited for the best bits. The footage of the event indoors was not too bad, but when people were specking, we couldn't hear them clearly. It was here that we talked about editing some of our videos and Brain asked us to start creating a logbook about the project.
During break between PAT this morning and the start of class, I took a look in the internet about last week's event, and I found a lot from the BBC, the Highland Council, the Inverness Courier (a local newspaper), the Press and Journal (another local newspaper) and the Inverness College websites.
Debbie Gilham was the lady who lost her daughter, Georgia, in a car crash a couple of years ago and came to speck about what happened and the aftermath. I know a couple of people who know Debbie, but what shocked me a lot was that Georgia was studying at my old school before college, Culloden Academy. I was shocked that Georgia and I walked the same corridors, and might have known some of the same teachers.
I hope that you will be careful on the road.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
New look at Animation
In Page Layout today we started looking at laying out a page using InDesign. I think that I still need to understand InDesign more.
In Animation, we were asked to tell Allison what techniques we are going to use and what the stories might be about. I've decided to change my animation idea. Instead of Lego, I'll use model for a stop-motion animation piece in which forest animals work together to stop construction workers from building on where the forest is and I hope it will be funny.
Then we looked at how to use Photoshop to create an animation, although I think that I will need to practise and experiment a little bit. Thankfully, we've been given a 4 week period to try to use Photoshop to make an animation piece.
I was surprised that my previous post, got very (and I mean very) little views, so I do suggest that you look at it, and start thinking about road safety. This Friday, we're going to go over the event in class and see what we took with our cameras.
I hope that this week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
In Animation, we were asked to tell Allison what techniques we are going to use and what the stories might be about. I've decided to change my animation idea. Instead of Lego, I'll use model for a stop-motion animation piece in which forest animals work together to stop construction workers from building on where the forest is and I hope it will be funny.
Then we looked at how to use Photoshop to create an animation, although I think that I will need to practise and experiment a little bit. Thankfully, we've been given a 4 week period to try to use Photoshop to make an animation piece.
I was surprised that my previous post, got very (and I mean very) little views, so I do suggest that you look at it, and start thinking about road safety. This Friday, we're going to go over the event in class and see what we took with our cameras.
I hope that this week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Friday, 16 February 2018
150th Blog Post - Road Safety Event
This week has ended in full.
On Thursday we looked at the difference between comics and graphic novels while Digital Imaging, we looked more at Photoshop, such as layering images.
But today was the highlight of the week.
We started early and get set up. Brian, our lecturer, had brought cameras for recording the event and interviews and cameras for taking still images. I was part of the interviewing group, but I did go outside to take images of the fire engine and ambulance. We had the car inside the reception area of the college, and it wasn't till they pushed the remains of the car out through the door after the event at the end of the day that I believed that they did get it in through the doors. A couple of drama students played as the victims, one taken into the ambulance and a dummy represented as the "dead" victim. Inside everybody seemed hooked to the event as it unfolded. Outside, every time we tried to record a video or take a photo, people got into the shot without taking notice of us with our cameras, and it rained and it was cold, but I think that we managed to get good shots and recordings.
After the "rescue", the car was covered up so as not to distress a lady who had lost her daughter in a crash a couple of years ago and had come to talk to the crowd about what happened before and after the crash, and asking everybody to take care while driving, earning an applause. Even our college principal had a quick word of being careful with driving.
After the event, we managed to get a couple of interviews about the event and road safety before returning our class and handed in our cameras. Hopefully we'll see our work next week and start to edit them together. Brain says that after the editing, we might work on another project for the rest of the semester.
I hope that you will be careful when you're driving on the road.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
On Thursday we looked at the difference between comics and graphic novels while Digital Imaging, we looked more at Photoshop, such as layering images.
But today was the highlight of the week.
We started early and get set up. Brian, our lecturer, had brought cameras for recording the event and interviews and cameras for taking still images. I was part of the interviewing group, but I did go outside to take images of the fire engine and ambulance. We had the car inside the reception area of the college, and it wasn't till they pushed the remains of the car out through the door after the event at the end of the day that I believed that they did get it in through the doors. A couple of drama students played as the victims, one taken into the ambulance and a dummy represented as the "dead" victim. Inside everybody seemed hooked to the event as it unfolded. Outside, every time we tried to record a video or take a photo, people got into the shot without taking notice of us with our cameras, and it rained and it was cold, but I think that we managed to get good shots and recordings.
After the "rescue", the car was covered up so as not to distress a lady who had lost her daughter in a crash a couple of years ago and had come to talk to the crowd about what happened before and after the crash, and asking everybody to take care while driving, earning an applause. Even our college principal had a quick word of being careful with driving.
After the event, we managed to get a couple of interviews about the event and road safety before returning our class and handed in our cameras. Hopefully we'll see our work next week and start to edit them together. Brain says that after the editing, we might work on another project for the rest of the semester.
I hope that you will be careful when you're driving on the road.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Week 21 - Snow Still Lingers
Today went by very quickly. On Monday and Tuesday, we had some snow, but by the end of today, it was mostly all gone. Winter is still clinging on.
Today, we had an event called the ReFreshers' Fayre, a bit like the Freshers' Fayre, but on a smaller scale. We had the Police (and I behaved), the Student Association and the SkillZone telling more information of what a student could ask for.
In Page Layout and Design we continued to look at Abode InDesign. We looked at how to create columns, continue overlapped texts and Iain was asking us on what articles we might write, but first he asked us to research certain terms of page layout.
In Animation, we continued to think of what videos we are going to make. I am tempted to do an animation with Lego figures, but Allison our lecturer isn't so sure. Maybe I could an animation with models, but I'm ruling a Lego animation out. One thing we discussed was where we are going to do our animations.
Friday is going to be the big day of the Road Safety event. I will be there filming interviews with people and asking them about the event and I hope it goes well.
I hope that this week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Today, we had an event called the ReFreshers' Fayre, a bit like the Freshers' Fayre, but on a smaller scale. We had the Police (and I behaved), the Student Association and the SkillZone telling more information of what a student could ask for.
In Page Layout and Design we continued to look at Abode InDesign. We looked at how to create columns, continue overlapped texts and Iain was asking us on what articles we might write, but first he asked us to research certain terms of page layout.
In Animation, we continued to think of what videos we are going to make. I am tempted to do an animation with Lego figures, but Allison our lecturer isn't so sure. Maybe I could an animation with models, but I'm ruling a Lego animation out. One thing we discussed was where we are going to do our animations.
Friday is going to be the big day of the Road Safety event. I will be there filming interviews with people and asking them about the event and I hope it goes well.
I hope that this week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Friday, 9 February 2018
Review of the Second Week of Semester 2
This week has come and gone very quickly, I just do't know where it has gone.
Thursday started with Intro to Comics and Graphic Novels, and we showed what we drew for our homework, and I think that I did well. We've been asked to decide what story we might do our graphic novels on.
In Digital Imaging, we went outside the campus building and took some abstract photos, which was fun to do, but I will still need to understand Photoshop.
Our PAT class was where our timetable said we were to be last week. During this time we discussed about what sort of classes the course could have next year.
In Media Project, we practiced with cameras, taking photos and making video recordings, taking in what light there was in the area the even is to take place. Next week is the event, and I hope that it goes well.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish pal all luck.
Thursday started with Intro to Comics and Graphic Novels, and we showed what we drew for our homework, and I think that I did well. We've been asked to decide what story we might do our graphic novels on.
In Digital Imaging, we went outside the campus building and took some abstract photos, which was fun to do, but I will still need to understand Photoshop.
Our PAT class was where our timetable said we were to be last week. During this time we discussed about what sort of classes the course could have next year.
In Media Project, we practiced with cameras, taking photos and making video recordings, taking in what light there was in the area the even is to take place. Next week is the event, and I hope that it goes well.
I hope that next week goes well for all of us.
Wish pal all luck.
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Media Project Meeting and Task for Animation
Today for Page Layout, we looked at some magazines we brought in and how the pages are laid out for the readers.
After Page Layout, we went down the reception area where we had a meeting about the Road Safety even happening next week. We discussed about the area, where the cameras were going to and how of them there're going to go and where the audience will be viewing the event. Chances are we will talk more about this in Media Project on Friday.
In Animation, we were asked to think of an animation we're to make. We looked at the start of making our workbooks for the class. For our pieces, we've been asked to think of the techniques (such as stop-motion), the story of the piece and the theme. I'll need to think hard of the task.
I hope that the rest of the week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
After Page Layout, we went down the reception area where we had a meeting about the Road Safety even happening next week. We discussed about the area, where the cameras were going to and how of them there're going to go and where the audience will be viewing the event. Chances are we will talk more about this in Media Project on Friday.
In Animation, we were asked to think of an animation we're to make. We looked at the start of making our workbooks for the class. For our pieces, we've been asked to think of the techniques (such as stop-motion), the story of the piece and the theme. I'll need to think hard of the task.
I hope that the rest of the week goes well for all of us.
Wish us all luck.
Friday, 2 February 2018
Review the First Week of Semester 2
It's the end of the first week of our second semester.
In the Graphic Novels class, we just practised our drawing skills with sketches of hands, faces, chairs and objects. It was quite interesting doing the sketches, and we have been asked to do a short piece for next week.
Digital Imaging went by very quickly and we started looking at how to change images to how we'd want them to be. We've been asked to take abstract photos, and I have done that today.
Today had quite a start. Our PAT class started at 9 o'clock, but the class was where our timetable said we were to be, and by the time I found the class by quarter to ten, everyone was finishing early. The rest of the day was taken up by a four hour class called Media Project where we've been asked to make a video on road safety. There going to be an event about road safety at the college so we plan to photo and film it on the day later this month.
I hope that next week goes well for us on the course and that this semester goes just as well.
Wish us all luck.
In the Graphic Novels class, we just practised our drawing skills with sketches of hands, faces, chairs and objects. It was quite interesting doing the sketches, and we have been asked to do a short piece for next week.
Digital Imaging went by very quickly and we started looking at how to change images to how we'd want them to be. We've been asked to take abstract photos, and I have done that today.
Today had quite a start. Our PAT class started at 9 o'clock, but the class was where our timetable said we were to be, and by the time I found the class by quarter to ten, everyone was finishing early. The rest of the day was taken up by a four hour class called Media Project where we've been asked to make a video on road safety. There going to be an event about road safety at the college so we plan to photo and film it on the day later this month.
I hope that next week goes well for us on the course and that this semester goes just as well.
Wish us all luck.
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