Nearly there folks… nearly there. And this week it’s video week! The week I’ve been looking forward to most! via GIPHY It’s always a fun time at the movies. Watching movies together is something my brother and I do all the time. We lock ourselves in the basement, and try to make a dent in the long list of movies we made. I often fall asleep in the middle of them, but I digress. One of my favorite movies of all time is The Shining, and I got to dissect parts of it along with some Tarrantino! via GIPHY On the other side of my favorite movies list is Good Will Hunting. Who doesn’t love a good two hours of looking at Matt Damon? He’s wicked smaht. So analyzing the bar scene in that movie was really fun! Here’s some bonus Matt Damon talking about Will Hunting for your day. Then it was time to get my hands dirty with some video editing for myself! The first thing I did really didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. Which is okay, but I wish it had because it would’ve been pretty cool! I reflect more on why I think it didn’t turn out the way I wanted in the post. I also tried to be a vlogger for the day and film my day! Luckily it was a nice day around Charleston. via GIPHY I did four daily creates this week. One for June 11th, June 13th, June 14th, and June 15th. No rest for tweeting thumbs! The fact that my plant video didn’t work as expected was definitely the biggest disappointment, but it’s okay. It’s a learning experience, and next time I try I know I need to devote the whole day to it, and make sure my SD cards are able to hold all the footage I film. My favorite part of the week was analyzing movies, because looking at movies from a different perspective is a great way to stretch the brain! I also love looking at what my classmates are doing, and how they’re developing! and… scene! That’s a wrap on week four!

Week two was definitely more challenging than week one. I had a lot more on my plate this week, and finding the time to write posts about all of my projects were difficult. But I liked the actual assignments so that made it fly by! The week started off by a reading of the Vignelli Canon, and then writing about my opinions. As I mention in the reading, I was actually doing this assignment while waiting for my American Airlines flight, which is a logo Vignelli helped design! They have since then changed the logo, but it was still cool. via GIPHY Next was a design blitz, which really was a blitz. I started in the airport in Charlotte, NC, and completed it when I had landed in San Antonio. It made me realize just how much logos impact our day-to-day life. Once I had made a conscious effort to look at them, I couldn’t NOT see them! It really made me wonder about what all these logos that I’m so used to seeing looked like in their rough draft stages? What would the chic-fil-a logo look like if they hadn’t gone with the option they did? Makes you think. I looked it up and found this article that actually has some of the rough drafts of famous logos! Crazy to look at. https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-7-most-ridiculous-rough-drafts-famous-brand-logos/ The part of the week I liked the most was doing the design assignments. The Design Assignment bank to pick from is always fun to look through. This week I: Made my own logo to use, Went to sing some Karaoke (Greatest Hits of ABBA of course) in Egypt, via GIPHY It went something like that… Went to Amsterdam for a quick visit, Became a cartoon, Swagged out my pup, And sneezed a little bit. (Bless you) (Thank you) Not as cute as this sneeze though. I also did three Daily Creates. One for May 27th May 29th, And May 30th. However, my absolute favorite part of the week was doing two of the Gif assignments, because they called for me to do some reflecting on memories that I love thinking about. The first was the time Braden Holtby saved the entire Washington Capitals Stanley Cup run. I have watched this video a thousand times, because it just makes me get teary eyed every single time. So I had to do it for the gif assignment about the best sports play. Because it is THE best sports play. I also got to look at some old home movies, which I also like to do quite frequently. This one might be as cute as the panda sneezing video. via GIPHY The hardest part of the week, personally, was scrambling to edit all my posts after receiving the feedback from last week. I know it’s very very hard to grade everyone’s posts, but it was very late in the week, and was hard to apply those corrections when I had already written all of my posts for my assignments. Writing the actual posts about my projects still remains to be the part I struggle the most with motivation. I love doing the projects, but writing about them is still just like pulling teeth. I love to reminisce, so this week’s projects were fun for me to do. And as always, it’s great to look at the work other students are doing, not to copy, but to learn and gain inspiration, and mostly to encourage those around you. I commented on a couple blogs this week. Here, here, and here. The postcard from paris inspired me the most! I can’t wait for next week. via GIPHY