Here we go as promised, the final project. This was a lot more frustrating than I thought to make a slide show. getting all the slides to match up with the music was pretty difficult. Finding out I had to pay 30 bucks for the slide show program after I made it helped out a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

When I opened up my blog I decided to go to through the godaddy route for my domain name as well as hosting. At that time I chose to host the site for a year. So I think I’m going to keep up the blog for a little bit. I dont know what will become […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I’ve been getting sort of sick recently so I’m not sure how this will affect my rapping vocal chords this weekend. I’ve been thinking if I’m not completely up to it I would would do a mash up music video like zach galifinakis’s version of “cant tell me nothing” by kanye. I posted it up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Heres the fan fiction picture we worked on in class today!

Having used iMovie for the second time. I am definitley getting the hang of the mac interface. It’s amazing how anyone can make polished HD movie these days. iMovie really does make anyone a professional director/editor. I think I’m gonna start recording soon for the project, my need to think about getting a mic as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I was originally thinking about mashing up a trailer and changing the theme using the same scenes. But then I decided it would be more fun to make my own trailer from other movies. I decided to make a trailer for a suspense/thriller type movie, focused on sharks. Its called JAWS IV: DEATH FISH. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Dear Future Student of Digital Storytelling, Upon entering this class you should know a few things. This class requires some what of a previous back ground with computers and a familiarity with web 2.0, a term you will soon be familiar with but chances are you already know more than you think. The hardest part […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So after working with all this video editing and hosting, I’m starting to feel like I am both getting comfortable with how I am going to upload my finished product as well as getting an understanding for how much of a bitch its gonna be to edit the movie. I still need to write out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Soo I’m going to give this another shot. Here is is movie essay on big lebowski. I recently uploaded it to vimeo I hope this works! I took the approach of finding themes within the movie as Jim talked about after the presentation. Movie themes are pretty fun for me but I also enjoy critiquing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I’m thinking for my mash up I am going to take clips from a movie and give it a totally different feel and probably a different story line. I was inspired by the shining trailer we watched in at the begining of the year, very funny stuff. I just need to figure out how I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Soo I used mac the ripper to get the dvd onto the mac and then I used an encoder to get it to mp4 for iMovie….but now youtube is upset when I try to play it! Anyone have ideas on how to get around this copy right business?

With out further adu (definitely dont know how to spell that) here is the movie essay! Had my fair share of bumps in the road but using a MAC definitely made it not too bad. Video Essay

Soo I’ve picked out my my movie, imported it, picked out my favorite clips, and even wrote my analysis down. Unfortunately the clips I’ve picked out and word document are on a flash drive. This flash drive is currently in a car that has been in charlottesville for a couple days. If all goes accordingly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Reading the articles on remix and mashup really made me think of the concepts of originality and copy right protection. In this new age of media it seems our perception of art has changed. Art work once took inspiration, hard work, and a creative passion. Now any kid with a laptop and 30 mins on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Well I’ve been searching around for some rap beats for my final project and decided to just use youtube as a means of searching. There is a nifty site my friend told me about www.Video2Mp3.net where you can just plug in any url of a youtube and extract the sound as an mp3 (very useful […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So for my web story I decided to use the online environment craigslist. I thought craigslist was a good choice because is a spot where a lot of weird stuff gets posted all the time. The html stuff wasn’t too tricky since I’ve have some previous experience with it, but I didn’t really get too […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So after finally completing our 30 minute radio project I have definitely learned a few things. Interviewing is hard work, I always take it for granted how easily entertained I am by interviews, maybe it just helps to have some celebrities. I mean if it was anyone else on those late night shows jabbering about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I had a pretty limited selection pictures of me from my past that I could replicate but I did find one during break that seemed do-able.

I found a rap beat on youtube that I want to use, I think it works because it has kind of a country twang in the beginning which goes well with the fredericksburg setting I’m going to be using.  All I need to do now is figure out how I’m going to shoot the thing. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I’ve got some lyrics up but they are probably going to be constantly edited, still trying to figure out a better chorus. I decided to make my version localized on fredericksburg by having the main narrative focus on me and my room mate going to Carls. Lazy Monday waking up in the town of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I was thinking about changing my final project from a fake commericial to kind of a rap music video. I’m basically doing my own version of Lazy Sunday, which is a SNL digital short with Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell rapping about the Chronicles of Narnia.  The rap is basically supposed to be extremely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I probably could have probably put this up in a more fancy way but just to get this up in time  here is the 90 second story my group put together. I wasn’t sure how to tag the assignment tho. morning credits: Me Elizabeth Valerie

I thought the intro was a boring considering the extraordinary situation. But the more I heard the more I got caught up in the story. I thought it was weird how fast Bob sort of discarded his sister after he found out about the switch, even though they didn’t really have much in common the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So heres my shot at some poetry!

All this audio talk had me thinking of this one sketch that Adam Sandler did back in the days where he was funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IhNuUjK6CI

I thought the reading on the Radio was surprisingly good. The comic book, excuse me, graphic novel format made it easy to follow along. I thought it was interesting to get a look inside the world of radio. It truly is different than all other mediums of story telling, especially in this digital age. It […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...