Final Project

Hello, everybody. So this is the last blog I will be doing so I hope you enjoy it. I used Premiere and Audition to make this video so I hope you like it and please be nice.

Class sequence

Premiere Video Idea

For the project that I will be making in premiere I will be making a how to video. Since for the past week or so, I have been rather ill. So I will be making a how to video about how to be sick properly. The basic idea of the video is to show the greatness of being sick, and how to properly be sick.

When it comes to the video altering and making I would make it on the radio and just having someone describing what is happening in the scenes. You of course would have to be able to describe the situation well enough to get it through the audience fast. It needs to be simple and easy to understand its more of a comedy idea than a story. I do believe it would work well though on a radio.

I wouldn't change the video much because it is more comedy related. Its a simple idea and its works well for all ages. It being more of comedy adjusts to multiple cultures and different education levels. This is the video I am going to be creating.

Embedding video into Blog

For this assignment we were supposed to record a friend talking about a subject that we are doing in our next project. Since my next project is going to be about space and why it interests people that is what I recorded.


The first recording is my original version of the recording.


The second recording is my final version of the time that we recorded.

Audio Story

I created an Audio Story for class and it was about space. It's really insight full and it really made you realize how little is actually known outer space. I hope you enjoy.

Audio Stories

Audio story

Building Blocks Part 1

1. The anecdote – story in the purest form, one thing following another. No matter how boring the story is the story has a momentum, because it’s a sequence of events. Start with the action. Bait, constantly raising questions. The sequence of actions.

2. A moment of reflection- at some point someone is going to say why you are reading this. Some meaning to the story, not purely an anecdote.

The first building block of storytelling is the anecdote which allows the story to progress further and further. This is meant to keep the attention of the reader or the listener its job is to keep people guessing. The anecdote keeps the story going by giving you a sequence of events while able to raise questions about what is happening. These actions help develop the first building block.

The second building block is the reflection. When you’re reading or listening to a story you want to be able to get something out of at the end. I mean if there isn’t a meaning there isn’t a reason to be listening to the story is there? Both the building blocks are important to each other and help the story catch and keep the listener or reader’s attention.

Part 2

Beginning- start out disorientating. Start with an open question

End- You continue to question it until you have absolutely no idea where you are with that question anymore.

Middle- walk through to figure it out what is going on through the show. Slowly start getting deeper and deeper with the question.

So how Radio Lab comes up with their podcast ideas is that they start out with a strange question that maybe confusing to people. They then start to slowly work out how to get to the answer as best as they can. Eventually, they almost appear to come up with a type of answer that seems to work the best for the original question. However it may not answer the question it might actually make them question it more. But that is how they come up with their stories.

Part 3

This American Life- My Undesirable Talent

The story goes from translator to other people that are recording for the first few minutes. They describe the characters very well and what is happening not for much of sound effects in the background. At the 6:15 minute music begins to play but it’s rather soft and it keeps it very quiet while they tell the story. 8:30 the music started to come up slightly louder as they described what the man had done and was doing.

Radio Lab- Wild things

The music in is very basic almost soft and the background is that of a piano ever so often. There isn’t much for sound effects, they told you where you are very well. They also introduce the characters a bit not much for description or anything but it was enough to know what was happening and who people were. They would sometimes talk over other stories that are playing in the background with soft harps behind it all. 

Meme

Meme Post

For this blog post, I created a meme of a turtle running in a horse race. The reason I am posting this to my blog is because I thought it was funny and I wanted to share it with others. That is the reason I am posting this picture to my blog I hope you like it.

ColorSwatches

So the photo that I used was one of the flowers that I found around campus. I thought that they gave a varied color scheme, which gave me many choices to use for my swatches. The colors made me think almost of a cheerful time in the day as they bring out the reds that contradict the green grass around it.

For my first swatch I used the red of the flowers sparking enough of the beauty that is in the flower and making it flourish on the paper. The green that I used were the leaves and stems and how greatly the contrasted against the green. The brown was actually the dead heads for the plant giving almost an earthly element to the whole swatches that was needed. As you can see the first column is color at it's fullest. The second column is the swatches of color with a tint at 75% so there isn't much less but it makes a big difference. The last column is a tint at 50% which changes the color greatly in comparison to the first column. 

For my first name plate I decided to use the red because it seemed to work better to start out with red because it was the first of the color swatches. Each name plate uses the first of each row, allowing the accurate difference between the colors to be easily identified. I chose my typeface because it seemed to work the best for my personality. It fit my character to be nice and simple as well as being able to demonstrate not entirely on the colors. 

I chose the words of Writer, because I have loved to write since I was little and am an avid writer in my life. The next word that I used was Artist because I love to draw even though I am terrible at it, it doesn't stop me from doing it. The third word I used was Gamer, I love video games and it is my major in college. I have loved games since I saw my brother playing games, although I wasn't allowed to play them until I was older they just always amazed me. For my final word that I used was DragonSlayer, yes I know a weird word to use as a description. First of all one of the first three games that I played was actually Skyrim so it works to that affect. The other meaning of the word is that in my writings there almost always has to be some type of dragon either it be good or evil it truly doesn't matter but there is always a dragon. Those are my typeface and I hope you like what I did. 

Working the Shot

Working the shot, it sounds odd I must admit. Yet it is actually a very good way to shoot photography. As most people are aware that taking photos can be a pain sometimes but there are a few easy ways to make it easier. One of these ways is to work the shot, where you get different looks from different angles or perhaps different distances away. Each photo gets a different look to it and it makes it appear from an unfamiliar angle giving the object a different look to it. 

As you can tell by the images below each picture has a unique look to it. Giving you a bit of a different story that is connected to each picture. 

Shot 1

Shot 2

Shot 3

Shot 4

Shot 5

Shot 6

About Me

         Hello, to whomever is currently reading this post. My name is Gabrielle Wanek, and I currently attend high point as a communication major. I grew up in a small town in rural Wisconsin, where most of our culture was revolved around being outdoors.

Paintball

         Growing up in a small town, I had come to get involved with paintball through my older brother playing it in high school and college. The first time I played, he gave me his favorite gun and some of his gear. I was terrified, but the game itself was more of an adrenaline rush than anything else. As time went on I got my own gear and gun excited for when I could play again. Unfortunately, in the past two years I have been unable to play due to medical reasons. Whenever I am able to surpass the medical reasons, I will be prepared to pick up my paintball gun again.

How games have changed me.

        Video games play a very important part in my life. From one of the first Mario games to Assassin’s creed these games were my inspiration to pursue video game design as a major. I saw my older brother playing them and I noticed how it made him feel. I wanted people to laugh, cry, scream, or get angry at something I made, to show that games are more than just for kids. Games are very important to me, and they have showed me my path in life.