After all I did throughout the semester with COMM210, my favorite project out of all of them was with the photoshop projects because you can create a whole different picture by using the tools they provide and you can create pretty much anything you can think of.
The skills I have learned throughout this course I think I will use in the future is all of them because in the future everything will be online, digitalized and most likely as we grow more in technology everybody has to know the basics of all of the Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator and Audition programs.
My career path I see myself in the future is Computer Science. Everything that has been taught for this class will play in a huge role for Computer Science because everyday technology is getting better and we as a people need up to date. By learning these programs will help people to show or promote their thoughts and ideas in Computer Science.
I don’t think there is any skill that I have wished I had learned in this course because this class taught me thoroughly on what I need to learn on how to navigate and to accomplish tasks on Adobe programs they provide. This class has broadened my creativity in pictures, audio and video and therefore I don’t have any wishes.
The resources I found useful throughout the semester were creators from YouTube providing cool tutorials and tips to create unique work. I also found other people’s blogs that I found useful on how they create an interesting blog that you don’t want to stop reading. The last thing I found useful were the music and images websites that have copyright free resources.
After taking this class I have learned a lot about photoshop, creating perfect audio and making videos. These resources will help me for my future in Computer Science. One suggestion I might like to add is adding a group project where people in a group to create a video or something where they create using their own and their peers minds to create a project
When I was deciding on what to create for my project, I didn’t know what to choose from and how my video was going to be. Then I decided to make a video about the positive and negative effects about video games with some cool, different shots of me playing video games.
The influences that influenced me to make a video about video games was vloggers from YouTube. The vloggers make cool, cinematic videos that tell a story with the music and the scenes they used. The other thing that inspired me is the videos that advertise their products with the scenes with the people using or wearing the product they are selling.
The design of my video was a lot of trial and error when creating the video because this was my first time ever trying to make a video from the ground up. The act of trying to figure out what to record was the hardest part of my project, but after a while of thinking I found out what I was going to do. The first thing I did was to make a cinematic intro displaying the title of the video “Are Video Games Good or Bad?” with three videos showing me driving down a road, then showing a house and the last part of the intro was a front door. I did this by using the 3×3 method of videography.
The next thing I did for the next part of my video was to create an info screen showing the positive effects of video games by using the text tool and rectangle to show the resources I provided for the effects. After this I recorded my voice talking about the positive effects. After I was done with the positive effects, I transition into me playing video games with different angles of me playing games using wide shots, close shots and over the shoulder shots. Next after those shots I created a similar info screen to show the negative effects of video games also recording my voice for it.
The very last thing I created for my video was to create an outro similar to how Youtubers put outros in their videos. I used the rectangle tool and filled them in to create a three-color background and I used the rectangle tool to create a box saying thanks for watching. Throughout the whole video I used the video transitions to create cool looking transitions rather than an immediate shot to the next scene.
After using Adobe Premiere, I enjoyed creating videos from scratch and I might start creating my own videos for fun and while I keep using it, I will know more and more on how to make even better videos.
When I was deciding on what to create for my project, I didn’t know what to choose from and how my video was going to be. Then I decided to make a video about the positive and negative effects about video games with some cool, different shots of me playing video games.
The influences that influenced me to make a video about video games was vloggers from YouTube. The vloggers make cool, cinematic videos that tell a story with the music and the scenes they used. The other thing that inspired me is the videos that advertise their products with the scenes with the people using or wearing the product they are selling.
The design of my video was a lot of trial and error when creating the video because this was my first time ever trying to make a video from the ground up. The act of trying to figure out what to record was the hardest part of my project, but after a while of thinking I found out what I was going to do. The first thing I did was to make a cinematic intro displaying the title of the video “Are Video Games Good or Bad?” with three videos showing me driving down a road, then showing a house and the last part of the intro was a front door. I did this by using the 3×3 method of videography.
The next thing I did for the next part of my video was to create an info screen showing the positive effects of video games by using the text tool and rectangle to show the resources I provided for the effects. After this I recorded my voice talking about the positive effects. After I was done with the positive effects, I transition into me playing video games with different angles of me playing games using wide shots, close shots and over the shoulder shots. Next after those shots I created a similar info screen to show the negative effects of video games also recording my voice for it.
The very last thing I created for my video was to create an outro similar to how Youtubers put outros in their videos. I used the rectangle tool and filled them in to create a three-color background and I used the rectangle tool to create a box saying thanks for watching. Throughout the whole video I used the video transitions to create cool looking transitions rather than an immediate shot to the next scene.
After using Adobe Premiere, I enjoyed creating videos from scratch and I might start creating my own videos for fun and while I keep using it, I will know more and more on how to make even better videos.
I decided to create was a narrative story segment with an ambient background music for my audio story. My main topic of my project was is video games good or bad. This relates to my course topic because my course topic is about video games.
What inspired me to create a narrative story segment was a podcast from Radiolab. I liked how Radiolab created an engaging story about many different topics and I wanted to create a similar way of telling a story.
The first thing I did was thought about a way to tell how video games can be good or bad in 1-2 minutes story and to communicate my topic clearly. I researched around the web about video games relating to my topic about the health to the person’s body.
The first thing I did was I record multiple recording of myself telling about my topic. I created the recording to be as neutral as possible. So, there was no one sided to the argument about is video games good or bad. Then I edited my recording one by one with the razor tool to get rid of the unnecessary parts I didn’t need. After I was done with all my recording, I categorized them in order I wanted them by using the move tool.
For my last part of my audio story I research around the web for background music. I picked an ambient type of music to let the listener to be relaxed and have the music not to be distracting from my narrative story. For my last parts of my audio story I found out the music was too loud, so I lowered the volume of the music down. The very last part I did was have the music to fade in into the recording. At the end of my audio story I let the music fade out to create an ending feel to my audio story.
The feedback I had gotten was to add a video game type of background music to relate to my main topic. My other music I picked before was a little out of place and was too scary for my topic. The last thing I was recommended was to be more neutral about the good and bad things about video games and changing my flow of my voice to sound more appealing.
The process of changing my original audio to my final. The most challenging feedback I had gotten was to change the music, it was hard because I couldn’t find the right tone I wanted for my project. The other recommendations were a simple change and had to record new recordings.
For my audio story I enjoyed creating a story about video games learning new things along the way and to express is video games good or bad. The feedback I received taught me of new ways to make my audio project even better. For my final audio story, I used those suggestions to make my final audio project.
I decided to create was a narrative story segment with a gentle ambient background music for my audio story. My main topic of my project was is video games good or bad. This relates to my course topic because my course topic is about video games.
What inspired me to create a narrative story segment was a podcast from Radiolab. I liked how Radiolab created an engaging story about many different topics and I wanted to create a similar engaging way of telling a story or information.
The first thing I did was thought about a way to tell how video games can be good or bad in 1-2 minutes story and to communicate my topic clearly. I researched around the web about video games relating to my topic about the health to the person’s body and health.
The first thing I did was record multiple recording of myself telling about my topic. I created the recording to be as a neutral as possible. So, there was no one sided to the argument about is video games good or bad. Then I edited my recording one by one with the razor tool to get rid of the unnecessary parts I didn’t need. After I was done with all my recordings, I categorized them in order I wanted them to be by using the move tool to move around my recording.
For my last part of my audio story I research around the web for a free-to-mix background music. I picked an ambient type of music to let the listener be relaxed and have the music not to be distracting from my narrative story. For my last parts of my audio story I found out the music was too loud and distracting so I lowered the volume of the music down. The very last part I did was have the music to fade in into the recording smoothly. At the end of my audio story I let the music to fade out to create ending feel to my narrative and the music to create the end.
For my logo project I decided to create an arrowhead as part of my logo. The reason why I chose to make my logo as an arrowhead because my video game company name is called Spearfish Games. When I was thinking of inspirations to help me, I thought of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have an arrowhead as part of their logo for their football team. Their logo is unique and a simple logo that everybody remembers and by being influenced by them I decided to make an arrowhead as my main piece for my logo.
The design process I used was the pen tool to create my arrowhead. Then I made a copy of that arrowhead to make the outline of the arrowhead to make it look cleaner and to stand out more. The color I chose for my arrowhead was blue. After I was done making my arrowhead, I used the gradient tool to make two shades of blue to make the color more pleasing to look at.
The next part of my logo design I used the text tool to put my name of the company in the middle of the arrowhead. The next thing was the most challenging part of the process was creating curved arches around the name of the company. Then I found out that you can use the line segment tool to make a straight line then use the anchor point tool to curves the lines.
The feedback from my peers has helped me on what I need to improve on for my logo. The feedback I got was to make my logo a little different from the chief’s logo. One of the feedbacks I got was to make the logo combined with an arrowhead and a fish to help go with the name of my company. The next thing I was recommended was to make the font of my company to a more unique font and to more video game like font. The last feedback was to change the gradient color because the color was hard to see.
The process to make the corrections to my logo was I had to figure out to make a fish as part of my logo. I used the ellipse tool to make an eye for the fish. Then I used the pen tool to make a smile and I decided to make the fish a cartoonish style of fish. The next part was to find the perfect font. After all my recommendations from my peers I now think my logo is now complete.
For my logo project I decided to create a company logo. My company name that I made up is called Spearfish Games. Spearfish Games is a video game company that makes video games and it has a unique name. The reason why I chose this name because I was recently learning about arrowheads in one of my classes this week, in which I enjoyed learning about. Most video game companies have unique names and by using Spearfish Games makes a memorable name that people will remember.
The company logo relates to my topic because it is driven by video games, and by making a logo for a company helps to create a more professional look to show the audience about whether video games help you or it doesn’t help you.
When I was thinking of what to design and create for my logo, I thought of the professional football team called the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chief’s logo has an arrowhead has its logo. The logo is a unique and simplistic logo that everybody remembers and by being influenced by the design I decided to make an arrowhead as a big part of my logo. Spears and arrowheads are very similar and by using an arrowhead will resemble a spear.
The design process I used from the beginning is I used the pen tool to create my arrowhead. Then I made a copy of my finished product of my arrowhead to create another one to make a black outline to make the arrowhead stand out more and look cleaner. For my arrowhead I used the gradient tool. The color I used for the gradient was blue which I think makes a good background color for my project.
After I was finished with the shape of the arrowhead, I used the text tool to put the name of my company in the arrowhead. The next thing was the hardest part of my project, was creating the curved arches around my company name because I had trouble on how to make them curve in which numerous tries, I finally figured it out. To make the arches you need to use the line segment tool to make a straight line. Then you use anchor point tool to make the curves however you like.
I learned a lot about Adobe Illustrator in this project because you can pretty much make anything you want with the pen tool to make amazing logos, graphics and many more and I recommend anybody to use Adobe Illustrator to make logos for their projects and their businesses.
For my logo I am going to make the company name “Spearfish Games” in big, bold Font, either its going to be red or green. I will have the spearhead as the background to represent a spear for my logo.
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