https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s Louisa Angela Starling en-us 2017-03-06 11:47:55 UTC 2024-07-29 05:10:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/161170889 Today I started to create my backgrounds for my production. I am using Photoshop to create them and I'm getting pictures from google images and modifying them. I have two different backgrounds that I am creating for each two scenes. One of them is a park with plenty of trees and a gate. The second is of a road with a house and a few bushes around to make it look more realistic. The point of this is to create a cartoon background but use real life pictures of people, to bring something new and fresh which is also appealing to children. My characters are people in my class who I have taken pictures of in the photo studio at college. I am going to upload the pictures onto Photoshop and cut them out, but not right on the edge. They are going to have a jagged edge so they look like stickers. I think I could improve on my photoshopping skills massively because I think the whole look turned out pretty basic. If I had longer I think I could have made it look more professional. ]]> 2017-03-20 13:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/161170889 louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/161514004 Today I started to photoshop the pictures which I took yesterday. I took pictures of Cliff and some of my classmates for my video. I started by deleting the background of the image. I then used the eraser tool to cut around the images to give a rough outline around them to create a 'sticker' effect. I think the final video will look quite quirky and fun. I think this would be appealing to kids and I will be using this effect in the future. I don't think anyone else has used this technique so I think it's unique and something different. I found it difficult at first but once I had done a few of them it started to get easier. ]]> 2017-03-21 14:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/161514004 louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/167208950 Today we started filming. On final cut pro, you have to put different layers on top of each other to get backgrounds and people to look realistic. I had to really concentrate on making the video look professional because I wasn't really that good at editing videos but I gave it my best shot. I did two different scenes and it took quite a long time to do because I had to wok a lot of it out for myself. I learned how to do key frames which enables images to move across the screen to make a 'walking' or 'driving' affect. When all they key frames were in places I added some sound effects and some music. I then got Matt to go and do the voice over so we have someone talking over the video so it makes more sense to kids. 

I found the whole process really stressful. This is because we didn't have much time to do it at all. I had to come in on my days off to finish the project. Things I can improve on would be my timing. I would plan what I would do each day so it was save lots of time in the long run. I would have a set schedule. 

I have learned some new skills whilst doing this project. For example, I now know how to use final cut pro and how to put a video together which I never knew how to do before. I can now add audio onto a video and I am now more confident when using Photoshop which are skills I can use in the future and when doing future projects involving media. 

]]> 2017-04-20 09:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/167208950 louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172525313 This is a mind map I produced in my class today. On my mind map I included the health and safety, the equipment i needed, pictures of what i can envision my characters in my video to look like etc. I got a lot out of this class because it made me think in more depth about how i want my video to turn out. I will do more mind maps in the future because it is really helpful. I like doing my mind maps in bright colours because it makes it less boring and easier to look at. ]]> 2017-05-18 09:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172525313 louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172535759 This is a screenshot from the e-book we made. ]]> 2017-05-18 10:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172535759 louisaaangela https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172541956 2017-05-18 11:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/louisaaangela/94dbg9p4ec0s/wish/172541956