(Graphic Design) Typography

Pre-Production:

For this project I decided to pick fonts I felt best fit me, and I prefer fonts that are more relaxed rather than harsh and professional. For the quotes, I mostly looked towards rock bands and rock music for inspiration because it just fits me so well. 

Production:

During this project, I would've never guessed working in Black and White would be so hard! It really is hard to perceive emotions from a Black and White image, but overall I got a better understanding for the Pen tool and especially the font tools used in Illustrator. It felt better once we moved into color, something about color just makes the product stand out so much and adds a whole new layer of emotion to the product.

Post-Production:

I am (mostly) proud of the final product, I feel some of my quotes could've looked better but all in all I think it turned out pretty nice! I would've liked to change the "Dream On" quote's image, but time ran a little short and I couldn't think of anything else to do or use for it. I think the "Moon" one is my favorite quote and design, and the "The more I see" quote is another favorite just because I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers so much. I definitely know this isn't my best work, but I am still rather proud of what came out of it.

(Entertainment) Music Video Project

Reflection:

This project is the reason I am doing convergence next year! This project was apparently supposed to be a music video recreation, but we took it in a way different direction and made an original video. Our song was "Somebody to Love" by Queen and our video was a story about one money person finally finding 'that' person to love.

Pre-Production:

This part was fun! We had so many ideas flowing and we had what we thought was going to be this perfect project. We made our beat sheet, storyboard, and shot list. I worked on the ideas and layout for the whole video while Nick went and found inspiration and the copyright info, and Addy and River worked on Storyboarding and finding our cast. This entire part of the project went fine and turned out alright... until nobody wanted to be in the music video; that part kind of sucked.

Filming:

Filming was a complete nightmare for both the filming crew and acting crew. Most of the actors were busy all the time and the film crew was busy too; not to mention all the snow days and the freezing cold temps ruining both us and our continuity. Continuity was an issue that was very present in our video just because of adapting to weather and we had to reshoot things on the spot and at some point we just had to go with it. Nick, Addy, and River mostly took care of filming; I helped with all the scenes at my house and provided input for the whole thing. 

Post-Production:

Editing was my job and I loved it... for the first minute of our video at least. We had only a handful of clips to go off of, and when we got more they just couldn't fit in correctly. So what did I do? I made the empty spaces really goofy. I figured that if there was nothing there, I could've made it interesting at least and people seemed to enjoy it! (I hated it)

Aftermath:

So everyone in my group did their job and worked very hard with what we were given.. except one member who shall not be named; they didn't do anything to my knowledge. This project wasn't hard, we just had really really big ambitions and it didn't turn out. I didn't like this project, but after having all this time to listen to all these other songs; I know I could make an amazing music video out of a different song and story. I will definitely be entering the next project headstrong and shooting for the moon.