This week was a lot. I have to start there. I made three videos this week and each one of them really pushed me. To start, I got actual audio recording equipment from the HCC, which was both helpful for my videos and a lot more work in general. Hopefully,…
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Some of Her Favorite Things: Of Most Importance Assignment
For this video I did the Of Most Importance assignment, where we make a video about our five favorite things, places, people, etc. I decided to do this for my course character. For the video, I made a collage using Landing of her things and other aspects of her life.…
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Making Little Art – Daily Creates
This week I did two daily creates. They were fun and simple. I did them before the rest of my homework each day, so they were a fun little kick start to my productiveness. 1. What prompted this man’s facial expression? 2. Make A Snowglobe
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I didn’t go to school for math – Ranking Video Assignment
This video is not related to my course character. I chose this purely because I wanted to make a video about drag. In this video, I ranked some drag moments that have been “getting me through the week.” This was the most ambitious video of the three based on the…
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Professional Gaming: Stories Through Games Assignment
For this video I did the Stories Through Games assignment. I played as my course character for about a week of Sims time. This was the most difficult video to make. I already had the sim and her house created, but needed to get a good recording of the gameplay.…
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Bless Her Heart – developing my course character
Now that everyone is involved with Aggressive Technologies, it’s time to develop Georgia Finch’s job there. In my original post, I mentioned that she is an assistant software developer at Aggressive Technologies. However, that wasn’t her initial goal. Out of college, she applied to an internship program at AT. After…
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Movies Are My Passion – Weekly Summary
This week had less assignments but a lot of work. I love movies and I am very enthusiastic about movies, so was excited to see that this week was all about movies. I did two daily creates. I tried to use some photoshop skills, even if the results were very…
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Tearing Up the Dance Floor – Ex Machina Film Analysis Notes
This week I made a video essay about Ex Machina. In it, I compare different technical aspects of Ava and Caleb’s sessions throughout the movie. You can read the transcript of my video and find the link here. This was a very challenging assignment. I have done some editing and…
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The Framing of Gods – Ex Machina Film Analysis
Below is the transcript and link for my film analysis of Ex Machina. There are some slight differences in wording, but overall this is accurate to the final video. My full breakdown of this process and my experience is here. Warning: this video involves major spoilers for Ex Machina. In Ex…
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Do I Call It A Film or A Movie? – I read about film analysis
As someone who has watched a good amount of movies and is very opinionated, film analysis and critique is something I enjoy a lot. That being said, I get frustrated with how subjective movies can be. It is hard to separate how we felt about a movie from the movie’s…