■Multimedia

The following is the majority of my work from my Multimedia class (1/10/05-3/21/05). This class revolved around teaching Avid Xpress Pro on the Mac OS X, which is one of the most used video editors out there. The majority of our projects involved making a cartoon. This was difficult because Avid Xpress Pro is a video editor, not a cartoon maker. But our teacher insisted with this approach because he felt the difficulty would teach us Avid Xpress Pro faster. It seemed to have worked, at least for me it did. The only Avid Xpress Pro feature that lets you create things is Title Tool. Title Tool is... well, how should I put it... it's like a watered down MS Paint! ^^;; And for something to be a watered down MS Paint - that's pretty bad. Here's some global info for these clips:

Original Format: 640x480, Quicktime MOV (fun fact: 640x480 is the standard resolution for TV footage)
Compressed-for-net Format: 306x210, Windows Media player WMV (for media player 9 and above)

■Project 2: Tutorial for Kids

Assignment: Make a video using Title Tool and transitions to teach kids how to do something. Put together an animation in Adobe ImageReady with whatever images you want and import it into this movie.

Length/size: 00:42, 1.18 MB

Background song: "Mog's theme" from Final Fantasy VII

Ramblings: This one is the cutest. :) I drew the imported slides in Adobe Illustrator. Note that the sex change part was the teacher's idea, to make the transition from guy to girl make more sense. =P

■Project 3: Commercial

Assignment: Record yourself selling something. It could be anything. Include other people if you wish. Use the "Picture in picture (PIP)" and "Zoom in" features both at least once.

Length/size: 01:36, 2.93 MB

Background song: "Costa Del Sol" from Final Fantasy VII

Ramblings: Everything I said was completely made up right then and there. When I said "over there" and put an arrow, the girl handling the camera was supposed to move it that way. You'll notice I kept on looking toward the left. That's because like half the class was watching me do that. >_< The nervous "yeah" accompanied with the anime-style tear drop was from real anxiety.

■Project 4: The Abstract

Assignment: Create anything you want using all the things we've learned so far.

Length/size: 02:02, 3.15 MB

Background song: "Death Volcano" from Chrono Cross

Ramblings: The general storyline is about a fairy just minding her own business. A demon comes to attack her and she retaliates with a meteor spell to defeat him. Although you probably wouldn't have guessed this story since this movie doesn't make much sense. It's entirely drawn in Title Tool. >_< God I hate Title Tool. It doesn't even have a paint or pencil tool, it just has a line tool, and you can only make one line at a time!

■Project 5: News Cast

Assignment: Record yourself making a news cast. Talk about anything. Try to use Title Tool in more professional ways (i.e. make a logo for the station).

Length/size: 00:39, 1.18 MB

Ramblings: Lol, this one is real funny. This was the final project. The only thing planned ahead was I told that middle-aged woman to pretend someone robbed her purse and fall to the ground. =P Again, everything I said was completely made up. Although that wasn't too hard in this case since all I'm saying is "Oh! OH!" while trying not to touch her as if I was trying not to get sued. XD That sound you hear at the technical difficulties screen is a penguin. Originally I intended to animate a penguin doing the news cast, but time didn't permit it, so I tossed in the penguin WAV so it wouldn't go unused. The "dun dun da dun dun dun" is the actual tune for South Florida's Ch. 7 new's intro, in my voice.