Alyssa's Year in GCT

POINT AND SHOOT

 

DOUBLE

LEAVES

I HAVE A DREAM

THE LIFE OF PAUL STOP MOTION

I don't know if you could tell but, this was my favorite class this year. It dealt with typography (my favorite), photography, video recording, and editing. These were all very intriguing, as I'd to pursue a career in graphic communications. The different projects, such as the stop-motion movie, the MLK speech, an endeavor into Photoshop, the yearbook, and the graduation + athletic banquet video were all very interesting (but I really liked doing things in Photoshop and with typography :^)). I had fun learning the ways of iMovie, as I'd never really had a Mac before. I'll probably look into one later on, as the editing was fairly easy. I'll truly miss this class and the classmates, but most especially, the teacher! :^)

Categories: my year in gct, nalyssa, reflection

Alyssa's MLK Speech Presentation

MLK's speech wasn't just about racial segregation, it was about the good ol' country of USA as well. MLK talks about the different states and how THEY should change, as well as the people. My favorite slides to do  were, actually, the ones ABOUT the states, and letting freedom ring. He kept talking about how even through the mountains and valleys and hilltops that freedom should ring all throughout all of the states.
The creative uses of the fonts were the sizes, fonts, colour, contrast, and spacing.
In the future, I plan to do something along the lines of film or graphic design, so I plan to use design or font very often.
The most difficult part of this project was the fact that you had to lug in the words and separate the words and then the amount of work you had to do for each slide.
For this, you had to just pull in the words, and play around with it. It wasn't hard, but just tedious. And then you had to insert the speech itself, while recording or setting the slide transitions. Afterwards, you had to save as a movie, or so it was called on the Mac's, and upload it all onto Youtube.
The only thing I would change wouldn't be the project itself, but the program we used to do this. I'd much rather like an in-depth program.

Categories: Martin Luther King, nalyssa

Madeon-Pop Culture

Since Mr. Harbeck said we might be making "movies" soon, I really wanted to show you guys one of my favorite music/dance videos... EVER. Not sure if we can pull this off, but it's fine.


A high-school also did a remake!!!! :^D

Categories: nalyssa

Alyssa's Photoshop Elements Assignment

This assignment was pretty easy for me, as I'm already well-versed in Photoshop. I didn't really like doing edits by videos, as I just like editing with free will. But I still really liked knowing what to do and even doing things better than Mr. Harbeck (shhhhhhhhhh).

Categories: nalyssa, photoshop elements

Alyssa Nicolas' The Camera

Categories: nalyssa, The Camera

Alyssa's Stop Motion: Life of Paul Final Draft

Final Draft

            

First Draft

            

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Alyssa's Day in My Life

Categories: day in my life, nalyssa

Alyssa's Stop Motion Movie: The Life of Paul

This movie follows a segment of a man named Paul's life. Paul lives a sad life. He wakes up and goes to a boring office job, where he's constantly harassed by a co-worker, despite his repeated rejections. As you can see, Paul isn't very happy. He tries to make himself content but he never seems to achieve that goal. Until one day.

Categories: nalyssa, stop motion

Alyssa's First Stop Motion Animation

This was my first attempt at a stop motion animation, with the book Inkheart. I took a camera and just started placing my objects-a pile of books and the main character, Meggie-into the book. I then hacked them to tiny pieces, to create the growing and shrinking effect. Then I put it all together in the lovely, old Windows Movie Maker, which was absolutely fabulous. I'm pleased with it, as it came out as I wanted it to, but I can see the tape I used and that is not pretty. So, next time, I'd like to make it more professional

Categories: first stop motion, nalyssa

Alyssa Nicolas' Shots and Angles Presentation

Categories: nalyssa, shots and angles