Why I did it?
Well, my presentation is Wednesday so I wanted to be completely ready by tomorrow. I just have to send Professor Gardner my link to the powerpoint and water-marked project, I was nervous that I’d have to re-do my entire project, because the tool required me to pay $39.99 if I wanted to export it to any other place. Fortunately, I’m able to preview it and show the class from my computer and then explain the constraint during my presentation. Wound up being a lot less stressful than I had anticipated. I made my powerpoint similar colors to my film, so that the theme ran through my entire project, Princess Productions.

Why I did it?
I wanted to finish my section of the video early so that I could work on the presentation part this weekend. I’m happier with my selection of music throughout the preview, because it’s livelier and more exciting than the “suspenseful” one I had before. Unfortunately, when I decided to save the film, a MASSIVE WATERMARK comes across. I assume this occurs because I didn’t buy the tool, but I will need to figure out how to work around this for the actual completion next week…..

Thought everything was going well, until that slight problem.

Why I’ve done it?

At the end of my “preview” I’m going to have to list credits, and this does not just mean, the actor’s name, but also where I received some of the photos and audio for my project. Even if I decide not to use certain things,it’s better to have the citation placed somewhere safe. I was not familiar with sites that allow you to download classical pieces. This was pretty neat, so I spent a majority of the class today deciding what kind of music would be appropriate for a Princess Productions film. I chose a suspenseful opening sort of tune, to introduce the characters that will each have a few moments to explain their situations. I plan to film this week and then edit by the weekend.

What I did?
Today I created a storyboard, I apologize for the lack of artistic talent, there’s a reason I’m a professional writing major and not an art major. Check below. I also wrote out the dialogue that I need my friend to say out loud for one of the scenes, and then the dialogue I will be saying.

Why I did it?
I needed to makes sure I had a draft of the structure of the “preview” or commercial that I’m creating. It helped to write out the different scenes, as I had broken them up into 12 sections, and made sure to include the parts I had already made and then those I still had to film. I also reminded myself to include a “CREDITS” page at the end so I could make sure to put Erin’s name in there, as well as sites I used in order to make the fake twitter, photos, etc. Writing out what we were going to say allowed me to re-tell the stories of Cinderella and Ariel with a bit of a twist because they’re actually college-aged students. I feel more on track after creating a story board.

Why I did it?
I wasn’t going to add social media, but realized it added a humorous element to the “preview” I’m creating. This way it makes it obvious that the princesses are being shown in a modern atmosphere, and then I had the opportunity to add in Snow White & Sleeping Beauty for kicks as well. I put these tweets on an “adobe illustrator” page and saved it as a JPEG in order to put it into my movie. I plan to create a story board for Wednesday, work on the acting with my friend (which should take aprox an hour) this weekend and edit the movie all together by next week.

April 15th— draft (mockup of movie)

April 17th (and weekend)– online class, acting/filming parts with friend

20th (and rest of week)– edit movie, put everything together, create source page (make sure to cite all photos/ ideas used!)

22nd- peer review, see if I need to adjust anything, add sound to the background

(presentation…..anytime before May 5th)

Sources:

*Disney’s Cinderella
*Disney’s The LIttle Mermaid

*the Bachelor (recent seasons)

2. As mentioned above, I believe that all the examples were great digital stories, but I enjoyed the videos over the magazine/ prezzi examples. My favorites were the 3 little pigs rendition, as well as the Repunzel (modern day) video. Both of these made sure to stick to the original characters but add fun, and quirky elements to them. By using the video option, the creators were able to put in linguistic elements, aural (because we could hear them) and spacial as they moved around.

3. I have some sort of idea for what I want to remix. I liked the Repunzel example, so I was thinking of making one about a few disney princesses as I was a big fan as a child. Instead of focusing on them in the past, I thought it’d be entertaining to do a kind of dating-site profile for them, or a game show with each of the Princesses introducing themselves. I am not too familiar with video- applications but I think this would give me the opportunity to expand my digital knowledge.

With regards to the TimeGlider tool, I did not find it visually appealing at all. If I were to use something to create a timeline, I would want to be able to see the dates associated with it, and in a horizontal fashion. In the TimeGlider tool, the facts came up vertically, and seemed messy throughout. Unfortunately, after hearing the presentation, I felt reassured in my opinion because Grace agreed with it.

As I don’t take history classes, or have an interest in the subject, I probably wouldn’t use a tool that deals with history or geography. It was interesting to hear the presentations regarding these tools nonetheless.