Benched

Benched 

https://youtu.be/St4_OEzMjt0

The last project of my sophomore year was a short film under 3 minutes. We had 4 weeks to do this. We were challenged to use a hat, water bottle, intentional source of life, and the phrase 'light out' in our film. 

The process for this project started with us brainstorming ideas for a plot. We came up with the idea for this film fairly quickly. Once we came up with the idea for Benched and figured out how the story would go, we began to story board and create a shot list. We then created a script and picked actors. We used people in our group as the actors. After we finished the shot list, production schedule, and the storyboard, we began filming. 

We filmed most of this film outside because this is a film about softball. Filming outside was difficult because the weather and wind played a big factor. It took us about two weeks to film. 

Another difficulty we had was getting shots that made it look like girl was getting hit with a bat without actually getting hit. To solve this problem we used the sun to create a shadow so that Sarah could swing the bat over the top of Katie's head and it looks like she hits her. The sun and the shadows make it so when watching it you have no depth perception therefore, allows us to make the bat scene.

From this project I learned how to edit the audio to make wind and other outside noises not as loud. I also learned how to handle being in a group with so many people. This was difficult because we had to take in account everyones ideas. 

If I could do something different I would have given everyone microphones so the audio wouldn't be as bad. I would keep the plot the same I would just make sure we got all the shots we needed. 

To enhance my next project I will take the ability to work with so many people in a short amount of time to get the work done. 

This was a very fun project because I got to work with some of my close friends and I was very proud of the way we all worked together to get this project done in time. 

Final- Soccer box

Soccer Box

When trying to come up with a product idea Katie and I looked to the things we both love-sports. We came up with the idea to make a box that can be transformed into a goal to use when playing with the product, which is a small soccer ball. 

The first step in making our product was creating it in illustrator. Katie and I had really good teamwork because we divided the work evenly. I made the box and Katie made the lid. 

The difficulties we had this project were that at first we couldn't find a pattern that make the box look like a goal. When we test printed the mini version of our product we discovered that we put the instructions upside down so we had to fix that. 

Our team chemistry was really good for this project because Katie and I are close friends and we signed a team contract to ensure we both do our part to make sure our product turned out as great as we could make it.

My package Design

For this project I made a package design for a product I invented. The product I chose was a supplement that hydrates you so you don't have to drink water. The first thing I did was to design the shape of the box. I them made the die line and bleed layers. I created a logo for the product and used the 3D shape tool to make a 3D revolve of the product I made. 

The 3D revolve was actually one of the easiest parts of this project. I enjoyed making them and am glad I have gained that experience. 

This is my template. This was the hardest part of this project because my tutorial video would never load and so I had to start over a lot of times. Eventually, I figured out how to make the tutorial work and I completed the template. 

This is my label. I came up wight the logo because I saw something on Pinterest that inspired me. To find the proper text font I did a lot of searching by using lots of different fonts to find the perfect one. 

eMagine

eMagine

I attended eMagine a few weeks ago. It was a great experience to see so many students from so many schools. It was fun to see all the different entries and winners. I will try to enter my own project next year. It was a fun social event and a great way to spend my saturday night!

My 10 things

My 10 things

The assignment was to create a poster that displayed my 10 favorite things. During this lesson I learned a lot about text padding and how to manage white space. This project made me think about the most important things in my life. I also learned how to add contrast to the lest by making it different colors and sizes and fonts. 

Most of the ideas I got for the layout and the things I chose came from the 10 things interview magazine does. This magazine has people pick their favorite things or the things they can't like without. They mostly interview famous people. I tried to be as specific as I could when choosing items. By doing this I could then expand on the item by explaining why I chose it and what extends on to it. For example, I put a picture of Sweet and Sour chicken so that when I explained it I could say that its from my favorite restaurant. 

Frozen movie poster

Type 

The style of type I chose is called Harry Potter. I liked how edgy this style was and how it goes along with the ice theme of the movie. I put a drop shadow on the text to give the effect that it was icy.

Mountains

The mountains I made are called swiss mountains. I found the idea off of a Titanic movie poster that used this simple design to make a design that was very creative. The design is simply just triangles of different colors layered on top of each other. 

Snow

The now in the background was created from a tutorial i found on snowy effects. I just simply used the blur tool and the shape tool to make a snowy effect. The big snowflake in the middle was made by layering different custom shapes together and adding transparent parts in the middle. I also added effects like shadows and inner glow.

Saul Bass

My poster is similar to a Saul bass style of poster because it uses 2-3 colors and black and white. My poster also has a simple design of mountains and custom font. My poster is different than the Saul Bass style because mine is much more complex in the overall design of the poster. The snowflake has more detail than a normal Saul Bass poster would. The Jaws poster is an example of a Saul Bass poster.

Working with type

I followed the tutorial and then went back and did my own type design. I typed my name then used the create outlines tool to stretch and manipulate each individual letter.