PROJECTS This semester I created a variety of videos that focused on convergence journalism that ranged from feature stories to news stories to intro videos. I really enjoyed creating all of the projects, but there were a few that were my favorite. Olathe Northwest: 1 in 2,000 One of the earliest projects I created was ONW 1 in...
SEMESTER PROJECTS This semester I really enjoyed creating infographics, designing personal logos, as well as creating a powerpoint on a graphic design movement or person. One of my personal favorite projects was creating an infographic. For my infographic, I chose to create it over the varsity cross country team because this year the varsity girls qualified as a team...
For my second feature story, I interviewed Bessie Bauman for Student Council to describe the blood drive that takes place three times a year at Olathe Northwest. The blood drive at ONW is one of the most successful in the state of Kansas. In my narrative lead, I thought it would be important to include this fact to...
For my infographic I decided to make it about cross country because it is a topic not very well known. I am also a member of my school's cross country team and it is enjoyable to research and create projects about the team. The first part in making the infographic was creating a wireframe. I traced out the...
In the article, "Drought has given one woman a new mission in life" Diana Marcum tells the story of the way Donna Johnson helped others throughout the drought in California. Donna Johnson a 72 year old, saw the need for water in families that could no longer supply themselves with water because of their wells drying up. The...
In video class, after analyzing several feature stories I concluded what parts of a feature story are necessary to create a visually interesting video that also shares informative information about a chosen topic. One of the most important parts of a feature story is choosing an interesting topic. It is important to chose a topic that will have...
FEATURE STORY EXPERIENCE This quarter in video production we filmed and edited a feature story video. I chose to create my video over the Electrathon team at Olathe Northwest. Once I created my video I wrote my first feature story. I have only really created videos before and it was a new experience to write a story The...
The first part of the project was creating a basic raccoon and making it unique. I was able to master the use of shapes to make objects and animals. Once I created the raccoon I added a turtle neck sweater with a texture as well as a hat and a Starbucks mug to relate to a fall theme....
The video above explains how you can create a new bin in adobe premier. Bins can help you organize your clips into specific folders. These bins are very easy to make and rename. The first step is to click the new bin button in the project panel. It looks like a folder and is in the bottom right...
For ONW 1 in 2,000 I interviewed Ryan Burnett. Ryan is a black belt at Ko martial arts and I was able to discover how he spent his summer. Taekwondo is one of Ryan's main activities and is something he is very passionate about. I learned the many other skills that come in to competing in Taekwondo such...
The past few weeks I have developed new skills in photoshop. By watching several video tutorials I have mastered use of tools such as the quick selection tool, clipping masks, and the clone stamp tool. In the first couple of projects I used the quick selection tool to remove backgrounds that didn't work with the image. The quick...
The past few weeks I have developed new skills in photoshop. By watching several video tutorials I have mastered use of tools such as the quick selection tool, clipping masks, and the clone stamp tool. In the first couple of projects I used the quick selection tool to remove backgrounds that didn't work with the image. The quick...
The first project we created this year in video was of a procedure at Olathe Northwest. We were given the option to choose whatever topic we wanted that demonstrated a positive action that takes place in our school. I chose to demonstrate the use of the water bottle stations and to refill your water bottles instead of throwing...
REFLECTION Throughout the fourth quarter in e9 we worked with a group to complete a project that involved creating a product and designing the packaging, logo, as well as a commercial. My groups product was CAMTACTS which is a contact lens that takes photos through a tiny microchip located in the outer edge of a contact lens. The photos taken are...
LEARNING SKETCHUP In e-9 we just recently learned how to create projects in sketch up. For these two projects we continued to use the same software but we learned a few new tools. We learned how to use the follow me tool to create personalized chair legs as well as the paint bucket tool to add textures and...
Next year for e-Communication students get to choose two fields they would like to study in twice throughout the day either video, animation, or graphic design. So far i'm thinking of doing video as well as graphic design. I really enjoyed first quarter in the video rotation and have always enjoyed creating videos just for fun. I also...
For this project we created an animation in photoshop using the timeline. We started by adding text with ten words that best describe us. Next we placed a background image and I decided to use daisies since they are very happy and bright. I decided to use dark yellow text to match the center of the flowers and I placed...
The second project we made in the animation rotation in e-9 was of a smiley face bouncing across my name. This project combined what we learned in the previous project with our own creative touch. When the ball hits my name, it changes to a new facial expression, a squashed face. Then once it bounces back up it...
Ball Bounce Animation in Photoshop In photoshop we learned how to create animations in photoshop using the timeline. We were also able to imply basic concepts of animations such as squash and stretch. The first thing we did in our project was to add gradients to both the ground, sky, and ball to make...
