domingo, 28 de febrero de 2010

commercial post

I saw all of the videos and I really liked all of them because each one has a different message that is interesting. All of them had different and original ideas that I thought were interesting. The commercial that stuck out the most in my mind was the safety one because the messag that it gives you is 100% true, if you dont use protection you might ruin your life. Having a kid due to a mistake you did is something that I would never want to experience because it may be very sad. This is the link for the video I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqKWXirsU

For my video Im planning to use original footage that I take, and some videos from youtube so that I can put them together and make a good commercial. Im also planning to put some music in it so that it makes it be more interesting and everyone likes it. Im expecting to face any challenges because I really want to learn how to make good videos and commercials, It might be somewhat hard to do the video but Im looking forward to it. In conclusion, I hope that this assingment turns out to be very fun and Im expecting to have a good time and learning a lot of things related to creating videos.

jueves, 25 de febrero de 2010

Video Reflection

This assignment was the one ive enjoyed the most. Making videos and editing them is pretty fun because you can create a lot of things and put them together to make a great commercial. Overal I enjoyed all videos, though there were a few that I think could be improved a little. I really liked the Coca Cola, the Dog Shelter, and the So you think you can dance because they were very well edited and put together. The idea for the Coca Cola commercial was very interesting and original, and the So you think you can dance commercial was very funny, they were the ones I enjoyed the most. There was one that was well edited but I think it needed a little more footage, it was the Advertisement project. I think it needed more original footage because it was mostly videos from youtube that were put together, but I also think that is was well edited. If I could re-do my project I would probably add more footage of myself and also add a little more footage from other videos in youtube. Overal I really enjoyed this assignment and I hope we get to do more that have to do with videos.

My Nike Soccer Video

Rudy F. Baby from markpicketts on Vimeo.

martes, 15 de diciembre de 2009

Tragedy and School Lawsuit

After reading this tragedy I realized how many dumb girls are there on the world. First of all she shouldn't be sending pictures of herself naked to anybody, and second of all her boyfriend shouldn't forward it to anyone else as a demonstration of respect. I don't think this is a reason to commit suicide because its not like it is so bad to be seen naked, after all that is how we naturally are. in conclusion, to prevent these problems girls shouldn't be sending pictures of themselves with nudity to anybody.

I believe that the school isn't responsible for any of this, it was the girls fault because she was who sent her picture to her boyfriend. The boyfriend would also be responsible because he forwarded to his friends and other people, but the school had nothing to do with it because its not like the staff was sending the picture to others. Maybe the school didn't make enough actions, but that isn't their responsibility because it was something the girl did outside of school. In conclusion, i believe that the parents shouldn't be accusing anyone else but their daughter.

domingo, 13 de diciembre de 2009

new security measures

I understand that the new security measures in facebook are for peoples protection and security, because facebook is a media in which people find out personal facts about other people. They were created so that people who want a lot of privacy can have it, as well as security and protection from others. I think that they are good because they help people in avoiding problems in security and in privacy, and I also think that they will be succesful because people who have facebook acounts will now feel safe. I believe that this will effect facebook in a good way because it will have a better reputation, and people will use facebook in a better and more secure way.

I feel that people who post things about other people without the knowing arent doing something good because they can cause misunderstandings with others. The community would probably think that the school is very bad if they saw staff members posting videos or comments of students because they shouldnt be having those types of relationships with each other. The school I believe shouldnt do anything because the postings that have been done didnt have any bad intentions against staff members, it was a joke and I think that the school is able to see this.

jueves, 10 de diciembre de 2009

Video Editing

This video editing assignment that we will be doing in January looks somewhat interesting because Ive always wanted to learn more of video editing. I was thinking about making a video commercial of health, how to stay in shape by going to the gym. Show some exercises that you could to to stay in shape. Alex will be videotaping me while I do the exercises with weights.

martes, 8 de diciembre de 2009

Technology

Technology has reflected a lot in my education, starting from when I was in elementary school. We started out by playing some games in the computer like pinball or others, and as time went by we started experimenting more with computers. When I was in like 4th grade we learned the basics from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; and later on we moved on to experimenting with these 3 programs on our own. Ive been in the American School for 14 years now, and since I was young technology has been present in my education.

Once I entered junior high the use of technology was even more important because essays and other assignments required the use of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. In our computer classes the use of technology increased a lot, we learned how to use Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Typing master, notepad, and Image ready. I remeber a few projects we had to do in this class, one of them was a web page on evolution, and we also had a several on photoshop that dealed with changing our looks. I remember these projects because I learned a lot from them and I had lots of fun too.

There were several times in the last years in which i think teachers could have assinged more things that dealed with technology. For example in projects of chemistry or biology we could have made web pages or animations of some topic in any of these two classes. Instead of using clay or other materials for 3-D projects of cells or any other topic, we could have used technology to make as i said before animations of web pages. I think the teachers never included that much techonology in their lessons because they dont know how to use it very well. In conclusion, technology has reflected a lot in my education, but I could have a better use and understanding of it if we would have used it more in the past years.