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I named my kinetic typography project 'Rocky Balboa Motivational Speech'. I heard this speech a while ago, and when we had to find a sound file for the project I kept it as an option.  For the project I used Adobe Flash and Adobe Illustrator. I hardly used Illustrator, I just used it for the words SUNSHINE in scene 2 and for HIM, HER and ANYBODY in scene 14. I also used Illustrator for the cat in scene 3 and the cancel sign in scene 7. Towards the end of the project I was getting really quick with the hot keys, it really does make it a lot faster. I really like how the final product looks, if I could change anything it would be keeping my symbols names straight, towards the end I found it more helpful to name it scene# then the word.  I chose to make the background black because black is a strong colour and I thought it was a strong speech. I used white font so it would contrast the background and make the words stand out more. I used Franklin Gothic Medium for the font because it is a bold font and it looked most like the font on the Rocky movie poster as well. Words that I wanted to be bold I made it red to contrast both the white and the black.  I found that importing illustrator files was difficult, if there was a little part that I didn’t like I would have to re-do it, re-import then re-animate. It wasn’t difficult it was the most time consuming part of the project. I think everyone in the class has really benefited from the help of the internet, it was a simple solution for most things and really saved a lot of us. I had to use it right at the end of my project, I didn’t know how to stop the animation from constantly looping, so I googled it and it was so simple, even though I had to get someone to show me! I look back at it, it was very simple to understand, and I was probably overthinking it. I really like how scene 3 turned out with the cat, I think it is subtle enough to make an impact but not bold enough to make the words un-legible. Over all I really like how the whole thing turned out, I think it looks REALLY good.

Voice Art

Check out Phil Chavez, he is a paralyzed voice painter. There is a video on him that you can see here.
Or you can check out a website to find out more about the voice art here. He was paralyzed from a diving accident which prevented him from painting with a paintbrush. So he decided to create a software that allowed him to draw with his voice

RAW vs JPEG

Most modern cameras allow you to shoot in either Raw or JPEG. This site describes in detail the difference between RAW images and JPEGS. Check it out HERE. It is recommended that JPEG format is used for web pictures. RAW format is recommended for professional shooting and higher quality details. RAW format requires post-production editing while JPEG requires hardly nothing. 

Photo Site

Check out this site that I found that shows how to use your DSLR to its full abilities. My favourite section of this site is the 73 Photo Locations to Shoot Before You Die.

Visual Arts Still Life

Photographer

Found this really cool Torontonian Photograher. I really like her stuff, it looks like pictures that you could find in Vouge, but with her own twist on it. Check out Bethany Ramella 

Maddie the Coonhound

I found a photographer that has an "interesting" approach to his photography. He travels with his dog, Maddie and..... well..... you have to see it! See Maddie here