Author: lazarjay

Here is the link to my video.

For this assignment, I decided to end on a fun note and make a fun little skit with my boyfriend. Being a journalism major, a lot of my assignments so far have been very informative with limited room for creativity, so I wanted to do something different and have a bit more fun. I came up with a little story line kind of like the bachelor, but the plot twist is that almost every character on the show is played by Drew. Unfortunately, I have not yet recorded all of the shots I need for the video so refer to my story board post to see where I’m going with the rest of the video.

I was mainly inspired by the Kent show The Agenda, which airs on TV2. I have had to help a few of my friends with several skits this semester, and I found them to be super fun to both write and film. The skits on the show are comedy skits, and the people I know from TV2 are all really cool. While this video is super different from everything I’ve done before, I think it relates in the sense that it shows my growth throughout the semester. When this class started, I would have never suspected that I would be interested in writing, filming, and editing skits like this, but I had a lot of fun!

In comparison to my story board, I had to cut out a few things at the end, but that was only to fit within the three minute time limit. Overall the video layout is very similar to my storyboard.

I filmed all the shots with my phone, and I tried to incorporate motion into the shots to give it more of a sitcom/reality-show feel. So far, I have made use of the intro-outro tools, the dissolve tool, the title tool, and the effect control tool (to change the proportion of some scenes). I ran into a bit of difficulty when adding the text, because I first went to “Graphics” à “New Layer” à “Text”. I could not get this sequence to allow me to edit the text. Instead, I realized that the way shown in the tutorials was to go to “File” à “New” à “Legacy Title”. This is the option that opens the text editor and shows you where the text will appear on the screen and so on.

For the music, I downloaded several tracks from bensound.com and edited them together in Adobe Audition for smooth transitions between tracks.

 

Storyboard:

Visual Elements	Audio Elements
0:00-0:06  Shot of camera panning in on Drew and Drew turning to wave. “Starring: Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:6-0:12  shot of door opening and Drew is in room T-posing and he turns around to wave. “Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:12-0:16  Shot of Drew walking down street eating sandwich, sees camera, drops sandwich and waves. “and Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:16 – 0:22 Shot of Drew in bed sleeping, wakes up scared and yells at camera person to get out of his room (no audio) “Guest starring: Drew Donovan”	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:22 – 0:26 Title: the Zaria Show	‘Happy music, fades to away to black screen.
0:26-0:34 Host standing in an empty lecture hall, turns around holding microphone. Walking toward the camera as he talks.	Drew says: Welcome to the Zaria Show. I’m your host, Drew Donovan! (CROWD CHEERS)
0:34-0:50 Cut scene to Host walking down a hall, with microphone. Still talking. Drew winks at the end of his line.	Tonight we are going to be (dramatic) investigating. (AUDIENCE OOOOOHS) We are looking to find which of these boys would be the best boyfriend to this lucky lady.
0:50 – 1:02 Zaria walks into shot with Host and stands next to him happily.  Zaria speaks and after Zaria walks off.	Zaria says: “ Thank you so much for having me, Drew Donovan. I am so glad to be here tonight! I really. Hope things work out, and I wish all the candidates good luck!
1:02-1:05Host walks into separate room and says.	Drew says: “Alright folks, let’s meet our contestants!
Host standing and saying:   Scene cuts to Contestant 1, who says:	“Our first contestant is this young man from Wellington, Ohio. What’s your name son? “   ”My name is Drew Numeberone. I’m just here to lose my virginity.”
Scene jumps to Host who looks into camera and says:	“Okay great… now going on to our next contestant.”
Shot of Host walking toward next contestant and says:	“Next we have this gentleman, who was a cross country start back in his prime.
Contestant number 2 looks at camera and speaks into mic	Contestant 2 says, “My name is Drew Numbertwo and I am really here to find someone to spend the rest of the semester with, you know? Like I wanna settle down until finals are over.
Scene jumps to host, who says:	(Choked up) That’s beautiful son… Tell me, if you could take zaria anywhere, where would it be?
Jump scene to contestant 2	I would take her for a walk in the snow to Eastway,  to have dinner with all of our friends.”
Cut scene to host who says	“that’s beautiful”
Host walks toward next contestant, saying:	“Next we have our third contestant… from –”
Cut off, shot of another person that is not a Drew. Drew looks shocked and says	“Who are you?”

 

Contestant 3 says:	“I’m Will! I –”
Camera shot of host saying angrily	“OUT”
Scene of Contestant 3 saying:	“But –”
Camera shot of host saying: Contestant 3 leaves… In walks a NEW Contestant 3, another Drew. Host says:	“GET OUT”   That’s more like it, what’s your name young man?
Shot of NEW Contestant 3 saying:	My name is Drew Number 3.
Shot of Host saying:	Great! And what are you looking for in a woman?
Shot of NEW Contestant 3 saying:	(monotone) Feet.
Camera shots going back and forth between Host and Contestant 3. Camera stops at Host, who is taken aback, and says:	“Okay great!”

 

Host walks back and meets Zaria and says:	Now, that you have heard all of this information, which of these contestants will you be going with.
Shot of Zaria looking happy, then she says:	Well… I have chosen… (LONG PAUSE)
Various jump shots of the contestants and Host looking nervous, except for Contestant 3, who doesn’t care.	Intense, suspenseful music plays.
Shot of zaria saying:	CONTESTANT NUMBER 3!! (CHEERING)
Shot of Host Congratulating NEW Contestant 3	AMAZING, HOW DO YOU FEEL DREW NUMBER 3??
Shot of Contestant 3 but it jumps to Zaria before he can respond, Zaria says:   She pulls Will onto stage and says:	“No, the original Contestant 3”   “Will, I chose Will.”
Shot of Host who is shocked,  he tries to speak but Zaria cuts him off and says:   Zaria walks off.	“Yeah so anyway, thanks for the help! Bye!”
End credits roll	Happy music

 

Here is the link to my video

For this assignment, I decided to end on a fun note and make a fun little skit with my boyfriend. Being a journalism major, a lot of my assignments so far have been very informative with limited room for creativity, so I wanted to do something different and have a bit more fun. I came up with a little story line kind of like the bachelor, but the plot twist is that almost every character on the show is played by Drew. Unfortunately, I have not yet recorded all of the shots I need for the video so refer to my story board post to see where I’m going with the rest of the video.

I was mainly inspired by the Kent show The Agenda, which airs on TV2. I have had to help a few of my friends with several skits this semester, and I found them to be super fun to both write and film. The skits on the show are comedy skits, and the people I know from TV2 are all really cool.

I filmed (and will be filming) all of the shots with my phone in various settings, and I tried to incorporate motion into the shots to give it more of a sitcom/reality-show feel. So far, I have made use of the intro-outro tools, the dissolve tool, the title tool, and the effect control tool. I ran into a bit of difficulty when adding the text, because I first went to “Graphics” à “New Layer” à “Text”. I could not get this sequence to allow me to edit the text. Instead, I realized that the way shown in the tutorials was to go to “File” à “New” à “Legacy Title”. This is the option that opens the text editor and shows you where the text will appear on the screen and so on.

So far, all of the footage is my own, but I will be adding music for the final product.

Here is Raw Footage 1 and Raw Footage 2.

 

Sample Storyboard: Title of the Project

Visual Elements	Audio Elements
0:00-0:03  Shot of camera panning in on Drew and Drew turning to wave. “Starring: Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:3-0:06  shot of door opening and Drew is in room T-posing and he turns around to wave. “Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:06-0:10  Shot of Drew walking down street eating sandwich, sees camera, drops sandwich and waves. “and Drew Donovan” appears on screen.	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:10 – 0:17 Shot of Drew in bed sleeping, wakes up scared and yells at camera person to get out of his room (no audio) “Guest starring: Drew Donovan”	Happy music, as if it is a sitcom.
0:17 – 0:20 Title: the Zaria Show	Happy music, fades to away to black screen.
0:20-0:25 Host standing in an empty lecture hall, turns around holding microphone. Walking toward the camera as he talks. Host says:	Cheerful music plays in background throughout.   “Welcome to the Zaria Show. I’m your host, Drew Donovan!” (CROWD CHEERS)
0:25-0:34 shot of Host walking down a hall, with microphone. Still talking. Drew winks at the end of his line.	Tonight we are going to be (dramatic) investigating. (AUDIENCE OOOOOHS) We are looking to find which of these boys would be the best boyfriend to this lucky lady.
0:34 – 0:45 Zaria walks into shot with Host and stands next to him happily.  Zaria speaks and after Zaria walks off.	Zaria says: “ Thank you so much for having me, Drew Donovan. I am so glad to be here tonight! I really. Hope things work out, and I wish all the candidates good luck!
0:45-0:55 Host walks into separate room and says.	Drew says: “Alright folks, let’s meet our contestants!
0:55 – 1:10 Host standing and saying:   Scene cuts to Contestant 1, who says:   Contestant 1 winks.	“Our first contestant is this young man from Wellington, Ohio. What’s your name son? “   ”My name is Drew Numeberone. I’m just here to lose my virginity.”
1:10-1:13 Scene jumps to Host who looks into camera and says:	“Okay great… now going on to our next contestant.”
1:13 – 1:20 Shot of Host walking toward next contestant and says:	“Next we have this gentleman, who was a cross country start back in his prime.
1:20 – 1:35 Contestant number 2 looks at camera and speaks into mic, saying:	“My name is Drew Numbertwo and I am really here to find someone to spend the rest of the semester with, you know? Like I wanna settle down until finals are over.”
1:35 – 1:45 Scene jumps to host, who says:	(Choked up) That’s beautiful son… Tell me, if you could take Zaria anywhere, where would it be?
1:45 -2:05 Jump scene to contestant 2 Screen fades dreamily to shots of Contestant 2 walking with Zaria and some friends outside as Contestant 2 is describing. Scene jumps to the friends eating at Eastway.	“I would take her for a walk in the snow to Eastway,  to have dinner with all of our friends.”
2:05-2:07 Cut scene to host who says:	“that’s beautiful”
2:07-2:12 Host walks toward next contestant, saying:	“Next we have our third contestant… from –”
2:12-2:15 Cut off, shot of another person that is not a Drew. Drew looks shocked and says	“Who are you?”

2:15-2:17 Contestant 3 says:	“I’m Will! I –”
2:17-2:19 Camera shot of host saying angrily	“OUT”
2:19-2:20 Scene of Contestant 3 saying:	“But –”
2:20-2:24 Camera shot of host saying: Contestant 3 leaves… Scene jumps to a NEW Contestant 3 walking in, another Drew. Host says:	“GET OUT”   “That’s more like it, what’s your name young man?”
2:24 – 2:26 Shot of NEW Contestant 3 saying:	“My name is Drew Number 3.”
2:26 – 2:28 Shot of Host saying:	“Great! And what are you looking for in a woman?”
2:28 – 2:29 Shot of NEW Contestant 3 saying:	(monotone) “Feet.”
2:29 – 2:34 Camera shots going back and forth between Host and Contestant 3. Camera stops at Host, who is taken aback, and says:	“Okay great!”

2:34 – 2:40 Host walks back and meets Zaria and says:	“Now, that you have heard all of this information, which of these contestants will you be going with.”
2:40 – 2:44 Shot of Zaria looking happy, then she says:	“Well… I have chosen…” (LONG PAUSE)
2:44 – 2: 50 Various jump shots of the contestants and Host looking nervous, except for Contestant 3, who doesn’t care.	(Intense, suspenseful music plays.)
2:50 – 2:52 Shot of zaria saying:	“CONTESTANT NUMBER 3!!” (CHEERING)
2:52 – 2:54 Shot of Host Congratulating NEW Contestant 3	“AMAZING, HOW DO YOU FEEL DREW NUMBER 3??”
2:54 – 2:56 Shot of Contestant 3 but it jumps to Zaria before he can respond, Zaria says:   She pulls Will onto stage and says:	“No, the original Contestant 3”   “Will, I chose Will.”
2:56 – 2:58 Shot of Host who is shocked,  he tries to speak but Zaria cuts him off and says:   Zaria walks off with Will.	(RUSHED) “Yeah so anyway, thanks for the help! Bye!”
2:58 – 3:00 End credits roll but sped up a lot, and are mostly the name “Drew Donovan”	Happy music

 

 

Here is the link to my YouTube video.

The link to my final soundcloud file can be found here.

For my audio story, I decided to conduct my interviews as a game a “Two Truths and a Lie.” Since my blog topic is “About Me” I figured this would be a good way to share a few facts about my topic (myself) in a fun way while also spending some time with my friends. In my audio story, I “interviewed” my friend Hannah, a freshman journalism major, and my boyfriend Drew, a freshman Visual Communication Design major.

I interviewed both people separately, asking them the same questions in the same order. When it came to editing the audio, I took a large sample of it from my interview with Hannah. From her interview I used the part where I ask each round of questions. I felt that the audio in Hannah’s interview was a little bit more clear so I chose to use it in the final. I used the introduction of the interview (the description at the beginning of the audio) from my interview with Drew simply because I felt that my explanation was a bit more clear and easy to understand.

The responses to my questions were pretty short, but I tried to make them flow and lead into an explanation or story about my life. I thought that it was important to include the explanations because that would give a little bit more information about me.  I had a little trouble making things sound totally natural at some points, but I think for the most part it sounds okay. I haven’t added music yet, but when I do I will focus on making sure it doesn’t over power the audio, since I found that to be a bit of a problem during my tutorials.

In my final, I really wanted to touch up the sound levels of the audio, add music, and make sure the balance between the dialogue and music was pretty good. I found string music and used that because I used to be in orchestra and I’ve played the violin for eight years, so I have a soft spot for it. I think the music provides a nice background music and makes fills in any pauses that are in the audio overall.

 

You can find the link to my SoundCloud post here.

For my audio story, I decided to conduct my interviews as a game a “Two Truths and a Lie.” Since my blog topic is “About Me” I figured this would be a good way to share a few facts about my topic (myself) in a fun way while also spending some time with my friends. In my audio story, I “interviewed” my friend Hannah, a freshman journalism major, and my boyfriend Drew, a freshman Visual Communication and Design major.

I interviewed both people separately, asking them the same questions in the same order. When it came to editing the audio, I took a large sample of it from my interview with Hannah. From her interview I used the part where I ask each round of questions. I felt that the audio in Hannah’s interview was a little bit more clear so I chose to use it in the final. I used the introduction of the interview (the description at the beginning of the audio) from my interview with Drew simply because I felt that my explanation was a bit more clear and easy to understand.

The responses to my questions were pretty short, but I tried to make them flow and lead into an explanation or story about my life. I thought that it was important to include the explanations because that would give a little bit more information about me.  I had a little trouble making things sound totally natural at some points, but I think for the most part it sounds okay. I haven’t added music yet, but when I do I will focus on making sure it doesn’t over power the audio, since I found that to be a bit of a problem during my Audition tutorials.

The link to my raw audio footage can be found here.

My soundcloud can be found here.

 

My Counting tutorials can be found here and the VoxPop tutorial is here.

When looking for inspiration for my logos, I found that I was drawn more to the ones with words or with the blog title over the ones that were drawings or images. I also found that it was much easier coming up with designs revolving around my blog title, rather than trying to come up with one image that sums up my “about me” topic. I was really interested in the logos that had some sort of doodle incorporated into the text, along with multiple fonts throughout the design, as I felt this added an interesting element overall. So, I decided to keep it simple and make my design an interesting interpretation of my name/blog title.

So far, I have made use of the rectangle and ellipse tool, which is how I made the Z and the J. I also used the Pathfinder, unite tool to combine that into one shape that flowed together. I used the line and arc tools to make the small black letters to complete my name, and the text tool to add the cursive text at the side. I also used the brush tool to add the dots around the letters, and will likely be using it again to add linework to the image as well. I also made use of the gradient tools, and the multiple stroke options to make the logo stand out more. I also made use of the copy and rotate tools with some of the smaller letters as well as some of the dot clusters.

In my revision, I focused on fixing the J first, since the shape in my draft was fairly off-putting.  In my final, I feel that I used figure and ground pretty well. The size of the J now allows for both the Z and the J to have equal visual weight. In terms of balance, I would say the dot work I employed made a pretty balanced piece. I feel like I gave everything an eyecatching placement.

Inspiration:

The 6th logo here,

this logo,

and this one.

 

When looking for inspiration for my logos, I found that I was drawn more to the ones with words or with the blog title over the ones that were drawings or images. I also found that it was much easier coming up with designs revolving around my blog title, rather than trying to come up with one image that sums up my “about me” topic. I was really interested in the logos that had some sort of doodle incorporated into the text, along with multiple fonts throughout the design, as I felt this added an interesting element overall. So, I decided to keep it simple and make my design an interesting interpretation of my name/blog title.

So far, I have made use of the rectangle and ellipse tool, which is how I made the Z and the J. I also used the Pathfinder, unite tool to combine that into one shape that flowed together. I used the line and arc tools to make the small black letters to complete my name, and the text tool to add the cursive text at the side. I also used the brush tool to add the dots around the letters, and will likely be using it again to add linework to the image as well.

Although the J in the logo needs a bit of work, I feel that I used figure and ground pretty well. I just need to adjust the size of my J a little bit more to make the two big letters have equal visual weight. As of right now it is a bit off. In terms of balance, I could play around with the sizing of the different elements a little bit more just to make things a bit more cohesive, and to add to the overall balance of the design.

Inspiration:

https://graphicmama.com/blog/logo-design-trends-2018/ (number 6)

 

http://logo.designauctionsnow.com/2017/hand-drawn-style-floral-boutique-logo-design/

 

http://logo.designauctionsnow.com/2017/hand-drawn-floral-photography-logo/