Digital Portfolio

 This week I did my investigation on audio and sound effects for movies and films. Sound effects are used to enhance the quality and auditory experience of the movie. It is sometimes difficult to find a good sound effect from a pre-recorded soundbank to imitate an object in the movie, which is why foley artists are mainly in charge of creating the sound effects that we hear in movies today. One of the coolest jobs in the film industry that requires a deep knowledge of sound, music, and  rhythm belongs to artists in charge of "Foley." Sound is extremely important in creating an immersive experience for the viewers. A foley artist is someone who recreates sounds for film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance the audio quality. They replace sounds that can not be properly recorded on set, things such as the swishing of clothing, the breaking of glass, or footsteps. They use a variety of props to create specific sounds, for example, footsteps are created by the ar...

 This week I did an investigation on color grading. In order to make my video appear dark, I will need to learn how to adjust the coloring of the video to make it seem like the scene is taking place during the nighttime. When searching for videos on youtube, I found two simple tutorials teaching me how to turn a daytime shot into a  nighttime shot using color grading.  In addition, I also will need to learn how to create a CCTV effect to make the video look like the footage is taken from a security camera. At first, I thought about adding an overlay to create the effect, but I resorted to finding a tutorial on how to do it because the overlay was still. In this video, I saw that the person used an effect in after effects called "night vision," which made the footage look like it was nighttime. If I end up not liking the results of my coloring, then I can use this effect as a backup. The only problem with this video is that it  does not do the CCTV effect that I am lo...

This week I did my investigation on stop motion. Stop motion is an animated technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between each photographed frame so that they will appear to show individual movement when the series of frames are played back. The very first stop motion animation produced was The Humpty Dumpty Circus directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith who used their daughter's dolls as props.  Sadly, due to time and age, the first stop motion film has been lost and there is no way that people can watch it. The only trace that we have of the animation is a single screenshot.  Despite not having footage of the first ever stop motion animation, there are also lots of other videos on the internet like this one, which is made out of legos: The youtube channel “I like home” has a lot of amazing stop motion videos posted on their profile. However, since I am just an intermediate, my video will not be as nearly as high quality as their...

My finished project: Because I have already finished my previous project, I am going to move on to planning out my next project. Since my previous project was inspired by video games, I went to brainstorm about what I could do for my next video. The idea of Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) came to mind.  This week, I did an investigation on Five Nights at Freddy's. It is a horror game where your goal is to try and survive five nights at Freddy Fazbear's pizza while tracking the animatronics movements through the security cameras. After taking in some feedback from Mr. Bomboy, who suggested that I record something in real life, I thought that this would be something fun and creative that I could do with my plushies at home. I could set them up in areas of my house and make it seem as if they were moving around throughout the night. Like FNAF, I would be monitoring all of their movements in an office room through the security cameras.  The security cameras in FNAF look a little...