EXAM

1. What advice would you give to a student starting their interactive resume project?

I would tell them to take their time and not rush through it. I would give them some examples of things I ran into such as buttons not working, or pages not loading right and its all because I tried to rush it. And the end result was I had to remake the whole thing and present it in one day. And no one wants to do that. They need to take their time, take notes, listen to all the advice the teacher has to say and try their best. And I would tell them that they need to make sure they have all the information they need on the Capstone section, and also to make sure that all their text is readable and their resume is overall interesting to look at and creative. I picked graffiti for mine because its very colorful, and a definite eye catcher. So think of something original and creative that you can do that will attract people to look at it.

2. What would you add or remove from the interactive resume project.

Well I am not sure I would remove anything because I am very proud of it, and worked hard but I would like to add all the items that I had to cut out. I had to remove half of my resume because when I made it, it was story based. So it was a little to long so I had to cut out a lot of the artwork and things that I spent a lot of time on, but other then that I wouldn’t really change a thing.

3. What would you change about the capstone project?

With the capstone project I would change the organization more. I was also rushed to finish it because for a while the things I was wanting to do was not working and again with the too long subject. But the organization was definitely off. A lot of the information was scattered through out the slideshow because I rushed into it, so I believe my capstone could have gone a lot better (not that it really went bad) ,but a lot better if it was more organized.

4. What did you learn about yourself as an interactive media designer over the past two years?

Honestly I learned stuff that I never thought I would. I realized that I love to work with flash, Photoshop, and dream weaver. It made me realize that I could have a career in something multimedia related and I would have fun doing it. And I realized that taking your time on things always has a great result. I love the feeling when you finish a long project and it turns out just the way you pictured. And basically I just realized that going to IMD was probably the best thing I could have done. It has opened my eyes to so many things and before IMD I had no clue what to due with my life and even though I still am not 100% sure what I want to do or be it has opened up many possibilities for a career. I am thankful for all that I have learned and experienced in IMD. And also it helped me get along with people better. This is something that I would normally keep to myself but being here has helped me a lot. I am used to keeping things to myself, and just doing things by and for myself but being in IMD helped me become more friendly, and more of a “peoples person”.

5. Do you feel that your experience in IMD will help you in the future?

Yes I do. I am now looking into a career as a web designer or a graphic designer and now I have better knowledge on how to accomplish this. And it also helps’ when applying because now they will see that I have knowledge and went to school for this type of stuff. And I feel that I can apply myself to what ever they want me to do, and there are many jobs out there for these types of things especially now, so I truly believe that it helped me a lot, and can help me get an amazing career in the future.

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How To Conduct a Live Multi Camera Shoot Name: ________________

1. How many cameras will you need?

2. What is the definition for SEG?

3. The switcher/SEG is the what of a multi camera shot?

4. The audio tech, lighting team, camera operator, technical director’s are a group called what?

5. In a typical video shot of a live performance how many shots will you be switching between?

6. What types of shots are they?

7. What is the directors job?

8. What is one main effect used?

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When I first joined IMD, I did not really know what to expect. I joined because I wanted to learn more about web design and filming. But I actually learned alot more then that. The first day of school I was excited but also nervous about starting at a new school with new people. When I first met my teachers I realized that they were all real nice. Some of them came off as a bit intimidating, but still nice. The first day of IMD I was very excited. I was amazed by the studio, and the computers and all of the equipment that was there, and the teachers were very nice. The students were also very nice, and I new a few of them already from past schools. Through out the year I learned a lot more then I ever excepted to learn. I never used flash or Photoshop before, and now that I know how I absolutely love it and use it everyday. IMD has been very fun, and a great experience. My first year of IMD I remember learning how to use flash, Photoshop, 3D Max and many other things. And I enjoyed the photography part, I was never too into photography until now. And we did a little bit with filming which was my favorite part. The music videos that we did at the end of the year was also very fun, and a great learning experience. Last year I worked very hard to get good grades because all throughout my high school years I was barely passing and I wanted to do better. And I met my expectations and got decent grades. But this year is a different story. At the end of the junior year I was actually for the first time sad to go summer break. But don't get me wrong I was excited to have some time to get away from "learning" but I was going to miss my teachers and friends. And when I’m away from school I realized that I wish I was there to use Photoshop or flash, or some type of program that IMD offers. Coming back from summer break to my senior year was a complete different story then my junior year. At the beginning of the year it was going good, I was starting off strong, and ready to graduate. But halfway into the school year things changed. I had my 18th birthday and I started to change. I started to want to be my own person "an adult" and I felt that I didn’t want to be there anymore. It's kind of difficult to explain but I felt that since it was my senior year I didn't want to be there anymore and that there was no point to be there because I thought we were going to have reviews of everything we previously learned. And my outside of school life was not going to great either. I'm not saying that it was anyone’s fault but my own of course. And I do not want to get into to much detail but I will say that the whole adult thing was getting to me and I was arguing allot with my parents, and rebelling, and I had just gotten my car and I wanted to leave all the time and never wanted to listen to what my parents were trying to tell me. And then I skipped school for the first time ever and realized how much fun it was and for some reason I kept doing it and doing it. It came to a point where I would go to school in the morning until my self not to and end up doing it anyways. It may sound dumb but honestly it was like I couldn’t control my self. I tried my hardest to go back but when I finally ended up not skipping I would just skip till fourth period or so and go in. And all of this affected me greatly. I finally got myself back on track due to help of my parents and teachers. Everyone gave me good advice and helped me a lot. And I also got a lot of help from Mrs. Raqusa who gave me really good advice and made me realize that there was no point to what I was doing and where it was going to lead me in the future. But again don't get me wrong everyone helped a great deal. When I started going again and trying I realized how deep of a whole I buried myself in and how hard it was going to be to get out. And I was trying but for some reason I was still getting into a lot of trouble and in IMD Mr. Fitzer would call me into the hallway everyday when at that time I thought he was just trying to gang up on me but now I realize that he was just trying to help. But I was getting very aggravated about it because it was affecting my home life as well and all I wanted was for my parent's to be happy. But I had a talk with my parents and Mr Fitzer about this and gradually things started to get better. And there was a time that Mr Fitzer and me were in the hallway and I said that I don’t like Mr Dimasso. And I completley did not mean this. Mr Dimasso is a great teacher; he has actually taught me many things that I would have never learned anywhere else. As well as Mr Fitzer. When things started to get better I went down to the guidance councilor a lot to get help and to find out what I needed to graduate, and that really did help. I started to buckle down and do my work and really try. It’s towards the end of the year now and may mindset seems to be in the right place. I want to try and do my best and graduation is the number one thing on my mind and I really am trying everything possible to pass. I am very nervous about it now that school is really almost over, but I am also confident that I can make it. I realize that all year I have been giving my teachers a lot of trouble with grades and work being completed, but now I believe they all see I really am trying and that makes me feel better and confident because I feel that if they believe I want to pass they will take more effort to help me pass and I have definitely noticed this. But my career choice seemed to change as the year continued to go bye. I realized that I enjoy working on cars and car audio a lot, and I personally think that this makes my teachers a bit aggravated but there is some IMD type activities that are involved in car audio. But I also am still very interested in Filming, and I want to continue filming and trying to have a business where I can film and edit my own videos. I am working hard to get all my work done and show that I can do it, but I am still very nervous about graduation, and I am also extremely nervous about the exams. I am not good with test’s I look at them and forget everything. I have not told my teachers about this because I am also very shy, and have trouble speaking in front of classes and I hate when I am called out to answer something. Although I will admit that it has gotten better with IMD, because I have gotten more comfortable around my peers and presenting and reading in front of them. Although I still have the quiz and test problem I can present. Everyday all that goes through my head is that I need to do good, and continue working no matter what. And that it will be worth it once I graduate and I really need to try. One way thought that I got myself to be motivated was to tell myself that its not worth it to go to school a whole other year why not just finish now and be done. And that was a good reminder for me that I seemed to refer to when ever it was necessary. Even though I am still in a deep hole I believe my teachers now realize how much I want to pass and how hard I am trying and they are really helping me due my best to graduate. Looking back I realize how my priorities have not been correct, if I could change the way I have acted over the last two years I would. All of a sudden I realize how important doing well in school, graduating from high school and being prepared to get a good job are. I appreciate all the help my teachers and Mrs. Caton have given me to try and succeed this year.

When I first joined IMD, I did not really know what to expect. I joined because I wanted to learn more about web design and filming. But I actually learned alot more then that. The first day of school I was excited but also nervous about starting at a new school with new people. When I first met my teachers I realized that they were all real nice. Some of them came off as a bit intimidating, but still nice. The first day of IMD I was very excited. I was amazed by the studio, and the computers and all of the equipment that was there. And the teachers were very nice. The students were also very nice, and I new a few of them already from past schools. Through out the year I learned alot more then I ever excpected to learn. I never used flash or photoshop before, and now that I know how I absolutley love it and use it everyday. IMD has been very fun, and a great experience. My first year of IMD I remember learning how to use flash, photoshop, 3D Max and many other things. And I enjoyed the photography part, I was never too into photography untill now. And we did a little bit with filiming which was my favorite part. The music videos that we did at the end of the year was also very fun, and a great learning experiance. Last year I worked very hard to get good grades because all throughout my high school years I was barely passing and I wanted to do better. And I met my expectations and got decent grades. But this year is a different story. At the end of the junior year I was actually for the first time sad to go summer break. But don't get me wrong I was excited to have some time to get away from "learning" but I was going to miss my teachers and friends. And when i'm away from school I realized that I wish I was there to use photoshop or flash, or some type of program that IMD offers. Coming back from summer break to my senior year was a complete different story then my junior year. At the beginning of the year it was going good, I was starting off strong, and ready to graduate. But halfway into the school year things changed. I had my 18th birthday and I started to change. I started to want to be my own person "an adult" and I felt that I didnt want to be there anymore. It's kind of difficult to explain but I felt that since it was my senior year I didn't want to be there anymore and that there was no point to be there because I thought we were going to have reviews of everything we previously learned. And my outside of school life was not going to great either. I'm not saying that it was anyones fault but my own of course. And I do not want to get into to much detail but I will say that the whole adult thing was getting to me and I was arguing alot with my parents, and rebelling, and I had just gotten my car and I wanted to leave all the time and never wanted to listen to what my parents were trying to tell me. And then I skipped school for the first time ever and realized how much fun it was and for some reason I kept doing it and doing it. It came to a point where I would go to school in the morning until my self not to and end up doing it anyways. It may sound dumb but honestly it was like I couldnt control my self. I tryed my hardest to go back but when I finally ended up not skipping I would just skip till fourth period or so and go in. And all of this affected me greatly. I finally got myself back on track due to help of my parents and teachers. Everyone gave me good advice and helped me alot. And I also got alot of help from Mrs. Raqusa who gave me really good advice and made me realize that there was no point to what I was doing and where it was going to lead me in the future. But again don't get me wrong everyone helped a great deal.. When I started going again and trying I realized how deep of a whole I buried myself in and how hard it was going to be to get out. And I was trying but for some reason I was stilll getting into alot of trouble and in IMD Mr. Fitzer would call me into the hallway everyday when at that time I thought he was just trying to gang up on me but now I realize that he was just trying to help. But I was getting very agravated about it because it was effecting my home life as well and all I wanted was for my parent's to be happy. But I had a talk with my parents and Mr Fitzer about this and gradually things started to get better. And there was a time that Mr Fitzer and me were in the hallway and I said that I dont like Mr Dimasso. And I completley did not mean this. Mr Dimasso is a great teacher, he has actually taught me many things that I would have never learned anywhere else. As well as Mr Fitzer. When things started to get better I went down to the guidance councelar alot to get help and to find out what I needed to graduate, and that really did help. I started to buckle down and do my work and really try. Even though I am still in a deep hole I believe my teachers now realize how much I want to pass and how hard I am trying and they are really helping me due my best to graduate. Looking back I realize how my prioriests have not been correct, if I could change the way I have acted over the last two years I would. All of a sudden I realize how important doing well in school, graduating from high school and being prepared to get a good job are. I appreciate all the help my teachers and Mrs. Caton have given me to try and suceed this year.

4/3/09

I have everything finished and done. I finished my resume as well as my senior project today.

4/2/09

Today I worked on the resume and capstone and I got alot more done.
In my resume The mask was not allowing me to click the button, so I changed it so that there is a countdown timer that counts down from 15 to 0 and the glowing box says "The lights will turn on in 15 seconds" then I added an alpha from 0-100 to add the "lights turning on effect, then a few frames later the box takes up the whole screen where my resume is located. And in my capstone, I remade the monitors because they were not to good looking, and I edited some more of the graphics and got moving speakers. Tomorrow I should be done and finished.

4/1/09

I got alot done today. I split up my time half and half to work on the interactive resume, and my capstone. With the resume, I got the sounds in, and I also made a volume control bar to adjust the volume, start, and stop. And its fully functional. I have a background song playing throughout the whole thing, and sound effects to go with just about every scene. I also redid the rooftop page, and made a more noticable easy button, and added some new artwork. I also re made the clouds in the bg because they were cutting off some of the images. I fixed the repeating train frame. It now does what it is supposed to do. There is also a SKIP button that I added, so that you can skip scenes to look at something, and I am adding a button to pause the resume. I am still having trouble with the button on the mask frame. But tomorrow I am working to fix that problem, add some more artwork, fix a few little things, and add a few more sounds. And for my capstone I started from scratch and got the bg done, and there are three monitors, and each ones brings up parts about my capstone. ONe side has a video, so you can get a visual, the other side has key points, and there are images that are built like a slideshow, as well as moving speakers. All the buttons work, although some of them need touched up art wise. I am working more on the effects of it tomorrow. The background also pulses from black to white.

3/31/09

Today I have gotten alot of work done on my resume.
I fixed the line problem, and I decided that I am going to have a button open a new flash document which is where the drawing section will be. But today I added more images to the portfolio page, which I will need to add more, but that will go in last. And I added my summery text to the summery frame. I also started the bottom menu area so you can quickly jump around to where you want to go. I am having one problem with my resume atm, which is when you click "Close book" in the train frame to go back it fades out then its supposed to go to the flashlight frame, but instead it just repeats the fade out over and over. But I am also going to start and continue working on the play and stop button for the music, and add a back button. And tomorrow I am adding the final sounds that I will need, then I will be close to done.

3/30/09

Today I spent my time trying to fix the problems with my resume. I am still not sure where the lines are coming from, and I removed the drawing page completly, but its still showing up for some reason. So today I spent the period rebuilding and recoding to get it to work correctly.
So I do not have much to show, because nothing new got done today just working on the problems I need to correct before moving on.

3/26/09

Today I worked on the resume page. I have the background done and finished. I created a glowing box that says "Locate the lightswitch to turn on the lihgts" and I created a button of a lightswitch and when clicked it flips up then it goes to the next frame which is the same image but "Bright" and then a few seconds later the glowing box enlarges to the middle of the screen which will include the resume. I am having a few problems though that I spent most of the period trying to fix, but I seem to be going no where with it. On the drawing page, the custom cursor is not working and you are supposed to be able to click to draw, but instead of drawing on that frame, it draws in the mask where the "flashlight" effect is. I cannot seem to fix it. And There are a few lines that are a movie clip, but they are only one frame and they show up through half of the frames, and I searched all frames and layers and cannot find a reason for them doing it. Also When you are searching for the lightswitch you find it, but you cannot click it. And I am not sure how to fix that. But I am going to work on those problems tomorrow, and if I cannot correct the drawing one, I will just remove it.