I learned some CSS!! I finally changed the accessibility thing that was bothering me on my home page! The text is now black instead of grey, and I also changed the font of my body text so that it’s a little easier to read.
There are so many possibilities!! I love it!! I’m not afraid anymore!!
I saw that Angela posted about the workshop, so I’m hopping on the bandwagon.
I taught a workshop on creating a site icon with Canva. This is what I made during the presentation:
I love the graphics that you can access through Canva. This little guy captured my heart.
It was great to see the wide variety of icons that everyone came up with! You all are so talented and creative.
Overall, really great! It was crazy to me that it just opens on the browser, it feels like a tool that could be a whole separate application. I used the introduction courses to get familiar with all the controls, and I found that helpful, but I still feel like there are features I don’t know about. That said, I was able to fulfill my creative vision with just a few shapes. Who knew a cylinder could be so versatile?
Figuring out how to add in stops to my print at the right layers was a little tricky, but Trinatee was super helpful during my appointment! We got it figured out and I was able to use four different colors. After the print was done, I realized that the font I chose wasn’t as clear as it looked in Tinkercad, especially the pronouns and job title, probably because they’re so small. There are also some wisps of filament that I’m struggling to remove. I may alter the letters and try again in the future.
Although it was about a month ago now, Saint Patrick’s Day really had me thinking about my ancestry and cultural heritage. Thinking about the Irish got me thinking about Ireland, which got me thinking about Scotland, which got me thinking about the Loch Ness Monster, naturally. I actually have no idea if I’m Scottish, but Nessie captivates me. I believe she’s out there, and I wanted my nametag to reflect this. I also thought she would fit the general dino theme we have going at the DKC.
My nametag, submitted for approval by Edmund and Shannon.
One unexpected issue that arose was the disappearance of my video. After we showed our rough cuts and got feedback, I went back into Open Shot to make some changes, but my video file was nowhere to be found. After a moment of frantic closing and opening the app over and over and trying the exact same thing yielded no results, I remade my video from scratch. Thankfully I hadn’t deleted any of my footage or assets, and knowing how I put things together the first time sped up the process.
My fellow consultants suggested I add some background music to the beginning of the video, which I did, and I think it sounds much more cohesive now. I also added a somber church bell to the ending message, which I think helps my video wrap up on a stronger note. I shortened the black transition in the beginning of my video, which allowed me more time to linger on the visual jokes. I switched around a couple of DKC B-roll shots to make things less confusing, and I made the footage black and white, although there’s a weird color fade that I wasn’t able to get rid of.
There were some suggestions I didn’t end up incorporating. I wasn’t able to add a zoom to the filtered shot of Lee due to some limitations in Open Shot. I didn’t put any spooky sound effects behind the DKC B-roll because I already had the creepy music and Lee’s dialogue, so I thought it sounded too noisy and overwhelming.
Thanks to the unknown creators on MixKit for the “Cinematic whoosh deep impact”, “Haunted slow orchestra”, and “Blow breaking air” sound effects. Also, thank you to Eugenio Mininni on MixKit for the “Sicilian Cafe” music which I used in the background.
Storyboarding is really helpful! I had a vision, and then I lost my original storyboard. But it was okay, because then I had a better vision! I think getting my thoughts out onto paper really helped me to visualize what I wanted and think more practically about how to achieve it. Since starting the project, I have also played around with the camera, tripod, and audio kit, and I love how easy it is to use them together! I was intimidated at first, but now it’s not so scary.
It’s very poorly drawn, and a few things have changed since I drew it, but it’s been a very helpful guide! Filming was super fun. A special shoutout to Angela and Lee for helping me out! You’ll see them in my video later on. Overall the project is going really well! I’m thinking of using OpenShot Video Editor to edit my shots, because I’ve never used anything outside of Canva before. It seems beginner friendly and simple. I’ll let you know how it goes!