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continuation of all I learned,doing digital media fundamentals at tafe,with josh searson.

ourgroup decided to do a version of Aesop's Fable, The Lion and the Mouse. we will consider how two toy or statues, one of a lion and one odf a mouse, will be propped, manipulated.....photographed and moved, directed into place for each frame. We are deciding on the scwenery and two stars. I brought along a shiney,silver statue of a lion but Chris brought along a much loved, well worn one her children owned.It is a brown, soft one. Ed brought along a brown and a white, soft mouse.and we decided on the white one. My shiney one as smart and as real as it appears to be, would still have looked stilted, artificial, by comparrisson.and in accordance with the tone of our inteneded videa. Chris searched for the set, including trees we could move around, and stick in place with poster tape. In fact we have used w As we continued to work, doing it all including changing the actions of our stars, has not always worked, sop we have had to persevere, to get it right.ire, poster taspe and string, to make this happen, with all of what we are using. Our set is propped into half a carton, so it stands.The trees and log the lion jumped over have been easier to move and stand than I had thought would be. I did our stroryboard, all of it anmd am pleased because I drew it and tried to make it all as real looking as could be. I am pleased with hopw it turned out, even in how I can draw lions. Ed did a great deal of the directing, and Chris helped also, but as I was doing so much of the photography, I found it hard to do all of the directing with them, because of my views of our stars and their actions. It was tedious, our stars had to be moved and removed, so many times, and for a very short distance at times. I'm thrilled as to how our little mouse can turn a complete circle, due to how we moved him, and how tiny each of some of those steps or changes were. If we had not taken care re this, it would have made our stars move in a stillted, jwerky way, which would have spoiled our video. Each movement was for each frame. Josh has advised us as a class, that advanced video making can be about fifty frames a second and in fact a great deal more. We are not quite there yet, but hopefully Hollywood is keeping an ear our re our progress. Maybe anyway. Our script includes,'And a little mouse walked leisurely in the jungle. I doubt if, in consideration or all of the dangers to a mouse, that it would be that realaxed, but Hey! it's a video, so that makes it possible for ours to be relaxed. Also in this way, he is taking on more human characteriostics, and cartoons are much about identifying with iconising, people. The characters of cartoons are what we relate to. re our real selves, our real sgtruggles, life............ Our lion strolled in the jungle also which is how he came across our little mouse. In so doing, he jumped over a log, and pounced on it. The mouse then begged for his life and the lion did what one does not usually do, he let the mouse live. They hugged and said goodbye. ????? Well it's o k because it's a video. so they can hug. Ed found a headless Ken doll at his home so we had to only photograph the body. He is the hunter who catches our lion. We placed the lion on the net and I photographed this, then we pulled the net up more, then we pulled it up and around the lion, and in frames to follow, the lion is being lifted in the net, up. The next scene is in the New York Zoo, with the lion in a dingy, small cage. But the mouse comes along, notices the lion. once again, I don't know how he got fropm Africa to New york, but it is only a video. Maybe he hitched a ride with the crew who stole his lion friend. Anyway, the mouse throws bubble gum to the lion who places his paw on it, with our direction, then proceeds to unwrap it. He then blows it into a bubble.and the bubbler carries him up over the wall of his cage, to freedom. You might think blowing bubles was an easy endeavour but Chris tried and tried to do so, I got nowhere and finally we had to put the gum around a christmans decoration, Ed went home for. Meanwhile I pulled out my em,ergency stops and begged the sculpture de[partment for anything that was or could be made, a ball for the gum to go around. I netted a peice of styrene foam but did niot even try to make a ball out of it. . The lion and the mouse meet again ad say goddbye! The following week we organised the scenes, putting these in appropriate folders,in Adobe Premier. We had to click at the top of the screen on folder, then click on the first frame, then the last frame of a scene,, dragging each with the mouse, into the folder. which we labelled. I did a great deal of this. The computer program then fills the rest of the frames in a scene, between the first and last frame. I would hate to have to do this, as it would be tedious. The following week again, we edited it. To describe this process, I will use wiords.In the screen on the right is a little box for each scene to go into.There is a thin, red line, a time line, that goes across the sceen, hiorizontally. Above this are the boxes to use to decide which sounds to use for the video. And along, down the screen, a bit to the right are the boxes about choosing the frames and the timing of each, in the timeline, and in how the video sounds what, and when, therefore making it all work together as it should. The credits were easy to add on to the end, using text. I was credited as Meeenkats. Josh. Please note that there is my 2013 attempt at the course posted, last year. Another Lyn animation and a Meme titled No Meat DAy. There might also be a meme with Vincent Van Gough there. Please donm't confuse these with my class work with you. I have to give some relevant examples of digital media that relate to the course. I will give one of the first project and the second project. These will be two I will do myself, for my future work in digital media. Example One. I want to go from the name of Lyn to the meaning, being Lion. I want a lion to be the web mopther of a site that recruit children to improve our community.The animation will have four layers. Each will be hidden after it appears, so the next layer will be on it's own, then the same re the next one and so on. Each layer will be a character, being a young lion or lioness, teen lions, and each will bwelong to the web site members of it, and be wearing tee shirts with athe logo.'Changing the world together.' I have a brilliant name but won't publish it until I have explored copywrite law and sort out what needs to be done, to protect it so it's mine. The website will be about amaking a better world, and cchildren are great canditates for the task. Each opf the four will have their name in text, andd some good things ascribed to their name. I will use coloured text, that varies, for interest. Colour atrracts attention, and engages the viewer, as long as it is well thought out, and not something like purple dots on red....... Stuart, Casey,Chris and Kim will be the names I wil use. I will draw my own lions, rather than use clip art. Photos of lions will not be as interwsting as the clip art type, like the one I used, which has a personality but is not arepresentation of blandness of weakness. In each layer the character will be placed in the design so it appears to be comming forward, presenting itself to the viewer, to the world. Project Two will be an animation like the lion and the mouse one. The story will be of the four driving a jeep in the jungle. I want them to be like people,so we can identify with them easilly.The jeep will have the site logo on it. As they drive along, they come across an old lion, starving because he has been evicted from his pride. The four comfort him, and three, leaving Stuart with the old lion, drive along, until they find the left overs of a kill. They take some back to the old lion and feed him. After this they erect a shelter for him and promise to come each day to feed him. I want the scenery, the props and the old lion to be as real looking as can be. It is the four teen lions, the stars, whop will be wearing tee shirts and acting, looking like characters that young people might identify. I thing that if the old lion is too much not like a real one, then this might take from thje impact of the story.Abandoned animals, and people tooo, are a really serious social issue for us all..

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why I choose top use lions in my work.

I creatively write well even at uni level but always feel like I have been kept in after school when I do it. Creative nonfiction can change the world though and I’m exited that even brightly coloured, and or textured ….. text can be used in a visual piece of art. It is the artist’s statement and what is written about the art is what is written about the art piece that makes the visual special. Also I’m excited doing the writing leading up to the visual art and that written on it, while doing it and after it. and after it. Writing is no longer a chore for me. Mark Kmba at unisa, photography agrees with me re the artist statement. I thoroughly enjoyed doing my first project, my name animation. I have a great deal of information to put into text, but even though I have done creative writing successfully, at university level, I always feel like I’m being kept in after school. Visual art on the other hand, thoroughly excites me, and I’m thrilled with how I can use and choose coloured text. Incorporating colour, visuals and text together, makes me want to write about a subject, important for our society, creatively, even if non fiction, is to me, exiting, in that I have to research the topic, write up about it and how I then turn it into visual art, in some cases also, incorporated with text, then do an artist statement, which turns even ordinary art into something unique, and special, then connecting the visual with the write up of important information, that I can market on the web or through print media outlets like the advertiser. I want to initiate communication and support networks everywhere, so the homeless, lonely, ill and all other types of needy people, can find out that which is important and connect with those who can support, advocate for them and in some case even feed, medicate and rehydrate them. Transport to somewhere can make all of the difference in many cases. For example, when there is a medical crisis in a family, the service of a car ride, free or cheap meal and advocacy can make all of the difference. For example, Vitamin D deficiency can cause psychosis. In main hospitals ,medical causes are not explored so a life time of inappropriate drugs for the patient are the result that also cause serious illness. A hot meal, a car ride and advocacy help can make all of the difference of volunteers. Police checks are under a hundred dollars and prevent abuses of volunteers to a large degree., because those who do it are reliable. Volunteers can feed, advocate …... The centre media that reaches the community will cause many to come and help or be helped and build up networks that will alter their own life and that of others Also the pattern can be copied, marketed, to the city Oz and the world Of the many options of what Lyn means, I chose lion, being the welsh meaning. Lion symbolises greatness, courage and many other good things. I only need to embrace life, do and fight for what I should, for my sake and that of others. ‘Be resolute,’ ‘Choose your fights’ and ‘Play hard,’ (embrace life) are my translation of Lion. ‘Lions For Life’ is a name I will copy write for my voluntary and paid work life. And it must be done properly. I can’t just put a c in a circle as this will not protect it. Also a lion, the one I used in my project, if I obtain permission to do or one I draw or photograph …… will be like a mascot, a fun and even funny character which connects many, encourages them too, that life is not all gloom. My research at another time helpeof d me realise that in some cases the use of a meme, which is that which becomes known by us all, to be and mean what, for example, the thumbs up symbol, can annoy someone who has serious needs. For example, as one hospital website noted, a person needing help NOW! To deal with how to change a grubby bandage, is not going to want to take a second to chuckle over a cute little lion. It all depends on how and why I use my lion. I like to be a lion. Lyn also means waterfall but I felt too soggy and linden tree but I felt too green and flexible shield but I felt too battered. None of these encourage me but lion does. I must make the text in my video much better and choose a lion which is iconic of goodness and courage, not one that is into killing or way to cute to be taken seriously, but one that is good to view. Finally, how might the text, the boldness, colour, texture, …… in fact all of the design elements of the animation also how fast, slow it goes and music used with it, make all of the difference.

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First year Media assignment - stop motion animation of Aesops Fable of the Lion and the Mouse- edited in Adobe Premier Pro, by @christinajode, @meeenkats and @e3h

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Lyn or Lin, means Lion in welsh. I have never likied my name, Lynette so I decided to make it interesting for me. I think a lion is a great reminder of how to approach life, embracing it, but not buying into that which wastes time.I chose the colours only because I like them and I think they are varied enough so as to add interest.I chose the little lion, from Lion clip art and I think hes cute enough but not too fluffy so as to be boring. Lyn is in each of the half second frames because Lyb uis what the animation is about.

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what I learned in class

I already had an idea about the use of digital media in forming communication and support networks and bases to achieve social improvement but now I see how to use it for this. I learned about how to do animations including a thirty second one required sixty frames. I leared how to access art and data from the internet to make work like an animation. how to use layers, even after web reseasrch I didnt know what a Meme was, unitl someone explained to me that it was a social connector. Something cultural, but even after furhter web research I havd found out that MEMEs can be missued an example of this was a hospital director wrote an article explaining that hospital patients who needed after discharge care might be irrated or patronised by funny or clever cartoons in the form of MEMEs. The other thing is that my LYN animation is a lively character on its own and whould hopefuly entice someone to view my work.

I am really happen about the use potential use of the text tool.  Becauce I can find or make photos or other art and some cases combine these with text to make a statement. For example No meat day project.

What did I learn technology not too much I still rememver some of the words such as RAM random access memory. WOuld it be cheating to see some of the things that I wrote down.

Would I learnt also was the respect and understanding of cultural elements including not to offend anyone either culturally or otherwise. But not too the degree of being insipid - wishy washy.  

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Lin is a variation of my name Lyn and means lion in welsh. A lion is a good example of the focus i'll need to use sdigital media social justice because a lion keeps to that which is important or it does not survive, and is focussed to get on with the job of being a lion. The variation to Lin is so the dot of the i can be used creatively in some cases to represent or at least suggest an o.

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This is about Vincent Van Gogh, a depressed personality, but very intelligent, seeking first of all, what to ask, continuing to consider the question, but due to the bi-polar, I think he had, the question falls on it's head, into oblivion.This is based on my experience with dealing wih bi-polar, and my understanding of the artists life story/ behaviour.

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