MY OIP.

I think I'll do a website with some presentaitional tools about me. Likely sound/video and pictures for sure. My identity will be my skills on computers, mainly post production stuff such as video editing, compositing, and digital effects. I would like to include my skills of general computer repair skills and troubleshooting. My argument will be me wanting people to hire me. The website will be actually posted online at www.anthonyvarin.com. Right now, the site is used for my short film, but I can make it both work.

My ID.

Identity. So what schizophrenic personality of mine should I use for this idenity project? I could talk about how I love films or makes films or love video games and how they suck my life in. I could talk about my love for music and my wish for knowing how to play one. I am leaning towards my skills with computers. My nerd techy side of me, but is that something I want to show off? I am really good at post production which is on computers. I could narrow into post production.

I'll likely show videos/flash videos. Blogs and pictures. I may use music too, but I'll be very selective and make sure it's really low and soft.

If I go techy, I'll talk about my father and work. If I go with the post production, I'll likely talk about past projects.

Digital Creator. Creation v. Creative?

After reading the reading (ha), I think a creator is a digital native or settler (settler's being the older generation that is very active in Web 2.0 and user generated content). The topic of being an artistic creator on websites like Youtube and Facebook is certainly up in the air. They certainly create stuff, but is it creative? Stuff on Facebook or Twitter aren't necesarrily creative or artwork, but I have seen some artwork on these stuff.

I could create all day long (now if only I would create these blogs on time)... But it's really just data, 1's and 0's, that I'm creating. Then again, a painting done in Photoshop is the same thing. It's incredible when you think about it. Any digitized artwork can be translated to code.

Now go to sites like DeviantArt and nearly all the work on there would be considered creative and not just online creation. But underneath, you can comment and that's really just creation.

Also want to mention that since Twitter allows only 140 characters, people do really have to be creative to sometimes get their message across.

Update on my Podcast!!!

Oops...forgot to update on time...

Okay, so I'll tell you where I was Monday, then tell you what happened last night.

I decided over Spring Break that I cannot get others to help with voices because I was in Alamogordo and my parents or sister weren't going to help (but I didn't ask). So my original idea was going to be hard because I'm not great at voices. So I've been into survival in the wild and watching shows like that lately. I think it's a message from someone. My magazines I subscribed to recently all sent me survival issues (which is weird considering they're Popular Mechanics and Popular Science, and Outdoor Living which is understandable). I've also been watching Lost and Survivorman. So my new idea is a man that survives a plane crash and must survive in a jungle until help arrives.

I had almost all my sounds (on Monday) but visited CMI after the break to get more sounds from SoundMiner. I didn't have any of my voice recordings (but did those soon after). I laid out the first minute which includes the plane burning and some explosions. (It didn't change much in the final).

Now, last night was hell.

I had almost it all entirely laid out and added in my voice recordings that I had recorded. I decided to get rid of one simple sound so I had to shift everything over (a pain in Garageband). Then while working on my sound levels, I noticed ALL of my voice recordings after the shift point lost the last word and so all just suddenly stopped mid-sentence. And I couldn't undo or go back to a save. I nearly through my computer.

So I sat there for hours trying to figure out how to fix it without rerecording EVERYTHING. Finally, I tried to figure out what else opens a Garageband file and found out Apple's more professional program Logic Pro opens it. So, I have Logic Pro thankfully, and opened it. This more powerful program allowed me to drag the ends of every recording to re-include the last word. Thank you!!! So it was fixed. But I was up late.

I think it turned out great.

Update on my Podcast!

So, I'm going to do a movie that's in production. It's likely going to be in the view of the director on set. I was pondering of doing it in the view of a lowly crew member and seeing the actors and directors fight or something. I have lots of sounds. After "Action" and before "Cut" I'm going to have lots of fun because I can make it sound like a movie. For the genre, I want action packed so I was thinking Sci-Fi Western or something.

My Blog Idea...

I hope to do a podcast about filmmaking and the process of it. As much as I am still inexperienced, I would like to share my experiences and knowledge I have learned. I have read countless magazines and stories from the internet. I have listened to film and writing podcasts as well. Maybe I may go a bit more technical instead, because that's what I really know. Maybe lean away from film and talk about computers and troubleshooting. Or I may talk about how it is working at the ICT Help Desk, because it's unlike any other class.


I'm still narrowing it down, but I'm pretty sure I know what I want to do.

Using Sound to tell a story...

After reading most of the article "Sound Matters" by Heidi McKee, I realized how much sound does exist in our everyday world. Just closing my eyes, I hear conversations and buzzing and computers being turned on. Now, being a filmmaker, and particularly interested in sound design, I know it's important. Very important.


So, what can you do with a story told by sound compared to a traditional text story? Now let's assume sound includes voice as well as sound effects and music. For one, during a story, your mind doesn't have to create the sounds because they're there for you already. For some, especially avid readers, this could be distracting. Also, readers must now listen instead of comprehend the text, so maybe their mind does have to work harder. With sound, you can have voice actors performing the story and a narrator if you must (but it's less likely needed).


Hmm...what else could you do? Well, you can transition with sound without words and you can begin and end with sounds that become synonymous with the production.


How does sound limit stories? I think it takes away from people's imagination. When you read, you have to visualize and make up the sounds. When you listen, you only have to visualize, which is still good. Now with TV and Movies, it takes away a lot but it's a different experience.