This week

So for this week for our multimedia blogs, we had to find a process to turn into an audio slide show. I had a little trouble at the beginning trying to decide what in fact I wanted to do for this week. I kept thinking that maybe I could do a day where I cooked food and the whole process that happened during it, or I could a trip to Holloway Commons, where I could show a person hungry before they start, them collecting food, them starting to eat their food, and then finally their empty tray and them replacing it when it was done. However, I then decided that I thought the best process for me to do would be the television stand that we are making for my apartment. We are building something to put our 50" television on top of (basically an entertainment center) and something that we can keep all of our various game platforms and the Comcast box under.
A couple of things made this shooting interesting. First of all, our kitten was all over the place. The expression "curiosity killed the cat" was made for our kitten Geraldine. If anything of any sort is happening and she is not involved, she will come up and immediately see what is going on. She was walking right next to the circular saw when Casey was trying to cut wood, nearly licking the drill, and rolling around in the saw dust as we made the box. It was actually quite funny
I encountered a few problems when doing this. First off, it is very hard to take pictures of something like this. In order to see what my roommates where doing in many of the shots, I felt like I had to be really close to both of them to even get any sort of decent shot. It is very hard to get a shot of my roommate Casey and be able at the same time to see that he is screwing into the wood. The small parts made the shots quite difficult.
I also had a problem when we ran out of screws to continue making the entertainment center. We got the inner box entirely set up, however, we were limited to strictly that. It is hard to keep two pieces of wood together when you run out of screws.
Another problem I encountered was again computer problems. Picasa seems to be very black and white on my computer. Some days I don't have a problem at all uploading pictures onto the website for display on my blog, and other days no matter what I try, I can't seems to get it to work. However, although a few hours late, I finally was able to get the pictures up and in time for use in class tomorrow.
Also, I just wanted to extend a thank you to Don Himsel for coming to our class and talking about various aspects of multimedia. I really liked some of the tips he gave for coming up with better multimedia projects, such as how audio should always be your foundation with video and to always wear headphones when recording that audio. I really thought he gave a great presentation. So thanks a lot Don.