Identities

the whole identities module i found fairly hard as going in to the first presentation i did not really have a good idea of what i wanted to do . but after a meeting with jools i decided on what i was going to try and get done.
but mid way through everything i had a family problem at home so lost alot of time with the things i was doing.
everything eventually was sorted and i went in to pleanty of meetings with simon which were very helpful and steered me back on track to eventually get something done.
i then needed a good evaluation to pass the module.

Ciggys

the planned interactive narrative did seem like a good idea taking pictures of tab ends and documenting them down to which areas of nottingham smoke what and if there is a difference .
this did not get finished.
but i believe would have worked really well if completed

site specific performance

was weird i didn't really get what we were suppose to do ?
and i put myself in quite a bad group and all we ended up getting done was the research.
which was a shame really as we had a couple of really good ideas.
E.g nintendo advert(japenese) using people dressed in black to move things round on the set .

3ds max

this was realy good i really really enjoyed this as i have never done it before it was totally new but i thought it was brilliant.
the whole aspect of designing something then making it move was great. this could be incorparated into lots of audiovisual stuff and could benifit me really well.

audio in flash

learning to use audio in flash was good fun
i thought everything was talked through pretty well.
i found it hard though (and found myself thinking when am i going to get to film something?)
flash just is not my cup of tea really

structure in film

All films need a well balanced structure ...
-Character
-time
-logical flow
-suprise

e.g


Everthything normal------>something happens------>quest begins------>quest ends

Conflict

learning about the different conflicts in film was good at the beginning of the year as i know i want to continue in the film route.
e.g of different conflicts
-Man vs Man
-Man vs nature(twister)
-Man vs himself(fight club)

Branding wasn't too bad bit boring but probably key in how lots of things are designed.
e.g Mcdonalds logo and Nike swoosh are all subject to different types of branding theme.
and in the end that determins what they are used for.

AudioVisual Science

the audiovisual science lecture was very interesting
learning about how the ear works.
e.g the ear is a defence system and the eye is a survival system.
and the sorts of pain thresholds we have for sound