My friend Julie asked for help with this project. She had the idea with her colleague. She sent me the story idea, subjects, photos, and music. I got to assemble. Interesting just to try to do the tech part. Very effective project. Loved the black&white to color, and yay Ken Burns!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Almost.....there.....maybe....
OK, I've got all the parts for the first alphabet story--kid drawings, photos, singing, and an interactive report that they recorded. Yup, "B is For Baseball" is going to be great...just as soon as I assemble it.
Haven't been totally slacking--made some short pieces for other things/reasons, and just finished a poetry movie for a colleague for Open House, and managed to do some tricky special-effects and titles, in the nick of time (but had trouble "cooking" the movie). I did get pretty facile at timing and more. i also managed to make a super-quick slide show for my own class at Open House--not the slick ABC project I'd envisioned, but appreciated by the families anyway.
So, this tech stuff is great, if you have/make the time to mess around, figure it out and get the hang of it. Also helpful if you have a mentor before you noodle around.
And yet, the biggie, even before time, is having the tech tools you need. It's no good to want to do something particular and learn it if you don't have access to it on a frequent basis. I have to borrow home stuff for school all the time, and the school stuff is so ancient it can't function with anything modern. I'm constantly switching between computers, and it can really be a pain.
Anyway, I just need a few hours without anything more pressing, and I'll have the B movie up (B movie, definitely--not A list yet, but almost......there........maybe.........).
P.S. February---was that the meeting at Fiesta?
March--wasn't that the Spring conference ? (which was really worthwhile--you should have been there).
Am I caught up on posts?
Haven't been totally slacking--made some short pieces for other things/reasons, and just finished a poetry movie for a colleague for Open House, and managed to do some tricky special-effects and titles, in the nick of time (but had trouble "cooking" the movie). I did get pretty facile at timing and more. i also managed to make a super-quick slide show for my own class at Open House--not the slick ABC project I'd envisioned, but appreciated by the families anyway.
So, this tech stuff is great, if you have/make the time to mess around, figure it out and get the hang of it. Also helpful if you have a mentor before you noodle around.
And yet, the biggie, even before time, is having the tech tools you need. It's no good to want to do something particular and learn it if you don't have access to it on a frequent basis. I have to borrow home stuff for school all the time, and the school stuff is so ancient it can't function with anything modern. I'm constantly switching between computers, and it can really be a pain.
Anyway, I just need a few hours without anything more pressing, and I'll have the B movie up (B movie, definitely--not A list yet, but almost......there........maybe.........).
P.S. February---was that the meeting at Fiesta?
March--wasn't that the Spring conference ? (which was really worthwhile--you should have been there).
Am I caught up on posts?
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