My first time as Director of Newswatch

This was my first time directing Newswatch. It was also our seniors' last newscast

Remix Your Own Music Video

This project was created using Final Cut Pro X. I used a 4 hour fight from the anime "Dragon Ball Z". I created an actual storyline within the music video through dialogue and well-timed shots. 

Expression Yourself

While working on this project Colin and I attempted to show every emotion we possibly could using this basic character design. I believe that we did a satisfactory job as far as having a variety of expressions for our green friend! I think the nervous and lonely expressions were the most difficult to create. 

Movie Trailor Genre Mash

I created this Mashup trailer with fellow MDIA 1020 students Brandi Fielek & Lily Aey

The original trailer can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tgJqnVMAtc

Ohio University 48 Hour Shootout First Place Freshman/Sophomore category

This was the first time I worked on a well structured production team. We set out with our eyes on the prize, and filmed from 7A.M. until midnight on the second day of the 48 Hour Shootout. Our handwork paid off, we were selected as the winner of our category. I personally worked as an Assistant Camera, and Assistant Editor on this short film.

Cover a Music Video

Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe

Covered by Brett Maszczak and Colin Porter

This video was extremely fun to make! Over 20 hours of total work including shooting, and editing. Colin and I are proud to call Athens our Home… sweet home.

Athens Farmers Market Micro Doc

Athens Farmers Market Micro Doc

I am the only MDIA 1020 student who worked on this video. I had two guests help me with the voiceovers, and one other guest appeared in the video. I filmed, scripted, and edited the entire video.

Joke Video

Original Storyboard by Tyler Putnam

Storyboard can be found at this link

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q8hsek

Video Adaptation by Brett Maszczak and Carly Maurer

The Greedy Lawyer

This creative project went fairly smoothly except for a few minor mishaps. I started by looking through all of the different storyboards. Most of them required many different actors, and I knew I would not be able to accurately represent them. I was pleased when I finally found "The Greedy Lawyer". One of the most difficult shots for me was creating a wheelchair. I used a normal chair and my bike, with some clever cropping it sort of appears to be accurate. The most difficult part of this project was correctly reading the lines, I believe there are a couple instances where I say a word that was not in the original script. There were no errors that had an impact on the overall story though. While shooting I did not notice that the "United Way" logo displayed on my laptop was minimized for the second half of the United Way employee's lines. Also, I did not notice that the employee's tie was showing underneath the collar. I worked with one other MDIA 1020 student Carly Maurer. She did well for what I asked of her, but the other actors I had to use for one of the scenes were not as enthusiastic as I would have liked. At one point I thought I would need to do all of the roles in this video by myself so I am grateful for being able to find people to help me.  For the most part I am happy with the outcome of the video.

The Sounds of Wal-E

MDIA 1020

Colin Porter, Brett Maszczak, Joe Cox, and Mark Phillips

Sounds located here:

http://youtu.be/07DLxIRoPTI

Summary of sounds:

Boom by: Colin Porter

The sound is of me hitting the inside of a dumpster. It is suppose to be a door shutting on an Alien spacecraft.

The Hive by: Colin Porter

The object that created this sound is a fan on the out side of a building. Aliens flying back to their home base.

Alien Weapon Firing by: Colin Porter

The object that I used was stepping on a broken glass bottle. The point of this sound was supposed to be an Alien firing a gun.

Alien Fleet by: Brett Maszczak

I created this sound by standing near Court Street with a shotgun microphone. Cars passed by while I was doing this. I edited the sound with Audacity. The sound is supposed to be a fleet of alien ships flying by.

Alien Larvae Hatching by: Brett Maszczak

This sound was made with a shotgun microphone. I found a stream of water falling onto a plastic bottle in an alley. I edited the sound with audacity. The sound is aliens hatching from their eggs in massive quantities.

Small Saucer Hovering by: Brett Maszczak

This sound was created from water running into a street grate. I added a lot of effects in audacity. The sound is supposed to be a small alien ship hovering over the ground.

Pressure Release by: Joe Cox

This sound was made with a pre-shaken two-liter bottle of Coke, recorded with a Tascam and edited in Ableton Live 9 with several effects added. The sound effect is supposed to represent either an automatic door opening, or pressure releasing from an airlock.

Space Thruster by: Joe Cox

This sound was also made with a two-liter bottle of Coke, it was also recorded with a Tascam and edited in Ableton Live 9 – using Izotope for mastering. The sound effect is supposed to represent a spaceship’s thrusters.

Walking in an Empty Hallway by: Joe Cox

Walking in an Empty Hallway was made by smacking half of an orange on cutting board - the sound effect is supposed to be an alien walking through an empty hallway.

Asteroid Scan by: Mark Phillips
The first sound effect was made by pushing in a Dr. Pepper pop can and then popping it back out.  After I made that first initial noise, I went into Garage Band and limited it to a G minor key, which distorted the sound a lot.  I then used an effect called Overdrive where I darkened the tone and bumped up the overdrive.  I then repeated the sound a few times giving it the rhythm.  I like to think of this as the sound a sonar on a spaceship would make.  Scanning the nearby vastness of space for enemy ships or asteroids.

Teleporter by: Mark Phillips

For my second sound effect, I hit a Doctor Pepper can partly filled with water.  It made this really cool sound and you could hear the water moving.  I too that, then went into Garage Band where I limited it to B minor, brought the pitch down to -12, added a Phaser effect.  In the Phaser effect I pushed the intensity and feedback as far up as it would go.  I think this effect would be used as a sound of a teleporter teleporting somebody from a spaceship to a nearby planet. 

Fluids by: Mark Phillips

For the third effect, I recorded myself making a water drop sound with my mouth and then took that in Garage Band and added overdrive, speech enhancer and flanger.  I then took the sound that was created from this and repeated it several times to achieve the effect.  I think this could be used as a sound that some fluid makes when it hits the ground.   

Create Your Own Games: Media Arts Advanced

This is the first time I have ever attempted to create my own video games, and I had a lot of fun doing it. First I downloaded "Stencyl" a free software that has been used by many reputable app designers. Next, I looked through some of their sample games to decide what type of game I wanted to make. After thinking about it for awhile I decided on a "Space Invaders" and "Brick Breaker" format for my games. The unique twist I put on these two classic concepts is the Ohio University theme. I went through a very tedious process while creating  OU Invasion. I used an online picture editor to make transparent backgrounds for various MAC team logos, and inserted them as the enemy. The setting of the game is Peden stadium, and the other MAC teams are attacking from the sky. Luckily, Rufus is at the bottom of the screen defending OUr loyal fans. Rufus shoots paws at the invaders and every time a shot is fired "OH YOU!!!" can be heard. Sometimes when an enemy is destroyed the response "OH YEAH!!!" occurs. Overall this is the better of the two games I created. The other game is just the stereotypical brick game layout except the bricks that need to be broken are shaped "OU OH YEAH" and the paddle becomes smaller every time one of the side walls is touched. I have actually never won yet, it is very difficult. I really enjoyed making both of these games and hope you all will too!

OU Invasion
http://www.fastswf.com/w4Ztfw8

OU Breaker
http://www.fastswf.com/90qQ-Vg

Mini Sagas by Brett Maszczak

Instructions
Write two fifty-word mini-sagas. The origins of the saga comes from Icelandic prose dating back to the 12th century when locals would recount their warrior battles. Today, a saga is referred to as a modern heroic narrative. Your mini-saga should have 50 words. No more, no less. The stories must have a beginning, middle and end. They must be interesting, and they may not be autobiographical. Engage the reader.

Play Ball by Brett Maszczak
Jeffery, a young boy, wanted to play baseball. All day long he would practice outside in the blazing summer sun. Swinging his bat, and chasing down the balls after hitting them a great distance. Jeff's mom signed him up for little league in the Spring and the rest is history.

The Revolution by Brett Maszczak
With Winter approaching and supplies running low the rebel troops' morale was down. If they could not survive the extreme conditions all of their bloodshed would be in vain. Some soldiers resorted to eating the leather on their boots, however the attitude completely changed in camp when General Washington arrived.

Media Arts Basic: Photo Doc

I created this slideshow of myself and my friends going through grade school. The video ends with my 8th grade graduation picture. I used a song written by Green Day entitled Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)