Editing

                      

                                  Marissa class ,advert editing, Adobe Premiere 15

We tried to finish our Skeleton video advert editing which was left from last week.

After that we learnt how to work by adobe premium program options .

There are  four main option on the first page

Project monitor 

This is monitor which we can see all the project  which already has been shot.

It is our store to refer the project the program.

This monitor  located in the left in the button  .

Source monitor

This monitor  shows all of the video which we select from the project monitor .

Time line window

This is window which we are going to edit our video .There are two arrow which one of them moves the video to the forward and other one  move it back.

Also  play head is a blue line option which do same thing in the time line.

Program window

This window is a visual representation what videos you're editing.

Today we did skeleton videos edit without the music and anything.
Still edit not effect until the half lesson.



We also learnt how to make a shot faster and slower .
you click on the shot you might then go to the speed duration.

Another option

Effect and video transition = Deep to black = Deep to white

X5 Resarch images

                Evaluation guides  my freak and unique advert ,mark kepton

. Interdiction to your assignment explain  what you were  asked to do ?

We where  asked to make  a print paper advert for the magazine to make picture with this session .

 

What were you inspired ? refer to your  5 research images  from the internet ?

I was inspired  from the product which I experienced to using  it myself. So  I researched for the product in the internet  and I found many related  pictures to it. There were many another kind of brands which they  do same thing  that It  could  make me  more clear  to  making the first idea  and to be aware which if you want   to  attract   your  audience   to your product  you should  represent a freak and unique advert.  

















I was inspired  from the product which I experienced to using  it myself. So  I researched for the product in the internet  and I found many related  pictures to it. There were many another kind of brands with same doing things  that It  could  make me  more clear  to  how  making the advertise and to be aware which if you want   to  attract   your  audience   to your product  you should  represent a freak and unique advert.                                                  

What were your idea? refer to your proposal-outline what it was you intended to do ( what was your product ) ? who was aimed at ?

 idea was a realy freak and unique  a product which its audience is yang ladies .

My

Was it aimed at?  

Yes. I could  different kind of the product which two types of audience,s  ages can be using it .

  

  

Photography .What did you  have to take into account , ie , lighting ,depth  of field, ISO. background
Camera setting etc.

. ISO 

The very basic terms ISO is level of sensitivity of the camera.

what photo shop editing  process did you use ?

We used different tools such as how to cutting the pictures, pen tool to

 

 

what would you do differently next time and what did you learn from this assignment ?

In next assignment I would like to prepare a professional advert to attract more audiences  easy to my product .I would like to use modern mahout in Photoshop to make  variety of very high quality adverts.
I would like to make advert for different appeals to give more products options to audience to for chose show my product as a special .
and different class of people  

In your opinion, does final images meet the assignment brief and your original proposal ?  

Yes I think I could Achieve to almost a high present  of the original proposal which we have been looking for it. I  am satisfied by my work out, images ,to adverting to audience but in  my opening  it still wold be  better if  we had some more  timing in class for Photoshop lesson because I think Photoshop is as a kind of  practical lesson and if you involved in it , you will be face to variety of tools and facility for picture editing which always challenge you to make a new professional  idea , special for making advert.

How will you present your images ? Analyses the pros and conns ?

We are going to present images as advert which we have made by Photoshop.

 

                        Evaluation guide freak and unique 

. What were you asked to produce ?

We were asked to produce a print advert and also a short video 15 to 30 seconds advert.

. What area did you gain skill in  ?

I think  I have learnt many skills in many thing now . First of all I found out  how to create a new thing . I  could experience  views about  how to  record  the life and the environment  I have been interested around the this  subject since  my childhood .
The course  has four parts ;

                                      Photography  . Photoshop  ,video production

Photography 

I was very interested  about different part of the camera options and I loved to learn each single part of it.
I could learn  how to  work with the a DSLR camera .
I understood   how a DSLR camera works.

DSLR =  Digital Single Lens Reflex

DSLR stands for “Digital Single Lens Reflex”.

ISO  --- APERTURE  --- SHUTTER SPEED 

Three important parts of camera

ISO

Inter national standard organisation

In the photography lessons I could understand how to work  by ISO,t about the pictures sensivity and light.

The "normal" range of ISO is about 100  to 1600
The lowest number in ISO is for the lightest situation for example for they light
The highers numbers which ISO has on the screen are for darker situation ,It means how many the light is  lower in the space the sensors manages the darkness and by giving the propitiate birthness    to the picture make a real visible view.
I learnt the ISO is a part of camera that manages the coming noise  from darkness into the  camera .
 Its huge  sensors system  control the light and noises by its sensitivity  that a picture needs in different situation .
The ISO usually start from  100 or 200 which these low ISO are most often used for in the bright situation. Basically when the camera is with the lower  ISOs number,  more lights required.

ISO like 800 to higher  should be using at the  darker situation like night or indoors places.
Also ISO has connection with the shutter speed for example if you
  want  to change the ISO to higher sensitivity you should change the shutter speed to higher as well.
In side of the camera the ISO  are millions of sensors which when are receive  the lights, rigolar them to the right visible for us.

Aperture 

 controlling depth of field ( DOF ) in different cameras;

AS we can see in the  picture  when the lens become bigger aperture number become lower .

( Cannon = 'AV'  ,   Nikon = 'A'   ,  Fuji = 'A'  ,  Pentax = 'Av' )

I would like to say although   there some question in my mind  about this part of camera but I have learnt many thing .I am very delighted to it.
In during the  photography lessons for me This was a session  which  I could  see at least what is meaning of  Photography world.
I think Aperture is very specific part of the camera which by its different  lens focus  options
( F 1,4 - F 2- 2,8 - F 4 - 5,6 - F 8 - F 11- F 16 - F 22- F 32 ....) give ability and opportunity  to us to select a particular area in the picture that we want.
For  example in Shallow depth of field we use aperture  F 4 or F 5,6 the  focusing is on front of picture  and the  background is completely blurry .
For mid  depth of field we use a little higher aperture F/ 9 or  F 10 or  a little higher  we access to focusing to  mid part of the picture that is what we would wanted between the whole view in the lens.
In my experience this kind of picture is very exiting to taking because the aperture gives you choice to  feature an area in scene which however it is hidden in back of other objects but you can highlight by focusing .For taking a death and field picture we use aperture F 22 to  32 to higher which it focus on the all side of picture.

And also for deep of field it start from F/11 to F/22 which aperture  give us the focusing to all the picture. AS we can see in the below picture  when the lens become bigger aperture number become lower .

  

Kind of shallow depth of field  picture which we have already  learnt in the class .We have been told what aperture it needs to shot a picture like this. How we see the first flower in the front is completely clear to watch but second one became as a blurry background .

  

Kind of mid depth of field 

                                                    So this is kind of depth and field picture.

The other part of photography which  I have learnt are about different shots by DLSR camera.

                                                  landscape picture , rules of third photography






                                                      symmetry picture






                                            leading line photography

 
                       View point  photography usually come from up of the picture.

 

     This kind framing  shot .In this picture  background and person are in one clear farm as a classic          picture

Shutter speed

The Shutter speed  is part of camera that works with its other parts the ISO and Aperture .
Shutter speed control the duration of motion blur in the picture. For example :
When we are taking a picture from a moving abject like a car with high speed or a bird in the sky,
If we don't use appropriate or a higher shutter speed the background or object in situation like this will be blurry and the picture is not going to be  clear as we want. The speed will effect on the shots  naturally.
 So shutter speed give a chance  for controlling the blurs and lights which are coming into the camera into the camera and also to record an happen .
Basically the  curtain which exist on the back of the lens, by one blinks shot and record a sense  in very short time and then  send it to camera .The shutter speed has different options for different situation. For using the shutter speed on camera we turn  button to ....

                               The high shutter speed has controlled the blurs on the car

                          

 

                     Close up   mid shot   wide shot 

                                I learnt this three part of pictures  in other way




 I am skilled in Working with the tripod and take pictures in situations which the camera needs a balance

   .We worked in  lighting  the camera .Now I know how to work the camera
                                     inside using  halogens lighting.

Video production

I became more interested about the filming few years ago when I thought that now I have some knowledge  about  the community which I am living in  . I always was following those  kind of films in the cinema which were made to show the community problems  that exist in the communities but people have forgotten .
My main reason for attending  this course was to learn to academically to be as a person that at least can show the things that  people  are not seeing . So since the course has started it has been very delightful for me, each of  its days.
Although  it is first steps of my education for  movie production , I think I have started a very great and huge project in my life and learnt many things about this subject.  We learnt some fundamental methods which are the is base of this subject .

.what did you research ?

We researched about existing adverts from YouTube and websites and we recognised  different kinds of things  like sound, tempo,diegtic, non-digetic, in the videos. We also researched in YouTube  in Marissas class for different adverts. We learnt about  advert feature ,titles , kinds of adverts and advert audiences.
We did research by visiting  the gallery which it was same as primary research .
We this researasrch  put in the blog .
We Researched   about  our advert video using clown advert.
We did secondary research about pictures and subjects and  I was inspired from it to make an idea for making the advertisement.
We also did a lot of researches in photography class about the kinds of pictures .

.Video advert overview:planning ,pre production , filming , editing , team work ?

Planning   

In our group we made plan about a freak and unique advert. We tried to create an idea to be very fresh and attractive for the our audience.
Our idea the product was about coffee intensity , clown mask.
We drew round a spider digram about our plan as to how make a freak and unique advert; Our audience was adults.

pre production

Intensity coffee      product advert 

For preparing before the shooting day we did some  researches   about the different selling adverts.
We had few lessons about  selling adverts with tutors  Marissa and Fayee.
In the first lesson  in video production class we worked round the diagrams  line  to make a plan for this project.
We wrote about all  the sources we are going to use, the location, people are involving in project:
Coffee intensity advert
Producer
Director
One actors
Permission for filming place
locating- two location-in the college
lighting
Filming-recording
Background  sound -noise
Diegetic sound and noun diegetic sound
Permission for place
Action plans
Shots-wide shot ,mid shot, panning shot
Props a kettle bottle of coffee-a mug-a mask-
Editing the product advert after the recording film

After the planning we divided  the duties top each person in our group and we wrote on the sheet all of the equipments  which the project needed  .We also mentioned our  roles in the this project.
Director Estavon
producer Mahmopud kamali
Actors Leiam and Estaven
We were alowoed to make a 15 to 30 second video advert.So the plan had to consider the time limitation.
We had to made a short but a freak and unique advert video.
For the start we choose the location's which we were going to taking the shots.
There were tow locations that we decided to record the shots in  it.Our main location was staff room because we thought it is right  place for this kind of  advert  . We thought accord to  product advert  purpose  which it was attracting  people to  buy  a freak and unique product, staff room background and its inside space could be more familiar for audience to representing the product.

We  spoke about the project  in the class by tutor. We  discussed  about main reason to making an product advert  .
.About how we can get a location permission .
.What responsibility the student have about the equipments and props
comrecorder ,microfrn  , tripod...
responsibility about the places which is our  locations,About what is our responsibility if we record the people photag   without their promotion.
Respecting to each other in during the filming in the group  was one of other points,
For getting the location  premition Miss Marisa tutorial gave us the place permission,

The tauter spoke with  us  about our first planning for making  ahead short filming . She said how it can be a  helpful experience for next projects.
After we have drown our ideas and its details to creating a freak and unique advert on the round the diagram,  we received  two sheets form more which those titles were locations sheet and call sheet.
These two form in each one had many question on it on the column line . Basically the forms  were about how to following rules in during a  process for making short film.
It was kind of a basic film making statute which  showed the students commitment  to making a short film ;
To the people involving in the project.
To the using property or location.
To the props or equipment which are from college.

I have written underneath  parts of  questions that were related to our projects and me with my group  completed in the planning lesson .
 

.Location sheet

Permission needed granted  = Marissa is going to  give permission
Measure to ensure security of  personal property and  equipment = looking after the camera in person for whenever is using
Background noise ,traffic ,wind,et = non the background noise

.Call sheet

Produce title = intensity coffee advert
Director = Esteven  allen
producer = Mahmoud Kamali
Shoot date =  5/10/16
Location = Adams College
Character = clown = Liam
After the all of discussion and planning in the class ,we left the class to visit  the locations.
In my group me and another two members Lieam  and Esstiven Allen carried the camera  by taking in the hand  planning sheets ,we visited the location .
We took some practical shots  in the two locations; corridor and staff room .
I think it was very experimental to doing a practical job like this before the shooting day .
I personally  appreciate  this part of project because  in first step in this project  I could feel a connection between the idea which  we had on the sheets as an imagination  and also what we were going to make as a reality on the scene  .
It also was more an experience  to modifying  our mistakes in the planning.

Location visiting

In the location  we record  few shots for each actions .
We took some pictures from both  locations .
Background, stuffs.
Actors.
Cloth .
We checked the excising lights.
Traing camera white balance .
Using the camera by hand holding and on the tripod.
Traying  do doing some shots; close up, mid shot, wide shot , panning shot, Dutch shot or candent  shot.
Taking the shot from different area  by considering ;
Shots time,
Actor distances to the camera and zooming .
Control of  camera on tripod
Checking the white balance by the camera by using a  white paper
 Zooming by person  and having needed light in the scene .
Also we  practiced each action in the locations  which were already planed .

At the end we brought our job to the class and  by a  sd card hard drive for editing .
We looked at the shots  in the computer to be make Shure which our shots are proper and are ready for editing.
It was last day for recording.
We also took some picture from our product for next week editing in the class .

Filming

For filming it was not too unfamiliar to us because we have already had an examination experience ion the scene for preparation in this project.
We have been learned how to work by camera and how to challenge ourself  by the a freakand unique idea,
So we got ready by our members of our group.
We got enough guiding from the tuter in the filming day like how to work as a time  working, how to use camera ,by its   setting and  also how to keep looking after the commrcorder as our commitment to equipment.
We took the camera and our plan sheet and went the location.

 First location = through the corridor

In the our first locating according to the plan one I was in the back of the camera to shoot the a wide shots.
 Another two members estaven allen  and liam play same as actors in the filming.
Estaven  play as a  main actor.
Story start in the corridor. Estaven suddenly open the  corridor  door and appear as a guy which is very angry by a   clown mask on his head. He  is passing away the people  which are waking through the corridor.
He walk  almost 7 meters and then get near to staff room.
Now another actors Lieam  play a short role same as a person which is getting out from the staff room.
Just before that  Estaven is getting to staffroom ,Lieam accidently face to a very angry guy which is trying to get to staff room.
Estevan as horrible person pass him by  pushing him to the front wall and then he goes to the staff room.
All of actions in this try to say to audience there is person which very angry because he is looking for something to drink, a cup of coffee)

 1-In this shot we used wide shot .Our shooting time was 12 seconds
2-We record twice shots to choose the better one in editing
3-We used camcorder  on the tripod to prevent   from moving noise
4-The lighting normal
5-This shot has been plan to be black and white in the editing

Second location = staff room

We had three shots in the staff room however the plan was suppose to be just three .
The firs shot was point shot or shoulder shot .
In this I have been handing the camcorder. This shot shows action when angery guy get tob the staff  room and he is going to get himself to the intensity coffee which is on the sink beside the kettle.
When he gets in the staff room he walks for few steps and camera is shooting him from his showlder.

1-We didn't use tripod in this action because the actors was moving and it was nicer to use this kind of shot. This shot was more kind of  action shot actually. we  includes hand shaking in the shot for the audience to give a  real feeling about the actions.
The tutor offered this shot . I appreciate that.

2- In this shot we learnt  how to start  an action in professional way  by counting the number from 3 to 1. It is good way to have a connecting between the person in back of the camera and actors.

3-In each shot we record some more second filming  to be more confident  about our shots .
We can do cutting of the extra times in the editing.

4-The shot was used was a panning shot.

Second location- third shots front of sink

In this location we shot an action that the horrible guy get to coffee bottle and immediately open up the bottle let .   He is trying to make a cup of miracle coffee for himself. He is going to show he  in the hurry to drink cup of intensity coffee  to turn to  as a  happy guy.
 We tried to focus on the coffee bottle and cup of coffee in this shot.
Half of actors body is in the shot frame which is showing his acting.

We used tripod just 2 or 3 meters far from the action place in front of the sink.
In this shot we have got a nice frame for background, stuff: kettle. mug, coffee bottle, some dishes which represent  the place. The shot focusing is on the coffee product and audience can easily realise what is advert about.
We try to our advert product be freaky and unique as much as we can.


1-We used tripod to be more established in the situation however we could shot by hand holding.
2-This shot was kind of mid shot or close up .
3.Since first locating we had one actors.
4-We turn camera to  whit balance  many time by getting the paper in front of the camera.
5-We didn't mind to record background noise because we are going to edit the videos.

Second location -forth action-last action

In this action we can see the guy has made a cup of coffee . He  still has  a clown mask on his face by holding the cup of coffee in his hand .  He is showing as an  angry guy yet. He start to drinking the coffee and suddenly he turn to  a happy guy and looks smiley. It sound ,  he is enjoying  with a cup of  coffee,like has refiled by this product  .The whole purpose of this advert we can see in the end of the video,  when a guy turning his grumpy face and become happy by drinking the coffee.

1-We put camera on the tripod  to have whole the frame.
2. The last shot is close up shot looks nice.
3.In this action the  massage to audience is the person who has used the  product  he is realy satisfied by it.
4-For first time and last time in the product video advert we can see guy face by smile.
5-We all the member of group tried to make a freak and unique product (intensity coffee )advert to attract our audience
(  adults ) to by this product.

Editing

Team working

I think team working is one of most important part of project. I worked by two other guy members of group . We shared our idea first and evantualy made a unit idea.We did reaserch about advert,discussed  about it.We did planing close together .We devide duties as for  a director, prducer and actors.
We worked by camera to get some experince for photaging.
We prepared props as much  each of   us as could .
However it was first experience but we had good reaction. We worked together in the shooting day .we tried to by giving the our opinion about the action modify the mistakes,
 We didn't chose to be in one group and it just happen because  we were sitting beside to each other in the classroom. So however we had different idea and opinion about filming we could be in one direction.
We always tried to be following the  the rules in during the filming. Also  were being looking after the equipment and props as a commitment team.

print advert overview; planning ,photography, Photoshop ?

An advert
I create an freak  and unique idea to show my advert . The product is about a  sun protection . The idea come from where I had an experience about using a product.  The audience of this product is going to be young ladies.

In  this idea I have mixed three different objects together to make one  freak and unique product . The objects are ; a sun protection a  piece of chocolate bar and also a piece of pea. 
This product is kind of different thing that represent several option for the audience .
For example ; the chocolate bar gives feeling of the nice and fresh smile to the product and pea frout adds some sensitivity  to the product.
In during the this project I tried to collect more information  about adverts products , I researched from internt . I could see many different brands in websites  and I got inspiration from different  advert brands.
So first of  all  I draw my plan for how to making advert in the sketches book and managed to placed the ;
Title for advert
Text
Info
Slogan
Logo
when made ready my freak and unique idea  and I could see on the paper which what I am going to do I took the  objects to the Photography class.
In during the Photo shop lessons I used different tools and Technics by Photoshop.
For print advert we used magic wand tool,and the other tool which used were pencil
selection tool.
we used the pen tool for cutting of the picture.Also;
.Free form pen tool.
.Add anchor point tool.
.Delete anchor point tool.
.Convert point tool.
I used some more tool for my advert .
I used text tool for typing the slogan and title.we used elaser  tool, background elaser tool .We used move tool to moving the texts.

What did you like your self ?

What I am satisfied  about myself firstly  ;
 I could  to be as person which can have realising and understanding  the main reason to attendance  to this part of course to be  doing as a media student .
Secondly ;
My ability and imagination  to make a good connection between what I have in my mind and what I am going to  get inspiration from a  professional adverts and other ideas.
I  am exited to compose different ideas  and I like to be more use to diversity of ideas ,I think this a good point  for  myself and I can be more succeed in it .
I could understand why we are going to make graphic pictures for example an selling product advert or a  ghostly face  in the  abandoned building .
I think I  recognized what is the whole reason to making  an freak and unique graphic pictures.
 We  were asked  to create a picture  which however It  doesn't exist naturally but by our work out somehow we should give a strong believe  to audience that this graphics pictures which is on the wall or...giving good feeling, to make  a connection between audience and  picture, basically to bring a new view to people to be watching at the  effects that you have made by your imagination and ideas..

Thirdly I am happy by myself to be a graphic learner. At the first it was a little hard to using the tools and what computer  working  but I think I am confident to doing them after a few weeks .
I am satisfied to work by Photoshop. I like to draw and then bring idea to the  computer to making graphic pictures .I like taking the picture by camera and  again bring them to Photoshop to make graphic pictures.

 . reflect how did it go ?

.peer feedback ?

I think I could doing well in all different part of the course . In during the freak and unique project  I became more interested about photography and how to work by DLSA camera.
In a  peer feed back  I think my photography work and filming were stronger then Photoshop although I am excited by Owain  lessons and his tutorial . I think Photoshop is more practical then other subjects  or at least I can say for me is like this.
In the filming project I  was so interested  for  making the  product advert. We made a short  video in first step and I think it is going to be a professional product advert by editing.
Me and my group planed a video advert, we drew every think on the story board then call sheet ...and then went to location to shot the actions. To be honest making a film like this in professional a way was very exciting for me which I could get many skills from this project.
I loved  to get to Marissa video production tutorials. Her tutorial was very interesting to be learning  because I could learn many basic thing about the filming which I am sure I will be required  to it in  my future. I could learn how to make plan, how to find location , to collect  equipment, select a producer, and director and players, how to get premonition from resident and lot of other things.
I loved to listen to her tutorial  specially in location area . I felt confident  to getting her explanations about how to get different shots; close up, wide shot , mid shot.
I loved to work by com-recorder how to zooming ,shots;close up, wide shot, mid shot, making blank light. How to getting the panning shots, dutch shot or canted  shot. how to work by screen and its options.
 FEED BACK FOR AUDIENCE
I think audience will be satisfied by my adverts.
The advert product which I have made has been supposed   its  audience be ladies. I used different colours in my product,different taste for different appeal and also an attractive slogan for my audience. I tried to make an advert which is making from three different objects to giving more sensitivity to audience.

.areas for improvement for next project ?

I think  most part of the graphic and Photoshop is practical  and I usually personally after the lesson feel the time has not been enough and it needs some more time in the class to practice the proposal which we are working on it in the day. I am very happy to practice on the project at home but it is not possible because of financial  problem to buying  the programs.

FAYE

VISITING THE LACE  ART MARKET  GALLERY  AND TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPH   

We visited the Art Lace market gallery to be more use to our researches  to know how can taking picture from any issue which is related to the our research. 

We went to visited art gallery to see creative objects from students which it  can give more creativity confident to our following course this year.

There were brilliant art painting from college,s student and also an 

I took picture from few student,s creative painting.

To doing our individually researches we can go everywhere in the city to researches.  It was good example to take inspiration from taking the picture from this art gallery.  

FAYE CLASS

TH CLOWN STORY  RESEARCH

This story is about a family experience  with the clown statue which is very natural and a little scary to the family. Story is about a homeless  person which  appears in a rich family and disturbing the children inside house. At first the family thought it could be same as a dream for children  bot later they realize it is a real clown man which live inside their house .

So-and-so's friend, a girl in her teens, is babysitting for a family in Newport Beach, Ca.

 The family is wealthy and has a very large house — you know the sort, with a ridiculous amount of rooms. Anyways, the parents are going out for a late dinner/movie. 

The father tells the babysitter that once the children are in bed she should go into this specific room (he doesn't really want her wandering around the house) and watch TV there.

The parents take off, and soon she gets the kids into bed and goes to the room to watch TV. She tries watching TV, but she is disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room. She tries to ignore it for as long as possible, but it starts freaking her out so much that she can't handle it.

She resorts to calling the father and asks, "Hey, the kids are in bed, but is it okay if I switch rooms? This clown statue is really creeping me out."

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The father says, seriously, "Get the kids, go next door and call 911."

She asks, "What's going on?"

He responds, "Just go next door and once you call the police, call me back."

She gets the kids, goes next door, and calls the police. When the police are on the way, she calls the father back and asks, "So, really, what's going on?"

He responds, "We don't have a clown statue." He then further explains that the children have been complaining about a clown watching them as they sleep. He and his wife had just blown it off, assuming that they were having nightmares.

The police arrive and apprehend the "clown," who turns out to be a midget. A midget clown! I guess he was some homeless person dressed as a clown, who somehow got into the house and had been living there for several weeks. He would come into the kids' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept.

 As the house was so large, he was able to avoid detection, surviving off their food, etc. He had been in the TV room right before the babysitter right came in there. When she entered he didn't have enough time to hide, so he just froze in place and pretended to be a statue.

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Non-Linear Design: Clown War Post-Mortem

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I created a paper prototype for a game adaptation of Cuomo’s flash fiction piece “War of the Clowns.” In the game, the player controls the actions of two clowns with the goal of attracting the attention of a crowd and inciting violence.

The player chooses between three possible actions for each clown: insult, trick, or fight. Upon choosing an action, the player must successfully complete a rhythm challenge to achieve the desired effect. Insult and trick actions attract the attention of passers-by and generate loyalty to a specific clown. Once passers-by become loyal, the player may then cause the clowns to fight each other in order to incite violence.

I used quite a lot of visual abstraction in this prototype: icons to represent actions, exclamation points and/or question marks to represent passer-by reactions, changing clothing colors to represent loyalty, etc. I intervened in order to make the game non-linear by incorporating several locations in the game and allowing the player to access the locations in any order. The player also has choices regarding the actions of the clowns. This non-linearity expressed the story by portraying the clowns as roving agents of chaos.

The McGuffin in this game is chaos and violence itself. The use of abstraction (coins falling into the street once passers-by become violent) indicates the value chaos and violence have to the clowns.

I believe I used minimalism effectively. The game contains essentially three sprites that vary in color, three locations, and half a dozen game objects. The player knows exactly what’s important and can easily observe the consequences and collateral damage of their actions because of the minimalistic design.

My greatest room for improvement, I think, is in the game’s aesthetic. Although I’m happy with the art considering I first forayed into pixel art about a week before creating this prototype, the game aesthetic isn’t particularly new, creative, or original. My goal for my next prototype is to develop a more unique aesthetic that serves my narrative.

Creepy clown sightings no laughing matter

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Published 10/03 2016 04:27PM

Updated 10/03 2016 04:29PM

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There are growing concerns following creepy clown sightings across the country, some even in our area, and with Halloween quickly approaching, police say  it's no laughing matter. 

 

It's a trend spooking the nation - creepy clown sightings.

Now they are threatening school districts.

 

Police and homeland security are investigating scary Instagram posts in Philadelphia.

 

The posts from over the weekend all use the word clown, some even talk about blowing up schools.

 

In Cincinnati, Ohio, a district closed Friday when a woman reported being attacked by a male dressed as a clown.

 

"He had a clown suit that was red or orange striped.  He did have a mask on and had red hair."

 

The unusual reports started surfacing back in August in Greenville, South Carolina.

Children told police that clowns tried luring them into woods by offering money. 

Since then sightings keep increasing.

 

On New York's Long Island, social media threats from anonymous clown accounts kept elementary children inside during recess. 

 

Parent Khalique Owens reacted, "Nobody knows how to defend against it because we don't know if it's a prank or they'll harm people."

 

Now police are using social media to track down the costumed offenders.

 

In Houston, Texas,  this Instagram post shows clowns threatening to kidnap students or kill teachers. 

 

As Parent Rochelle Hudson explains, "This would make me drive my daughter to and from school and maybe walk inside to get her instead of her walking to the car by herself."

 

And for anyone who thinks this is a laughing matter, police say there is at least one deadly incident linked to a clown hoax.  In Reading, PA,  a 16 year old was stabbed to death in a dispute. He was wearing a clown mask.

A 29 year old now faces first degree murder charges in the case.

 

Police have arrested at least 12 people across the country including one in Roaring Spring, Blair County for participating in menacing stunts or making false reports.

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