Fin!

Done. Done. Done!!! Paid 16 ish dollars for everything to be printed

Dropped everything off at Anna Arnold's office.. With detailed instructions, I will check back later when she arrives.

It's done! It's printed. It's uploaded. It's rendered. It's filmed. Everything's been done.

Quite a learning experience...

Who knew there is a difference in sound on a computer vs. a cell phone. I didn't. I learned THAT after having to fix a video I played on my phone (even though I had already watched 11,000 times on YouTube without problems..)

I also had to do the same with font size.. It looked great on the computer. Not so much on my phone. Unfortunately, it's not one quick and easy step to fix.. You have to render every time you make an adjustment.. Which means waiting.. Then Premiere will crash every time you move the text.. Which is more waiting.. Then you have to re-upload to from Premiere to YouTube .. More waiting.. And then editing the description/ title/ & tags on YouTube... & waiting while it formats..

If I didn't have patience before, I do now!

I learned that no matter how detailed and explicit your directions are.. People still may not understand.. Which means lots of phone calls/ emails/ texts/ meetings/ and more waiting..

Deadlines may not mean the same thing to others as they do to you..

Learning a program you've never worked with is hard.. YouTube is great for tutorials.

Proper equipment is crucial. If possible, own your own. Which means no late fees, your settings stay as you wanted them, and generally speaking.. You've probably worked with your own equipment before. Oh and most importantly.. You can access it on your own time. Not 9-5, only for two days, two weeks, or having to leave before your finished.

Coordinating people is a difficult task.. Something we all have experience with and will deal with in the future.. But having a very laid out plan, and making your goals known from the get-go helps. Plan ahead. Great ideas will pop up. Go with it. But keep your main focus at hand. Remember the goal of your assigned task/duty/job.

Sometimes staying up all night will get the job done, sometimes.. If it's not working, and you've exhausted all ideas on how to fix it.. Go to bed. Maybe your plea to Tech Support will come in the AM. In my case, it did.

& finally...

You can do anything you put your mind to, as long as it's legal.. And you have coffee by your side.

Almost finished!!!

The awesome guys at Tapemedia QR Code Support helped figure out the video sound tabocle! Yay

Videos are all uploaded

At OfficeMax now, printing out the QR codes & poster

Fixing up stuff

Well.. the library closed at 11pm... in which I begged the security guard to let me up load to youtube & then I ran back to my dorm so I can finish uploading the last videos..

Mary Kay's video - in which I completely did myself tonight is done. yay. I noticed that the two videos that I had Chris help me on, the artists names were spelled wrong. so after uploading them I had to set them to private. I emailed him asking to please fix those asap so I can reupload them and create a new qr code for each. Unfortunately I am not able to fix this myself because I do no have Premiere Pro on my computer and the library only has elements. hmmpf.

I'll go to officemax tomorrow - in the AM, hopefully Chris will get the email and get it sent over fairly soon. I really wanted everything to be done today. It should all be done and hung by tomorrow. let's cross our fingers.

5.25 hrs

continued.. there's an issue with the sound. I can't figure out if its the qr code app or my cell phone. I'll restart my phone in the morning and hope it's that.. must sleep. 12:47pm. +30 minutes .. lost track.

something has to go right. Chris emailed me, he's uploading the fixed videos to a file and when they finish it should appear. he has gone to bed. hopefully it will work. we will see.

Coming to a wrap

It's Wednesday... Chris emailed me around 4 or 5 o'clock with the completed videos...

things I've learned as a whole:

learn everything there is to know, contain all of the knowledge and you can seemlessly run any project.... hard reality, there's no way I can learn everything there is to know in life... so I must rely on people... that being said.. generally speaking, working with others is a great experience.. When I was in Nursing, I was a very Type A personality.. after a few art classes and spending time with Diane.. I've learned to relax a little and have a bit of faith..

that being said... I realize, sometimes.. things happen.. even after incredibly explicit directions & countless amount of time explaining exactly what I need, meetings, emails, etc. Mary Kay's final video is not exactly what I wanted... Maybe I'm nit picky... but I don't like putting my name on something if it's not ... great.

so I'm in the library now, patiently waiting for my video to render.. I realize that I have a better grasp of Premiere then when I had started  (probably those 8+ hours of working on one video ha.) Anyway.. it's going pretty well. I have some awesome House music / dnb playing while I wait..

I also didn't receive the poster until 5 today.. I was planning on printing it out a little earlier, but after the delay and finding out the videos weren't what I wanted.. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to have the QR codes & Poster printed.. after that.. I'm done..


I think I've earned more than one credit.. I should check into that.. haha

this has been a good experience. I promise. I've learned a lot. I definitely want to get Premiere/ InDesign/ & Photoshop on my Mac.. you know, when I finally save up enough to buy a Mac..

Marketing, Auburn, and more

I met with Marketing - they 'branded' the poster- made some obvious changes.. I need to have them send it to me so I can go get it printed at OfficeMax

I've continued to work on the videos with Chris from Auburn - we are almost finished.. we edited the sound so there wasn't so much background noise, etc. made some changes in frame length, and added credits/ beginning titles

There was a bit of a change with the video screen being placed in the Gallery - all is figured out now. We are sticking with the QR codes placed next to the certain paintings.

As soon as the videos are all up, I will print out the QR codes from OfficeMax on nice paper and be ready to go.

2hr

Poster

I just finished making the poster that will be hung outside the Wasmer Gallery as an instructional to QR Codes.. I'm sending it to Marketing to have them 'brand' it. Then we are good to go.

I'm still debating whether or not to make a practice qr code about the internship or not.. I received opinion that it is not the focus of the show- I would not want to detract from the senior artists. . .

Last 3 videos

I met with the two students who will be helping me with Brandi's last two videos and Mary Kay's last video.
We discussed exactly what I needed and went thru all the material I brought. They definitely have a lot more experience than myself. They seem to have a good handle on what I need. By the latest the videos will be complete Wednesday.. I told them I was aiming for Monday.. I will start working on poster construction to send to Marketing for branding and then construct the two QR codes for the videos I have.. I'll consult with Anna Arnold on gallery placement

La La La - I could SING I'm so happy

Welllllll.... in 16 seconds I will be finished uploading my SECOND of who knows how many videos I have/ will be producing. WOO WHOO! This is Mary Kay's Voice video - she delves into the meaning behind her masks

... no joke, I type this.. and go figure.. Premiere decided at the last second to have an error... I'll give it another go...

http://youtu.be/eRAo5mc5mKc

yay! done.
9pm - don't forget ab 10 hr during month

Third Times A Charm

This is my third try at uploading Brandi's Video - hopefully I've worked out all the kinks... here's the link for any eager viewers. Will construct QR code for Gallery once all videos are produced. Takes very little time - in comparison to video editing.


http://youtu.be/LA8sMR9RQhE

 

Patience is a virtue - that I was most definitely not blessed with... but have been forcefuly learned through 'rendering'/ exporting/ and the uploading process.

Thank Heavens

I've ran around today like a lunatic - but I think it was all for a purpose. In between classes I was able to share Mary Kay's artist video - it is still in the making (but since I could not email due to the file size - learned the hard way) I decided to upload it to Youtube. I then created a set list of audio / video / image / and music that needs to be placed in the video - since we have to reconstruct it at Auburn tomorrow [because I am unable to copy it onto a flash drive for some reason]. Then was time consuming to say the least.

In the mean time I created a set list for all of Brandi's videos as well.

After class at 5 I attempted to compile the time lapse video but discovered an issue with .mov format on a mac. After 40 minutes of trying to convert it to another file format - but since I am not an Administrator on the computers, I was unable to download a converter program. So, I phoned Molly in the media center and she informed me it should work on Premiere. Alas! It did.

 I ran over to the little room I've been working in. (which is starting to be more frequented than my own dorm room...) and have been working on Brandi's time lapse ever since. Premiere crashed all of 7 times, but I am finally finished. Thank the Lord. I now have one of Brandi's four short youtube videos completed. yippe. It's uploading to youtube right now - and I will begin working on finishing up Mary Kay's Voice video and uploading that as well.

1.75 + 2

running around

I met with Rodney today at 7:30am. I realized even with youtube tutorials, I was going to need help fixing up these videos. I figured out (after calling around for help) that I need to render the video after each effect/ transition I add in. Part of the slow motion problem.

Today I am compiling a set list of the videos & order - audio/video/text/music that I need. I called off work tomorrow so I can meet with Rodney and his senior class at Auburn at 11-2, so they can help me put all of this together. He said we can hopefully get it done by the end of the week.

I'm going to try and go back thursday to go over everything.

Unfortunately, when I took Rodney the footage and what I have already completed on Premiere, the Premiere videos can't just be copied onto the flash drive I bought.. So now I have to go to the library between classes to export the videos that are still in an unrefined state to show him the general gist.

2.5

ERROR

I'd like to point out that the time stamp at the bottom of this blog.. .IS SO ABSOLUTELY WRONG. on my 9:34 update it said 3 or 4 pm! I wish! Maybe I could feel that sun on my face if it was still 4pm. I'm about to check my settings - maybe it's still stuck on Europe time from my summer trip..

9:34

Wellllllll... I am currently waiting patiently (which is hard) for the video to render - suggestion from Andy via email. Hopefully this will help the slow-mo problem.

I think the second of Mary Kay's video is coming together very very nicely... if only Premiere would catch up!!!

Looks like I will be spending my Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night in here. Maybe I should get a poster to livin' up this room. The old man manican behind me (the room is shared with Nursing) is the only life-form I've seen in hours. He's not much of a talker. He does have a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket.

I better get a Grammy after these are finished....




joke.

leaving at 10pm
1 to 10 (- 30) = 8.5 hours

7pm update

Alright!! I took a 30 minute break around 4:22 to grab Starbuck, yogurt, and oatmeal. Obvious neccessities when editing for HOURS.

Brandi's video are giving me a bit of trouble - if i add any transition effects so it doesn't look so choppy - Premiere decides that it cannot function properly. it plays the video in sloooow motion. Hopefully Andy can advise me on that Tuesday.

I started working on Mary Kay's first video - titled Voice. almost finished.. just need to rewatch when the transitions work properly.. but otherwise I think I added a clever element to her video.

She is wonderful at speaking.. the only thing is.. I have SO MUCH FOOTAGE of her. and not enough of Brandi!! IY!

All will work out. Very excited.. this is taking a TON of time however. looks like I will be getting even more familiar with this chair over the next week. I'll be here til 11- I'm sure of it.

5.5 hours so far

Sunday Video Editing

I got to the library at 1:01 pm - editing for 1 hour and 27 minutes now..! Library closes at 11pm, so I hope I can get most of Brandi's footage done by then!

Im craving Starbucks.

Currently trying the different effects in Premiere.

Brandi's 'Process' video is about 30 seconds. which initialy scared me- that it was too short. but I realized.. I dont want to watch something drag on & on. it's to the point and gives an inside look on her working on a piece. I'm estimating about 4 videos for Brandi by the time I'm finished..

Lots of work

Yesterday was a haze... lot's of meetings, phone calls, emails, and running around related to video editing & nailing down QR code creation

I met Andy at 8:30am today to retrieve the video footage - we need to provide more space on my student H drive to transfer all of the footage from his desk to somewhere I could access it.

Miraculously, the library has place Premiere Elements 9 on a computer in the basement - which I am currently learning the basics / youtube-ing tutorials / importing all of my footage! Phew! I see the light at the end of the tunnel!!

I need to contact Diane & Anna Arnold to find out what art work of Brandi's will be placed in the show. Then I will retrieve the fancy photos they have already taken of their artwork - to add to the clips.

I spoke with Brandi yesterday about creating a QR code from her medium. This would be cool - if we had only one QR code for her. Now I realize, I will most likely have 3 short clips of her spaced out throughout her work. It makes the most sense (rather than having a 3 minute long youtube video of information that does not coorelate).

After work today I will work in the library until they kick me out!
 [ while I was typing this, Brandi called me back - she will email me tomorrow a powerpoint of her artwork - she has just finished the list of her pieces that will be displayed in the show ]

2.5 + 1.5