Beginnings of the new project.....(Chapter_1)

so, today we kinda went through with the course outline and an intro to the first project called " MUNTED MEDIA " (sounds interesting right!!) well it is!

Here is what i found when i researched munted a little -

MUNTED _
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-completely twatted of your face & gurning like a water buffalo.
-Broken, not workable for its origanal purpose.
-To have intoxicated yourself with alcohol and/or chemicals to such point where respectable levels of social and/or physical functioning become problematic; where you are also (quite possibly) chewing a lot.
-a screwed up demented object
-stuffed up, wrecked.
-damaged, broken, deformed, fucked-up, drunk

-In short, a state of complete and utter trashedness!
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during the session, we were exposed to a few new tricks and tips on editing in quicktime pro, also what kind of file types to use and which ones are the best to download. Therefore learning that MPEG4 and quicktime (if available) are probably one of the best ones to download.

Also i looked at the web site that was recommended for open source media. ( www.archive.org )
it did have a lot of interesting video and audio clips that flourished a lot of ideas in my big gigantic brain.
So, pretty much i for the rest of the day i will be downloading clips and hoping that some of my ideas will flourish into something quuite unique.

First Lecture!! (EXCITING!!)

Today was my first lecture for DMDS 211. It was a very interesting start, got an overall overview on what the course is about and what sort of stuff is going to be involved with some of the projects.
I also got to know about our lecturer - Morgan Barnard, whose got a very interesting site which showcases his work throughout his career. (www.morganbarnard.com).

After a bit of intro, we got our first little task which required us to shoot an introduction video within our groups of people, which actually was a lot of fun and ended up in us getting to know each other fairly well.
We used a normal DV sony video camera to shoot, and our basic idea was to try and have stop motion, but the problem was that the camera had a delay of about 5 - 7 seconds before the next picture could be captured. Therefore when watching the video we had to wait a while before the next shot. If we had a choice to edit the footage, it would've transformed into a very cool video!!

The day was good and had a little taste of what is coming in the future projects.

INTRO

Heloo the people out in the world,
My name is Karan and i live in THE HUTT, been in welington for about 5 years, i am a 2nd year Software Engineering student and also a 2nd year Design student.

This is my blog that i will be posting my thoughts and developments in the world of Digital Media Design Course 211