Random images from filming

Character Study Log - 10/12/2008 - 11/12/2008

10/12/2008 – 11/12/2008 – We spent more time editing our documentary, due to the impending deadline, all members of our group are working on different pieces to ensure our documentary all areas of the project criteria are met.

Character Study Log - 9/12/2008

On this date we completed the narration section of the documentary. The only problem was that the film lasts for over 5 minutes. Everything that is said throughout the narration is quite important, so now it will be a tough decision on what to take out.

Character Study Log - 8/12/2008

After working over the past few days we are finally fully caught up and making progress. Roughly half of our film is now complete. We found a song, which suits the atmosphere we hope to invoke, and are very happy with the effect it has.

Character Study Log - 5/12/2008

At the start of the day, we captured the second tape and wrote down the time codes for the rest of the footage from Nathan's studio, the Russell Youth Centre, and at the art shop. We did not, however, write down the time codes for the interview due to time constraints. We then moved onto catching up.

Character Study Log - 4/12/2008

We edited for a few more hours, and got up to a minute and 30 seconds. The same problem kept occurring, but we were managing to build momentum. Unfortunately, the last time the program crashed, it took everything with it. We were no longer able to open our project, and so we began recapturing.

Character Study Log - 3/12/2008

3/12/2008 - We edited for a total of 4 hours. Also, we only managed to finish another 15 seconds of our film. The same error messages kept disrupting and deleting our work. We have tried 3 different things various lecturers advised us to do to sort out the problem and none of them have worked. Although, we didn't make much progress again, we did get some feedback from some peers and a lecturer.

Feedback
- Should be more to look at (not just Nathan painting)
- Good opening shot
- Titles need to come later
- Bad transition from introduction to first image (bad timing)
- First image needs to be brighter
- Colourful
- Bad graphic design (image of flyers)

Character Study Log - 2/11/2008

We got up to the first 30 seconds of our character study within the first hour or so of working today. We tried to put some music to the film and finished the introduction and then we saw, "Write Disc Error".. And then everything was lost. This kept happening every time we got to the 30 second mark. We kept saving after every little thing we did and sometimes it would let us reopen it, but then it would do the same thing again, and leave us back to where we had began.

Character Study Log - 28/11/2008

We spent about 4 hours editing the intro and the start of the documentary. 2 hours of this work was lost when the editing software crashed due to a virus on one of the sound files we had.
We could not use any of the audio that was recorded on the R-09 recorder. This is because the volume was too low and the sound quality wasn't good enough.

Character Study Log - 27/11/2008

We began the first stages of editing. We got some advice from one of our lecturers: to cut up the bits of the interview to make your story before you start with the visual side. So first, we started cutting up the interview, bit by bit, removing the parts we definitely don't want to use. Most of what we cut out was film that was taken in between questions, answers that trailed off, and long "umms" and other sounds. It took about two hours to clean it up and have only the best answers and to put it in a rough order to tell a story.

Character Study Log - 26/11/2008

Capturing the footage is simply taking footage from a tape and putting it on the computer so you can edit it. Just press play then record. Although very simple, you have to wait for it to capture in real time. That’s what we did on this date.

Character Study log - 24/11/2008

We changed our plan over the weekend after we got some feedback during one of our seminars. The one thing we were worried about was indeed the biggest problem. The input was that the audience needed something else to look at if we didn't want it to be boring. Previously, Joe, the director, mentioned that he wanted to record at least part of the interview to show in the film, even if it was only Nathan's mouth, not his entire face; we were told to applaud this decision and to go with it.
Then we filmed the interview section of our documentary.) We needed the same set as the first day of filming plus a boom mic to record sound for the camcorder. Everything went to plan, we set up both the camcorder and the R-09 recorder while we had a chat about some of the questions we would be asking. Nathan was a bit nervous but when we actually started recording he quickly seemed to get comfortable. He gave a great account of his experiences and the progression of his artwork; he also told some great stories.

Character Study Log - 21/11/2008

On this date we filmed at the art shop, the Russell Youth Centre, and also some walls around Nottingham whilst we were driving around. Everything went well and everyone was happy with the result. Overall, it was a fairly uneventful day. We simply went from one location to the next and took footage of just about everything we saw that was relevant, as well as some places we had been told to go to view where Nathans work was on display.

Character Study Log - 19/11/2008

At 4:00pm we picked up the equipment from the university office. The shoot went really well, however took much longer than we had expected. We were there from 6.00pm to about 9.00pm. The piece he created was indeed representative; it conveys an angry side of him, the paint-roller in the character's hand displays his passion for art, the skull and bones symbolize death, and the buildings emphasize the urban nature of his artwork. In the end, we got about 45 minutes of footage. The lighting was sufficient and everyone worked well together. We didn't have to worry about sound much because the sound will be comprised of the interview voiceover and music. We just recorded some sounds with the R-09 recorder such as the spray paint can being sprayed and general atmospheric sounds.

Character Study Log - 17/11/2008

On this date when we needed to get the forms signed with approval and take out the camera and equipment, we couldn't find any lecturers and when we did there were, of course, problems, and things needed to be added to them. So, all we were able to do is call Nathan to apologise and send an email to the equipment staff to book the cameras out for a different date. We then decided to move the filming of our documentary to the 19th November.

Story Board

Character Study Log - 11/11/2008

Today we met up with Kid30 and went to see the studio where we will be filming the majority of our documentary. Ive included the pictures in one of my previous posts.
Chase and I spent the evening finishing typing up the proposal ready for the presentation the next day:

Warm and Easy Productions Presents:

“Urban Art: Kid33”

Proposal

“Urban Art” is a documentary about Nathan Bainbridge, aka Kid30, from the graffiti group Oxygen Thievez. In this film, we will be trying to find out how he began his role as a graffiti artist and his perception on the culture. The length of this character study will be approximately four minutes.”

We see Nathan as an artist expressing his individuality through a taboo art-form. The story will focus on the progression of his artwork and his views surrounding the area. This documentary will be presented through a voice recorded interview and various shots of Nathan painting a piece of which he sees himself artistically. Pictures of other “tags” and sketches by Kid33 will be shown throughout the film. “Urban Art” will use constant moving imagery from beginning to end to invoke the flowing feeling of an aerosol can painting a piece of graffiti.

Character Study Log - 10/11/2008

Today we had another group meeting and got in contact with the guy we are doing our documentarary (kid30) and planned a meeting with him for the following day, to see the location of where we will be filming and to put our initial ideas across to nathan(kid30) and see what he thinks..
He seemed quite enthusiastic about our idea though which was a good sign, we all looked forward to getting the project underway.
We also drew out the storyboard today and we wrote out some questions we will ask Kid30 in a voice recorded interview which will be in the proposal.

Character Study Log - 11/11/2008

We had another group meeting, and began planning out ideas for how we want our documentry to look. We came up with an initial idea of our storyboard and watched several documentaries to give us some initial ideas. the second documentry we watched, (LA Taggers) gave us the main idea for our documentary. It talks about gang related activity associated with graffiti and how it's damaging the community. we all agreed that was not true, and we see graffiti as more of an art form. We also agreed that it can be used to help the community, and that is what we want to base our documentary on.

Character Study Log - 5/11/2008

Due to our initial character study not pulling through, we decided to begin researching for a new possible character. This was proving more difficult that first expected due to 3 of our group members being from abroad and not having many contacts in the UK. Fortunatly one of our members came across a member of the oxygen theivez, who agreed to be in our documentary.
We immediatly started preperation for it.
We came up with a working title very quickly of "Urban Art" and with the concept of whether or not graffiti is art or a crime. We chose to do it on this for a few reasons, firstly we all find graffiti interesting and also what's behind graffiti in the scence that you dont usually see them being done there is a blank wall one day and the next there can be something on it. So we think it would be interesting to find out the charachter behind this.

we then thought of some aspects we would like to look into such as:
- How he got into it
- How he got recognised
- Why they see it as an art
- Has he ever been caught
- What message he sends from his graffiti

Character study

Our character study is on Nathan Bainbridge, AKA Smallkid, AKA Kid30.
Nathan is 33 years old and from a small town outside of OXford. He runs a small design company called small kid designs. www.smallkid.co.uk
He studied illustration at Portsmouth Uni, but then realised there was limited opportunities in this industry. It was when he moved up to Nottingham, after being involved with the running of a drum 'n' bass night in home town, that he teamed up with a friend starting up a similar night(Detonate). He began designing flyers for Detonate, and this opened new doors as he saw the opportunities within the design industry.
Nathan was always interested in art, his mum used to be an artist and his grandad was an arcitect, which he feels is where he got his creative side. He is now an established commercial artist/painter within Nottingham, and does community work on a regular basis, which helps him finance his hobby. Nathan got involved in graffiti, by being taken out with a local painter in nottingham called Creeks. He has since developed his own style, which is character based. His main influences are Jeremy Fish, Sam Flores and Flying Fortress.

Nightmare

After finally capturing all of our footage onto the computers, we began editing our documentry. After spending several hours editing the footage we have, and trimming it from 2 hours to ten minutes, I decided to try and upload the song we had chosen for it.
Unfortunatly, my friend who sent me the song, also sent with it a virus which has subsequently broken my external harddrive and chris', along with the footage we have. Lucky we still have the tapes with all of the original footage, it just means we have to capture everything again.
what doesn't break you will only make you stronger....apparently

Proposal information

Locations.

1. His studio
2. Locations where Kid33 and the Oxygen Thievez work is on display
3. His house
4. Skatepark

Script.

As a group we have put together a few questions of which we will choose the best edit in post production. The questions will spur him on to tell the story he intends to get across to the viewer. Although we have not got the exact answers from each question, we do have a rough idea of what answers we would like to get out of Kid33. Our questions will not be heard in the final edit, so therefore will ask him to repeat each question in the answer, as if he was telling a story.



1. What was your life like growing up and how has it made who you are?
2. Have you always been artistic?
3. When and why did you first get serious about art?
4. How did you start getting recognised and how did it make you feel?
5. What do your family and friends think about your work?
6. How do you feel about the whole image that graffiti brings? E.g. gangs, being socially unacceptable and it being a criminal activity?
7. Is the graffiti you create illegal?
8. How do you feel about the laws regarding graffiti?
9. How do you use your art to help the community and who are you trying to help?
10. How did you get involved with graffiti and what is your influence?
11. What’s your message in your graffiti and who are you sending it to?
12. What is your role in the Oxygen Thievez?
13. What opportunity’s has being in the Oxygen Thievez given you?
14. What does art mean to you?
15. Is your art an escape for you?
16. If you could tag anything in the world, what would it be and why?

Scene 1: We are going to have shots of Kid33’s work fading from one to another with the title and production name showing. We will use a hip- hop song named “Hell on Earth” for the duration of the introduction as it will set the film off with the urban feel that we intend to portray. The total duration of the introduction will be roughly 15 seconds.

Scene 2: We will ask Kid33 to paint a picture of how he sees himself. It will not necessarily be a the conventional way in which someone might portray themselves, but his own abstract interpretation of what represents him as a person i.e. personality, experiences etc. Through out the film the camera will focus on various areas of the piece of art such as parts of the face or body to help convey the relevant message Kid33 is trying to get across. This scene will contain rough background of Kid33s life and how he began his life as a graffiti artist. We do not intend to show Kid33’s face, however the questions he answers to through out the scene will be used as a voice over. This will give the viewer a sense of ambiguity around Kid33 as a character who seemingly has a hobby of which can have a criminal background. Other shots of his artwork will be edited into the scene. The duration of this scene will be roughly 45 seconds.

Scene 3: The second scene will flow into the third carrying on the theme of graffiti often being known as a criminal offence. We will be focusing on the legal issues regarding graffiti, his opinions on graffiti as a whole and if he has had any previous encounters with the police regarding his artwork. This camera will be focusing on the mouth of the painting that he creates and other images of work he has done that relates to this topic. This scene should last for roughly 45 seconds.

Scene 4: The fourth scene will focus on areas in which he may have helped the community such as work shops etc. Keeping the theme of focusing on a specific part of the painting he created, we will edit in shots of the representation of his hands. Shots of his artwork that he may have produced in projects to help the community will be edited in through out the scene. This scene will last for roughly 45 seconds.

Scene 5: Scene five will be his overview of the subject and what art means to him in which we will show still images of Kid33 and his graffiti group Oxygen Thievez’s artwork in public areas. The camera will also cut to the image of his eyes in his artistic interpretation of himself. This section of the film will last for roughly 20 seconds.

Scene 6: This will be our final shot of his finished art work where his portrait is revealed to the viewer. We will attach a piece of cellophane to the camera lens for Kid33 to sign as the credit roll across the screen. This section will take roughly 15 seconds.

To keep the viewer’s interest we are going to show the images and film with a variety of different effects on some shots we will have video noise and changing the saturation, brightness and contrast to give it a 9mm film look. This is to give it an urban feel. In contrast to show graffiti is still an art form we will intensify the brightness. We also are going to dissolve images of Kid33’s artwork into one another.

As a group, we share a common interest in art, specifically urban and underground art. Much of this style of art is not properly recognised. In particular, we believe that graffiti is looked upon with a negative view. This is due to its criminal associations and a misunderstanding of the culture. Therefore, we wish to present a character which will show the audience the artistic end of the graffiti spectrum and leave them feeling inspired. Through this character study of Nathan Bainbridge, we aim to answer underlying questions surrounding the controversy surrounding urban art and to give a voice to the underground art culture of graffiti.

First day of filming.

Yesterday we had our first day of filming, in Kid30's studio . Heres some of the photos we took during the day.

From this image I saw two men, who are the focal point of the shot. They are seperated by the table, but both seem to be worlds apart in terms of situation.
I get the impression that the main in the suit is important, respectable and maintained, and doesn't seem to be in as bad a situation as the other guy. I get this impression from his calm posture, he looks very relaxed and casual.
The other man almost looks as if he is in prison, he seems to be quite laid back, open posture, legs apart and not to botherd about his situation.

Hits The Fan

After spending the last two weeks planning for our documentry, our main charachter who we were basing the documentry on has disapeared and is unreachable. So rather than waste any more time trying to contact him we have changed the idea of our documentry and basing it on someone completely different. Because most of our group havn't lived in England for the past 5 years, it was difficult for us to think of any contacts we had that would be interesting. Then all of a sudden, one of our group members got speaking to a member of the Oxygen Thievz, who are a griffiti group from Nottingham.
All members of our group were interested in following this up, and nathan one of the group members said he was more than happy to help. The documentry is mainly going to be focused on him, but also include other members of the group. Their work can be seen around Nottingham, and since they have been brought to our attention I have noticed some of their work.(Mansfield Road, on the side of the Ohmygosh record shop)

Here are some of the points and questions of our documentry -
1.How he/they got into graffiti
2.Urban Art
3.Do you think it should be considered an art of criminal offence?
4.How have they gone from breaking the law, to being asked by the council to run workshops, and spray designs in places around the city.
5.Insight into an urban artist
6.Getting an insight into the emotion behind graffiti. i.e. what their tags mean
7.Is graffiti an escape?
8.Does the illegal element attract you to it initially?
9.Have you ever been caught?

Our target audience is art fans, and people who appreciate art no matter what type it is. And generally give an insight into graffiti. Our group is meeting up over the next couple of days and the weekend to finalise ideas and storyboard.

Discussion

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper was painted in 1945. It was painted to create an image of lonliness. He began painting the picture after Pearl Habour and it was inspired by the gloominess across the country. My knowledge of paintings is limited to say the least, but this is one painting that has always stood out in my mind, and when we were set this task it was the first image that came to my mind. The main thing that attracted me to the painting was the image of lonliness that it does create, and upon immediatly looking at the photo I was able to tell where it was meant to be and what time.



This is the version banksy re-created of Nighthawks. HEAVY PICTURE!

Yesterday..

Yesterday we spent the day working with someone from the bbc, who came in and showed us interview techniques and the correct ways to use a video camera.
Personally, the most important thing I learned yesterday was how to do a sequence, which is a series of shots using a video camera.

1.Close up of activity
2.Close up of face
3.Wide shot, including surroundings
4.Over the shoulder shot, puts viewer into perspective
5.Creative shot

We also learned that when filming interviews it is important to have all three eyes on the same level, the interviewer, the interviwee and the camera.

I will be taking this into consideration when filming our documentry.

Documentry

After discussions with our group, we have all been assigned different roles within the group. I have been assigned the role of Director.
I have already begun coming up with ideas of how I want our documentry to appear, and deciding in what order the scenes are going to go.
Later this week, we plan on having our scenes planned out with photos from the spots we plan on filming. I will post them up soon as possible

Discussion from SPP2 Seminar 2

"Using your own personal experience write a few lines that describe how a personal contact has provided a creative opportunity for you"

When I was working within the Media Operations Department for the British Forces Cyprus, there was a member of staff missing from the Cyprus Lifestyle Magazine department. Due to the magazine being printed within the next week, they needed someone to create designs for several adverts having information published in the magazine. I was asked to create these designs using Adobe Indesign. After a few hours training I managed to create the designs and they were published in time for the printing of the magazine.

Networking

“The essential point of networking is human contact. Business has killed networking by making it for the career orientated person”

Networking has created new ways for people to communicate and share information. It is now possible for people to communicate from across the globe using facebook and other such networking sites. I don't feel as though business has killed networking, but merely created another way for people to communicate. People are now able to use networking for their business and for their social life and because of this I feel that networking in a social aspect has been improved by business networking.

Belly

I recently saw a film which I havn't seen in a long time, and it reminded me of how good the opening scene was. It's a film called Belly, starring DMX, Nas and Method Man. I really like the effects they have used in the opening scene while walking into a nightclub. The have used a neon lighting effects, so white objects appear to be very bright, along with them wearing special contact lenses so that the actors eyes appear to glow. all of the sound in the scene has been taken out, except for an accapela of a song called However do you want it.

Back to school.....

We have finally got the internet set up at our house, so i can finally put something on my blog.
On returning to Uni, we have been assigned a task to film and edit a 4 minute character study documentry.
We have chosen ours to be about a recoverd drug addict in Nottingham, with an insight into how drugs are effecting the community and also interviews with the police to find out how they are resolving the issues.
Our production is still at an early stage and we are still planning out ideas, but we already have an idea of how we want our documentry to appear. We are going to use a dark contrast of colours; grey,black and white are the main colours we want to use with lots of camera shots of urban run down areas. The soundtrack will be a song by TRC called hell on earth, which is a very basic hiphop beat.
There is a program on television tonight called "Me,My Mum & Heroin" which we will use for inspiration. We will be taking images around nottingham, and try and find potential filming spots over the next week.

More Red Arrows

Here are some videos I collected a couple of months ago on my phone of the red arrows in cyprus, somehow managed to get ourselves on the runway before takeoff as well.

Red Arrows

final pixilation

here is my final pixilation, finally managed to compress the file!
easy now

Identities Final Designs

it's been a while since i have posted anything on here, as i have FINALLY found my external hard drive with all of work on. alas, here are all of the items i used inside my box.most of which i created using 3ds max, along with the pixilation which i edited in premier.
untill next time......

Final Designs

John Conroy

I have recently watched the Television series Ross Kemp in Afghanistan. I was immediatly taken back by the series, and decided to do some research on the Programme Director. The director is called John Conroy, who was assistant cameraman in Sweeny Todd and the Da Vinci code.
I was particularly impressed with the camera work in the series, considering the surroundings they were in and the constant threat of attack from the Taliban.
The whole series really gave me a different opinion on the British Forces in Afghanistan, and i felt as though this programme really told the story of the British Soldiers, and the difficulty they go through everyday for months on end.
I certainly feel as though this show did what it was meant to do by opening the nations eyes to what these soilders are having to go through, and give them the respect they deserve.

Final Idea

I have now finalised my ideas for my identities project. I am going to use a turntable to represent myself, as I sometimes compare my life to a soundtrack.
The centre image in the middle of the vinyl will be the logo I have created, which I have not yet finalised.
By clicking on different parts of the turntable, you will be taken to different objects which represent myself.
The more important parts of the deck that you click on, the more that object relates and represents myself. For example, the needle or the start/stop button.
Here are some images of objects I will use in my design:


Here is an image of a speaker, which will be activated when the user clicks on a certain part of the turntable. I have used the speaker as I feel it represents my personality in the way that I am a likeable person who has always had a large group of friends and family. I used a speaker to represent this as the most popular thing I could think of was music



This is similar to how I would like my turntable to look.



I am hoping to create a mountain to represent Switzerland, which is where i spent the most important years of my life while growing up. I also feel as though the Swiss Alps will represent the calmer and peaceful side to my personality.

For my logo I am going to use a similar symbol to the Aquarius sign. Which is obviously my star sign, and have always been told I am a "stereotypical aquarius". Which is sensative, creative and imaganitive.

DJ Fresh - Nervous

I recently saw the video for the song Nervous by DJ fresh. It was released a couple of years ago on the Breakbeat Kaos record label with a music video, which is unusual for most Drum n Bass releases.
I took particular interest in the video as it relates to what pathway i am looking at taking next year. In our first semester we were asked to produce a pixilation film, and a one shot film. I based my pixilation film around a music video, which is something I would like carry on producing throughout University, with the possibility of seeking employment in this field in the future.

I Am Legend

I recently went and saw the new Hollywood blockbuster I Am Legend, starring Will Smith. As I hadn't even seen any previews for it before I went, I had no idea what to expect.

It is similar to the recent UK Blockbuster 28 Days Later, where the population of the world is killed off by a deadly virus. Although this time, the setting is in downtown Manhatten and the only surviving human is Will Smith, or at least so he thinks....

The film is alot more animated than 28 Days later, and there are certain scenes when this really stands out, and to some extent lets the film down. On comparing I Am Legend to 28 days later, you realy could notice the difference between UK produced films and Hollywood productions, in my personal opinion 28 Days Later definatly wins this one.

Famagusta

I recently went on a visit to the Northern side of Cyprus, which is under Turkish Occupation following the invasion back in the 70's. The Island is now divided into two, but a neutral stretch of land called the green line which is held by the UN to seperate the Greeks from the Turks. As it is a Neutral piece of land it has been left completely un-touched since the invasion. On arriving in Famagusta we took a trip to a beach which is right on the edge of the green line. As you can see from the photos below there is a one mile stretch of derolict city which was abandoned during the war and just left to rot. It was fasanating being able to get so close to a war zone, then turn 180 degrees and almost be in paradise with golden sand a clear blue waters, definatly an experience!

Motorola City

I have recently been looking for a new mobile phone to buy, which brought this site to my attention while I was brousing thefwa.com.

Motorola have created a site which uses a 3d city to showcase situations where emergency services use motorola public safety solutions.

This is the opening image once the site has buffered. It is an image of a virtual city, and contains moving images of cars, smoke and trees blowing in the wind. It gives you the option of being able to click on different parts of the city, once you have clicked on a part of the city the camera zooms into the part you have selected and into a building.

This is a part of the city called evacuation. The website is simulating an evacuation from the city sports stadium. It is highlighting the roles Motorola could play if this situation were to arise.

I found this website very intresting, and found myself exploring it for some time. I would definatly recommend it and it's definatly worth checking out!

www.motorolacity.soulpolice.com

Back In Cyprus

I returned home to Cyprus a couple of days ago just in time to enjoy the heat wave thats just about to hit the country. I took a trip to the beach today to take some photos and put them on my blog, obviously not to make anyone else jealous.

Final avatar

This is my final edit of my avatar animation.

First Finished Avatars

I have completed the first two versions of my Avatar. I decided to make two different versions after researching what I thought was the best idea for my avatar. The first idea was a dancefloor style environment, as my main intrest in life in music. I animated the speakers in the room as if music was playing, and an image of myself moving in time with the speakers. I also included several photos of myself and friends, which led me to my second idea for my avatar.

Here is the second version of my Avatar, I have not fully completed this animation, and need to work on the animation, which I plan to do over the weekend. Once I have completed my animation I will then come to a desicion on which one to hand in for my final project. I got the inspiration for this animation from my first project. I created a tunnel of photos which reprasent my life, I have included pictures of myself and friends from over the past 4-5 years. I have also included photos of my girlfriend and parents. In this animation I have used lighting effects, and have also included flags from the countries I was raised and lived in. The animation ends with an arial shot of Basel City, which was the most memorable place I have lived in, and have spent most time in.

Second Life

Today I continued with my second life. I have now explored the entire city and visited all the shops and nightclubs the site has to offer. 

I have also discovered and interracted with users who make money using Vside, either from advertising or selling virtual merchandise such as clothes. I will provide screen shots when I log in on my own laptop. All shops have shop owners, who you can interract with on entering the shop. They will provide information on costs and the latest goods available.

Second life

This is a screen shot of my avatar visiting a bar in the virtual city.

Second Life

Today I continued with my second life diary. I explored more of the Virtual City and spent more time interracting with other users.

I discovered that within Vside, you can visit shops and purchse new clothes for your avatar.

To be able to speak with other users, they must accept your friend request.

I will keep you updated within the next few days when i continue to explore the city.

Second Life

I have finally begun my second life project, after 2 weeks of trying to find a site that actually worked i finally found one using vSide. vSide is based around music and night life.

I created my avatar wearing similar clothes to me, such as a hoody and a cap.

I began exploring different areas of the virtual city, adding several other users to my friends list. I Will keep you updated on any progress!

Fifa Street 3

On recently viewing the latest commercial for the new Fifa street 3 gamehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3eEpqLi-DU I decided to visit the website to take a closer look on the development of it.
To start with I found the site a little confusing as they have based certain aspects of the site on the previous game, Fifa street 2.
They have used the "Gamebreaker" idea in the website which, in Fifa Street 2 you used to have to achieve by doing tricks against your opponent in order to score a goal. They have made 3 players on the website you can use to do this (Ronaldinho, Gattuso and Crouch), and once you have achieved the Gamebreaker, you can then access other parts of the website.
After exploring the site, and viewing videos I have decided against buying the game as the realism from the previous two games seems to have been lost, which was one of the reasons i purchased the game to start with.

Avatar

I am about to start creating my Avatar using 3d Studio Max. I have come to a desicion on the design of my avatar. I am going to base the character on myself, and create him in clothes similar to what i wear on a daily basis. I am going to create a set of turntables infront of my character, with sets of speakers in the surroundings. I will create a rough layout of how I would like my avatar to look in Photoshop and post it on my blog.

Avatar

This is the idea I have created for my avatar. I have used the flags of the different countries I have lived in as each has influenced how I am today. I have also added speakers to the image as music is a big part of my life.
I have added Side the sloth from Ice Age to reprasent myself, as I have been given the nickname of a sloth.

3d Max

This is an image I created using 3d Max. I created the tree, then created the bark and leaves in photoshop, then added the texture in 3d Max

Colour & Light

This image was taken when I had a flying lesson about a year ago. It is an image of Currium Beach in Episkopi, Cyprus.
Although they are hard to distinguish, there are remains of buildings and walls from the turkish invasion in the 1970's.
I chose this image because of the clash of colours across the centre of the image. I feel as though the contrast of the green fields, and then the thin line of sand make the aqua colour of the ocean really stand out.

Auto Desk 3Ds Max

This is the first piece of work I created using 3Ds Max. After reading through the instructions given to us by Andy, I found this relitavly easy.

Onetouchables Movies

These are the previous films we have made for Onetouchables.tk. They were produced using Windows Movie Maker. The first film we made was Bad Boyz 1, followed by Bad Boyz 2 and then However Do You Want It. Only human includes out takes of all the films we have produced and is still to be completed.

Only Human

However Do You Want It

Badboyz2

Onetouchables

We have created the design for the new Onetouchables production. We have used 2 images, one of a football court at the Talholz Schule in Bottmingen, and the other of the Mittlebrucke, which is the centre point of Basel city.
We hope to start filming around the time of the first match of Euro 2008 in Switzerland.

Onetouchables final design

New Onetouchables Film

Since returning home for Xmas and New Years, we have come to the agreement to make a new Onetouchables film over the summer to co-inside with the Euro 2008 Championships being held in Switzerland.
We have agreed on the name Onetouchables Desafio, (which means challenge in portugese), And it will be based on the Nike Cage football adverts from 2002.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCkRCUYLAs
We will also try and raise money from the event and plan on holding it in the football cages inside the Bahnhoff SBB in Basel. We will soon start to design some flyers for the event, and I will paste them on my blog one they have been designed.