“Zenposite Calm”
The piece title was my first attempt at utilizing the “green screen” technique. It also showcases some animation as the statue slides into the foreground and the phrase “Namaste” appears.
Animated Logo
The objective with example was to animate a logo with After Effects and incorporate sound effects.
“The Journey to Groove”
This piece was created using figurines around my apartment and stop-motion animation. The objective of the assignment had been to take enough still shots to create approximately a couple minutes of video. This video would tell a story, which in this case, focuses on three separate seagulls’ journey to find their “tribe”.
“Tranquility”
This example is a combination of a handful of “cinemagraphs” and some instrumental music to create a short film conveying “Tranquility”.
Podcast
The objective of this podcast was to incorporate 1-2 sound effects and utilize a script that was written prior to recording. This audio clip was created using Audacity sound recording software, and was strictly in an MP4 format until recently. I decided to combine it with a picture of my own “feline overlords” in Adobe Premiere Pro and I’m fairly pleased with how it turned out.
Script
Intro Sound Clip: cat meow
Humans have been creating and posting images of cats since the ancient days in Egypt. So it’s only natural we do so on the Internet. But what is it with this fascination? Let’s cover a brief history of our fascination with cats and their PURR-ominence on the Internet.
In 1870, English photographer Harry Pointer printed small greeting cards featuring over 200 photos of his own cats in cute or funny poses (petcetnric.com).
Fast forward to the 1970s, a poster was created depicting a cute, fuzzy kitten clinging to a tree, with a caption advising viewers to “Hang in there!” The popularity of the image may make it the first (offline) cat meme; it appeared on motivational posters and cards (petcetnric.com).
In the early 2000s, the growing popularity of digital cameras and blogging online was combined pet photography. By 2005, Caturday became a popular online celebration of cats and weekends by forum users. In fact the first known LOLcat meme appears to be a 2005 picture of a cat whose caption declares that he is waiting for Caturday. By 2007, the well-known LOLcat archive I Can Has Cheezburger was launched (petcetnric.com).
So why cats when there are so many other entertaining, domesticated animal companions in our lives? Well, for starters they are one of the most popular pets in the world — millions of people (petcetnric.com) are happily “owned” by their cats. Naturally we want to chronicle cats doing something funny or cute. More often than not those candid, photographed moments end up online as entertaining images and memes.
Ben Huh of the Cheezburger Network once theorized to PBS that cat people and their pets don’t get to socialize and show off in person the way dog people do, so the internet is a great alternative (petcetnric.com).
What’s my theory….? Well, to quote the late Sir Terry Prachett, “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”. They must be appeased people. Thanks for listening!
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