26th day at ACMI

I Switched on all the computers, after dave gave a short introduction to the participants, we gathered together as a story circle.

Everybody read their stories out loud.....and I have to say that there are a lot of emotional content in their stories, some of the cried and I almost did .... it's really touching. It is at that moment that I know that I really like this job! Working in an multimedia environment is really lonely sometimes........but by injecting such emotional and human contents into it.....multimedia technology became a tool to bring that story to a wider audience level!! It's really great!!

After hearing a few stories, i am feeling so inspired~ that I decided to focus on a couple of title sequences design~

I am basically working with Patricia Duncan most of the time, as there is no point for her to learn all those technical stuffs, all she wants to do is to tell the story of her passed away husband, and that's what I am going help her to do! " Neil's Story

Apart from that I 've decided to create an animated title sequence for Helen's friend - Kate and Daphane....its a story about how she came in to Australia and it happens throughout the times of world war, I am going to create 30 seconds of world war scene with stills.......its going to be a very exciting project for me!! and its going to look good in my showreel as well!!

I am so tired at the end of the day, i went home and go straight to bed.

25th day at ACMI

Editing Tour for a Cure, as Helen told me that the cancer council has an expo and its going to be tomorrow, so that would be excellent if a rough cut could be done by 3:00pm...its the shortest deadline that I've got since I am working here.........and I like that!

Craig is leaving on Tuesday, so there is going to be a handover thing on monday, 9:00-10:00, by then, we have to know where all the materials are and making sure that i know how to make all the dvds for the remasters.

cutting tour for a cure in such a long time is so exciting, u want to do something nice, but time is avoiding you to do so:

here is a piece of tech not for creating a dvd from premiere:
- exporting the video in quicktime dv-pal format.
- remember to play it once, to chk if there are any errors, because once we've past that, its done!
- open the quicktime in quicktime player.
- export in with "movie to mpeg2" mode
- set the sound to 8-bit

in DVD studio pro, making a dvd is just to ask the program to jump back to the video at the end...

Helen Simondson offered me a lift home again........and that's not it for the week .... I am working tomorrow on another digital storytelling group.

24th day at ACMI

Deliver 4 dvds to Helen right at 9:30am.

Working at the digital Diaries program from 9:30 till 2:30

they didn't bring any photos for scanning, I just handled all the protools recording session together with ROB, it was fun!! I really enjoyed it. Especially, now I really know how to use Imovie....~its all in my control.

Helen asked me to track down the folder for Tour for a cure....it might be an ergent project and that the cancer council really wants to have it as soon as possible.

Helped DAVE to finish a spread sheet in excel for the screen adventures feedback forms.
finally, my maths skills could be used in something constructive

Then had a meeting with Helen Stuckey as she is leaving for New Zealand tomorrow and that I wanted to know what sort of research that she wants me to perform on the new games lab.
here are the summary points:
streamline
montreal chair
getting a catalogue from SPACE
should check out other design exhibitions/galleries
computer games exhibition/siggraph/.....

checking out exhibition design/desks is the most important.

its like a more designed classroom.

research Furniture design houses in melbourne

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23rd day in ACMI

Helen Simondson need to have 4 DVDs by tomorrow morning, this is a big job and it was brought to me at 5:30pm........i worked until 9:30pm for that.

Attending the eureka opening, boring as hell....attending the briefing with the students.

Had a meeting with Vincent as I am going to help him out with the Digital Diaries which is with the high school students tomorrow, he taught me how to use ProTools and imovie....so that I could help them out with their project properly tomorrow...

I helped out with DAVO with the digital storytelling briefing. from 6-8pm....I might be working myself too hard.

After work, DAVE asked me to go out to have dinner with the others.......Helen Simondson, Kim Montogomery, Natasha Dwyer, Melanie Duncan and Dave of course!! Its fun to see how they act so differently then they were at work!!........They are more cute when they were drunk. They were eating like crazy...especially TASH~~

Helen Simondson drove me home ........ we finally had a chance to chat in the car.

22nd day at ACMI

Working with Deaf People.

Stephanie came in at 9:30 sharp, after a brief chat with her (writing on paper), her interpretor - Cindy came in. An interpretor is required as she can't do lip reading.

I basically understands everything that she wants and it so easy to be achieved in after effects. I did all of them upon her request and that she is very happy about it. These tasks includes lengthen 2 shots and additional subtitles for sound effects description. Also, since there is a different between sign language and spoken english, there is an audio gap, where the voice over finishes and that the sign language is still going on. That's why I propose to her that we add some sound effects to the overall soundtrack. They like the idea and that the end result looks fantastic.

working with stef till 12:30pm.

then I go back to the post production for the art day south group!!

21st day at ACMI

intense Post Production for the art day south group~

preparing the after effects project for Stephanie tomorrow!!

20th Day at ACMI

Working with Tasman, wonderful time, we talk and he is happy for me to drive the machine and that our progress is very good, we are at the stage of fine cutting already. His film got a very strong soundscape as we did spent a lot of time choosing sound effects and fine tuning the mix.
Reading his story gives me a very strong feeling personally. After going through such a big trauma, I don't know how am I going to handle it either....good work TASMAN!

I've designed John B's title "a visit to the tulip farm"

Had a chat with Lisetta about working in the film industry...seemed that everyone that I know who worked in the film industry quit as they couldn't stand the pressure and the stress. What about me, what is my fate going to be?

Dave asked me out for dinner........finally got something to do on a Friday Night!! WOWOWO!!!
we had an interesting chat about a range of topics from girls to work, films to food, tarvelling to life.