Rotoball Sketch

After watching the videos, I decided what I want to do in the Rotoball Project. First of all, I would bring in the ball through the left. To start with, the background would be plain, maybe just like a solid color. I would be in it walking and then I would feel like a ball in my back. I would turn around and grab the ball. After I turn the ball into a Disco Ball I'd throw it at the top. The background would turn into a disco, with flashy lights and a whole dance floor. I would start dancing and after a bit grab the ball back and start playing with it as if it were a beach ball. Then, I would turn into a bird and throw my ball to the right for the next person to use. This is my decision for the Rotoball Project.

Flash Animation

Typing Tracker

This chart is a good representation because it is easy to read. All you have to do is follow the bars and the dates to locate where you when up or down. Besides that, it indicates rapidly which was your highest score and the date.








This Accuracy chart is similar to the one above, the only difference is that the bars are horizontal and the dates are on the side. This is also an easy chart to read because it is very organized and it is very hard to miss which days you did well and which ones you did not.

This chart is one of the best because it has a shade of blue inside which gives it a little more color. Not only that but, the lines that curve are an indication of how well or how bad you did. It is similar to the others because it facilitates you to understand your scores.

Winterbreak 2010-2011

To start off the winterbreak, my parents and I went to Park City, Utah to skii for a week. We went up into the mountains called Deer Valley and that's where all of our skiing took place. We stayed in a hotel called Stein Erikson, and our lodge was very comfortable. Every morning, my dad and I would wake up around nine, have breakfast, and go skiing with an instructor that would take us to visit the whole mountain and take us to the best runs. After a few hours of skiing, we would meet up with my mom and my brother, they would go skii for a bit since they were both beginners and my dad and I would have a delicious hot chocolate. Then, we would skii some more, and when we were all tired we would go back to our lodge and have lunch. Late afternoon, we would always go to the outlets that were 20 minutes away and shop. Everything on sale had a disccount of some sort, nothing was too expensive, and it was just perfect. This was an amazing way to begin the winterbreak, especially in a wonderful place like Utah.

When we got back from Utah, I took some days off just to relax and clean up my closet since my clothes wouldn't fit anymore. I watched movies, I read, I would tan by my pool, and I went last minute Christmas shopping. For Christmas Eve, my parents made a big dinner at home and invited many close friends. At midnight, we all opened up presents and enjoyed eachother's company. The next day, my brother was so happy when he saw what Santa had given him and the whole family just stayed home reccuperating from the night before. After that, I saw all of my friends, we would go to the beach almost every single day. A friend came for vacations and lots of us went to Mita for the day to welcome him back home, it was fun. For New Years, I went to a dinner in Mita with my parents, just like last year, spent the countdown with them and went off to downtown, that was a great night. This years winterbreak was super fun, I wish we were still in vacations to keep on enjoying it.

Audacity Project 2

In class, we did a mash-up with different sounds that we found on the internet. The most challenging part fort me was to make the sounds blend it with each other. Finding different sounds that go together was also very hard, in audacity it was hard to make these beats sound good together, to make a rhythm. Besides that, I thought making it a minute long without repeating so much a bit hard. I ddin't think a minute was too long but in music many things can happen in a minute. If I could change something about my work I think it would be the beat. I didn't think my "song" had a rhythm to it, it was a little boring. Not only that but, I would make it repeat less and have more spaces so it doesn't sound too jammed up. After listening to the same thing it get's kind of annoying, especially if the sounds are all mixed up. I thought my work wasn't the best one I've done. It was the first time using audacity and I didn't really understand how it worked, plus, Ididn't take enough time blending the sounds together to make it sound the way I wanted. All in all, the different sounds worked their way to make a good mash-up.

After handing in our project, we listened to each other's mash-up. Most of them were on beat and had sort of a story behind them. Others, had different sounds that had no meaning at all but, sounded good with together. I thought the best one was Elena's, she had various beats and rhythms and none of them repeated, except the one sound that was in the background that made it excellent. She also had a lot of pauses which made it longer and let other sounds be heard, unlike mine that each sound came with another and everything was all mixed. In addition, I enjoyed Renata's. Her mash-up had a story behind it that made it even more interesting. She also used many sounds that sounded good with each other, it made her project sound complete. As you can see, all the mash-ups were really good, but only some of them stood out due to their originality.

Mash-Up #1 End Product

For being the first time I use audacity and the first time making a mash-up I thought my final product was good. The two songs I mixed were "The Riddle" : http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_q_qytqgcc and "Stamp on the Ground" : http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcVU5cGUNE . I thought these songs blended in with each other pretty well. What I really liked about my mash-up was the beginning, the two songs together sounded perfect, you could barely tell they were different songs. Besides that, I liked how the volumes went up and down. You could hear one song louder than the other and then they would switch, but it still sounded good. What I disliked about my mash-up was the middle part, it sounded very caotic. I don't know what I did to make one go way faster than the other one and it made it sound crazy and without any rhythm. After this experience with audacity, i'm pretty sure I can do a much better job mixing up songs.

Mash-Up

A mash-up is when two songs are put together to create a new one. Two mash-ups I like are: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRHfd9Yto0A and http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VexpDPwAQ2g . A good mash-up is when the song created has a good rhythm to it and it blends in with the other one completely without sounding weird. Besides that, it is a good mash-up when it has a beat and the sound is interesting. A mash-up that isn't good is when it has no sound or beat to it, no rhythm, and it is entirely boring. Also, when the mash-up doesn't have a certain beat and its only many songs playing together, it can sound very caotic and annoying. A link to improve mash-ups is:http://http://mastercom.over-blog.com/article-how-social-media-mashups-will-improve-engagement-and-monetization-54231916.html and http://http://blog.programmableweb.com/2008/08/11/3-ways-to-improve-your-map-mashup/ . Mash-up makers are actually real musicians due to their mixing of songs and creating a certain beat that is in the background. They put a lot of effort in finding a way to mix up the songs to create a totally different one which makes them musicians. Honestly, I think that mash-up artists are the best because they have amazing creativity! One of the musicians I admire and enjoy the most are earworm because he takes all songs to create one at the end of the year. Another one I like is deadmau5 because he always finds a different rythm and makes an incredible remix. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV8eiSA4vqc