Christy R.’s blog

My finished MTV MID against the required specifications set by MTV:

• Duration: 30 seconds, yes it followed the required duration.
• Music: Yes it followed the rule of original music or mtv templates because I used MTV templates.
• Yes my MID was original and it is verifiable.
• Most likely yes, it followed the screen resolution, 352 x 288 WMV, 25 FPS, 44.1 kHz for audio because Mrs. Wilson was able to convert both the animation and audio into wmv and I was able to upload it.
• My video does not contain obscene language, any sign of racism, legally objectionable material, or material that may infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights. It cannot be considered unethical because it is not…! And, it is not dangerous.

Result? Hopefully a 6/6 grading by MTV staff for following their technical specifications!

Evaluating my work at each stage of the project:

• Criterion A - Investigate: I followed through each of the instructions and ticked all the boxes as I went through and I also finished before due date was over so I think this part was satisfactory :). I didn’t contact the MTV Creative Director with a legitimate question however because I didn’t really have one since I couldn’t come up with any questions my head wanted to agree with. - Do you like cheese? -
• Criterion B - Design: Yes I followed all the guidelines for design and I posted it before the required time too so I can only hope that I did good on it.
• Criterion C - Plan: I had difficulty uploading my Criterion C but I worked on it and finished on time. I was able to upload it finally because I sent it to myself and put it on words and uploaded it from words. I was never quite sure why it didn’t upload though. The message I received was something like ‘is not legal’ or so. It was a funny/bizarre message that contained the word ‘legal’. I did not do anything out of the ordinary when I made my table! =| Trying to follow my plan was a whole different story though. Macromedia was difficult to follow and when I made mistakes I had to learn from them and that took a long time because I saw the tutorial videos but they only tell you how to do something. They don’t explain to you what you should do in case of errors. I spent much more time than intended for my Criterion D.  (It would’ve really really helped if I had flash! But I could not download it anymore - I should’ve came up with the idea of downloading it on my dad’s computer earlier… .. … … or I could’ve bought a flash and stole the school’s macromedia program! But I didn’t have a flash.)
• Criterion D - Create: As stated above, I spent more time than what I planned because I’m a little slow with flash. Just a little…!! Something I’m afraid that I have not really done on time is asking 3 friends to comment on my MID. Many have seen it but I always forget to ask for comments.
• Criterion E - Evaluate: I don’t know. I’m trying to include anything I can think of. Hope I’m doinge a good job!
• Criterion F - Attitude: It’s tempting to get out of my seat and roam around because I see so many people do it, but I was able to tame myself. Yay! =) I only got out of my seat when it was necessary, like when it was a request from a classmate to comment on their MID or to try to solve something or go to the bathroom(it’s necessary!). The only time I can remember getting out of my seat for no necessary reason was when I wanted to see Beom Su’s MID animation.

I’m not going to grade myself because I’d be kind since I know I tried! =-) The effort I put in is most important to me. The only times I would not do good for sure is when I’m mentally exhausted and when I forget. I don’t do it on purpose. =-) (Thanks for not making things so intense and for always being considerate about things like those. =-))

Summary of things I did different:

- More frames than storyboard boxes so my flash would go smoother. Next time, I should experiment with the program first so I won’t be just using my storyboard as a guide but a plan part next time.

- More time taken than planned on C because I’m slow on grasping Macromedia Flash.

- Instead of a butterfly that comes to life rising out of my MTV logo, I made the flower animate rainbow colors, a heart with MTV in it, and finally added the MTV music television logo. This was because I did not have more time and no macromedia to continue at home. Next time, I’d bring a flash disk so I could steal the program from school computers :p.