Idea and Inspiration

For my project, I decided to create a summer fashion ideas video where I style two different outfits. This relates to my blog as my blog is all about fashion. I got this ideas because I follow a lot of fashion bloggers/vlogers and I have seen them post videos of their fashion ideas. I decided to keep my video short and simple to meet the time limit/maximum. I just did two summer outfits.

I first started my project my filming two separate clips, one of my first summer fashion idea and one of my second. Once I was finished, I uploaded my videos to premiere. While in premiere, I realized that the second video was filmed horizontally instead of vertically so I re-filmed the video so that it was in the correct format. I added some music to go along with my clips from a free and licensed source. I turned the volume of the music down a bit so that you could hear my voice clearly over it. I also added two titles; the first one appears at the beginning of my project which reads “summer fashion ideas”. The next one appears at the end of my project which reads “filmed and edited by Talley Minich”. I also used the razor tool to cut out a few parts where I coughed or there was an extended pause. These titles help transition my video and let the audience know important information. 

Sources and Materials

I found the music for my project at:
http://freemusicarchive.org/

For my final draft, I utilized the the help of my classmates. Some of their suggestions were to change the color of the font as it was hard to read against the background, and also that the ending of my video ended too abruptly. Accordingly. I changed my font color to white to make it stand out more. I also added a picture of myself wearing one of the outfits I styled after the end of my video to give my audience a visual, as well as add an ending to my video. I added text that reads “Thanks for watching!”. I also changed the scale of the photo so that it fit the full screen. I also changed the position so that you could see my entire outfit. I also adjusted the sound of my voice so you could hear it more clearly.

Overall, I learned a lot by utilizing Adobe Premiere and well definitely be using this software in the future. There were some challenges I encountered such as navigating the software in order to fin the effect I was looking for, but the tutorials I watched online really helped me by showing me tricks and tips.

Idea and Inspiration

For my project, I decided to create a summer fashion ideas video where I style two different outfits. This relates to my blog as my blog is all about fashion. I got this ideas because I follow a lot of fashion bloggers/vlogers and I have seen them post videos of their fashion ideas. I decided to keep my video short and simple to meet the time limit/maximum. I just did two summer outfits.

I first started my project my filming two separate clips, one of my first summer fashion idea and one of my second. Once I was finished, I uploaded my videos to premiere. While in premiere, I realized that the second video was filmed horizontally instead of vertically so I re-filmed the video so that it was in the correct format. I added some music to go along with my clips from a free and licensed source. I turned the volume of the music down a bit so that you could hear my voice clearly over it. I also added two titles; the first one appears at the beginning of my project which reads “summer fashion ideas”. The next one appears at the end of my project which reads “filmed and edited by Talley Minich”. I also used the razor tool to cut out a few parts where I coughed or there was an extended pause. These titles help transition my video and let the audience know important information.

Sources and Materials

I found the music for my project at:
http://freemusicarchive.org/

Hi everyone,

Here is my raw footage for my premiere project. My idea is “summer fashion ideas” in which I law out some outfits with advice on how to style them.

Hello everyone! Here are my premiere tutorials.

Hello again!
Here is my final draft for my audition project.

Idea and Inspiration

I decided to create a story of me explaining my experience with fashion and what is means to me. I decided to do this because my blog is all about fashion and I wanted to create something that would tell my audience a little bit more about my thoughts in regards to fashion.

Design Process

I have listen to many podcasts from fashion bloggers that I follow, and some of them have episodes where they tell fashion stories or talk about what fashion means to them. This gave me the idea to share my own story. 
I decided to add some upbeat music to my story to keep the energy positive and make the story have a nice flow to it. To design my audio, I first collected my narration audio as well as the music I wanted to use. I uploaded them both to sound cloud. There were a few flaws in my narration such as when I stumbled with the words “I also love that fashion is unique for everyone” and said the sentence twice. I used the razor tool to cut out my stumbling of words and put the audio back together so that it flowed seamlessly. I used the fade in and fade out tools on the music so that the music faded in before I started speaking, and faded out once i was done speaking. I also adjusted the volume of the music so it was louder at the beginning and was faint in the background while I was telling my story. I changed these adjustments quite a few times until I thought it sound good and my music and narration flowed nicely together. 

Technical Detail

I learned a lot from the tutorials I did for this course such as vox pop, editing an interview, and cutting and re-arranging sounds. I incorporated these skills in my rough draft. I recored myself telling a story on my phone and then uploaded it to my computer to use in Adobe Audition. For the music I used, I found it at http://freemusicarchive.org/ which is free and licensed. I did have a few challenges using the Adobe software because I had no prior experience. When I made an accidental cut or change to a sound, I had a hard time with undoing that error without having to restart my project. I found that with practice, I was able to learn tips and tricks and was able to undo errors more seamlessly with the move tool.

Final Revisions

I decided to revise my original audition. In order to do so, I used the razor tool to cut out a few bits and pieces such as when I take a long breath, or there was an unnecessary break or pause. I also decided to add a section at the beginning in order to say “what does fashion mean to you?” in order to get my audience thinking and know what direction my story is going in. I did this followed by the advice of one of my colleague’s to add another clip to my audition.

Hello everyone!
Here is my rough draft for my audition project.

Idea and Inspiration

For this project I decided to create a story of me explaining my experience with fashion and what is means to me. I decided to do this because my blog is all about fashion and I wanted to create something that would tell my audience a little bit more about my thoughts in regards to fashion.

Design Process

I have listen to many podcasts from fashion bloggers that I follow, and some of them have episodes where they tell fashion stories or talk about what fashion means to them. This gave me the idea to share my own story.
I decided to add some upbeat music to my story to keep the energy positive and make the story have a nice flow to it. To design my audio, I first collected my narration audio as well as the music I wanted to use. I uploaded them both to sound cloud. There were a few flaws in my narration such as when I stumbled with the words “I also love that fashion is unique for everyone” and said the sentence twice. I used the razor tool to cut out my stumbling of words and put the audio back together so that it flowed seamlessly. I used the fade in and fade out tools on the music so that the music faded in before I started speaking, and faded out once i was done speaking. I also adjusted the volume of the music so it was louder at the beginning and was faint in the background while I was telling my story. I changed these adjustments quite a few times until I thought it sound good and my music and narration flowed nicely together.

Technical Detail

I learned a lot from the tutorials I did for this course such as vox pop, editing an interview, and cutting and re-arranging sounds. I incorporated these skills in my rough draft. I recored myself telling a story on my phone and then uploaded it to my computer to use in Adobe Audition. For the music I used, I found it at http://freemusicarchive.org/ which is free and licensed. I did have a few challenges using the Adobe software because I had no prior experience. When I made an accidental cut or change to a sound, I had a hard time with undoing that error without having to restart my project. I found that with practice, I was able to learn tips and tricks and was able to undo errors more seamlessly with the move tool.

Hi everyone! Here is my raw footage for my audition assignment. Here, I describe my opinions/experience with fashion. I have also included some music that I think would go along well with my story. I found the music on http://freemusicarchive.org/.

Hello everyone!

My logo is for my hypothetical fashion brand. This relates to my blog topic as my blog is all about fashion. I was inspired for this project by looking up fashion brand labels and seeing what other people were doing. I also looked up what fashion influencers used as their label for their brand and took information from that as well.

To actually create my logo, I first made a sketch of a rough idea of what I wanted my logo to look like. After I was satisfied, I began to work on my actual logo in illustrator. I found an image of a dress that matched my idea and placed it inside illustrator. I then used the pen to cut around the image of the dress until I had a full outline. I filled in the color to pink. Next, I added the text that reads “Fashion by Talley”. I changed the color, font, and sized and used the arrange tool to bring the text to the front of the dress. I then used the ellipse tool, holding down “shift” to create a perfect circle, and aligned the circle perfectly around the dress. I picked a pink blend color to fill in this circle and used the arrange tool again to bring the circle behind the dress and text. I then went to window-pathfinder-and unite to combine all of the aspects of my logo and lock them into place. 

For my final draft, I made some changes in order to make my logo more appealing. The first thing I did was find a new dress outline and more accurately outline it with the pen tool. I changed the opacity of the logo to 50% to make the logo blend better and be a little more seamless. I then added a thick black border around the exterior of the logo to make it stand out. I also made the dress a lighter color as well as made the background behind the dress a custom solid pink. I also made the text black with a different font. I used the warp tool to make the text wave slightly across the logo. I also added stars to the dress by using the star tool and removed the stroke so that they would blend with the dress. I made some of them different sizes to add dimension. 

I struggled in illustrator with erasing errors and mistakes. I found it challenging to erase or delete certain aspects without messing up other layers of my logo. I also had a hard time tracing the dress precisely with the pen tool, it definitely took a few tries. Overall I learned a lot about illustrator as it is an application I had never used before. There were a lot of growing pains but I think a lot of practice made me become more knowledgeable and successful with this platform. 

Talley

Hello everyone,

For this project I decided to create a logo for a fashion inspiration brand. This relates to my blog topic as my blog is all about fashion.

I was inspired for this project by looking up fashion brand labels and seeing what other people were doing. I also looked up what fashion influencers used as their label for their brand and took influence from that as well.

To actually create my logo, I first made a sketch of a rough idea of what I wanted my logo to look like. After I was satisfied, I began to work on my actual logo in illustrator. I found an image of a dress that matched my idea and placed it inside illustrator. I then used the pen to cut around the image of the dress until I had a full outline. I filled in the color to pink. Next, I added the text that reads “Fashion by Talley”. I changed the color, font, and sized and used the arrange tool to bring the text to the front of the dress. I then used the ellipse tool, holding down “shift” to create the perfect circle, and aligned the circle perfectly around the dress. I picked a pink blend color to fill in this circle and used the arrange tool again to bring the circle behind the dress and text. I then went to window-pathfinder-and unite to combine all of the aspects of my logo and lock them into place. 

I struggled in illustrator with erasing errors and mistakes. I found it challenging to erase or delete certain aspects without messing up other layers of my logo. I also had a hard time tracing the dress precisely with the pen tool, it definitely took a few tries.