Project 2 - Progress

Due to a glitch when uploading my video to YouTube and to Blogger.com, I have been forced to upload the file to the CLC home page, and have provided a direct link to the file below.

I am not sure what glitch is causing my problem with the video. I even went through and cleaned the video up to the cleanest I could make it, and it still uploaded with the audio 3 seconds delayed from where it should play. The thing that makes this so annoying is that the video file plays back normally on my computer; it is only when it is uploaded to the internet does the audio change.

Further, once I had the video uploaded to YouTube, it was automatically rejected for using copyrighted material with the music that I used. It seemed like I would never be able to get this project online and available for people to see!

At any rate, I believe this video shows sequence and progression in that it showcases America and the progress the country has made over the last 40 years. It showcases a man that was born in to segregation, and then eventually became the democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States of America. I used the mediums of animation, video, text and sound within this project.

Here is the link to the file:

http://clc.as.wvu.edu:8080/clc/Members/center/ObamaPlatinumMaster2.mp4

Response 4 - Shall I Compare Thee to a Rainy Day?

I decided that I would incorporate a sonnet that I had published in the Backbone Mountain Review (no, that's not the same as Brokeback Mountain!). The Backbone Mountain Review is a literary journal that is sponsored by the Allegany and Garrett County Maryland Arts Councils, and is published on a yearly basis. I submitted this original sonnet in 2007 for consideration to be published and was accepted. I really like the poem and it is sort of a sequel to William Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" sonnet, which is moderately famous.

For this project, I used the beginning 12 seconds of the song "Cosmic Journey" by Solange, and used it as a loop. I really like the trippy, cosmic sound of this song, and always wanted to use the beginning for something creative such as this. I then copied and pasted the loop to fit the amount of time it took for me to record the poem. I recorded the poem as a separate track and layered it just as was showcased in class on September 23, using Audacity. However, for this project I used the program GarageBand that comes standard on every new Mac. I am familiar with this program and find it a lot easier to use than Audacity, and Quick Time Pro.

Project 2 Is...

Going to be a lot of fun!