Weekly Comments #8: DEMOOOOSSSSS

    Demos and tutorials up the wazoo this week. Though, I can't complain, because they're for After Effects which I'm really enjoying working with so far. It's very advanced, and has all kinds of settings and professional editing thingys, it's somewhat intimidating. While I was following the tutorials we were given, I became afraid of accidentally pressing something during editing, because it could mess up your entire project, and you'll have to backtrack and fix it. Gosh, I really hope I'll be able to remember what all of the different tools do and specific settings. It's such a nice program, but so scary. :0

    Oh, we also had a field trip on Monday! We first got to visit the Tri-Main Center (which I was previously there last Saturday for the Super Smash Bros tournament :P) and their animation department. Daemen is such a nice college, oh my gosh. However, they really only offer animation, and not so much film production with cameras and such. That suuuuucks.

    Thennn, we went to LCTV and learned about filming a TV show, and took turns being guests, hosts, camera operators, directors, etc. I've already done it before, though, since I took both summer classes this year, and also visit there after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really like it there, it's always fun. :)

    Also !! What made me happy this week, well, I started playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf !! It's crazy adorable and every character is so nice and sweet, I wish real life was like this, hehe. And we also did elections in class, and I became Secretary! Following in Isabelle's footsteps :0

    Anywho, link of interest: a kinetic typography video, created by populaz. I was looking up tutorials and such for kinetic typography so I could gather ideas for my own video, and this one uses a variety of different fonts and effects, like putting words in circles and using bold fonts vs thin fonts. It's cool to see what other people can do just by using words and fancy effects. Obviously, we won't be able to create something as advanced in such a short amount of time, but it's still inspiring to watch and obtain ideas from! I can't wait to get started!