Rose e-Communication Blog

Infographic The infographic project was to create an infographic on a topic of your choice. I chose to do chocolate, because who doesn't love chocolate? This project took about 2-3 weeks to complete. It began with research on our topic. Once we had our research compiled, we began sketching our graphics for the project. After making a final sketch of our infographic, it was time to begin creating out graphics in illustrator. Once we were finished with the graphics, we put them together to make the final product. Some challenges I faced were finding a good layout that flowed, and creating graphics that all matched the theme of the infographic. Some new skills I learned were how to distort a circle, and how to trace with the curved pen tool. Feedback I was given was that my dripping font was too difficult to read and didn't fit the tone of the rest. So, I changed it to a different font that was simpler and easier to read. Overall, I am very happy with how the final product turne...

Short Film This project was our final project this year. We were assigned to create a short film from start to finish. We began with making a longline and synopsis. Next, we turned that into a treatment. After having a meeting with the teacher to discuss our ideas and build on them, we made a few revisions. We then pitched our treatment to the class. After everyone pitched their ideas, we had an online voting process. We established directors for each of the winning pieces, and then there was choice in which piece you wanted to go into. Once we had our groups established, we began the storyboarding process. We split up to work on the mood board, costuming, storyboard, and script. Finishing that, it was time to get to filming. Filming took two separate days outside of class, and a few more in class. For this project, I was the actor. I found it very challenging to portray emotion with our piece not having dialog. I really had to work to express fear and confusion. I've never don...