CINEMATOGRAPHY JUNKIE!

These are my grades for the IMA class to date. That 85 is a thorn in my side! CLEARLY I need to never EVER take another test when I'm sleepy!!! It's a B+ but I still don't like it! UGH! I'll do better. . . I PROMISE!

I LIVE at the movie theater on the weekends so I'm going to start doing movie reviews for you guys. I've seen some pretty good ones and some. . . some that should have never left the editing studio. I'm looking forward to letting you guys know what I think about what "Hollywood" has been offering!

This class looks like it's going to be pretty interesting. . . There are a bunch of assignments that are available each week and you get to pick which ones you want to do. I haven't decided which ones I want to do yet, I'm kind of just feeling my way around but, I need to decide soon. We have to post on a discussion board by Wednesday night and I need to get crackin on that! Either way, I'm sure I'll pass this class. I've got great MOTIVATION!

So I signed on this morning to look at my new class and the site is down for system maintenance. . . I really wish they would send out an email when this is going to happen. . . I wanted to look at my grades again!

I'm a little upset but *shrugs* what's a girl to do?

Hey everybody! I've finally made it to the end of my first class and I must admit, I'm not really glad that it's over but, I'm excited about the next class! The last assignments that I need to complete are 1) finally submit my iWeb assignment 2) the student course evaluation. I'll be taking a screen shot of my grades and posting that tomorrow once a few more of them have updated. You guys can expect a video to come somewhere in the middle of the week before we take the week off for the Fourth of July. I'm hoping to finish this class out with a high A (I tend to be a little hard on myself in this department) because I'm trying to be in the top in my class. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

This is my fourth and final week in the Intro to Media Arts class and I must say, I've enjoyed every minute of it! Our last big assignment for this class is creating an iWeb page, compress it and submit it to our instructor. I've been working on mine since last week (it's due next Tuesday) but I'm going to put the finishing touches on it and submit it this week. I like to get my work in as early as possible just incase I run into any problems.
Even though I've only been attending Full Sail University for a little less than a month, I have really learned a lot and I'm loving the experience! If you've been contemplating a career in music engineering, music production, entertainment business, gaming, film or just about any other career there is. . . check out Full Sail FIRST!

New grades just posted! I'm very proud of the work that I've done so far. It's good to know that this old brain of mine can still grasp and hold information :)

I'm 70% done with my last project for this IMA class. I think I'm kind of stalling just because I don't want it to be over. . . in the meantime though, I'm editing some music in GarageBand and making movie scores just for fun. I'm trying to sharpen all of the skills that I've learned in this class so far. When I'm done with it, I may post it or use it as the score for a short that I'm going to upload soon.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. . . it's been a great beginning and I hope this continues on FOREVER!

Tonight we had a Virtual Class via a website called Wimba. I really like these classes because it kinda helps me feel connected to the other students. It doesn't feel like I'm completely alone out here in education-land! It helps to be able to put a voice to the pictures that I see.


This class is almost over and I'm going to miss it. Introduction to Media Arts has been very informative and an absolute treat!

Zero from Zealous Creative on Vimeo.

Today I noticed a new assignment available. . . iWeb. . . Personally, I know nothing about iWeb and I think that this might be the first project to really make me sweat :) Although it's not due until the 27th, I'm going to research iWeb tutorials on Youtube and do some reading. This should prove to be very interesting. Here goes nothing. . .

I finished all of my assignments for week 3 and now I have nothing left to do. . . I've applied to join several of the Full Sail University student groups with hopes of networking with others. Any support along this journey is always greatly appreciated. I've even been thinking about petitioning to start my own Student Organization. . . that's a thought. . . maybe I'll look into that.

Yeah. . . I didn't feel like editing it. . . I'm learning to use the chroma key on here so bear with me!

I want to try mobile blogging but IDK if it will work!


3 hourslater.. . .
YUP! It works!

These are my grades so far!

I woke up today READY for this weeks work assignments! I LOVE the podcasts, commercials and movie edits that we've been doing so far! I logged into my activities page and. . . there was only a reading assignment, a worksheet, a video to watch, and a thread to post on. . . Needless to say I was kinda bummed BUT I'm still loving every minute of this stuff.

I've got a really nice instructor and I've even been in contact with several classmates through email. It's good to network all through school because you never know who you're going to need once your education is complete. It seems like a lot of people are going for the Recording careers. Like producing or business. So far I've only seen one other person in a (virtual) class that was in Digital Cinematography like me. . . I'll have to do some digging around to see if there are more.

Anyway, those are my thoughts at 5:17am. . . I may post again later. HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY!

Hey Everybody!

If you've been following (or are a new follower) I've decided to do an over-haul on this blog and totally dedicate it to my journey to a higher education! I'm a brand new student at Full Sail University Online and it has been WONDERFUL so far! I'm studying Digital Cinematography but my current class (Introduction to Media Arts) has totally blown my mind on the rest of the Media Arts fields! I've already completed the first 2 weeks of this class and there's only 2 weeks left until I move on to Behavioral Science (I totally can't wait for this class)!

I'll be updating periodically just to give you all a sense of what Full Sail Online is like for me. I hope you join me on this journey!