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Week 13 – Webpages

Dec 162010

This week we learned basic html, css, and php. Because I have had experience with some simple web designing I decided to really have fun with this assignment. A few members of my last few groups decided to make a 90s styled webpage dedicated to Alvin, who’s birthday happened to fall on our last day of commlab.
Jen designed the the look of the front page in photoshop and found links to all the priceless and iconic gifs. Avery coded it together, and I made the diary page.
From there ideas sort of kept spiraling out and before we knew it we had a webpage, a cake, and an LED crown. I thought it was fitting because each was fairly representative of ourselves.

But anyhoo, this is the webpage: http://averymax.com/life-of-alvin/
It was also pretty hilarious that Alvin clearly stated before hand that he was a fan of absolute minimalism before we had a chance to present ours.

Video footage of the moment

Alvin’s Secret from Jen Ho on Vimeo.

Thanks Marianne for helping us go last!

And just as some proof that the page is as we planned; this is the design the webpage was based off of:

Week 11 – After Effects

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Dec 062010

How to Make a Hippopotamus Sandwich from Jen Ho on Vimeo.

I had taken a class for After Effects a few years ago, and this project was mostly about remembering all the shortcuts. It was a bit frustrating knowing what I COULD do, but being unable to remember HOW to do it. But I still had fun with the program.
Our inspiration behind our video was Shel Silverstein’s “A Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich.” We felt it was a straightforward visualization and still a significant part of our childhood. (At least mine)

RECIPE FOR A HIPPOPOTAMUS SANDWICH
-by Shel Silverstein

A hippo sandwich is easy to make.
All you do is simply take
One slice of bread,
One slice of cake,
Some mayonaise,
One onion ring,
One hippopotamus,
One piece of string,
A dash of pepper–
That ought to do it,
And now comes the problem… Biting into it!

Comm Lab Updates

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Nov 292010

It’s been a while and I have fallen seriously behind in my updates!
In reverse order from most recent to least recent:

Movie Project – The Aperture

The Aperture from Alvin Chang on Vimeo.

Sound Project
Listen here

Stop-motion Animation – Paper Mode

Paper Mode from Alvin Chang on Vimeo.

All my projects have been a blast. I had a tendency to stick with the same partner, but I’m proud of each project we produced. For the next project, we will actually not be partnering up again, unfortunately, but it will be a good opportunity to see what we can do separately.