Author Archives: Antonio Lewis

Creating Yohan vs Stark Day by Day

4/15

I created the script on this day the script was originally difficult to get started with but once I found the foundation I desired it came out smoothly. It was important for me to write the sound effects into the script to be sure the placements made sense.

4/19

I started with getting all the audio files downloaded using ttsmaker for the narrator, Yohan, and Agent Diamond Flame. All the sound effects came from free sites like Pixabay or free sound.org

4/21

This was the day I started cutting up the audio and placing items into bandlab. I’m pretty experienced with using Bandlab for projects and use it for all audio work so it went smoothly.

4/23

This is the day I started creating my visual portion of the work. I started with attempting to geranted A.i photos using  Gemini, magic studio, and craiyon. Some photos came out perfect the first time like the emp’s but photos revolving around the characters were the hardest to remain consistent. I then started placing the photos in canvas and editing the audio in video and correlation.

4/25

This is the day I turned in the project, I finalized all edits and had a few friends review my video to give opinions once they saw it and gave feedback I tweaked anything that needed fixing and I turned it in.

Yohan vs Elon Stark the battle to save humanity.

The work:

The process:

  1. I originally began by brainstorming ideas surrounding the tech noir theme, I drew inspiration from media in the style that already exist. I also knew for a fact that I wanted my story to have a world ending event and evil robots as this style loves evil robots.

2. I then completed the script, this took a couple attempts to prefect and had to make multiple changes during the process so that my edits and the content being spoken matched. I wanted my script to have a clear beginning, middle and end like all good stories but I still needed to make it within the boundaries of my video editing skills. I wrote my script on pen and paper this is the only portion of the work that wasn’t done on my desktop

3. I then created a list of sound effects and visuals that I thought would go well with my final, not everything on the list made it but most of it was used and the list was actually very helpful. I then used an A.i generator to make the photos I thought would fit my project.I used 3 total and they all did fine: Gemini, magic studio, and craiyon

4. The final step in the process was to edit the audio and video together and make them line up. I started with the audio making sure everything was where it was supposed to be and it sounded like an actual conversation. I used ttsmaker for all the voices during the story and Bandlab to mix the audio. The visual and final edits were doing using Canva.com

Week 12 the plot thickens.

This week went by quick but I finally feel back on track and may have a chance to get ahead of things this weekend. This week we were assigned to complete 3 daily creates. The first challenged us to generate a spy name, this actually helped me with my project as I created a character from the name I generated and will hopefully be able to make them a part of the final project. For the second we were challenged to create a poem from a conversation we overheard and I loved how my poem turned out and actually found it catchy. The last create of the week had us honor our pets for national pet day which was awesome as a pet owner. It was refreshing to see everyone’s pet and finish the week with a wholesome daily create. For assignments this week we were only given one which had us face a more challenging task in creating a trailer for our final project .Ā 

The rise of Chat GPT:

In creating the trailer for the final project I used many tools and tried to create something useful that my final project could build off. The first step was to create a name and rough draft for my short film. After I jotted down some ideas the script quickly began to form and the content you see in the trailer was created, I then moved into the audio side of things so I could get a grasp on how long my video portion had to be I added free sound effects using pixabay and the audio was edited using bandlab. Once the audio was finished I moved to the video portion which I knew would be the hardest. I created the video on canva, making the script come to life was very hard but not impossible. For the final I will spend more time fine tuning edits and I want to learn how to edit the video portions better. I also want to learn how to better manipulate photo generators as it took me much longer to get the photos I needed than expected and it was hard to pull consistent results.Ā Ā Ā 

Daily creates:

  1. For my first daily create of the week I used a secret name generator to create Agent Diamond Flame. She works hand and hand with my character Yohan and she was put on ice and froze for 100+ years. Once I generated her name I used a photo generator to create her character which I think turned out well and fits the theme of tech noir. I plan to incorporate this character at least once in my final, but if Iā€™m unable to at least I can say I tried.

2. For my second daily create of the week we were assigned to create a poem from a dialogue we overheard. I heard my family member on the phone with their friend and they said the phrase ā€œit’s always good to get out and walkā€. I used this as the start of my poem and built around this phrase. I tried to do a rhyme scheme that skips a line then continues. I actually like the poem I made and believe it’s quite catchy and holds a good message as we approach warmer weather. I also created a cover to go with my poem on canva that’s in my favorite color which is green.

3. For my third daily create of the week we honored national pet day, so I posted my two babies.Ā I wasnā€™t able to go see them today on the 11th due to my schedule and class, but I will go visit them tomorrow and be sure to give them extra love and treats since I wasnā€™t there today.

Voices of DS106

The radio listen was fun. I was able to listen to the fearless femmes podcast which was amazing. My favorite part of the podcast were the ads. They were creative and sounded like professional radio ads. I also enjoyed the variation in topics and the humor they brought to the podcast while watching they were able to actually make me and my roommate laugh a few times as we listened in. It was very interesting to see how this group approached the assignment as me and my group took a totally different route, seeing how they were able to do the assignment so different than us yet so successful make me excited to see what everyone’s final project will look like.

Daily creates

1. Ā  For my first daily creation of the week we were tasked to show what happened when we opened a mysterious door. Behind my door a luxurious high rise was hidden and is a great reminder to not judge a book by its cover. I was inspired for this post while watching a tik tok where the user was in a foreign country and the outside of his house looked simple and it was made of mud, but once he stepped in it was filled with modern commodities and many even commented that the inside of his house was nicer than theirs.

2. For the second daily create of the week we were asked to decipher aĀ  part of the Voynich manuscript. I decided to choose the page that has a sun with a face surrounded by what looks to be either a clock or calendar. Regardless of which I believe they worshiped the sun or at least thought it was living and this was an early attempt at measuring time.

3. For the 3rd and final daily create of the week we were asked to share a photo or name of something ironic and I decided to send the Golden gate bridge. The bridge isnā€™t golden at all, it’s orange, and the golden GATE bridge doesnā€™t even have any gates, only toll posts. Maybe the golden gate had to do with the gold rush or something. Now I’m interested in looking into the backstory and naming of the bridge.

Week 11 the calm before the storm.

This week zoomed by quickly. I’ve been super busy as the semester is coming to a close. This week we were responsible for 3 daily creates which I was able to get done in the backend of the week. I was able to decide what was behind my door like the legend of Narnia, became a philosopher and attempted to solve a page of the Voynich manuscript, and to end the week was able to question the origins of the golden gate bridge’s name. The radiolisten was very eye opening and showed just how creative my classmates truly are. Seeing what everyone is capable of has me excited to see everyone’s final project and prepared to bring my A game for my own.

it takes a village

Week 10 Summary:

Week 10 was a good week for me personally I feel back on track. Me and my group were able to complete the project on time, I’m happy with the overall outcome of our project originally I wasn’t sure how my sound effects and editing would come out and it felt forced, but once I found the flow and timing of the podcast the uncertainty left me and I was able to produce a enjoyable product for the listener. Most of the work done this week is explained in my Noir Games podcast post if you’d like more insight into the process of creating for our podcast.

Daily creates:

During this week we were responsible for 2 daily creates which I was able to get done. The first daily creation I completed asked us to tell what we love I decided to show off some green beans I harvested from last year’s harvest that I absolutely loved. Gardening is an important part of my life and as I get older the more I grow to appreciate the skill. For the second daily creation we were asked what our personal opinion was on the creative possibility of limits, boarders and all kinds of dividers this immediately made me think of the speed limit as this is the most common border I have issue with. Boarders like the speed limit are important in regulating a society, even though anyone could speed its borders like this that may help deter certain parties from speeding and help limit the number of fatal crashes, although I may not like driving the speed limit and I may be safe going a little bit over it is still smarter to follow the rules set in place by society for everybody’s sake.

Noir Games Podcast

Full podcast.

Creative processes.

Creating the radio show was an interesting process that challenged us to work together, be creative, and make use of our editing skills.Ā  We started the project off slow, then we decided on creating a script that would set the guild line we would follow to complete the assignment was the best course of action. After the script was complete we assigned who was responsible for what role and we all had to go record the individual audio for our charterers. We all also made unique bumpers and ads, we picked the best ads and used them for our podcast. After the audio was recorded I was responsible for editing and adding sound effects into the podcast, this process was difficult at first but once I had all the moving pieces in order and found a style/theme to follow the edits came out very nice. I was able to add laughing, transitions between scenes and questions, music, a ding for answers, and some different sounds that help the listener understand the mood thatā€™s being expressed ex: using piano noise to build suspense. Once my part was complete I sent it off for the final editing and for the ads and bumpers me and my group mates created to be added into the podcast the final draft. Overall Iā€™m satisfied with the completed project and think my group members did amazing with communicating and getting the work done, we set a plan and followed the plan any issues that we ran into were resolved quickly and as a group, leading to a successful end product.