# Amelie's Notebook Fall 2023
## BIO-LLUFOGRAPHY
#### My LLUF Catch Phrase:
Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it. Sauté it. Whatever. MAKE.

#### lab:
my-lab
#### Tools I Can Help Others With:
* Canva
* iMovie
* PremierPro
#### My Personal Learning Goals For This Fall:
This semester I really want to focus on deepening my video editing and photoshop skills. I have worked with both iMovie and Canva for a long time and feel very comfortable when it comes to using these two tools. My goal is to now achieve this same level of knowledge and ease when it comes to working with PremierePro and Photoshop.

I already had a taste of working with these tools last semester but I do not feel entirely confident in working with them yet, which is something I want to change. I am very exciting to learn how to use these tools and be able to apply my skills independently and help other people struggling with these tools.

#### Fall 2023 Launch Checklist:

- [x] sign up for and attend a Basic Training Launch
- [x] Complete the Basic Training Package within your first 15 hours
- [x] fill out the bio-lluf-ography section of your notebook
- [x] submit a work response for the make-it-square of your cases and conventions card
- [x] get a sticker from dani by completing the project-clean-sweep
- [x] set up your personal machine and send us a slack in your individual channel to let us know how it went
- [x] submit a work response for the lluf creator brand
- [x] read up on the LL and LLUF program, let us know if you discovered anything cool/you didn’t know!
- [x] the book chapter is attached below!
- [ ] optional: apply for any Special Teams you would like to join to unlock a few recurring hours
- [ ] optional: apply to a core lab to complete the ILP ideally within 20 hours
- [ ] if you have not completed the ILP within 20 hours of working on it, Submit ILP Progress Report (to request more hours to complete it)
- [ ] complete ILP, attain Lab License and launch into awesomeness

## Key Links:
* links you may want to reference often!
* [The LLUF Guidebook for Fall 2023](/Hd1PfV98Q3GXuE5gykSvEA)
* [Work Response Form](https://airtable.com/appCm7g0XXkDhNB9v/shr5OaDtqIJCubFGj)
* [Weekly Update Form](https://airtable.com/appCm7g0XXkDhNB9v/shreQhF2GmuXCGpzV)

## Dashboard:
a place for you to keep notes that you commonly refer to! For example, maybe a table of shortcut keys you need help remembering and commonly use:

| Shortcut Key | What It Does |
| -------- | -------- |
| command + tab | toggles between apps! |
| command + space | search and open app |
| I & O & E | in FCPX, selects in and out points in footage and adds to end of timeline |

## Notes From Each Work Day

##### Tues. 26 September
###### Cases:
Most (if not all) programming languages interpret each word as a completely separate thing and a single unit.

"number", "of", and "donuts" are treated separately from each other because of the space character in between them.

For your program to work correctly, you need to remove all the spaces and combine the words into a single string in a specific way. And there are a few ways available to combine them.
1. snake case: today_is_a_good_day
1. kebab case: today-is-a-good-day
1. camel case: todayIsAGoodDay
1. pascal case: TodayIsAGoodDay

##### Wed. 27 September
###### Canva:
Remeber to swith into the chrome LL account to access the Canva premium features and export the pdg. with a transparent background.

Notes for the work reponse form:
Creating the logo was easy. I ran into some trouble at first because I did not open canva through the LL chrome account but my personal one and thus could not access most of the templates and could not export the logo with a transparent background but once I had realized that that was the issue everything went smoothly and was self explanatory. Maybe a small note such as "make sure to use the LL account in chrome when accessing Canva" could be helpful.

-> Remember to make buttons with the logo!

##### Tue. 3 October
###### Button Making:
When making buttons remember to putt the smooth side up for the shell and then the image on top, and add the millar on top, this all goes into the smaller side of the button machine. Then add the back (a back without filling for the magents with the small buttons) on the other side. Anya helped me.

###### Canva:
Once the design is done, open it on the Computer in the Lobby. Then export the design to pdf print and print it from the laptob to the default printer. If you are confused about sizing for the buttons, there is a sizing sheet that is usually in the .

##### Wed Oct 4

###### AV Lab
I joined AV lab. I found the link to the AV HackMD (which was harder than expected thanks to Julia S.)
Link: https://bokcenter.slack.com/archives/D05UZA9P75L/p1696442291740469

###### Independent Learning Project Notes (Deadline Oct 19, 20 hours):

What am I interested in?
- How does a professional rehearsal work (i.e who attends the rehearsal, different roles etc?)
- What does a professional rehearsal room look like?

Maybe look at the TDM Production Studio Rehearsal as a case study:
Bring in Light, Professional Designer, Tech, Sound, Director, Playwrigth, Actors etc.


Looking at some videos online to do research
Links:
https://youtu.be/z06k9xgogEY?si=xcCaq_aVSPOeWgZ9
https://youtu.be/Yc3g9RMOVsI?si=LMG-MxShXmiGdeIM
https://youtu.be/GxG0AvoXcbA?si=w9fJjZiEit_f7UYG

Things to keep in mind:
- explain/analytical something you would also submit for a class
- pre-production plan
- lookbook/storyboard
- script/shot list
- captured footage
- interview/talking head
- b-roll/documentation
- some kind of audio
- field, foley, and/or voiceover
- found effects and/or music
- graphic of some kind
- animated text/image, stop-motion, after effects, 3D render
- using one of the main editors
- Resolve/Premiere Pro/Final Cut X
- work in progress review!
- as well as giving feedback
- 2-5 minutes

##### Oct 5 2023

Notes on the Storyboard: Why make a story board?
"The Storyboard for me is the way to **visualize** the entire movie **in advance**."

**Discussion of Structure:**
**Open: 1** A short clip from a rehearsal (we can see people on stage, director etc.)
Noise fades out and becomes increasingly quieter -> voice over explaining what is happening (what are we looking at.)
Transition: But what even is a rehearsal and why are we rehearsing?
**Cut to: 2**
Animated clip of the history of rehearsal (Shakespeare's time it looked different for instance no director etc.)
**Cut to: 3**
Back to footage from the rehearsal with audio
**Cut to: 4**
short interviews with director playwright and one actor explaining their roles and functions
**Cut to: 5**
A shot of the stage, voice over: Before the show can move to the stage a lot needs to happen often during tech week-> lighting design, costume design, sound design, stage design etc. Paper tech, Dry tech and Q2Q form a crucial part of the rehearsal process by merging the technical elements of the show with the actors on stage. Depending on the demands of the show, other types of rehearsal may be necessary.
**Cut to 6:**
A shot of an orchestra, voice over "In Opera or Musical Theater a Sitzprobe is crucial. It refers to a rehearsal where the singers sing with the orchestra, focusing attention on integrating the two groups. It is often the first rehearsal where the orchestra and singers rehearse together."
All of this leads up to the night of the first performance, opening night. But before that happens, the perhaps most important rehearsal takes place: the dress rehearsal. This is the final rehearsal and is basically a trial run for the first show it includes everything from lights to costume to hair and makeup. Sometimes the dress rehearsal is followed by a preview period in which audiences can already see the show but the production is still being workshopped until it officially opens.
**Cut to 7:** Curtain Call Voice Over
But eventually the day will come, all the rehearsal paid of and the show can finally open.
**Cut to 8:** Audiences discussing the show

**Reflection on the structure/typed out story board above:**
How feasible is this? Where and when can I collect this footage? TDM production studio? Heathers? Hamlet? Can I maybe also use existing video material online to include in my video? Check.

##### Oct 10 2023

###### Storyboard:

Visualization of the notes above:


###### Note on using HackMD:
If you want to insert a picture, it will often tell you that the image size exceeds 1MB and is therefore too large. You can either resize the image with a program online (but sometimes this heavily impacts the resolution, as was the case with this picture), if you take a screenshot of the picture you want to insert and then insert that screenshot instead of the picture the image size should be smaller and it should work without majorly impacting the resolution.

##### Oct 11 2023, Oct 12 2023 <- voiceover write-up

###### Finding footage:

Jordan said I can pull footage from online sources as long as I still learn something new. I am still planning on filming some rehearsal footage but need to double check when I can do that. Can I move my hours to night to film the rehearsal at one point during the week? Can I borrow a camera for thus? How do I record my voiceover, can I use the equipment here when is the equipment free, how do I schedule this?

###### Updated Outline with footage + write-up of voiceover:

**Open: 1** A short clip from a rehearsal (we can see people in a small room rehearsing, director etc.)
- ideally film this footage myself, ask if I can film on Tuesday during class/ film some of the Hamlet rehearsal

Noise fades out and becomes increasingly quieter ->

**Voiceover 1:**
"This is a rehearsal, but what is a rehearsal and why do people rehearse? Everyone has probably seen a musical, play or even opera at some point in their life, but few people truly know how much work, time and effort goes into a production before you, the audience member can finally see it on stage. The company rehearses for weeks, often for many hours a day. The term: Rehearsal comes from the French word rehercier, which means "go over again." In that spirit actors go over their scenes again and again leading up to the show. But why is rehearsing so important? A rehearsal does not only allow the actor to get more familiar with the character he is playing, the play itself and the stage directions, meaning the way he interacts with the stage, the set, and probs, but the rehearsal also helps to foster a feeling of community amongst the actors; it builds an ensemble. On stage, actors can then play off of each other and bring the play truly to life."

**Cut to: 2**
Animated clip of the history of rehearsal (Shakespeare’s time it looked different for instance no director etc.) -> create this in adobe, look for videos on how to do this.

**Voiceover 2**
".."

**Cut to: 3**
Back to footage from the rehearsal with audio
- ideally film this footage myself, ask if I can film on Tuesday during class/ film some of the Hamlet rehearsal

**Cut to: 4**
short interviews with director playwright and one actor explaining their roles and functions
- ideally film myself but probably less likely

**Cut to: 5**
A shot of the stage, voice over: Before the show can move to the stage a lot needs to happen often during tech week-> lighting design, costume design, sound design, stage design etc. Paper tech, Dry tech and Q2Q form a crucial part of the rehearsal process by merging the technical elements of the show with the actors on stage. Depending on the demands of the show, other types of rehearsal may be necessary.

- ideally film myself, just go into Farkas and take a quick video/when I am at the ART for Heathers

**Voiceover 3**
"The rehearsal process moves through different stages and spaces during the time leading up to the first performance. The first rehearsals often take place in a rehearsal studio (shot of rehearsal studio). To recreate the dimensions of the actual stage it is common to use tape to mark out important parts of the set and where they are located. After many hours in the rehearsal studio, a production begins its residency. From now on, the show resides in the theater, this means the company can finally rehearse on the real stage (shot of stage). The actual stage also brings its new challenges such as light and sound. Typically one week before opening night, shows go into a period called Tech Week. Tech week is the moment when all the technical and creative elements of a show blend together. Tech week starts with a specific rehearsal called Paper Tech, which is a rehearsal without sets or actors, used to allow the technical and design team to discuss aspects of the show. Stage managers use this rehearsal session to ensure everything is written correctly, all cues are in order, and the crew is prepared for the show. After Paper Tech, the actual integration of lighting, scenic changes etc. is rehearsed, this is called Dry Tech. Once the production team and stage manger feel prepared to combine the technological aspects of the show with the creative elements, the Cue to Cue rehearsal begins. Here, actors, sometimes stand-in depending on the fame of a certain actor and the budget of the production, go through the entire show on stage line-by-line, jumping from cue to cue through the whole script to practice sound and light cues. Of course, there are often also other elements that need consideration. For a musical or opera an orchestra rehearsal is a must."
"

**Cut to: 6**
A shot of an orchestra

- Orchester Probe: https://youtu.be/6mv-kIOt76Y?feature=shared

**Voiceover 4**
“Another crucial rehearsal is the Sitzprobe. It refers to a rehearsal where the singers sing with the orchestra, focusing attention on integrating the two groups. It is often the first rehearsal where the orchestra and singers rehearse together.”

- Sitzprobe: https://youtu.be/nYAYlvIIL0c?feature=shared

**Voiceover 5**
"All of this leads up to the night of the first performance, opening night. But before that happens, the perhaps most important rehearsal takes place: the dress rehearsal. This is the final rehearsal and is a trial run for the first show it includes everything from lights to costume to hair and makeup. Sometimes the dress rehearsal is followed by a preview period in which audiences can already see the show but the production is still being workshopped until the show officially opens."

- pull footage from youtube of people doing their hair and makeup, putting on costumes etc.
https://youtu.be/fbLsmtJjg3Q?feature=shared
Time stamps: 1:42-1:50, 1:23-1:29

**Cut to: 7** Curtain Call Voice Over

**Voiceover 6**
"But eventually the day will come, all the rehearsal paid of and the show can finally open - and the actors can take their first of hopefully many bows!"

- pull footage of curtain call and celebration from youtube 5:18-5:43 https://youtu.be/Ap9JWCFeNUI?feature=shared

~~Cut to: 8** Audiences discussing the show~~

- ~~either pull footage from online or cut, might not be necessary. depending on lenght of the video and overall flow up until now~~

~~After further research and thinking I will cut the last one number 8.~~

##### Tue. Oct. 17 2023 Research for animated sequence:

The history of rehearsal: In the sake of time and efficiency and since I do not think that this is necessary to my project I will remove this sequence from my film.

###### Video for Adobe Premiere Pro
Week 10-13 October
https://youtu.be/oLMdXC_B1vQ?si=nZD2YM2iIZ1PlPeY

###### How To Use Canva's new tool Magic Morph

1. Create or open any design (here it is important to note that Magic Morph does not work with Docs, SVGs, Illustrations, Painting styles, Raster Images, or Videos that include some animated stickers and videos, so be sure to select a fitting canvas to get started e.g notepad)
2. On the editor side panel, click Apps and type in Magic Morph on the search toolbar then select the Magic Morph tile.
3. Select an element in your design that you'd like to edit. You may choose between text, a simple graphic, or a shape. Otherwise, you can choose to add an example from the options provided.
4. Enter a description of the look you want to see on the element you've chosen. The more detail you can provide, like an object, color, location, or surroundings, the better. Try one of the examples to see how it works.
5. Click the Magic Morph button and wait for the image to be processed.
6. To add the generated image to your design, click on the image.

When working with Canva Magic Morph there are some prompts that work better than others, which is very helpful to know.

Prompts that work well:
- use a lot of adjectives: such as "strawberry frosted rainbow sprinkled donuts" as opposed to "make it look like a donut with strawberry glaze and rainbow sprinkles"
- Naturally occurring patterns: Zebra stripes, Candy canes, Snakeskin, or Rocky paths
- Specific descriptions of an object with a distinctive texture: Bread pretzel or Halloween pumpkin
- Prompts that produce glossy/shiny results: Gold inflatable foil balloon, Vegetable or Fruit
- Instructive prompts: Describe how you want the original image to be transformed. Use phrases like Make it look like..., Construct it..., and Fill it with

Prompts that don’t work so well:
- Create your own patterns: Polka dots, Red and black stripes, a row of tiny rubber duckies
- Grainy or fuzzy textures: Sand art, or Teddy bear fur
- Abstract descriptions: “make it ethereal.”

Good to know:
- the font you select when writing in you text box will not change with magic morph, think about magic morph more like a way of coloring the existing font in an elaborate way more than anything else.

## Drafting Space:
use this space to draft the markdown that you will paste into your work responses and weekly updates. it will help you to see the output and make sure the formatting and media are what you want! Then you can simply copy and paste that into the markdown prompt within those forms!

Here is a sample draft for the Markdown Update field in the Weekly Update Form:

## Your First Update Title

The story of your week, using any markdown elements you'd like! Include as many images, quotes, really anything that helps to synthesize what you've done in the past week!

The size/length should between a robust social media post and a short blog post!

## Your Second Update Title

The story of your week, using any markdown elements you'd like! Include as many images, quotes, really anything that helps to synthesize what you've done in the past week!

The size/length should between a robust social media post and a short blog post!![]


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### The Breakdown:

If you have an extra 15 minutes or so not spent on higher prioroty tasks, you can totally work on creating a more elaborate and creative data vis of this breakdown, but it would be awesome to get some stats on the following each week at a minimum so we can put together a larger data vis/stats board for storytelling about all of the LLUFs as the year goes on!

| Type of Work | Time Spent | Notes
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Learning | 3:00 | Basic training package |
| Testing | HH:MM | this includes any design Labs, and any work request tagged "test" |
| Collecting | HH:MM | this includes any work request tagged "collect" |
| Prepping | HH:MM | this includes any work request tagged "prep" |
| Maintaining | HH:MM | this includes any cleaning or organizing or set up requests. work request tagged "maintain" |

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Week 26-28 September

| Type of Work | Time Spent | Notes
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Learning | 6:00 | I worked on the Basic Training Package, and have done everything but the treasure hunt and physically put the buttons with my logo together.
| Testing | 00:00 | n/a |
| Collecting | 00:00 | n/a |
| Prepping | 00:30 | I guided students into the space for workshops. |
| Maintaining | 1:30 | I organized the button inventory for the 1.5 inch buttons. |

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Week 3-5 October

| Type of Work | Time Spent | Notes
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Learning | 5:30 | I worked on finishing up the Basic Training Package and submitted the weekly update form for last week. I started working on my ILP.
| Testing | 00:00 | n/a |
| Collecting | 00:00 | n/a |
| Prepping | 01:45 | Prepared materials for workshop and attended designLab|
| Maintaining | 0:45 | I organized the button inventory for the 1 inch buttons primarily the shells. |

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Week 10-13 October

| Type of Work | Time Spent | Notes
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Learning | 7:00 | I continued working on my ILP. I have finished up the prep work.
| Testing | 00:00 | n/a |
| Collecting | 00:00 | n/a |
| Prepping | 01:00 | Prepared materials for workshop and attended designLab|
| Maintaining | 0:00 | I organized the button inventory for the 1 inch buttons primarily the shells. |

Week 17-19 October

| Type of Work | Time Spent | Notes
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Learning | 7:00 | I continued working on my ILP. I revised the script. I talked to other LLUFs in the AV lab about our project to crowd source ideas on how to best continue. I then started getting re-acquainted with PremierePro so I know how to best start putting the footage and voice over together once this has been collected
| Testing | 00:00 | n/a |
| Collecting | 00:00 | n/a |
| Prepping | 00:00 | Prepared materials for workshop and attended designLab|
| Maintaining | 1:00 | I continued organizing the button inventory.

Week 27-30 November

Type of Work Time Spent Notes
Learning 5:00 I continued getting more familiar with iMovie and Final Cut by test editing clips from TDM footage when I last came with my class. I learned how to use magic morph in canva.
Testing 00:00 n/a
Collecting 00:00 n/a
Prepping 1:00 Prepared materials for workshop and cleaned the studio
Maintaining 2:00 I did welcome desk

Week 5-7 December

Type of Work Time Spent Notes
Learning 5:00 I continued getting more familiar with iMovie and Final Cut by test editing clips from TDM footage when I last came with my class. I learned how to use magic morph in canva.
Testing 00:00 n/a
Collecting 00:00 n/a
Prepping 1:00 Prepared materials for workshop and cleaned the studio
Maintaining 2:00 I did welcome desk