Steven Parker's e-Comm Blog

The Process... When my group and I were given the assignment to shoot a video over printing a document, we immediately started thinking of the shot angle and size as well as the locations. Soon we had created a Google Doc, and worked out the format of the story as well as the location that the shots are going to be located.  The biggest of our decisions were sorted out by conveying, as well as editing, them into docs and thinking about each through the aspect of our project location and angle. Once all of the gears were in place, we checked out equipment and went into the library for pictures of the anticipated shooting areas. We had a team member go into each shot to give a visual of the action and view that would be seen by the viewer. We slowly after that worked into what we thought we did best or would be best for the group. I was focused on camera location and the way the outcome of the video looked after every take. I was also sure that everybody agreed on the product ...

Career Cruising Through the website Career Cruising, I was able to take a matchmaker essentially based off of what I enjoyed or didn't necessarily like. After that to show some improved matching, I took an assessment over my set of skills that I believed I could do or not do so well. This gave me a grading from previous results on how much I matched up to them. The top 5 that were matched to me from the system are interior designer, graphic designer, animator, cartoonist, and artist. What are Each of these Careers? Let's begin with the the to one, interior designer, and their role is to design functional spaces indoors for homes and commercial buildings as well as making sure that they are comfortable. Graphic designers are to convey a company's or their own thoughts and ideas into a communicative form through things like logos, ads, and websites. Next, by definition, thins career makes or draws a series of images or drawing, then takes pictures of each one to c...

New Experiences, and Brighter Beginnings Learning and using Google SketchUp Google SketchUp is an application that I never knew had existed until recently when the class was assigned to make a house from scratch. At first I was anxious at the thought of starting an unfamiliar program and process, but quickly learned. To explain, Google SketchUp is a 3-Dimensional program that is fun to use and easy to learn, especially when you get the tool shortcuts down. Despite it's few limitations on angles, it lets the user create whatever they can imagine.  Starting Off After mastering quick transitions between the various tools, it was finally time to figure out what model worked best with what I believed I cold do. To look for inspiration, the website, www.houseplans.com, gave a search engine providing what was needed. It was time to start work on the actual project, and it started with a rectangle following dimensions located from the house plans found from the website. Usin...

Groups Working on Rough Drafts It was our first full week in a new school, different classes, and a 21st Century Academy called e-Communication. In our second hour e-Comm class, we were given the objective to create a flag or banner with symbols in it. My group's initial thought was to create a shield or box with four quadrants and put our symbols into it, one person per quadrant or section. So when we began working on our symbols and got to completing them, the class time was over and we packed up and headed out. Two days later now and we have the class again, and started to work on what we wanted as an overall group portfolio or piece. Eventually one of our group members mentioned the idea of the Earth as the background. After all of us had agreed upon the idea, we started thinking about what the continents would be with all of out symbols. Eventually we came to a final decision, and it was on the shape of our symbols compared to what the shape of the land on Earth looked...

What These Words Mean To Me: These words are those that I feel explain or define me the most, and what I got these from do an even better job at explaining myself. Almost all of these came from the Scout Law, in Boy Scouts, and I live by the twelve points in that law daily. However, I only chose a select few from it because I felt that they were better than the other points because it goes a bit deeper. For example, thoughtful is a word that not only has ten letters, but shows that I think of others constantly, but also enjoy to keep to myself. Silent is another that if you ask anyone that knows me well or has known me before, then they would agree and affirm it. And finally, scouter, it shows the roots of my main hobby and activity besides school as well as show what I base most aspects of my life upon. This also defines my dedication to the Boy Scouts of America, for I have started scouting in first grade, and I have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of thirteen, Augus...