France Interwar Period

Interwar Period on Prezi

Prezi Reflection

I honestly think that Prezi is an awesome tool for making advanced presentations. The fact that you are able to freely interact with it during a presentation is really cool. PowerPoint does not have this feature, and it really surpasses it just by this. It also has many entertaining tools that keep you interested in what your doing, even rotating a word can be fun. All of this is really good stuff, but just like everything else, it also has some flaws. I love the zooming in tool, but it has a not very big limit, and it kind of shortens your capacity to make a completely professional presentation. It also moves slowly when you're zoomed in, and that kind of makes it frustrating at times. Even if it has some errors that could be fixed, I totally prefer Prezi over PowerPoint.

Prezi wasn't that hard for me because I watched the whole step-by-step video on the main page. Here's a link to this tutorial: http://prezi.com/learn/getting-started/ I didn't find anything that hard since I saw this video and we mostly used the basic tools. Although I did find it a little difficult to master the zoom tool, since it was kind of laggy. I would totally choose Prezi over PowerPoint if I had to do another presentation. This is because both the maker (me) and whoever is watching get entertained by Prezi. You can interact with Prezi presentations while they are playing, and that just makes it way more interesting. I hope that we can continue using it, it is really innovating and new, that is always good for learning stuff.

Prezi (Next 5 Years of my Life)

Next 5 Years of my Life on Prezi

PSA Reflection

I think that my PSA commercial was fairly good. The camera wasn't so sketchy as others and it had good quality. The story is also entertaining to watch and I really enjoyed doing it. It was kind of hard to think about the idea for the video at first, but it all worked out. We also had some problems with the camera and uploading the video, but fortunately we solved everything. I hope you enjoy watching it just as much as we enjoyed doing it. Eduardo thought it was annoying, but he just doesn't know how to appreciate life.

If I could change it I would just make a couple of improvements. I would increase the volume of Eduardo's voice because you can barely hear him at times. I would also make the end look a bit more realistic and not that acted. Other than that, I think that the rest was fairly well made. The second scene is the most clear one and the best recorded one I think. The lines don't have any spelling or grammar mistakes so no worries there. I'm pretty happy with what we created.

The best video in my opinion was Raul's and Mahonry's. I know that Raul is really into filming and video editing and he always puts an extra effort to accomplish a good job. I have always supported him and I honestly love his work. Mahonry didn't do much to be honest, but Raul did a really great job. He put different songs and recorded from different angles. He also added some effects in certain parts, it was quite professional compared to other of the class's videos. I think he deserves the first place because of this, it was a really great PSA project.

Commercial Reviews

My three favorite SuperBowl commercials were the Volkswagen 2011, Chevy Camaro 2011 and the Budweiser Middle West add. The Volkswagen 2011 is really cute with the kid trying to be Darth Vader, and funny at the end when the dad fools him into thinking he actually has powers. The Chevy Camaro 2011 was hilarious in my opinion, it just starts fitting the scene to the car, which looks awesome when driven by the redhead girl which turns out to be a teacher. It's all funny, I really liked it at it was the best one in my opinion. The Budweiser one is cool because it's spontaneous, the guy in the video starts all serious and rude, but when they give him the beer they all make a celebration and it's pretty entertaining.

I would improve the S.B commercial that promotes flowers. I mean, the commercial is not bad, but it's meant to be funny and it just doesn't work. Maybe if they lightened up the scene or the mood of the sequency it would be better, it's all so dark for a flower commercial. I'm not saying it was like painful to watch, but it's just not entertaining.

The best video from the class was Jorge's. It was cool because he did some nice editing and actually did an effort to have a good commercial, unlike others. It's quite funny at the end when he says ''When I do sports, I drink coke'' because he kind of laughs at the end. It was very cool and I liked it even better than my own commercial.

Bran Frut Commercial

Commercials

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I liked all of the commercials, but some more than others. The one that most stuck out in my head was the Pepsi one. It uses humor to promote their drink, and that is really entertaining and it hooks the audience. It is like a mini movie, and it does give you a good laugh at the end. It might not say that much about the drink, but it does make you want to drink a Pepsi.

Pepsi Add Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc

The smoking add commercial was also good. At first I didn't get it because the guy got a ride with a pretty girl because of smoking. At the end though, I got that it was because the guy was impotent and the girl felt safe with him. It was a pretty good commercial for me, but maybe not that much for the people who don't want to have kids. That would just mean they get rides from attractive girls.

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I'm going to use humor in my commercial. The Pepsi commercial style really got my attention and I would like to make my own out of that essence. I think that dramatic commercials do work, but they don't really leave you truly wanting a product. They kind of make you feel obligated to buy a product because they make you feel bad. With happy commercials, you feel good with yourself and with the commercial, plus it makes you think about the product the way you want to think about it. Even if it doesn't make you want the product that much, you remain with a good memory, and perhaps just because of that, you will buy it.

I'm expecting to have some challenges with my ideas for the commercial. Though I don't think I'll be really troubled, I do want to make it a good commercial. I hope people like it, since that's the most important think. Although I want to feel comfortable with it too.




Anti Smoking Add Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hySFt8O11A