I havent entered many competition for a while so thought I'd have a crack at a few, the first one I entered was this PC related contest.
The brief was
"Have you figured out shortcut, tips for your PC (not tips on how to score on a first date!!!!), anything that will avoid a peer throwing his PC through the window out of sheer frustration!?"
Competition Website
My idea was to show a couple of tips on how to speed up your PC for someone who has basic knowledge of computers. My four tips were
- Clearing unused files and programs
- Empyting recycle bin
- Installing, updating and running virus software
- Deframenting the computer
I decided to show these in four animated mini tutorials. Each tip plus the HP end frame was then linked together to look like the Windows Vista Aero effect. The music was provided for us on the site, I decided to add a seperate track to each slide to give it a sort of jukebox feel. I used Adobe After Effects for the majority of the work with any image editing done in photoshop. Most of the effects were achieved using basic after effects layering and masking skills.
I was fairly pleased with the final video, although I'm not sure it was the most entertaining thing I could have achieved. In hindsight it would probably have been better to stick to one tip and concentrate on that and create something that was less a tutorial but a short film with a computer tip as part of it.
Software: Adobe After Effects 6.5, Adobe Photoshop CS
Recording Equipment: Panasonic NV-GS70
Stock Websites: Stock Xchng
One of my favourite entries for this contest is
These three ended up as the winners
HP Total Care Protect
Learn with a Twist - Basic File Sharing
HP Environment Friendly Product
The brief was
"Have you figured out shortcut, tips for your PC (not tips on how to score on a first date!!!!), anything that will avoid a peer throwing his PC through the window out of sheer frustration!?"
Competition Website
My idea was to show a couple of tips on how to speed up your PC for someone who has basic knowledge of computers. My four tips were
- Clearing unused files and programs
- Empyting recycle bin
- Installing, updating and running virus software
- Deframenting the computer
I decided to show these in four animated mini tutorials. Each tip plus the HP end frame was then linked together to look like the Windows Vista Aero effect. The music was provided for us on the site, I decided to add a seperate track to each slide to give it a sort of jukebox feel. I used Adobe After Effects for the majority of the work with any image editing done in photoshop. Most of the effects were achieved using basic after effects layering and masking skills.
I was fairly pleased with the final video, although I'm not sure it was the most entertaining thing I could have achieved. In hindsight it would probably have been better to stick to one tip and concentrate on that and create something that was less a tutorial but a short film with a computer tip as part of it.
Software: Adobe After Effects 6.5, Adobe Photoshop CS
Recording Equipment: Panasonic NV-GS70
Stock Websites: Stock Xchng
One of my favourite entries for this contest is
These three ended up as the winners
HP Total Care Protect
Learn with a Twist - Basic File Sharing
HP Environment Friendly Product
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