Author: Felix Phommachanh

Final Project: Fanvid

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Final Project

For my final project, I decided to go with making a Fan Video. Before the final project was announced, I was planning on making a fan video to test out an editing software by RA recommend me before we had to move out. It was inspired by how some people used anime clips to make music videos (called AMVs) and wanted to make one with gameplay. Now with the project, I was excited to test it and get a grade for it!

The song is a Japanese Song called: Power to Tearer. The song was made under the Avex Entertainment Company, a Japanese company and it was an insert theme for the Japanese Hero show: Kamen Rider OOO. It was theme song for one of heroes transformations, PuToTyra Combo (Ptrea, Tricera, Tyranno).

Power to Tearer Cover

In the show, the form was one of the strongest and the most dangerous as the user could go on a rampage, destroying his foes and allies alike. The song complements it with heavy guitar rifts and fast-pace motion.

For the footage, I chosen Monster Hunter World Iceborne, since:

  1. I have an Xbox that can capture footage and uploads it to Xbox Live, so I can download it onto my computer.
  2. The monsters in the game are extremely difficult. With different move sets to throw off players and how brutal and savage they are, fitting the song.
  3. I did not want to deal with the legal trouble of ripping tv media and figuring out how to do it.

The filming process took about two days, since I did not know what shots I needed and that the video game could throw me a curve ball when I would go hunt these monsters. So I soon I feel like a good scene or shot when I played, I record it and later download to see it later.

With the song being about brutal, savage, and face-place and a game that has monsters that are brutal, savage, and face-place at times; it was the best match!

The edit software I used was called: HitFilm Express. It is a free editing software that is similar to Adobe Premier, I suggest if doing this course again or this project, that you recommend it as it is pretty good usable. Though, I had to look help a tutorial on how to do certain things, it was easy after that.

For the high-octane sound track, I made sure to include guitar shots made in game to highland the rifts. That was a process as I filmed about 26 clips of that in different locations and angles. With the edits, I sped them up to keep in line the high-octane track and put the special moves, explosions, mounts, etc at key movements on the track. When a monster roars, I tried to put it over when the singer yelled Power to Tearer or PuToTyra, or when I mounted a monster, I put over the chorus. I used mostly hard cuts because it gives that impact similar to the monster I was fighting against. This was used in great effect when I mounted Nergigante and slice back-to-back shot of the guitar rifts before hard cutting to a black screen when the music dies down for about 5 frames before coming back with force (3:20 is the start of the scene). That part always brings a smile to my face.

With the video, I wanted to show the brutality, savagery, and monstrosity of the monsters in the game as well as highlight that a player can overcome a monstrosity opponent. Overall, I wanted to highlight the song as I personal enjoy the Kamen Rider Soundtracks and want to make sure I give it justice.

In total: I filmed 82 clips that are 45 seconds to 1 minute long, 26 of them being me with a hunting horn (the name of the weapon type) guitar in three different regions, fought Banbaro, Beotodus, Barioth, Viper Tobi-Kadachi, Ebony Odogaron, Leginia, Zinogre, Styigan Zinogre, Brute Tigrex, Raging Brachydios, Furious Rajang, Gold Rathian, and two Elder Dragons (The Strongest Monsters to Hunt) Kulve Taroth, and Ruiner Nergigante. This was a blast to work on and it brings a huge smile to my face. Enjoy the GMV and Power to Tearer!!

Podcast Project: FXCAST

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On this week FXCAST, the host, Felix, talks about the current generations’ use of technology and how it is good and bad at the same time. Enjoy

Homepage:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/felix-phommachanh-18

Episode Link:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/felix-phommachanh-18/episodes/2020-04-18T20_28_27-07_00

Podcast Analysis

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The Daily – NY Times

The first podcast I listen was The Daily from the NY Times. I listen it on my laptop, while I was doing some digital art. The overall production quality of the podcast was akin to a news broadcast. As I continue to listen to it, I could visual see it on the TV as a new report special like ABC 20/20. The podcast was in the news category with a more progressive motivation, mostly in this podcast discussing Elizabeth Warren dropping out of the presidential election and how women possible win against President Trump. The audio quality is similar to a news report where transitions between different sources and anchors. This is not the typical podcast I listen to as this is pre-planned, edited, and audio-only.

https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes/2019/3/8/podcast-millionaires

The second podcast was the Call your Girlfriend, and to be honest, I did not enjoy it. The hosts are fine, but I think that the target demographic audience for them is young/adult females, female empowerment, and I am a young adult male who listening to it for an assignment. It was a good podcast, not going to lie; however, I would not listen to it on my free time. The production quality is good, clear as day with audio. The podcast cover the cost of running a podcast company, how that it needs constant viewership, possibly doing live-events, and selling merchandise. It had a theme of production cost, but it felt informal, which I enjoy. Compared to the The Daily, which was formal news and had a system of presenting it, the Call your Girlfriend podcast had the host jumping in and out, to say what they want to say, like a conversation. I enjoy that aspect of it.

High Seas, High Stakes | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 99: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmLNSQwQQXQ

The third podcast I listened to is the Critical Role Podcast. Critical Role is a Dungeons and Dragons live-stream, which has podcast version of their streams. I usually watch them live on twitch, but sometimes I watch the vods on the background, while doing Dungeons and Dragons pre-work for my games, or exploring the many PDFs I have. D&D is a tabletop RPG game, where a group of four to six adventurers and a game master create their own world and explore it. Be it an fantasy epic or a book drama, anything could happen. The hosts of the show are a group of well known voice actors: Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Sam Riegal, Taliesin Jaffe, and Ashley Johnson. They play off each other so well and the story they tell is epic. I could go over the history of them, but it would take too long. Back to the podcast. It is a live-stream first, but they offer their content in podcast form. Their production quality is that of a studio, with great audio quality and video content. The episodes are long, ranging from 3 to 4 hours, with Campaign 1 being 115 episodes and Campaign 2 (current one) being 99 episodes. It is a lot of content, but enjoyable with some episodes having guests on them. I enjoy it as a D&D fan.

The Witcher is Never Witching! – Off Topic – #223: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNzyO76jZEg&list=PLTur7oukosPH-PT3-TVGO9L_GDP89lGYP&index=3&t=0s

The fourth podcast I listen to is Off Topic. The podcast is made by Rooster Teeth, a production company which produce online content, ranging from machima/ animated series like RWBY (pronounce “Ruby”) and Red vs Blue. A group within Rooster Teeth, is Achievement Hunter, a group of people who play video games, and Off Topic is their podcast. Off Topic has an audio component, but you have to watch the video of it to get the most out of it. The audio is really good, being made under a production company, and it is an interesting podcast. There is no set discussion, and members on the podcast come and go. The discussion are based on what’s going with the member’s lives, interest, and general news with their commentary. It is a very hyperbolic podcast, but it feels like hanging out with friends, which I enjoy. It is not too serious, its laid back.

Jack Pattillo on Achievement Hunter, Rooster Teeth – We Have Cool Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol_NofCGEqI

The fifth and final podcast I watched was We Have Cool Friends, from Kinda Funny. Kinda Funny is an online content company, located in San Francisco, which partners with the Achievement Hunters under Rooster Teeth. They have a patron which supports them and merchandise under the RT Brand. I only knew them from the Achievement Hunter and their personality like Greg Miller because of Video Game Journalism. Kinda Funny produces mostly podcast shows like this one, We Have Cool Friends, Kinda Funny Podcast, and others. The quality is really good, for being a smaller group compare to Off Topic, but the content is solid. The podcast, We Have Cool Friends, is basically an interview show of them interview interesting friends they know, and this episode I chosen was one I knew from watching Rooster Teeth content. It feels like a conversation of friends just talking, and I enjoy it.

A big thing I notice about the podcast I consume is that majority of them at least have a live-stream appeal to them. For shows like Critical Role and Off Topic, they will live-stream them to a live audience. For Critical Role, they do some on Twitch.tv, while Off Topic live-streams on Rooster Teeth.com. In addition, they have a video component to them compare to radio, which has only audio. With the video component, it makes it easier to post it around to other sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc to show to everyone.

2/26/2020 News Feed

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The News Feed on February 26, 2020 at around 6:00pm has activity, but not pushing stories. Compared to last night with the South Carolina debate, it is just an active news cycle, reporting daily news. The feed is a variety, ranging topics about the economy, politics, and retrospectives about the debate last night. A major event today was the Milwaukee Molson Coors Shooting, which, at the time of writing this, is a developing story. 

The Shooting in Milwaukee, with the information I have at the moment of writing this, is that a former employee started to shoot in the facility. The company sent out an emergency text message for everyone to find somewhere safe. The police arrived at the scene and subdue the gunman. Reportedly, they are casualties with the shooter taken out. 

I read this story on CNN and the story was updating as information has been coming out. It notified me when it updated and the updates were in reverse chronological order. CNN Online has reliable information and is near the neutral line of bias compared to their broadcast counterpart. 

Majority of the story during this time are not major hits, the Milwaukee shooting will be covered for, give or take, five to six days, before being pushed to the online website and passing remarks on air. In addition, the journalists covering the events are quick and making sure they get the information correct, putting the big quote or statistics about the event as headlines before discussing what transpired. 

2/25/2020 New Feed

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The News Feed for February 25th 2020, is full of the Democratic Debate in South Carolina. Most of the news outlets are live-reporting about the debate, with some like ABC News and CNN saying how Bernie Sanders will be the target, since winning Nevada. Most of the websites are live reporting it, with bold updates timestamps of the update. The headlines are titled with the South Carolina Democratic Debate, signalling what the article will be about. 

The reporters/journalists live reporting the event are using similar edit remarks to a live-blog, where they will post the general information about the event, the people, and history of the event. It then updates reverse chronological order, with the most recent thing said by the candidates about and general summary of events. It is orderly with constant updates and remarks. In addition, information is from recent events, like Mike Bloomberg onslaught leads to him hosting a town hall before the event and Berine Sander win of Nevada and new media attention over some comments about Cuba development. Overall, it recaps the recent debates to see where they are.

Another thing I notice while writing this article, is how much attention is put on speaking time between the candidates as CNN posted a graph on after the first commercial break. In addition, quick recaps of how the first minutes were the candidates swing at Bernie Sanders, questioning his policies.

In other news, more on the Coronavirus, with it not taking certain states and talking about how its affects the economy and how nations are responding to it. The US navy is screening personally entering the boat now. 

All of the media convert is on the Debate, with headlines of fact checking statements made, quotes from the candidates on issues they have with one another and the system, a whole coverage of the event.

2/24/2020 New Feed

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The News Feed in my Twitter list is focused on two major events. The first being the live converge of Kobe Bryant and his daughter’s funeral in LA Staple center. The second one is Harvey Weinstein’s verdict. After those two events, minor pockets or small articles about the democratic nominees and the coronavirus.

The funeral for the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter, the media are using and pulling quotes from the speakers at the event. People like Shaq, Michael Jordan, and Jimmy Kimmely with them in tears with what they say about their late friend. It shows how much it is to lose a friend and try to honor him. It also links to the broadcasting of said event. 

The Weinstein’s trail ends with a guilty verdict to the Hollywood producer. The NY Times article I read about the ending is a live-update, so it updates as more information is verified. The article outlines that Weinstein is guilty of two counts of sexual assault and first and three degree rape. The article details how the Jury made that decision and that the Foreman commented that this was long. In addition, it details the women who took the stand and that Weinstein’s lawyer will issue an appeal. The article lays out information about the case, the victims, and the personnel involved in the trial. 

The journalists covering the events are doing so quick and thoughtful. With the funeral, they are referencing what is going on right there and pulling quotes from the speakers, making it easy to understand how heartfelt this event was. With the Weinstein trail, they must have researched the cases and trails before reporting on the end of the trail. Overall the presentation of the articles are good.

Live Blog Event: Jessica Long

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The event was held in Gaines Theater on February 19, 2020. The event was hosted by The Center For Honor Enrichment & Community Standards. This event is a Honor and PLP event for those in Leadership Studies, but the CNU community is welcome to attend.

The guest speaker is Jessica Long, a Paralmpic gold medalist swimmer. She grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, but originally from Russia. She was adopted when she was 13 months old. She was born with fibular hemimelia, a genetic disorder where she did not have fibula, ankles, heel, and majority of her bones in her feet, and this affected both her feet. At 18 months old, they amputated both her legs below the knee and got her prosthetic legs. Even with this disability, she was able to play several sports, including: basketball, cheer leading, rocking climbing, etc. She develop her swimming abilities when she with her grandparents.

Over the course of her Paralympic career, she has gain 23-medals .

Jessica Long and I holding her Rio and London Medals.

Update: 6:44pm. Question: How to keep positive on a day-to-day bases? Her respond is to take it on straight forward with and know that this is her life.

Update: 6:41pm. Personal Note. Trying to blog during Q&A, but hard to document/live-blog with hearing the question and answers.

Update: 6:36pm. Jessica finishes off her speech that to follow your goals and starts of Q&A. This is going to fun to blog.

Update: 6:31pm. She learn that her value is not in the medals, but her value is to teach others, to encourage young children to play sports and to show adopted children that they belong. She told us to accept failure and learn from them. Really sounds like a motivated speaker.

Update: 6:27pm. Jessica learn that if she let her adoption and her legs defines her, then it will not lead to a positive life. Now she leads an optimistic life, thinking positively about life. She tells us that we should have a goal to reach towards.

Update: 6:23pm. When starting to train for the London 2012 Paralympic, when a news reporter found her biological family. She was conflicted about it, but because of sport training, she had the disciple and courage to face her biological family. She was at peace with it all.

Update: 6:20pm. Talked about her experience at first Paralympic, where she was about get her first gold medal. She changed after that experience, started to wear shorts and exposing her legs more.

Update: 6:16pm. During one of her swim meets, a referrer told her about the Paralympic, and she made it her goal. She was at 12 at the time, but her parents grounded her in reality, keeping a bit of doubt; however, she got in.

Update: 6:12pm. She talks about her sport activities. She was into gymnastic and loved to do back-flips and leaps. Whenever she would take off her legs, she felt free. Jessica would later change to swim because her parents were worried that if she continue gymnastics, they believed she would damage her knees.

Update: 6:08pm. Jessica Long began talking. Start with her talk about being embarrassed about her situation. She then later talks about how she was born to a 16 year Russian and her birth mother discussion to put up her adoption.

Update: 6:05pm. Start of the Talk. Did not know that she is started swimming at 10.

Update: 5:56pm, In the Gaines Theater. Decent amount of people here. Some for PLP credit, some for assignments, and some maybe fans of hers. Or all the above. Nervous because of this assignment! Quick look around, majority of people in the back rooms, mostly on the sides.

Live-Tweeting, the Super Bowl LIV

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To put this on record, I have never tweeted before until now. I have a Snapchat and Facebook account, but I only have them to keep in contact with my friends from high school and to save game data from my phone. The reason I tried to stay away from Twitter is because and sorry for the language, it is shit storm of people arguing, backlash, and all sorts of internet tomfoolery that I simply hate. It feels like people on the internet don’t know how to debate or civil argument because of the limited word count and such. 

Anyway, now for my first experience live-tweeting. 

The Start of my Superbowl Tweet Chain

The Super Bowl 54 was on February 2nd, where the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami Florida. Since this was my first time actually live-tweeting, this was nerve wracking. I don’t have a stockpile of meme images or have a vault of gifs, so I just did quick comments about the commercial and plays made in the game.

Response to the Lego Masters on Fox Commercial During the Superbowl

I visited the #Superbowl LIV  page on twitter and liked or retweeted other people’s tweets, but this was nerve wracking because I never had the experience before now. Overall, this was an interesting experience, but most likely never to do again. 

Annotated Bibliography

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MLA Citation: Dabija, Dan-Cristian, et al. “Generation X versus Millennials Communication Behaviour on Social Media When Purchasing Food versus Tourist Services.” Ekonomie a Management, vol. 21, no. 1, 2018, pp. 191–205. EBSCOhost, doi:http://www.ekonomie-management.cz/en/archiv/.

The article discusses how the media influences purchases between Generation X and Millennials. Could link to cancel culture with how the media influences decision making towards someone’s actions. 

MLA Citation: Brodie, Mollyann, Lee A. Brady, and Drew E. Altman. “Media Coverage of Managed Care: Is there A Negative Bias?” Health Affairs, vol. 17, no. 1, 1998, pp. 9-25. ProQuest, https://0-search-proquest-com.read.cnu.edu/docview/2158434602?accountid=10100.

Journal discusses how the media, ranging from print to broadcast, usually covers negative new pieces or has a negative outlook on it. Relating to Cancel Culture, have the talk of initial coverage, talking about the negativity on the person, and how it affects them and their image. 

MLA Citation: McCarthy, Killian J., and Wilfred Dolfsma. “Neutral Media? Evidence of Media Bias and Its Economic Impact.” Review of Social Economy, vol. 72, no. 1, Mar. 2014, pp. 42–54. EBSCOhost, doi:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrse20.

Discusses how the Media is never neutral and that there is an impact on the economy. Relates to Cancel Culture on Youtubers, could spin it about how media bias towards the higher party without taking out the details of the other or not getting the big story.  

MLA Citation: Cunningham, Richard. “Cancel “cancel Culture”.” University Wire, Mar 13, 2019. ProQuest, https://0-search-proquest-com.read.cnu.edu/docview/2190739764?accountid=10100.

Cunningham talks about how Cancel culture/Call-out culture sometimes contradicts itself within the community. The three questions he asked were: What are the guidelines? Is there a scale to certain actions? And What’s the point? These questions raise a good point, seeing how groups of people sometimes bandwagon into the cause. This is not a scholarly journal, it is from a newspaper article about it, so a little bit of a weak source.