I completely forgot!

To post pictures of these!



I've been so busy between schoolwork, actual work, and hard family times to get anything done! These buttons are ok. They're actually quite sharp on the ends. I expected a bit of a better quality item, but at least they look ok. And! I don't have to stress about doing something extra for an additional leave behind. Especially at this point.

Leave Behinds Ordered!

I ordered some buttons to use as back-up leave behinds! yaaaay! I'm still going to attempt the thumb drive thing though. I noticed that its much thinner than your standard USB. Grant told me about some new ultra thin USB's that you can purchase online. Since they're new they're probably expensive. So I'm going to go with a memory card. Although not all computers have memory card readers its the best I have access to right now. So we'll see. I also have to figure out how to attach the pop-out to the paper and also to the memorycard. This is going to be a nightmare project I just know it. >.<

Leave Behinds!

I stumbled upon this image randomly surfing the net!



Its a letter that contains a pop out USB drive inset in recycled cardstock paper. It gave me a interesting idea. Having a set up like this and a flash drive with your work on it. I think its pretty creative. 1gig flashdrives arn't very expensive now a days, so I could probalby tear one apart. Its going to be a pain in the butt though. To actually make it myself. Getting that paper inset as a popout with the flash drive in it. Hurm.... Well, at least its an idea thinking outside the box.

This on the other hand is my fall back! I found a site that will allow me to buy just 1 if I want! I can't tell you how long it took to find one. Who knows maybe I'll attempt both. Order these now and attempt the other one later! And the Demo Reel shot list breakdown will be coming soon. Havn't had a chance to work on that yet.

Leave Behind Ideas

So I've been pondering this concept of a leave behind for the past quarter. I have researched many of my ideas such as custom printed memo pads, laser cut keychains, and pens. Problem is everywhere I find that offers custom printing of these things has a minimum supply of 250 and a set up charge. So I'm paying about 300 bucks for a prototype leave behind for my class. Yes...very frustrating. I now understand why students prior to me chose the leave behinds they did. Looks like I have much more looking around to do.

Reel Features

So for today I am to have 4 things that I am going to integrate into my reel.

Mech Test from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

PosiTori.com from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

And the video I posted a few posts ago. Blogger takes forever to upload videos and Vimeo has a ridiculous waiting time. I'll re-edit this once my wait time is up. Ridiculous thing. Always wanting the payment upgrades. Along with these I have here I also plan to use other things from previous reels. and i'll probably include some mech tests I've done at work.

Just because this is Awesome!

The Monster Mash featuring Tori, Grant, Colin, Cass, and George!

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Reviewing Reels

So since I have now transitioned to the demo reel class I thought it would be beneficial to show past reels. I have made reels starting in 2007. I think its nice to be able to see the progress through the years. And after these 11 weeks I will have a new for 2009 reel. I'm actually happy to finally get an updated version and take out some of that filler stuff.

2007:

Animation Show Reel from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

2008:

Show Reel from Tori Carroll on Vimeo.

For this class we can't have any lyrics in the song we choose for our demo. This makes me sad because I absolutely love the song I chose for my last reel. I feel it fits my pacing and complements my pieces perfectly. But I'm not going to argue. Just because I like the song doesn't mean someone else will.

Thats all for this week!