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Maryland
Topic Started: Oct 29 2007, 03:25 PM (1,004 Views)
BloodPheasant741
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For our Social Studies class (U.S. History) we're doing a project on the thirteen colonies. The assignment was to create a digital story on the colony we choose. The idea is to use pictures from the internet and record a narration for our movie. I got a brilliant idee, however, and I discussed it with the teacher and she approved. My girlfriend and I (the class was split into groups to do the project) are working on Maryland.

My idea was to create a Maryland settlement in oblivion, complete with NPCs and Voice Acting. I'm creating a fictional settlement in Maryland complete with homes and landscape original to the Maryland area. I'll be making NPC's with Voice Acting from classmates, and recording it in Fraps. Finally, instead of the regular pictures from the internet, I'll be compiling my collection of movies from the mod and actually making a movie in Windows Movie Maker. The other projects will only be pictures with transitions in Movie Maker.

Among the things I have planned immediately:

Research

  • Plants and trees native to Maryland
Work

  • Classmates' voice acting on NPC's, the informational part of the movie
  • Several hours of recording videos with Fraps
  • Maybe an hour of Voice Acting in the school computer lab
  • Dialogue and NPCs
  • Construction of a fictional settlement and landscape as close to possible as one might be in Maryland.

The time is supposed to be 1:30 to 3 minutes, but I might be pushing that and stretching it to get all the lines in. The due date is the week before Thanksgiving week. A lot of work to do.

If you have anything I need to add to the above lists, or ideas or suggestions in general, please post them. Feedback also appreciated!
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ninja_lord666
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:lol: That has GOT to be the geekiest thing I have ever seen! I hope you get an A!
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Thanks! :D I know, I'm genius!!! :P
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Yeah, if you pull it off, you'll definitely get an A* :) . Although I'm not sure they actually have those in America...
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A*? No, but we do have an A+.
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Ours go A*, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, U, and then you can get a + or - for all of them as well, except A*.

Incidentally, when is thanksgiving? We don't celebrate it over here.
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The fourth Thursday of November.
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We've got a four-day weekend, so I plan to be doing the settlement exterior and interiors. I'll post some screens and keep you all updated.
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Four day weekend? :o I wish I had another one of those... <_<
:D
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I've never had a four-day before I don't think. I've had three-day weekends, but not four.

To get back on topic, I'm hoping the teacher presents it to the class. Hopefully it'll be so good she'll do that. If not, then I guess I'll show it to everybody after school one day or something.
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No presentations? That sucks...I mean, I hate presentations, but if yours is that good, then you have to present it if for no other reason than to show off. :D
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Exactly. :D
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I like doing presentations, provided I don't actually have to talk. I can't talk in front of groups of people at all. Unless I'm acting, in a play.

Hopefully she will present it to the class, though. It'd be a shame to have gone to all that work and not have most people actually see it.
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You like presenting...as long as you don't have to talk? What's the point in presenting then? :huh:
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Showing off hours of hard work.
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I don't think many people are going to fully understand it without explanation...
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They don't have to know what video game it's off of. They've just got pictures they found offline. WE have a movie, however.
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I was talking in general, but I can understand why there'd be no reason for you to speak, and your point about the movie is good, too. :lol:
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I'm working on the project today. Turns out it's due on the 19th. :o

So I'm trying to figure out how to get the Dialogue going. I've gotten some Voice Acting done, and so I'm figuring out how to do all of this. Hopefully it won't be too difficult.
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19th? That's eight days away.
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I know.

And we've just had a huge problem. Something happened to my mp3 when I tried to generate my lip file and everything got screwed up. This could be a serious problem.
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It looks like we're having a change of plan. I'm going ot have to set up a scripted conversation between two NPCs, for numerous reasons. 1) so that the main character actually speaks 2) so that I don't have to worry about fooling with quests more than I have to.
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Good idea. ;)
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Well, I started yesterday. The movie is due Tuesday, so I only have this morning, some time in class, after school, and tomorrow morning to work on it.

Got some pics:
http://i2.tinypic.com/6tdheyp.png
http://i5.tinypic.com/7y4j41h.png
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Cool.
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Don't have to turn it in until next Monday now, so I have all Thanksgiving break to work on it! Truly something to give thanks for!
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Excellent! :)
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Lucky you! Good luck :)
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I've been working overtime today on the forests surrounding the colony, and now, thousands of trees surround the little settlement. When the forests are complete, I'll be ready to begin filming and recording!

Just thought I'd update you.
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Cool! I fully expect you to get full marks, Septim, I will be very disappointed in you if you don't :P
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I'm gonna do it! ;)
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The project is do tomorrow. I'm working on the movie right now. I wonder how this is going to turn out!
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You mean it's due tomorrow.
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Yes, I due.
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<_<
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Lmao, you no I was kidding. :P
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You mean I know you were kidding. :D
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You due no I knew. :rolleyes:
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<_<
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Got my grade a week or two ago. You wouldn't believe it if I told it to you...

78.
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