The Music Video

After enduring a day of grueling rehearsals with a few mishaps along the way, our video made it to completion. This music had to be shot in three days and we only had a couple of hours to practice, despite of all the hiccups, it came out pretty decent. This has to be my ultimate favorite music video of 2011. I am so excited to share this with everyone! Get ready to be entertained.

Our shirts didn't arrive on time for the shooting, luckily Kim had extra shirts from our Cool Bean program and we ended up wearing them. I wish we had this on.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
~ Indira Gandhi

Just Dance!

My colleagues and I were rehearsing a dance today for our presentation next week. It was so nice to see everyone enjoying themselves. It was such a riot, I wish I could post the video here. After they left, I decided to do a dance animation. I've always wanted to learn how to do animation in Photoshop and today I made my very first animated character. I know it looks rough and awkward but it was quite an achievement for me. It's been years since I've done anything remotely close to this. Since I've worked in print, I haven't had a chance to play around with other programs aside from Illustrator and Indesign. The only time I use Photoshop is to do color correction or crop an image. I thought it would me take me eons to learn this technique but it was surprisingly easy. I found this great link in YouTube for anyone who's interested in learning animation using Photoshop – it's very simple to follow. The music was an afterhought, I added it using Imovie. Hopefully, the next one will be a slight improvement than the first. I hope you enjoy this compendious movie.

I shouldn't post this after my animated dance video but I love this song and the animation is exceptional. I wish I could do this dance in the future. Enjoy!

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.
~Vicki Baum