Orientation - Winter 2008

O R I E N TAT I O N - W I N T E R 2 0 0 8Confederation College - Multimedia Production ProgramPresented by: Mr. M.

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R T O A L L S T U D E N T SFrom the faculty and staff!

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N E W Y O R K I S A V E RY U N I Q U E C I T Y

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T O N G U E T W I S T E R - W I N $ 2 . 0 0 ( T W O L O O N I E S )

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S AY “ U N I Q U E N E W Y O R K ”5 T I M E S

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N O W F O R A R I D D E L L

Mr. M.Mr. Riddell

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N O W F O R A R I D D L E

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W I N A N O T H E R $ 2 . 0 0 ( T W O L O O N I E S )

RIDDLE:

WHAT COSTS $5,000 PER GALLON?

R I D D L E S O U R C E : L E O L A P O RT E - T H E T E C H G U Y December 28, 2007

20 MINUTES

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WHAT SHALL WE DO TODAY?

“THE FUTURE IS NOW”

Quick Look at Mr. M.’s : MM 218, MM 400, MM 462

Good Digital Habits

Common Course Calendar - all courses, due dates, test dates.

Winner of iPod and Final Cut Pro Software

Movie of the week

O’REILLY ?

TIM O’REILLY

Referring to Open Source FREE software:

"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."

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TIM O’REILLYMr. M. thinks that O’Reilly’s comments are perfect for the state of Open Source software and for the future of video on the Internet.

So many people, whether in our industry our not, don’t see the future yet... but give them time they will.

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WILLIAM GIBSON

NOVELIST

"Gibson coined the term cyberspace in 1982, and popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer. (1984)."

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MM 462Exploring Open Source Applications

Excellent opportunity to excel in an area you are interested in using all or partial Open Source software.Animation, photography, programming, web-related, video, audio or writing - you name it, you can do it in MM 462 with some help from Open Source applications.

MM 400

Freelancing Business Management and Law

Why?

FreelancersWorking for companies

Summarized from Statistics Canada 2003

Understanding Copyright Law is not optional in the Multimedia Industry.

We will use a “Myth-Busters” approach to what is true and what isn’t. We will substantiate everything we learn with legal references.

A lot of what you think you know may be flat out wrong - i.e. it is OK to have just a few notes of the Beatles on my site, or if I modify that photo, then it is mine.

“Hey Mr. M., I didn’t like that copyright course, but it sure saved my butt a few times.”

MM 218

Creative Programming II

More focused than MM 118 - many improvements, thanks for your surveymonkey comments.

Student should have a great application for portfolio/reelafter completing this course and do things no one thought possible just a year ago.

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Y O U A R E WAT C H I N G A F L E X A P P L I C AT I O N R I G H T N O W !

MM 218/462WHY ADOBE FLEX?

Free

Fun

Open Source (by Adobe of all companies) - Mr. M. had thought Adobe might die a slow death as Microsoft might in the future. Adobe finally sees that Open Source is the new model!

the commercial tools are FREE to students ($199) ??

works on Mac, PC , Linux

builds on what you already know - xml, JavaScript, CSS, xHTML

animation, even 3D can be done with libraries

profitable

jobs are there for Flex/Flash developers

You are watching a Flex application - slideshow.net

Mr. M. finally woke up to this technology December 24, 2007

The most exciting thing Mr. M. has ever seen in Multimedia! Can’t wait to share with you

Did I mention free?

GOOD DIGITAL HABITSTry to improve any digital habits that save you time or help keep you organized.

Are you using a bookmarking tool like Delicious, Magnolia, Diigo? If not, why not?

Do you have an extra backup? - it only takes a minute. If not, why not?

Why not make this the semester to get really organized?

Mr. M. first labs will be devoted to this topic.

DEMO COMMON COURSEDUE DATES

Thanks for your suggestion about this on

surveymonkey.access from:

mrmccormack.comlink on right side.

AND THE WINNER IS!

OK..for an iPod shuffleand a non-resale version of Adobe Final Cut Pro (2 prizes)

- between 1-38 incl.

- 2 student, write 2 numbers on board- 2 other students pick on number- 1st prize on left. credit:

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK

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Mr. M. produced this movie while on sabbatical last fall. - Star Wars theme!Fundamentals of any film:1- Page 2- People 3- Production (Dennis Austin, Film Professor and mentor to Mr. M.)Mr. M. hired a “professional actor”Storyboard done in Comic Life (free on any Mac)Script Written in Final Draft softwareSurround sound 5.1George Lucas may be emailing Mr. M.

THE FUTURE IS HERE!

How many of you had seen that YouTube clip?

Video on the Net will play a huge role in Multimedia and it will be great for employment opportunitiues to put your broad range of skills to work.

Have a great semester!

Mr. M.

T H E E N D - H AV E A G R E AT S E M E S T E R !