Special Effects Improvement!

Hello to who ever might be reading and welcome to my blog!

For those who do not know what Star Fred is, Star Fred is a Parody of Star Wars, but it is a different story in some ways. My friend Freddie needed a video for a school project. I told him lets make Star Fred Episode IV: A New Pope we made part 1 in one week, that includes all the CGI (computer generated imagery) which was even harder to do back then. now we're finishing what we started in high school. here is the link to Part one.

We have made some pretty big new leaps in Star Fred's special effects but I'm going to save that for last. 

High School is over and now so is Summer, which means its time to start college. I'm now starting my first year at Olympic College, it feels weird being the youngest guy there, but I fit in fine. One of the guys I talk to there is 47 years old, and he is fun to talk to. Our English teacher is quite funny and kinda intimidating. Its sometimes hard to tell if he's giving you the death glare or just listening to what you have to say. Also when he gives you an assignment and we all aren't sure what the directions are he will just tell you "do whatever," I guess all he wants is a well structured paragraph. nothing wrong with that.

Art class is also a lot of fun, people think i'm funny and the drawing tips I learned over the summer just so happens to be the same thing we're learning, yay me! We are currently drawing a skull in class and we all can't seem to figure out what the animal is. Some people think its a pig, some think its a dear, and the Asian guy that sits next to me insists its a squirrel (there is no way its a squirrel).

parking at school is a nightmare in the mornings. I get there 1 hour early to find the last 2 parking spaces. because of this I haven't been able to find time to see my old teacher and friend Tony. But because my art teacher lets us out early I might get to see him again some day, maybe tomorrow.

Okay then, enough about me, now whats new in Star Fred. Things have been getting pretty exciting here, last week I had at long last perfected green-screen technology without spending a dime! For those who do not know what green-screen technology is, green-screen technology is were you stand in front of a screen that preferable is not a color found on you. And then a computer replaces everything with that color to a background of your choice. Its the same thing that weather man use to show you the Doppler radar. That's right they don't just stand in front of a big TV. (=_=) Right now the Green-screen part of it has been solved which is hard because of lighting. But unfortunately the free software I've been using... it does video but... not audio! Sigh... so now i'm going to have to pay 40 to 60 dollars for some software... oh well. here's an scene that wont even be used in Star Fred but shows every thing I'v been doing.

Most impressive, and now with my training complete it is time to make a movie (star wars reference). oh and here are some pictures of my green-screen set up.

Your eyes do not deceive you, it is blue. And I don't have a real tripod so I Macgyver'd one with duct tape. But it works... and its free. 

That's all for now, see you later.