I, Wonder Woman

This is an audio clip of me pleading for a superpower, as if I were talking to someone who could actually grant me the ability to teleport from place to place.

A link to this audio clip is provided below, courteous of SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/alissa-heffner/i-wonder-woman

Sound Library

1. Baker Center: First Floor: people playing pool: (1:00)

I chose this sound because of the people talking, the quiet concentration, and the balls hitting the sides of the table. You can sense the anticipation of what might happen considering how well the players are doing and how concentrated they are on the game.

2. Baker Center: First Floor: someone playing the piano: (1:00)

I chose this sound because I love the sound of the piano. It’s absolutely beautiful, calm, and peaceful. The way someone plays the piano shows his or her feelings. They may sway and close their eyes trying to concentrate.

3. Baker Center: First Floor: people typing on their computers: (0:20)

I chose this sound because I can hear it from many people. Some could be typing fast to finish an assignment due in a few hours and some could be typing slow because they’re tired. The sounds of the keyboard can always sound a little different.

4. Baker Center: First Floor: tour guides beginning their tours: (0:45)

I chose this sound because I have wanted to be a tour guide since I started going here. I like hearing how they start off the tour and begin telling the high schoolers and parents facts about Ohio University.

5. Baker Center: First Floor: people mingling at West 82: (0:45)

I chose this sound because of all the chatter you hear. It sounds like muffled talk but if you really listen, you can hear all types of different conversations. You can tell how comfortable people are with each other by the content of the conversation.

6. Baker Center: Fourth Floor: cashiers in Bobcat Essentials ringing up customers: (0:30)

I chose this sound because I often like to go in that store to see what they have that’s new in stock. Usually I don’t end up staying very long, I just browse for a few minutes, but it’s interesting to hear different things people are buying.

7. Baker Center: Fourth Floor: escalators moving: (0:30)

I chose this sound because I go through Baker Center  almost every day during the week and I always hear the escalators. Sometimes when people walk on them they make loud noises like they’re shaking or there’s a loud beep for what seems like no reason.

8. Baker Center: Fourth Floor: elevator doors opening: (0:30)

I chose this sound because sometimes I can only hear the elevator sometimes. Hearing the elevator doors makes me think of other elevators. Some are louder, some are softer, but they all make some sort of noise like banging together or people talking when the walk in or out.

9. Baker Center: Fourth Floor: Front Room baristas announcing everyone’s orders: (0:15)

I chose this sound because I drink a lot of coffee so when I’m in the Front Room I usually order coffee and have to patiently await my order. Listening to each name makes me think something different. Some people have exotic names, while others have generic names.

10. Baker Center: Fourth Floor: music playing in the Front Room: (1:15)

I chose this sound because the Front Room mostly plays mainstream music, music that everyone knows mostly from the radio. I always like hearing music I know more than music I don’t. Most people seem to just block the music out with their conversations, though I know it would seem extremely weird and quiet if there was no music playing.

Animating a Word

The word "train" moves in an animated way, imitating the way a real train would move. The way the "train" struggles up the hill and falls back down shows how a real "train" might act. I also added a small touch to this animation with the puffs of smoke from the train to add another realistic aspect to the animation. 

Characters All Around Us

Description:

In class, I heard these two girls talking about how one of them did not want to go on a date with some guy who has apparently been repeatedly asking her out. I’ve heard them talk before, because I sit right next to them in every one of our classes coincidentally. The “talker,” we’ll name Kayla, seems like the type of girl who is overly confident in themselves, and not in a good way. You might put her into the “snob” archetype. It seemed to me that her motivation was to be wanted but to reject the poor guy who just wants to have lunch and get to know her better. For all she knows, he could just want to be friends because he likes her personality. The “listener,” we’ll name Susan, seems like the more down to earth, innocent, agreeing type of girl. You could put her into the “girl next door” archetype. This girl used the pseudo listening skills by merely agreeing to our “talker” in this situation and asking some small questions, letting the “talker” lead most of the conversation. She said things like, “Mhm, sounds like he’s very interested in you.” And our “talker” replies, “Of course he wants to date me, but I kept giving him excuses like I’m too busy to go have lunch or coffee with him. I’m totally not interested.” How can these two girls possibly be put into a friendship together? What could they possibly have in common?

Script:

Kayla: So guess who I ran into yesterday at that club meeting I told you about! *smirks*

Susan: Who?

Kayla: It was Dan, AGAIN. Honestly, that boy is trying way too hard. I was on the phone with my mom on my way back to my room and he overheard me talking to her. I lied and told my mom I wasn’t walking home alone and then he ran over to me like automatically.

Susan: What did he say?

Kayla: He just asked me to go on a date with him for like the millionth time. *rolls eyes* I keep telling him I’m too busy, hoping he’ll just stop.

Susan: Oh, yeah. Maybe he’ll get the hint sometime soon.

Kayla: You know what I had to pull? The boyfriend card. Yeah. He just won’t stop. He literally will not take no for an answer.

Susan: Yeah, that totally sucks.

Kayla: He kept asking me for a time when I’m not busy and I was viciously racking my brain for anything to say to get out of it. *she says as she flails her arms showing her “racking her brain”*

Susan: *chuckles a little* Poor guy.

Kayla: He asked me for a date, to go to lunch, to go to dinner, or to go for coffee and I was finally just like, ya know I really just can’t, I’m sooooo busy, sooorrrrry. And plus, I could totally never see myself with a guy like him.

Susan: Yeah, definitely not.

Kayla: He’s really not my type and I don’t know how to gently tell him I’m not interested. Like AT ALL. It’s like there’s really no way he’ll understand.

Susan: *laughs more* Sounds like you’ve got a real problem on your hands.

Kayla: *laughs* Yeah, can you imagine having someone like that constantly following you around waiting for you to finally just go out with him. It’s kind of sad actually. He really should just get the hint already. It’s a good thing he doesn’t have my number.

Susan: Oh man, what if he did?

Kayla: I really don’t know what I’d do with myself. I’d probably have to go into hiding! *one loud laugh* HA!

Susan: *smirks* Ha, I guess so. What else could you do?

Sliding Stop

This is two flowers in a flower pot, with expressions, sliding across the screen running into a tree. It shows how the flower pot wobbles after running into the tree. This is my first background creation.

Ball Bounce 2

This Ball Bounce represents the different weights between the bowling ball and the bouncy ball.

Ball Bounce

This is the classic Ball Bounce with a shadow.