UPROAR Multimedia has a new look.
I just finished the new version of my updated portfolio site. This new look features the new logo, CSS design, a JavaScript-Lightbox powered portfolio gallery and a contact/ request form.
Check out the new updated look of my design site.
As a website designer, sometimes I am called to work with other talented designers. Recently, through work I’ve had the pleasure of working with a very talented print and advertising designer, Derek M. Benvenuti. His work is outstanding and he asked me to help him create a online gallery site for his work. He did the design and I was able to build out the website using XHTML and CSS. I used Flash and JavaScript to create the “Lightbox” functionality.
Check out his work at BenvenutiCreative.com
Thanks.
I recently finished my ‘crowning’ design. Become A Real Princess.com is a CSS/ XHMTL site I am proud to have designed. It also features some Flash and Javascript for effects.
BecomeARealPrincess.com offers Princess-related gift proclamation packages to women who have always dreamed of becoming a real princess. Each package has a personalized and framed proclamation, tiara, and accessories to turn your princess into a Real Princess.
This seems like a great gift idea as most girls want to be a real princess. Of course, I think the site looks great and I’m happy with how it turned out. I’m sure the company will do well in the upcoming holiday season.
This week I finished the short film project I was working on. It is titled, “The Robbery”. This short film is about a desparate man pushed too far who decides to take matters into his own hand through a little home invasion.
I learned a lot from putting this together. I used a Canon XL1 to shoot the DV. Editing was down in Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas. Let me know what you think of my first film project in quite a while. It won’t be the last as I am already doing pre-production on the next one.
I recently finished designing a new website for my father’s online sign company, MiniTrafficSigns.com. His metal miniature replica and specialty signs have been a hit on Ebay for years. I designed his original site, but it was time for an update. Using Web 2.0 look and feel, I coverted the site to CSS standards and brought in the gradient-glossy design. I built a Flash 3D sign carousel to spice up the site. Finally we added a PayPal powered shopping cart functionality to increase our sales potential.
You can visit the new site here. Be sure to check out his CuteZ sign series for cute animal-powered signs.
My latest website design project, ScottySaysRadio.com was featured in the CSS-gallery site CSSclip last week.
My two recently designed sites, ScottySaysRadio.com and this fine Blog site were both listed at the CSS gallery site Screenalicio.us. Although the one design only got two stars, this site got three. Being listed is a great accomplishment at all so I’m happy to have gotten it. Hopefully the other CSS galleries see it and list me on their sites as well. That could drive some traffic my way. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
This weekend I shot the raw footage for a short film project I am working on. It is tentatively titled ‘The Robbery’. My brother and I spent the evening in ski masks breaking into my house with plastic guns stuck in our pants.
For any of you that have more than a passing interest in filmmaking — take note. Get yourself access to a good DV camera and start shooting. I have access to a Canon XL1 and I intend to make use of it. This is the first in a series of short films that I have planned. Well, the films themselves are not a series; I just have several more films in the works.
I have always wanted to make movies since I was young. I made several short films in the analog era using video cameras and the two VCR editing methods. Now fast forward to now. I have access to DV cameras, Final Cut non-linear editing capabilities, Aftereffects on the MAC and a bunch of other software solutions. With digital technologies, there are more chances to accomplish your creative dreams than ever before.
With access to the Internet you can find a wealth of knowledge about all aspects of modern filmmaking. There are long lists of books and sites available on screenwriting, shooting, editing, etc.
So stop with all the excuses. Realize that no one is going to give you any money for your filmmaking, but you won’t need it. Just grab a camera and start making your dreams come true.
Although we still are tweaking out a few bugs in terms of accessing the streaming radio, the work on ScottySaysRadio.com is in the final stages. I designed and built the site over a two-week period. The site features CSS-navigation and page design, Flash minisite, several types of streaming players, a Wordpress-supported daily ‘rant’ site, and a clean, modern 2.0 design. I am quite happy with the result I turned out in such a short time. Check it out.