Do it now. Do it right. Check it
My working desk |
my notes & thoughts |
october 2015
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Start looking for film light consultant
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September 2015
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school data for Middle TN.
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august 2015
- waiting to hear from Joe when we meet reg. school program
- Thomas talked to Mr Collin's from HHS. Thomas really wants TT team. Mr Collins said he also wants very much to start TT team in HHS, but he now can't find tables, and also they told him that he is not allowed to use gym at all for ping pong. This is rediculues. I am thinking that maybe the formation of TT school program needs to be implemented from the "top," like Minister of Education!
- studying different TT teams in other states
- Got Jorgan to find data from Crash Plan. We have to come up with a good way to store film data, and back up. Dropbox is getting too full.
- problem with moving files to Dropbox. Huge problem for me, as now I have so much more data.
- tried to buy facility for a school/table tennis program (this is not part of my work, but I just want to remember when). Learned that Joe'w vision is much bigger than keep thinking.
- tried imputing After Effects to "Adrian Outside" video
- worked on Rubik's cube video
- met with Julian, Joe, Jana and Chris, talked about fonts, video corrections, Newgy Logo
http://www.tabletennismn.com/events/tournaments/high-school-championship.html
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2014/April/12/Table-Tennis-Now-An-Official-Varsity-Sport-In-The-New-York-City-Public-High-Schools
We are excited to inform you that the New York City Department of Education has formally added table tennis to its list of varsity sports. We feel this decision is a game changer for our sport locally, regionally and even nationally.
Adding Table Tennis as an official varsity sport, injects prestige and money - placing it on equal footing with sports like Baseball, Lacrosse, Wrestling and Tennis. Now, New York City students who excel in High School Table Tennis, can include their match results and participation in official transcripts when they apply to college. More importantly, High School Table Tennis will engage hundreds of school students, in what we feel is an ideal urban sport.
Interscholastic competitions for the 2014 season began this week at 12 High Schools. These team matches are gender specific, with equal footing for both boys and girls. In 2015, the league will move to the winter season and will hopefully expand to 24 high schools! It is our vision to move from initially hundreds to eventually thousands of New York City high school students playing competitive table tennis. For a list of participating high schools, championship dates, format and rules, please visit - www.psal.org.
The governing entity for high school sports in New York City is the Public School Athletic League (PSAL). American Youth Table Tennis (AYTTO) is working closely with the PSAL - offering needed know-how, expertize, coaching and event oversight.
A special thanks goes to AYTTO supporters and coaches, Mr. Mitch Seidenfeld - President of Minnesota Table Tennis Association, actress Susan Sarandon -SPiN New York, Andy Brockmann, League Commissioner and Steven Chan -Joola USA. Your collective support, expertize, and enthusiasm will ensure a successful inaugural year.
Ben Nisbet and former National Team Member Virginia Sung formed AYTTO 10 years ago. Its board now includes, Jonathan Bricklin, Morris Jackson, John McFadden, Ben Nisbet and Brian Sentance.
Note: USATT has pledged a $5K challenge grant to support AYTTO in quest to provide expertize for the high school league. There is vital need for schools to receive proper tables and equipment for this year and beyond. Anyone interested in donating may visit www.aytto.org and make an online donation in support of our sport and high school table tennis.
july 2015
Week of July 27, 2015
- Julian "modernized" the word NEWGY from Newgy logo. We uploaded it on front page for Chris or s
- rendered Afterr Effect clip with Newgy Logo on the ball and placed on the site for Joe to see. Write e-mail to Joe.
- worked with Julian on placing the Newgy Logo on a ball coming out of Robo Pong on our New Video with Adrian. That took a lot of time as Julian had to do it in After Effects.
- we worked on better font for that video
- Julian improved the NEWGY effects
Week of July 20, 2015
- we created new page here called "Landing Test." Uploaded the video that Jorgen and Julian did, with 4 screens, and you can click on one, then it all goes to this video. FRIENDS video is the one that is active now.
- brought Jorgen and Julian to talk meet Joe, and talk to Eric and Chris. Jorgen shared how he's going to do the videos. Jorgen is goint to work on Java script and send it to Eric
- Jorgen came few times this week to work on the videos and Java script. Julian helped.
- I organized all the short films as I had too many there with all different video snippets, decided to move everything to dropbox
Week of July 13, 2015
- studied marketing and learned about USP (Unique Selling Propositions), took the snapshots of some of the big companies USPs, like Nike, etc, and created a file for Joe to see.
- Met with Jorgen and Julian, shared Joe idea, and discussed how to do the video
- worked on Rubik Pong video, trying different choices of screens
- met with Joe, shared USP, we came up with Play Ping Pong ANYTIME. I really like it.
Week of July 6, 2015
- researched if maybe there is a way that Joe's idea can work
- found a sample of similar concept, studied how it was done
- worked on polishing videos
- worked on clock for Rubik Pong video
june 2015
Week of June 29, 2015
Week of June 22, 2015
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4 snippets for landing page completedI would prefer for the 4th snippet to have something with athletic training, instead of me and Thomas. If you agree, we should think of making such video.
Goals:
Complete the video "No need to pick up balls"
Not important: (See if you can find a a good picture with a person and Robo Pong. See if you can try to extract from film) |
Week of June 15, 2015
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happy father's day video with Cody - completedI think I will have to learn After Effects. Really don't want to, but I will probably have to. It will take a long time.
Also follow up with a teacher for animation, maybe then he can teach both, animation and After Effects. Get Julian to put logo on the ball in "Don't need to pick up balls" Think how to shoot folding Robot for I Love Robo Pong Commercial. Talk to Adrian. See if you can start writing time, see if you can START and STOP when planned:
June 22, 2015: 9am - 11:15 am |
Week of June 8, 2015
- followed up with Magnetic studios
- worked on color corrections - purchased Red Giant - Magic Bullet - Collor corection plug in to Final Cut, paid $100.
- worked on short video "Don't need to pick up balls..." rough editing
- picked temporary music
- tried to do some color corrections, ( I need to keep learning, a lot! this is a struggle in a moving picture for me)
- Julian worked on font and corrections on "Don't need to pick up balls... Robo Pong will."
Week of June 1, 2015
Goals: (I don't always write here goals. I keep goals in TRELLO, Julian convinced me. It is a really good program for projects and goals)
- researched different techniques for possible lightning in Final Cut and other plug ins. Studied and downloaded Red Giant (Colorista +) free trial, to see if it can help. (Julian and me almost whole day)
- kept trying to improve I Love Robo Pong - lighting of Robo Pong in car
- researched and chose Animation Studios, and consultants in Nashville. Tomorrow will try to contact found via Production Hub: http://www.magneticdreams.com.
- Picked 3 samples of Robo Children, cleaned them in Photo Shop, Downloaded into this site for Joe to maybe get ideas.
- followed up with Dr Kallister's family
- disigned a page banner for Robo Annimation Desk
- couldn't sleep on Monday so worked from 1 am to 5:30 am on editing snippets, completed rough of Mother and Son (me and Thomas),
- work on editing Happy Father's day, looking through all possible clips
- Edited rough of Brothers outside playing against the Robo Pong snippet
Goals: (I don't always write here goals. I keep goals in TRELLO, Julian convinced me. It is a really good program for projects and goals)
- √ improve Rubik's cube video
- √edit sample video for Father's day
- √ get better music for Rubik's Cube (Julian or Thomas)
- √ select few clips from Robo Pong outside, put together
- √ visit Newgy, just to check, maybe ask Jena for some materials reg. School Program, or wait for Joe
- √ write short e-mail to Joe
May 2015
Week of May 25, 2015
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Friends playing against Robo Pong video Completed |
Week of May 18, 2015
- day of filming Robo Pong outside, Adrian, Julian and Thomas all worked. We filmed Robo Pong by itself, different people (us) playing, different bkg, slow motions, also Thomas solving Rubik's cube.
- Edited Rubik's Pong video, (2 days), Adrian did one version, I did second, Julian keeps improving it.
- learning more details in Final Cut, like using double screens
- trying to figure out how to lighten the Robo Pong in I Love Robo Pong
Week of May 11, 2015
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mother and son video completed |
Week of May 4, 2015
- researched and tried different possible ways to outline Robo Pong better in car scene
- edited and almost finished Snippets Video "Mother and Son"
- transferred and organized all the clips from Youth at Newgy
April 2015
Week of April 27, 2015
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father and 3 daughters video completed |
Week of April 20, 2015
- planned and organized Newgy get together in my house
- filmed short interviews with people. I asked about what they felt would be important in school programs (learned a lot).
- tried re-editing video of Youth at Newgy
Created by Liliana Kohann
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