USEM- Reflection

All in all it has been an extremely busy term in this class. So many projects, so little time! I was happy to finally master the use of iMovie ! After 26 hours in the computer lab I feel like a pro with that program! Over the term I have learned so much about the history of tattooing, but more importantly I learned about myself and the girls in my group. Having to work so closely with classmates really gave me a chance to learn more about my group members. All the hard worked paid off and I was so happy and proud of the movie we produced. I have to say however, that I will not miss spending 11 hours in front of a computer screen ! Goodbye Usem class time to take flight and move ahead with our lives :)

Usem Blog- Done

Although it has been fun learning about the history of tattoos, I have to say that I have never been more excited to finish a project!!! It has taken so much time and I am very happy with the results of our group video. The video has been an interesting learning process and took way more time than I think any of us estimated! Glad to finally be COMPLETELY DONE !

Final interview

Had the final interview with the tattoo artist with the group on Tuesday. Finally got sufficient video footage needed for the video! Mori had a hard time talking infront of the camera but eventually gave us what we needed. We are all very appreciative of those that took time out of their schedules to be interviewed by our group! Now in the process of splicing video and rearranging photos to make a cohesive video!

USEM update

Had a re-interview with a tattoo artist today from Ashland. Mori from Mori Ink tattoos gave me great information and insight about the journey of getting a tattoo for individuals. She is a shop owner who does her work out of her house. My favorite part of the project so far has been talking with people and hearing their experinces and their opinions on our topic.

Had a group meeting on the 18th of February and decided which movie program we are going to use. iMovie 2008 will be the video program we have chosen to use for our project. Although we don't necessarily know how to use the whole program we have found online tutorials that will guide us through or video making process.

As of Friday February 12th our group completed a story board laying out the plans for our Tattoo History movie. We have decided on a title for our film "Documented Ink." Having the storyboard will make the process of cutting and pasting our film together much easier!

Group update

We finally completed a pre-interview with a tattoo artist and we are going back in on Sunday February 7th to finish up with a video interview. Our group is also meeting on Friday the 5th at 1pm to collaborate on research we each have done for the periods in history of tattooing.

group evidence

USEM group update

So far in group "Tattoo history" we have done several individual interviews and taken various pictures of different types of tattoos. We had a group meeting on Friday at 1pm and interviewed someone about Samoan tattoos, processes and culture. It was a fun and inspiring meeting for our group to hear all about the old tattoo processes!

USEM-blog

So far in my group's project we have decided which aspects of tattooing we are going to focus on. We have all been given assignments to interview people with tattoos and also we are going to do some interviews in tattoo parlors as well. The idea with the interviews is to obtain as much footage as possible so we will have a lot to work with for our video.