Confederation College

1. O R I E N TAT I O N - W I N T E R 2 0 0 8
Confederation College - Multimedia Production Program
Presented by: Mr. M.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL STUDENTS
From the faculty and staff!

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N E W Y O R K I S A V E RY U N I Q U E C I T Y

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TONGUE TWISTER - WIN $2.00 (TWO LOONIES)

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S AY “ U N I Q U E N E W Y O R K ”
5 TIMES

8. Mr. M.
Mr. Riddell
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NOW FOR A RIDDELL

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NOW FOR A RIDDLE

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WIN ANOTHER $2.00 (TWO LOONIES)

11. RIDDLE:
WHAT COSTS
$5,000 PER
GALLON?

12. R I D D L E S O U R C E : L E O L A P O RT E - T H E T E C H G U Y
December 28, 2007

13. 20 MINUTES
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14. WHAT SHALL WE DO
TODAY?
“THE FUTURE IS NOW”
Quick Look at Mr. M.’s : MM 218, MM 400, MM 462
Good Digital Habits
Common Course Calendar - all courses, due dates,
test dates.
Winner of iPod and Final Cut Pro Software
Movie of the week

15. O’REILLY ?

16. TIM O’REILLY
Referring to Open
Source FREE software:
quot;The future is here.
It's just not evenly
distributed yet.quot;
I recently came across that
quote from science-fiction writer
William Gibson, and I've been
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17. TIM O’REILLY
Mr. M. thinks that O’Reilly’s
comments are perfect for the state
of Open Source software and for
the future of video on the
Internet.
So many people, whether in our
industry our not, don’t see the
future yet...
but give them time they will.
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18. WILLIAM
GIBSON
NOVELIST
quot;Gibson coined the
term cyberspace in
1982, and popularized
the concept in his
debut novel,
Neuromancer.
(1984).quot;
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson
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19. MM 462
Exploring Open Source
Applications
Excellent opportunity to excel in
an area you are interested in using
all or partial Open Source
software.
Animation, photography,
programming, web-related, video,
audio or writing - you name it,
you can do it in MM 462 with
some help from Open Source
applications.

20. MM 400
Freelancing Business
Management and Law
Why?

21. Freelancers
Working for companies
Summarized from Statistics Canada 2003

22. Understanding Copyright Law is
not optional in the Multimedia
Industry.
We will use a “Myth-Busters”
approach to what is true and what
isn’t. We will substantiate
everything we learn with legal
references.
A lot of what you think you know
may be flat out wrong - i.e. it is OK
to have just a few notes of the
Beatles on my site, or if I modify
that photo, then it is mine.
“Hey Mr. M., I didn’t like that
copyright course, but it sure saved
my butt a few times.”

23. MM 218
Creative Programming II
More focused than MM 118 -
many improvements, thanks for
your surveymonkey comments.
Student should have a great
application for portfolio/reel
after completing this course and
do things no one thought
possible just a year ago.

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26. Y O U A R E WAT C H I N G A F L E X A P P L I C AT I O N R I G H T N O W !

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WHY ADOBE FLEX?
Free
Fun
Open Source (by Adobe of all companies) - Mr. M. had thought Adobe might die a slow death
as Microsoft might in the future. Adobe finally sees that Open Source is the new model!
the commercial tools are FREE to students ($199) ??
works on Mac, PC , Linux
builds on what you already know - xml, JavaScript, CSS, xHTML
animation, even 3D can be done with libraries
profitable
jobs are there for Flex/Flash developers
You are watching a Flex application - slideshow.net
Mr. M. finally woke up to this technology December 24, 2007
The most exciting thing Mr. M. has ever seen in Multimedia! Can’t wait to share with you
Did I mention free?

28. GOOD DIGITAL HABITS
Try to improve any digital habits that
save you time or help keep you
organized.
Are you using a bookmarking tool like
Delicious, Magnolia, Diigo? If not,
why not?
Do you have an extra backup? - it only
takes a minute. If not, why not?
Why not make this the semester to get
really organized?
Mr. M. first labs will be devoted to this
topic.

29. DEMO COMMON COURSE
DUE DATES
Thanks for your
suggestion about this on
surveymonkey.
access from:
mrmccormack.com
link on right side.

30. AND THE
WINNER IS!
OK..
for an iPod shuffle
and a non-resale
version of Adobe Final
Cut Pro (2 prizes)
- between 1-38 incl.
- 2 student, write 2
numbers on board
- 2 other students
pick on number
- 1st prize on left. credit:
ReelArtShow.com
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31. MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Mr. M. produced this movie while on
sabbatical last fall. - Star Wars theme!
Fundamentals of any film:
1- Page 2- People 3- Production (Dennis
Austin, Film Professor and mentor to
Mr. M.)
Mr. M. hired a “professional actor”
Storyboard done in Comic Life (free on
any Mac)
Script Written in Final Draft software
Surround sound 5.1
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George Lucas may be emailing Mr. M. Creative Commons license

32. THE FUTURE IS HERE!
How many of you had seen that YouTube clip?
Video on the Net will play a huge role in Multimedia
and it will be great for employment opportunitiues to
put your broad range of skills to work.
Have a great semester!
Mr. M.

33. T H E E N D - H AV E A G R E AT S E M E S T E R !