Sneaker soundslide- Script & Design Rationale

Script:

Many of us have at least one material object that we hold near and dear to our hearts. Personally for me, I would say that my choice would be my sneakers.

I don't leave the house without matching my shirt to my shoes, and vise versa. I have a collection of about 20 pairs of sneakers. My other shoes consist of about 12 pairs of heels, 8 pairs of sandals, and of course a pair of UGG boots.

My personal collection ranges from different styles, colors and meanings. My mom thinks I'm crazy for having purple and red ones, teal ones, and even bright orange ones. My personal favorite pairs of sneakers are Jordans and Nikes, and they make up the majority of my collection.

In high school, being one of the 4 minorities in my 98% white/Caucasian school, really made me to stand out because I looked different. This of course intensified whenever I wore something my fellow classmates were not accustomed to seeing. For example, my bright orange sneakers with of course, a bright orange shirt.

I believe i left quite an impression on my high school classmates because I was always known for being "the girl who always matched, plus she had the best sneakers."

The way I present myself really says alot about me. I believe that I was born to stand out, so why should I try to fit in with how everyone else is? My fashion sense says alot about me too. I don't try to look like every other girl on my college campus. For example, many have said that the typical "uniform" for Roger Williams University is a pair of UGGS, leggings and a North Face.

#1- I don't have a North Face.
#2- I don't wear my UGGS with my leggings, just my sneakers.

I'll never give up on my sneakers. They are a part of me, they mean alot to me, and they look good on me. They are not just sneakers, they're my sneakers.


Design Rationale:

For my final project, I made a soundslide of my passion; my sneakers. This project wasn't so much hard as it was time consuming. My project had different parts to it such as taking pictures for the slides, recording my voice for the background of the slides, tieing it all together in the soundslide application.

The easy part of this project was putting all the pictures into soundslides once I figured out a way to do it that did not take forever to load, as well as recording my voice. I took about 25 pictures of my sneakers along with shirts that matched the sneakers. This was so whoever watched this could see that I do mean what I said about matching my shirt to my shoes. The voice recording was easy enough because once I had my script it only took me two attempts to get the recording I wanted.

The music posed a bit of a problem because I kept having trouble figuring out what else could go with my voice. I decided to use an instrumental Reggae song to be put at the beginning of the slide show as well as in the end. The problem occurred when I couldn't get the timing of the song and my voice the way I wanted.
If I had more time I wouldn't have made the ending not last more than 10 seconds. The way everything else came out left the ending to be longer with music.

What I am most proud of is my voice recording and the music I chose. I had the hardest time picking out what went with the theme of sneakers and listening to the Reggae song I figured it was a good match. I hope everyone else agrees. I have only done a voice recording only once before this project, however, it was at a recording studio. Doing it on my own was not hard at all and it was interesting to listen to my voice and how different it is from when I speak out loud.

Overall, I am happy with the way my project turned out. This was a great way to end the semester. I believe I have completed all my assignments for this class to the best of my ability and I am happy to end on a high note.