Videos in the Cal-IT2 Digital Theater

Yesterday, the students presented their final projects. They gave their presentations, and showed their resulting videos. Today, they will show their posters and hand in final papers.

The video presentations were fun to watch, Paul was right in his prediction (and kudos to him and Nakul for staying up till 1am to generate all the DVDs). Seeing the videos on the big screen in the Cal-IT2 digital theater was a real treat. Some of the more memorable parts: Juan as the evil Kwanton spewing lightning at Billy's angels (Lucia, Melissa, and Mindi) and their final dance, Lara on the cell phone alerting the authorities about a late student, Jonathan as the guy from Outback Adventures ("You're on fire, you're on fire!"), Nestor's magic with the soccer ball, Lucia getting hit with the soccer ball, Forrest's tunnel, Tristan as the MGM lion, GQ's excellent special effects, Matt as the detective, Katie's wonderful Flash animations, and all the memorable scenes of COSMOS 06 life with editing and technical production by Brendan, Christina, Eric, Evelyn, Melanie, Mike, Sid, and Samantha.

I have to say this about our students, they are a very creative bunch. In addition to demonstrating technical sophistication, they have an artistic flair. They were given an outlet for creative expression (with few bounds), and they seized it with gusto. They all came through. I'm proud of each and every one of them.