My Symphony

Here's a symphony I made! I hope you enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/drewmannix/walking-in-the-spring

Car Radio A Cappella

Here is a link to a cover of Car Radio using only my voice! Hope you enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/drewmannix/car-radio-a-cappella

Interactive storytelling game

For my interactive storytelling game, I want to create a choice driven game of the experience of being in high school. The players would be given several choices on whether they want to succeed socially or academically, and the ultimate ending of this game would be whether the player would come out popular and heading to a good college, or flunked out and had no friends.  Examples of choices given to the player would be whether or not to go to a party Friday night or study for the exam you have the following Monday. If the player would pick to go party instead of study, they wouldn’t necessarily do as well on the exam as opposed to if they picked to stay in and study for it. Another choice the player might be given is to cheat on this exam AND go out and party. This way the player can gain social points but also succeed in their schooling as well. I was thinking that for some choices there could be a degree of chance involved, as there is with real life situations. For example, if the player did so choose to cheat on the exam, there might be a chance that they could get caught cheating, and given a zero on the exam. I want to the player to be fully aware of the choices they make and what the consequences of those choices are. Another big thing in high school is Prom. I think it would be cool if the player was given the choices of whether or not they would attend, who they would take, if they would drink beforehand, what parties they could get invited to depending on their social worth from their past choices, etc. In my opinion, I think this game is a pretty original idea, and can be related to anyone who has been to high school, which are most people in the US. This game gives the player the choice of what they want to do with their high school lives.

Panic! At the Disco Album Review A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

Panic! At the Disco is a unique band out of the Las Vegas area who started performing when the members were in high school. Shortly after recording demos, in 2005 they released their album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat out, and they were an instant hit.

In this album, the musicians seem to be ahead of everyone else at their age, especially their drummer Spencer Smith. He has a unique style about him and his beats are completely original and tight to the tempo. In the song “There’s a Good Reason These Tables Are Turned”, you can really here the originality and creativity that Smith puts in.

As a group, the band puts together a genre of their own, sounding like a mashup between rock and cabaret style music. This mix is very pleasant sound, not to mention very catchy. This mash can really be seen in there song “I Constantly Thank God For Esteban”.

The band didn’t go unrecognized with this album having the huge hit “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” on this album. This song alone seems to boost the overall energy felt in this album, along with the controversial lyrics and melodies created by vocalist, Brandon Urie.

Although this band was young when they released A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, the album itself feels timeless, giving listeners the chance to have fun with the unique and quality sound of Panic! At the Disco.

The overall mixing and quality of this album seems flawless, giving the viewing something soothing to listen to. Like I said before, the genre is unlike anything I have ever heard before, and is completely ahead of their time. Although this album didn’t get as much credit as it should have. Panic! At the Disco continues to grow and make better music for their die hard fans.

In this project I used the South Park character, Stan Marsh, for my emotion board. The first expression in the top left hand corner is Stan expressing evil laughter. This expression is usually seen when someone has some sort of evil agenda, which is why the eyebrows are slanted inward towards his eyes. The next face to the right is an expressionless face, his eyes being straight forward and his eyebrows in their relaxed state. To the right of that face is stan expressing disapproval. Stan's mouth is open as if he were shouting and his eyebrows are slanted inward, expressing displeasure. The next expression i put on stan is a disoriented face. This face is mostly used in less detailed cartoons such as south park and is used to show that the character feels crazy or disoriented. After that expression, Stan is expressing surprise with some fear in there. I made this face by widening his mouth and lifting his eyebrows. After that Stan is expressing happiness. This was made the same as my evil face except I raised both of Stan's eyebrows. After that expression I made Stan look like he was focusing on something. The different attributes I used to covey this emotion were the one raised eyebrow, and the tongue sticking out. Next I wanted to make it look like Stan was acting nonchalant after doing something mischievous. I did this by making him look off to the side and whistle. Next is my favorite, the puppy dog face. All I did here was widen the eyes and make the mouth low and small. The last expression I have Stan doing is a depressed look. I lowered everything, the eyes, the mouth, and the eyebrows.

In this trailer, I change the original genre of I am Legend from a thriller/horror movie to a family friendly movie about a man who learns the true meaning of life by befriending a dog. I hope you enjoy!

Here is a video of Shel Silverstein's poem, Hippo Sandwich. I hope you enjoy it.

50 Word Mini Sagas

Here are two fifty word mini sagas I wrote, I hope you enjoy reading them!

The Attack

She was only 15 when they attacked. No one heard them coming, as if they didn’t exist. She ran, as if to escape this terrible curse, but she couldn’t anticipate what would come next. When she finally came home, she had nowhere to go, well, because there was nothing left.

Stain on the Carpet

           

When he woke up and saw what the animal had done, he was furious. How could something he had once loved done such a disgusting deed. He was able to clean up the initial mess, but he wasn’t able to rid the stain of brown off of his mother’s carpet.

Hey There Delilah

Check out this Music Video Joe Jeffries and I made! I hope you like it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mkt2ugaz9E

Interactive Storytelling

  One story that I think would be fun to add some interactivity into would be the three little pigs. We all know this story from our childhood and I think by letting the audience interact in this classic tale would really entertain anyone! One way in which I think I would add interactivity is when the pigs each build their own house, one out of sticks, one out of straw, and the smartest out of bricks. In this situation, the user could build the houses themselves, designing the overall size along with the interior and exterior of the house. The user could pick the furniture to go inside the house and also the color of the house. Another way in which users would be able to interact in this story would be when the wolf attempts to knock down the houses. The user could pick out a variety of tools to accomplish his goal of knocking down the poor pigs’ houses. These tools could range from a leaf blower to a jackhammer! This could affect the story in the way that the wolf could actually prevail and capture the pigs for supper if the user uses the tools necessary. The last thing I would do to the tale of the Three Little Pigs would make a defensive interactive scenario in which the pigs could fortify their houses and fight back against the evil wolf! This could range from the pigs using barriers, bows and arrows, or maybe even guns. Overall I think that these interactive changes would make for an enjoyable experience of reliving a favorite childhood tale for all.

A Short photo documentary of my trip to Italy

Hi, my name is Drew.