[vvp/teen] The 2nd OLP Symposium!!!
The 2nd OLP Symposium was great! Compared to the first, I thought it was really exciting; however, I don't know if I am the right person to judge because in the first symposium the Virtual Video Project was in semi-working mode to complete what we were working, which later was used to screen at the museum. Then again, I think everyone enjoyed it at the bowling alley even if we weren't good bowlers.
I thought it would be interesting to bowl with my non-dominant hand (left hand) for some reason, and it was. Mathew, Yessenia and I tied for first place on the first round. However, when the second round came along my arm got tired really quickly, and I probably should have stopped using the heavy ball! Nonetheless, it was fun!
Upon returning to the office, we took some time to relax since most of us were exhausted. Then we went onto showing some of the first machinimas from this year’s VVP. It was the 10 seconds machinimas based on how we represent ourselves in Second Life. This was our first try at filming in a virtual platform for display. It was nice looking back at that and having a good laugh about it. After sharing about the objectives of VVP for our final project, we heard from a few people from other programs such as Playing 4 Keeps (P4K) talking about what they were doing, and the same with the Digital Media Youth Advisory group. It was nice hearing from the P4K group because it really seemed like they were going through the same struggle as we were; trying to pick a topic. At the end, I think everyone had a hopeful perspective on the future and what we could accomplish! So overall, it was a great day!!!
