Posts made in 2009

Updated "About" page

Posted by on Oct 2, 2009 in Blog, Personal, Projects | 0 comments

I’ve got three sub-sections that I’ve updated on my About Us page. I’ve added a professional page and updated my personal about us page. The gaming about us page has yet to be updated, however. Check it out to learn more about Matt Richards!

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Movie Review: District 9

Posted by on Sep 26, 2009 in Film, Movie, Review | 0 comments

Movie Review: District 9

I’ve written a review for the Science Fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp called District 9. Just what is District 9? You really have to watch the movie to find out. And boy, will it blow your mind. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, and I believe that you, too, should have the experience of watching it. You read my review posted over at my new website called “Movie...

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First Advertising Project

Posted by on Sep 25, 2009 in College, Design | 0 comments

For our first project in Advertising and Imagery (a class I’m taking this semester), we were instructed to design an advertisement for a new type of cigarette, the “Marijuana Cigarette.” This is obviously not a real product, mind you! I designed and developed all three ads. Check out what I came up with: Advertisement for male magazine Advertisement for female magazine Alternative advertisement for female...

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Semiotic Analysis of the Dark Knight Movie Posters

Posted by on Sep 25, 2009 in College, Personal | 3 comments

Semiotic Analysis of the Dark Knight Movie Posters

Normally I won’t post my school projects on my blog, but recently I’ve felt I’ve done some really interesting work, and it’s beyond the spectrum of “just a paper.” I’m really proud of my work, though it’s not masterful work, it definitely is making me happy to see how it turns out. Anyway, I struggled quite a bit on this project, but I really turned it around. We needed to select a certain type of media (an image, advertisement, poster, film, music, whatever) and analyze the “semiotics” of it. It’s a difficult theory to...

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A Battlefield 2 Graphic Novel: "The Dawn of Battle"

Posted by on Sep 18, 2009 in Featured Articles, Gaming, Personal, Projects | 4 comments

A Battlefield 2 Graphic Novel: "The Dawn of Battle"

View “The Dawn of Battle,” a Battlefield 2 graphic novel on my website. This is an artistic vision of the popular Battlefield 2 modification, Project Reality. I went in and recorded all the action, in a single-player battle against bots. I then went in with the Battle Recorder, and took a ton of screenshots from a variety of angles. The next step was utilizing Adobe Photoshop to construct a unique theme to the images. I went in, constructed an HDR profile of each image, then applied various lighting and coloring techniques to try to tie everything together. Then I applied the...

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