We end off our semester of social media with a scavenger hunt, taking pictures of every single photo listed by approaching people and asking them politely if we can take them. I do not like doing that. I always get the anxiety filled fear that I am bothering people when I ask for a favour... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Durham College
https://youtu.be/MK4cKy9QofA For our video assignment, we were assigned to interview students to find out their thoughts and feelings on Durham College so far. To give the interviews a visual flare we went to the photo studio with some Christmas lights, with the hopes to lower the aperture enough so that in the background these balls... Continue Reading →
Capturing The Man Behind Oshawa’s Spider-man
For our photo assignment, right away our resident Spider-man took the spot of the model for the class. With the use of the whiteboard to fill in the flash's shadow, we posed Preston in several more energetic poses to make use of the advanced lighting studio we currently had time in. Before the shoot, however,... Continue Reading →
Tune In To ToonGrin Ad
https://vimeo.com/262145847 ToonGrin.com is the brainchild of myself and my business partner Nero Angelus. We’ve built it up over many years, developing our brand of critical animation review and analysis as well as the production of original graphics and video editing for our creative clients. Over the last year we have been brainstorming means to advertise... Continue Reading →
True Friends Forever
I pondered for a time what I wanted to create my portfolio piece on. In terms of photography, I am not as invested in the craft as I am in say video editing and visual effects. I could take a decent looking photograph but I could feel that unlike a truly dedicated photographer my pictures... Continue Reading →
My Fav Viral Video of 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnY3Cl1BBpw This Philippine advertisement made by McDonalds is my favourite viral ad of the last year. It conveys a lot of emotion from a simple narrative of a girl remembering a crushing break up from her past and, of course, the solution to her woes is a Burger McDo sandwich. It's shot in a very... Continue Reading →
The Birth of ToonGrin.com
If I looked back on my life to find the exact moment I decided to enter the video entertainment field would be back in my freshman year of high school in 2010. I was a shy and introverted youth, not much different from today but nevertheless, it was around then where I initially became part... Continue Reading →
Cicles
When given the task to shoot 5 circles for this assignment I definitely had the first impression that it be fairly easy to do. Circles make up a lot of our daily lives. We drive on 4 of them every day when we go to work. So I mentally prepared myself to instead of thinking... Continue Reading →
This is Taylor Wyatt
Taylor Wyatt is the owner of ToonGrin.com and an experienced freelance video editor with over half a decade of experience developing online content. He has gone through the Toronto Film School for TV and film writing and Durham College for video production. What he was taught was implemented by providing in-depth script coverage for hopeful... Continue Reading →
The Journey Begins
Starting up a blog can be an immense undertaking. The vulnerability of putting your thoughts and feelings online for all to potentially see can lead anyone to feel bare in the eyes of the public. I've been in that eyesight though for nearly a decade now, producing critical analysis videos of animated movies and shows.... Continue Reading →