VisCom Notes 03.10.09a

VisCom Notes
03.10.09a

Hello Visual Communicators,

I will be out sick this week. Read below for today’s assignments and issues.  Frederick Kendrick will come by to check on you and answer any questions on Tuesday.  Hopefully by Thursday we will have Final Cut installed on our machines and we can then get him to give you a Final Cut Workshop, Thursday! How to use still pictures in a FCP Timeline, with audio.

Remember Assignment number 7 (below) I want you to put this picture story in a timeline and add audio. Thursday!

Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 10 , “Basic Video Editing.”   This chapter talks about iMovie, but I want to use Final Cut, because we can do so much more with it. Read Chapter 10 for principals.  See Knight Digital Media Center (below) for Final Cut Tutorial. <http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/finalcut/>  View the Final Cut Tutorial at <http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/richmediafcp/apple/index1.html>  You have to register for the course and apple will send you the link, Its free.  This is Brian Storm of Medistorm.org, telling us how to put together “Rich Media Podcasts.” These are (still) picture stories in a timeline with audio.

PLEASE- DO THE ASSIGNMENTS They are reflected in the assignments in the syllabus. Some of you have done everything I have asked, CONGRATULATIONS, THAT’S “A” MATERIAL.  Some of you think you have done everything, but haven’t mounted them on your page (Remember the blog page.) Some of you have done nothing and have not found the time to see me. If you need help, then it is your responsibility to contact me, and get it. Come on people this is simple stuff, I’m trying to prepare you for the world out there and this could be considered fun, if taken with the right attitude.

Check out a small Sony video camera and play with it. (Start now, try and check one out for Springbreak, if you like. Numbers may be limited.) Play with it first if only for a little while to get the feel of what you are doing. Get cables from Ms. Ransom so you can play your stuff back over a TV Screen.  I was hoping that we would have Final Cut Express installed on the machines in 254 by now; I’ll try again for Thursday. Please Bring your Picture Stories Thursday. If you have not shot any yet or want to do something else, get to it.


These are your assignments ( The list is getting long, wait any longer and you are screwed.)

1. Open Google Accounts- Gmail, Picasa (Picasaweb.google.com), Blogger (some are using other Blog sites)
2. Photograph- a person you do not know, get names. They should be living their lives and you should have a caption (who,What, When Why...)
3. Blog page- Start and upload the photograph ( this is how you will deliver your assignments (professional, portfolio.)
4. Familiarize your self with these sites * they are loaded with tutorials and Articles.
5. Photoshop Assignment- Do three things to a photo in Photoshop and upload to your page
6. Phone (mobile) posting- Make two phone posts ^ per week, to VisCom S09  (or email to address^below)
7. A picture Story, keep it simple. We will use it in a “timeline” in Final Cut
8. Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 8- (digital Photos) and Chapter 9 (shooting Video)
9. Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 10 , “Basic Video Editing”
10. View the Final cut Tutorials at <http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/richmediafcp/apple/index1.html>
    

Last week Rahel offered a project she is engaged in, as a potential collaborative effort, a final project bringing together all of the assignments as listed and to come. If you would like to work with her, commit now so that she knows what resources are available. Please be aware that you must contribute, add to the project, to get credit for it. Those of you who have another idea for your final project, let’s hear it, we have five weeks before finals, including Spring break. Let’s tie this thing up nice and tidy!

See you soon. CH

Journalism Workshop Calendar http://socdojworkshops.blogspot.com/ Prof Herndon’s Office Hours Calendar http://profherndonscalendar.blogspot.com/ VisCom, Photojournalism, Multimedia (VPM*) Pages http://crn17559a.blogspot.com/ VisCom S09 http://viscoms09.blogspot.com/ Prof Herndon’s Sometime Blog http://craigseyes.blogspot.com/ washingtonpost.com Camera Works http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/index.html The New York Times, Multimedia/Photos http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html/ *Knight Digital Media Center http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/ *News University http://www.newsu.org/ *J-Learning http://www.j-learning.org/ *J-Lab http://www.j-lab.org/ *Journalism 2.0 (text download) http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20/ Blog Post (phone or email)^ VisComS09.room254@blogger.com / Picasa Post VisComS09.picasa@picasaweb.com

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Prof. Craig Herndon/ Asst. Professor Multi-Media Studies/ Howard University/ Washington, D.C. 20059/ 410.703.8708 cell/202.806.7856 SOC ofc/ craigherndon@mindspring.com / craigherndon@verizon.net