VisCom Notes 04.23.09a

VisCom Notes
04.23.09a

Hello Visual Communicators,

*******We have arrived at the end of the semester****************

I will be in Thursday morning, let’s take care of the seniors first. We can move back and forth between my office and 254. I guess everybody will be there finishing their work. Final projects should be turned in and mounted on your page. The purpose of the page originally was to be a professional portfolio. Some of you have moved in other directions that’s OK. As long as the page looks professional, that everything on it works and the concept looks professional.

You should be able to make this part of a portfolio presentation. The thing that’s mandatory is that the things I have asked you to do below are available on your page. The items that have been uploaded to VisCom S09 can be duplicated on your page, if they add to the professional appeal of your presentation.

*********** HELP*HELP***I want some people to video tape and make stills of a year-end party, that Dr Tyree’s Event Planning class is giving. The party is under the tent in front of CB Powell, time 4-7pm. Those of you trying to finish your writing credits may still be able to offer something to Prof Lamb for Black College View. This video or still photos would qualify for those of you finishing the assignments. But they must sill be digested and mounted on your page. I will take care of getting images to Dr Tyree. If you want writing credit you are still responsible for following through with your Professors. IT’S BEEN A HOOT. PEACE AND LOVE. CH******************

These are your assignments

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 (These are your photos, your story.)
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>
11. Lay your picture story in the timeline of a Final Cut Project, (To be safe bring a storage device 5-10 gigs.)
12. “Five steps to Multimedia Storytelling”  http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=ucknight_multimedia07
13. Add an audio track to your Final Cut Slideshow
    

14. Read video techniques at <http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/shooting_tips/> it’s short
 15. Shoot video for Tuesday assignment and critique. You may work in teams, and tee up the piece before class.
16. Reading the Final Cut Tutorial at  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/ and SHOOT VIDEO
17. SHOOT VIDEO, FINAL PROJECT How are we doing!
 

 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