VisCom Note 11.12.09

VisCom Notes
    11.12.09

Hello Visual Communicators,

We are coming to a close rapidly, only a few weeks left. Anyone who has not done work should seriously be considering dropping the course, as failures dramatically affect your GPA.

For the rest of us, we will look at Final Cut Thursday. Bring your still picture story so we can drop images into a Final Cut timeline. We need to start thinking, long form narrative. Did you read the article I attached to the other email this morning? Do.

Next Tuesday there will be guests in the building, so come to class prepared, we’d like you to look like the brilliant students you are. There are meetings scheduled with students Mon, Tues and Wed. If you are interested in speaking to, or hearing the assessments of the accrediting team, please track down the meetings. Please get your Blog pages updated and send me links immediately. Numbers 11 and 12 below ( green assignments) should be read, as they will help you considerably in the work coming up. Remember it is your job to learn to use any software, I can teach concepts but you must practice with the tools of your craft.
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These are your assignments

1. Open Google Accounts- Gmail, Picasa (Picasaweb.google.com), Blogger (some are using other Blog sites), Download Journalism 2.0.
2. Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 8- (digital Photos)
3. 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...)  Make a number of pictures, different shots, keep an eye out for potent moments. Invest quality time here.
4. Blog page- Start and upload the photograph ( this is how you will deliver your assignments (professional, portfolio.)
5. Familiarize your self with these sites * they are loaded with tutorials and Articles.
6. Photoshop Assignment- Do three things to a photo in Photoshop and upload to your page
7. Phone (mobile) posting- Make two phone posts ^ per week, to VisCom S09  (or email to address^below)
8. A picture Story, keep it simple. We will use it in a “timeline” in Final Cut (These are your photos, your story.)
9. Read Journalism 2.0,  Chapter 9 (shooting Video)
10. Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 10 , “Basic Video Editing”
11. View the Final cut Tutorials at <http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/richmediafcp/apple/index1.html>
12. Read the Final Cut Tutorial at  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/  
13. Lay your picture story (stills) in the timeline of a Final Cut Project, (To be safe bring a storage device 5-10 gigs.)
14. “Five steps to Multimedia Storytelling”  http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=ucknight_multimedia07
15. Add an audio track to your Final Cut Slideshow
    

16. Read video techniques at <http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/shooting_tips/> it’s short
17. Shoot video for assignment and critique. You may work in teams, and tee up the piece before class.
18.Check the Final Cut Tutorial again at  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/ and SHOOT VIDEO
19. SHOOT VIDEO, FINAL PROJECT - BE DONE!
 

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