VisCom Note 11.18.09

VisCom Notes

    11.18.09

Hello Visual Communicators,

Only a couple of weeks left. I’d like to see every individual before next Wednesday. Make an appointment, my calendar is on my office door and linked below. Things are constantly being added to my agenda, so schedule early. If you have not done work, please drop the class, the last day is Friday? I don’t plan to be in Friday so if you require my signature get it early.

If you have done little work or are scared of computers and don’t want to drop, definitely see me. Prof Herndon’s Office Hours Calendar http://profherndonscalendar.blogspot.com/

Bottom line it’s time to chart a course to your destination. What grade do you want? Have you earned it already? Is there something you want to do that I have not touched? Extra credit will only be considered if you have done the things I have asked you to do. Again, everything you have experienced is about your creative process. Recognize what you have created and the way you did it; now move forward.

Add an audio track to your still video in Final Cut (Apple Rich Media tutorial) (#15) and embed it in your page.  If you need to get a boost in scriptwriting, there is a chapter in Journalism 2.0.
Thursday,
CH

These are your assignments

1. Open Google Accounts- Gmail, Picasa (Picasaweb.google.com <http://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/> This should        be the second time you’ve read this. Repetition, repetition,repetition, you’re programming brain cells.
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 <http://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