VisCom Note 12.02.09

VisCom Notes

    12.02.09

Hello Visual Communicators,

Let’s finish our work.

I write today to inform you of a Photography Show. Attached is a poster (announcement) for a photography show and lecture to be given Friday, in the Gallery Lounge of Blackburn, 7-9:30.

It has been sometime coming and at the last minute has materialized. Marvin Jones is a local photographer and Dr. Ahmed is with the Islamic Development Bank and originates from “Somaliland.” Somaliland is not what we know as Somalia. It has a complicated history, which Dr. Ahmed will illuminate during his talk. Marvin Jones will talk about his work and collaboration with Dr. Ahmed.

I will introduce them and place this work in the context of Photography, Journalism, Documentary, Advocacy and Storytelling. They will speak of their interests and motivations and then there will be time for Q&A.

My introduction is a minor part of this affair, a series of Photography shows will follow. Ron Beverly of the Fine Arts Department and I will be developing them in a cooperative effort between the Journalism Dept. of the School of Communication and the Fine Arts Dept of COAS.

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