VisCom Notes

Thursday, November 12, 2009

missed "STORYTELLING" earlier

Sorry I missed the "killing Storytelling" Article earlier. CH

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.
CH

These are your assignments

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

Is Storytelling dead?

Hello Folks:

Attached is an article worth reading, Please read it.
“ The Internet is killing Storytelling.”

CH

Monday, November 2, 2009

VisCom Note 11.02.09

VisCom Notes
11.02.09

Hello Visual Communicators,
All of the assignments in red should have been done. If not, let’s tighten it up, it’s time to move on. Now we do the assignments in green.

The representative from the game company, EA ,will not be presenting until 2pm in the Gallery Lounge of Blackburn. If you are interested in gaming please come. I would suggest you come see what’s going on anyway. Gaming is a $57 Billion market, and growing.

So, we will hold class Tuesday Morning as normal, 11. I want to talk about final projects and want you to have a plan for the rest of the semester. So that you can sail into the end of the semester with style and grace. We lost a giant in Photography, a Black Man, last week Roy DeCarava, more tomorrow on his storytelling.

CH

These are your assignments

Open Google Accounts- Gmail, Picasa (Picasaweb.google.com), Blogger (some are using other Blog sites), Download Journalism 2.0.
Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 8- (digital Photos)
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.
Blog page- Start and upload the photograph ( this is how you will deliver your assignments (professional, portfolio.)
Familiarize your self with these sites * they are loaded with tutorials and Articles.
Photoshop Assignment- Do three things to a photo in Photoshop and upload to your page
Phone (mobile) posting- Make two phone posts ^ per week, to VisCom S09 (or email to address^below)
A picture Story, keep it simple. We will use it in a “timeline” in Final Cut (These are your photos, your story.)
Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 9 (shooting Video)
Read Journalism 2.0, Chapter 10 , “Basic Video Editing”
View the Final cut Tutorials at <http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/richmediafcp/apple/index1.html>
Lay your picture story in the timeline of a Final Cut Project, (To be safe bring a storage device 5-10 gigs.)
“Five steps to Multimedia Storytelling” http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=ucknight_multimedia07
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 - BE DONE!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

VisCom Note 09.10.09

VisCom Notes
09.10.09

Hello Visual Communicators,

This is my first “Notes” for Fall 09, Visual Communication. This copy of “notes” is an adaptation from last spring that will require some modification as we move along. The list is a semester worth of assignments. As of today we are concerned about assignments 1-3. The links below will bring you to sites that provide tutorials for processes and software that you will require for completion of this course.

My office, like the offices of a number of Journalism professors, has been shut down by construction in our area of the building. Please call for appointments and questions. I do text. (Contact info below.) See you Thursday morning,. Let’s get started.

Do assignments 1-3, by next Tuesday, September 15. The links below will bring you to sites that provide tutorials for processes and software that you will require for completion of this course CH

These are your assignments

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

Monday, May 11, 2009

VisCom Notes 05.11.09a

VisCom Notes
05.11.09a

Hello Visual Communicators,

Would you please send me links to your pages. A dear friend of ours decided to redesign my page and lost functionality. She has not been able to reconstruct it, so, I must make the attempt. Help!

I have to turn in grades if your pages and uploads are finalized let me know. CH

These are your assignments

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

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

VisCom Notes 05.06.09a

VisCom Notes
05.06.09a

Hello Visual Communicators,

Alright guys, let’s close it down! I don’t want to be playing with you for ever. I’ll be in Wed aft. and Thursday. Monica has Dance performances Fri. and Sat., I’ll have to figure out what I’m going to do about graduation.

Communicate by email. I’m on the way to my car, and in the office by 1:30- 2pm. Then I have a meeting around 3 or 4 in RTVF. You’ve got my contact info, use it and be patient. CH

These are your assignments

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