This homework assignment is due on Tuesday, April 1.
Go online and find a newspaper -- other than the New York Times -- that produces video.
Check out its offerings and tell us what you think.
Is it professional-looking, or does it look amateurish?
Are the videos longer than an average television news report (1-2 minutes), or shorter?
Are the subjects interesting?
How do the offerings compare to what you found in iReport?
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Video Project 1
Create a video package that runs 1:30 to 2 minutes, and a 400-word text to accompany it.
As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.
Post the project on iReport.com, and embed the video on your blog.
Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group. Do not interview family members or significant others.
Any music needs to be royalty-free or used with permission.
The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for a play, and the text could review the play.
Intermediate deadline -- April 15
-- Post the topic of your video project on your blog, along with the sound source or sources you plan to use, and each team member's assignment.
Final deadline Thursday April 17:
-- Upload the project to iReport and embed the video on your blog, along with the 400-word text that accompanies it.
As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.
Post the project on iReport.com, and embed the video on your blog.
Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group. Do not interview family members or significant others.
Any music needs to be royalty-free or used with permission.
The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for a play, and the text could review the play.
Intermediate deadline -- April 15
-- Post the topic of your video project on your blog, along with the sound source or sources you plan to use, and each team member's assignment.
Final deadline Thursday April 17:
-- Upload the project to iReport and embed the video on your blog, along with the 400-word text that accompanies it.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
iReport assignment
For Tuesday, March 25, please go to iReport.cnn and do two things:
1. Sign up for an account;
2. Look around on the website and write a blog post telling us what you think about the site -- what you like, what you dislike, whether it is a good idea.
1. Sign up for an account;
2. Look around on the website and write a blog post telling us what you think about the site -- what you like, what you dislike, whether it is a good idea.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Soundslides 101
Here are instructions for creating your audio slideshow with Soundslides, uploading it to a server, and embedding it in your blog.
1. Put all of your photos in a single folder. They must be JPEGs.
2. Save your edited audio file as an mp3 (or wav).
3. Open Soundlides and create a New Project. Save the New Project on your computer (or a flash drive -- you'll need to have access to the folder later).
4. Click the JPG button to load your photos into the project; Click SND to load your mp3 file (or wav) into the project.
5. The Soundslides editing screen will appear. Your sound will be on a timeline at the bottom. Your photos will be arrayed in a box in the upper right. The box in the upper left shows you the first photo.
6. You can rearrange the photos by dragging them around. You can increase or decrease the amount of time they appear by moving the vertical bars between each photo on the timeline.
7. The Slide Info tab allows you to put captions on the photos; you can make the caption appear at a pre-selected time.
8. The Template tab allows you to change the background and the look of the project.
9. The Project Info tab lets you give the project a headlne or title, and lets you add credits.
10. The Audio tab lets you upload a new audio file to replace the current one. 11. Once you're happy with your Soundslide, go to the upper left corner and click File, then Export and Zip. This opens your project folder. Don't do anything! 12. Go online to host.soundslides.com Sign in with danielwms as the account and Lyndon as the password. 13. In the upper left corner, select Upload Slide Show; Click Select File, and navigate to your project folder. Select the Zipped publish_to_web file only. Your Soundslides project will appear at the top of the list. 14. Click Embed to find the embed code, and embed it in your blog as usual. 15. Wordpress users: you may have to use this embed sequence: To embed a Soundslides project in a Wordpress blog, follow these instructions*:
1. Create your audio slideshow in Soundslides.
2. Export and Zip
3. Sign in to host.soundslides.com/admin
4. Upload slideshow (upload the zipped publish_to_web folder
5. Once the project is uploaded, click Embed
6. Ignore the embed code in the box (which begins <iframe... )
7. Instead, click the link for the legacy Flash embed code.
8. You'll get something that looks like this:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="620" height="533" id="soundslider"><param name="movie" value="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>
9. Copy everything from <embed src= ... to </embed> You should get something that looks like this:
<embed src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
10. Replace this: <embed src with [gigya src
11. And replace everything after flash" with a bracket: ]
12. You should get something that looks like this:
[gigya src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"]
13. Publish away
* http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-soundslides-in-wordpress?replies=7
1. Put all of your photos in a single folder. They must be JPEGs.
2. Save your edited audio file as an mp3 (or wav).
3. Open Soundlides and create a New Project. Save the New Project on your computer (or a flash drive -- you'll need to have access to the folder later).
4. Click the JPG button to load your photos into the project; Click SND to load your mp3 file (or wav) into the project.
5. The Soundslides editing screen will appear. Your sound will be on a timeline at the bottom. Your photos will be arrayed in a box in the upper right. The box in the upper left shows you the first photo.
6. You can rearrange the photos by dragging them around. You can increase or decrease the amount of time they appear by moving the vertical bars between each photo on the timeline.
7. The Slide Info tab allows you to put captions on the photos; you can make the caption appear at a pre-selected time.
8. The Template tab allows you to change the background and the look of the project.
9. The Project Info tab lets you give the project a headlne or title, and lets you add credits.
10. The Audio tab lets you upload a new audio file to replace the current one. 11. Once you're happy with your Soundslide, go to the upper left corner and click File, then Export and Zip. This opens your project folder. Don't do anything! 12. Go online to host.soundslides.com Sign in with danielwms as the account and Lyndon as the password. 13. In the upper left corner, select Upload Slide Show; Click Select File, and navigate to your project folder. Select the Zipped publish_to_web file only. Your Soundslides project will appear at the top of the list. 14. Click Embed to find the embed code, and embed it in your blog as usual. 15. Wordpress users: you may have to use this embed sequence: To embed a Soundslides project in a Wordpress blog, follow these instructions*:
1. Create your audio slideshow in Soundslides.
2. Export and Zip
3. Sign in to host.soundslides.com/admin
4. Upload slideshow (upload the zipped publish_to_web folder
5. Once the project is uploaded, click Embed
6. Ignore the embed code in the box (which begins <iframe... )
7. Instead, click the link for the legacy Flash embed code.
8. You'll get something that looks like this:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="620" height="533" id="soundslider"><param name="movie" value="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>
9. Copy everything from <embed src= ... to </embed> You should get something that looks like this:
<embed src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>
10. Replace this: <embed src with [gigya src
11. And replace everything after flash" with a bracket: ]
12. You should get something that looks like this:
[gigya src="http://hosting.soundslides.com/16285/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="620" height="533" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"]
13. Publish away
* http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-soundslides-in-wordpress?replies=7
Test flight in Stannard Gym
Jake and Ryan try their hands at piloting the Phantom.
Hey, it sounds like a Hornet!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Wanted: Flying Lessons
First flights with the GoPro
Adding the GoPro messes with the balance.
The quadcopter also didn't get the recommended six GPS fixes, so it didn't want to hover as well as it did last time.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Audio Slideshow Project
Due dates:
March 18: Post 200-word synopsis on blog.
March 20: Post completed project on blog.
Guidelines:
Create a 2- to 3-minute audio slideshow using Soundslides.
Tell a story with this project.
Consider it a journalistic narrative, with a beginning, middle and end.
Include sound from an interview with someone outside of your team, family and love life.
You can mix the sound with your own voice(s), or just use the interview sound.
You can include a music bed as long as you are using the music with permission, or the music is rights-free. (Give credit in the text component of the project.)
Figure out how to identify the project at the top so the viewer will understand what is going on.
Change photos every 4 to 5 seconds.
Embed the slideshow on your blog.
Write a 400-word feature story to accompany the slideshow. Use web-writing techniques: Simple sentences, short paragraphs, search-engine optimized headline. The story should not be simply a transcription of your audio slideshow. They should complement each other. Include a credits paragraph outlining what each team member contributed, like this:
Photos: Martin Zook
Photo editing: Ken Miller
Audio: Cordelia Smith
Soundslides editing: Mort Glassner
Text: Ken Miller and Cordelia Smith
Music: “Flickering Butterflies” by The Griff Wexler Band, used with permission
Synopsis: Post a 200-word summary of your project on your blog. Explain what your slideshow will be about, which sound sources you plan to use, who the intended audience is, and what makes this an interesting story for that audience. List each team member and his or her responsibilities for the project.
Evaluation:
If you want credit for this project, post every element (synopsis, slideshow, story) on your individual blog.
Narrative: 50 points
The slideshow and the accompanying story engage the intended viewer. The photos are an interesting mix of wide, medium and close-up shots that exhibit good composition.
Mechanics: 30 points
The audio approaches professional quality; the writing is free of grammar, style, and spelling errors.
Format: 20 points
The project is posted correctly and meets the guidelines for length, sound sources, shot changes, etc.
A missing synopsis loses 10 points, a missing story, 40; and a missing slideshow, 50. Late work is assessed a penalty of 10 points per day (including the synopsis).
Ideas:
Offices of messy professors
Sports:
Intramurals, hockey game, softball practice
Campus tour
Cooking lesson
Concert or performance
Public meeting
Interview an LSC band
Follow a Public Safety officer on his/her rounds
March 18: Post 200-word synopsis on blog.
March 20: Post completed project on blog.
Guidelines:
Create a 2- to 3-minute audio slideshow using Soundslides.
Tell a story with this project.
Consider it a journalistic narrative, with a beginning, middle and end.
Include sound from an interview with someone outside of your team, family and love life.
You can mix the sound with your own voice(s), or just use the interview sound.
You can include a music bed as long as you are using the music with permission, or the music is rights-free. (Give credit in the text component of the project.)
Figure out how to identify the project at the top so the viewer will understand what is going on.
Change photos every 4 to 5 seconds.
Embed the slideshow on your blog.
Write a 400-word feature story to accompany the slideshow. Use web-writing techniques: Simple sentences, short paragraphs, search-engine optimized headline. The story should not be simply a transcription of your audio slideshow. They should complement each other. Include a credits paragraph outlining what each team member contributed, like this:
Photos: Martin Zook
Photo editing: Ken Miller
Audio: Cordelia Smith
Soundslides editing: Mort Glassner
Text: Ken Miller and Cordelia Smith
Music: “Flickering Butterflies” by The Griff Wexler Band, used with permission
Synopsis: Post a 200-word summary of your project on your blog. Explain what your slideshow will be about, which sound sources you plan to use, who the intended audience is, and what makes this an interesting story for that audience. List each team member and his or her responsibilities for the project.
Evaluation:
If you want credit for this project, post every element (synopsis, slideshow, story) on your individual blog.
Narrative: 50 points
The slideshow and the accompanying story engage the intended viewer. The photos are an interesting mix of wide, medium and close-up shots that exhibit good composition.
Mechanics: 30 points
The audio approaches professional quality; the writing is free of grammar, style, and spelling errors.
Format: 20 points
The project is posted correctly and meets the guidelines for length, sound sources, shot changes, etc.
A missing synopsis loses 10 points, a missing story, 40; and a missing slideshow, 50. Late work is assessed a penalty of 10 points per day (including the synopsis).
Ideas:
Offices of messy professors
Sports:
Intramurals, hockey game, softball practice
Campus tour
Cooking lesson
Concert or performance
Public meeting
Interview an LSC band
Follow a Public Safety officer on his/her rounds
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Saturday, March 8, 2014
It works!
Cooooooool.
The DJI Phantom hovers over Cross Street in Lyndon.
Once you figure out how to get it off the ground, it's remarkably easy to fly. When you release the controls, it stays in place.
Next step, hook up the GoPro.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Assignment for Tuesday, March 11
Find two slideshows and one photo gallery on separate Web sites and critique them on your blog. One of the slideshows must have audio; the other should not. Photo galleries don't ordinarily include sound.
Include the URLs so we can find them.
Address the following in your critique: Do the slideshows and photo galleries function well as storytelling tools? Which does the better job? Why or why not? What difference does sound make?
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