Blog links today - UPDATED 2nd period

Ciana

Migdalia

Alex

Hema

Julissa C

Kelley

Myranda

Tianna

Selena

Media Arts and Applications Blogs go live!

Today's the day you show everyone what you've been working on!  Complete this checklist -

1. Create your blog with at least one posting according to the rubric provided in the class folder (most of you have at least begun this process.)
2. Post a link to the blog in the comments below (if this doesn't work, there is a subfolder in the class shared folder entitled "final."  Put the link in an MSWord document in there.)
3.  Check out your classmates' creative endeavors and if you can, join and/or post to one of their blogs and post another comment saying which ones you've checked out.

(If possible, and if the technology gods are smiling on us, you will have made a blog and 3 comments today - 2 to this one and 1 to a fellow classmate's blog.)

Reading for the final

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/can-an-algorithm-write-a-better-news-story-than-a-human-reporter/all/1

Interviews

Read the handout "The Documentary Film Interview" and in the comments below:

1) Describe how you will use this technique in your video if you are interviewing people

2) Come up with a list of 10 open-ended questions we could ask an Ursuline, AMSU teacher, or student for the convent documentary.  Keep in mind that we are focusing on the past, present, and future of the convent space.

Photography

Check out this blog on photography:

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/


In an age where video and moving images are everywhere - from TV to computers to smartphones - what is the impact of the single, still photograph?  Is there still room for the iconic frozen image, or has this been replaced by the moving image?

Fun for the whole family.

http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/hiddentreasures/

Shooting on location and the Invisible Wall

1) What applies to you from the handout "Working on Location?"  What does not?

2) Will it be necessary for you to "build an invisible wall" for your video?  Which scenarios from the handout apply to your project? 

Social Media and degrees of separation (and connection)

Read the following article on wired.com and take a brief tour through your fb page (if you have one) and see how you're connected to random people (potentially famous) and how many connections you and your friends have in common.

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/04/samsung-olympic-genome/

(Make sure you read the link on "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" so you understand the reference.)

For extra credit, download the app and see if you connect to an Olympian.  Include it in your comment/ response.

How have social networks expanded the opportunity to connect with the old and the new?  Does the overlap of social circles create conflict?  Discuss.

Read the handout distributed on tuesday.  Think about both video projects we'll be tackling in the 4th quarter (your personal video and the class convent documentary.) In the comments below, do the following:

1) Outline a tentative plan for filming, editing your own (time allotment, budget, casting)

2) What are some potential problems the class could run into filming the convent documentary?

Steps in Producing a Documentary

Read the handout "Steps in Producing a Documentary" and comment on the following question: How is our class project similar/different from the steps outlined in the handout?  What resources do we have/not have that the handout covers? 

Pre-production in documentary filmmaking

Read through the following links thoroughly (this should take more than the usual 5 minutes people devote to web-surfing a single train of thought).  After serious consideration, meet up with your group and discuss your potential roles in the pre-production process, and state your preferences in the comments below.

http://www.ashena.com/english/culture-art-history/2372-documentary-pre-production.html

http://www.videomaker.com/learn/pre-production/

http://www.desktop-documentaries.com/documentary-directing-pre-production.html

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/69839.aspx

More on Kony 2012

The Daily Show's take on Kony.  Fret not: Expletives have been bleeped. 

My Little Kony

Comment in depth on the Kony 2012 movement.  What are the different sides of the issue?  Who is behind the movement and who is supposed to benefit from it?  How has social media affected this movement?  Analyze the different sides to this campaign and discuss it from a critical perspective.

SOPA and PIPA

Do some quick research on SOPA and PIPA.

How does this affect your life with regards to education, business, or recreation?

Yearbook Photo Scandal in the News

Recently, a high school senior has become embroiled in a lawsuit with her school over her preferred yearbook photo and their refusal to use it as her senior portrait.  See link below.

Article

Please read the article and watch the video if possible and comment on the following:

What is your opinion on the student's claim that this violates her freedom of expression?  What about the yearbook staff's decision?  Think of some of the cases we've studied in this class and of your own high school and yearbook and discuss what you think is the right way to proceed with regards to this case.  Use your own experience as well - i.e. think about how much work is involved behind the scenes, how this could affect the book's theme, what is the purpose of the yearbook, etc...