Reader Response 5

I found NPR very interesting because at times it bored me and other times it really interested me. The writing behind the program is very impressive. They pick aspects out of stories that will catch attention and then add some extra stuff on the end to make it more impressive. The order of their stories is also very interesting. One example is a story on pirates attacking a boat in the Mediterranean and then they follow it up with a political story. I believe they do this to catch your attention with a story of danger and excitement and then transfer that excitement the person is feeling and hit them with some political issue. I think the person is more likely to stay interested in the political story if they have just heard a story that draws them in. They may be waiting for that next enticing story so they stick around.

The next thing that was notable about NPR was the way the hosts report the information to the listener. They use a very monotone at times voice and express very little to no emotion while reading parts of a story that would naturally spur an emotion out of a regular person. This can be boring but it is a solid way of delivering a message without conveying ones own personal views.

There is a lot of thought behind what is put into NPR and the order it goes in. They recognize what is important and catchy and what people may hesitate to listen to. So therefore they structure their program in a way that will captivate and hold peoples attention. It held my attention but I soon got bored. I think they need to stick with shorter segments because the minute they talked about something for more than a couple minutes I was bored. They do a good job of trying keep those segments short for the most part.

Project work

I helped do some editing on Nov 16 for a couple hours. We got all of our interviews and b roll in order so it will make it easier to edit later when we get the rest of our stuff for the project. I helped cut out stuff that was just extra and that we didn’t need for the project. I also helped give ideas as to where to put B-Roll and what order the interviews should be in and started to get that fleshed out. We have a solid start to the project.

Project Work

On Nov 10 Molly Brianna and I shot an interveiw with Tucker Readdy for our project. It took about half an hour and I did camera work while Molly held the microphone and Brianna asked questions. It was a very informative and interesting interview. After Brianna, Boon and Kelsey get the interview for Ann Marchant we will be ready to start editing them together.

Reader Response 4

The article DNA Helps Free Inmate After 27 Years is a good-hearted story about several men that were released from prison after serving time for crimes they did not commit. The use of DNA testing after 27 years in one inmates case to free him is a shout out to how far technology has come. With cases like this it just shows that technology is always growing and will continue to grow and that it can do wonderful things. It has done wonderful things for 17 inmates wrongfully accused in Texas. Advancements in technology can lead to an endless spectrum of opportunities and outcomes.

New media follows the same pattern as something like DNA testing. It is always changing and evolving and will always be put to a useful purpose. It can help free people form their boring worlds or immerse them into a whole new one. It can free them from prison or put them there. Many many things can become of what new media offers because of its’ diversity and ever-growing array of capabilities.

In Exploring the uses and effects of the Internet in the 2008 election the article talks about the study of the Internet in elections. It follows the lines of whether it is a credible source and what motivations there are to use the Internet as a campaign tool. Well the use of the Internet as a campaign tool is very clear because there are so many young people who use the Internet foe whatever. If your stuff as a candidate is out there in the web in as many places as possible people will more than likely find it. As a candidate this only improves your chances of reaching a potential voter. It is a smart way to reach the demographic with the lowest total votes on average every election year; the young people. Put your stuff in as many different media outlets and social networking places as possible and it will get recognized.

The article To Tweet or Not to Tweet was kind of funny article. A reporter sat down with the creator of Twitter to see if he was as annoying as Twitter is. It turns out that the creator Biz Stone is a very nice guy and although he avoided many of the questions thrown at him said a lot about the site. As it turns out he doesn’t know half of what is being posted on Twitter or who is posting it. Big surprise there with how much it has grown. He likes to comment on what people post but doesn’t really pay much attention to it.

This seems like the case every year with all the new technology and stuff being put out there. Creators intend it for something other than what it is being used for. Maybe one of these days these sites may be used for what they are intended to be used for.

Reader Response 3

This video is very accurate in what I think would happen if someone actually met one of their online friends. They would be totally confused and embarrassed if someone they only knew online came to their house and started harassing them basically. It also does a very good job of portraying the reality of the stuff we put into the electronic world. We may not always realize what we are putting into the electronic world until it rears its head in the real world. These things can have very real consequences like loss of job or girlfriend or being embarrassed when your mom finds drunk pictures of you. Everything that is put onto Facebook and into the electronic world can be seen. It can be found and seen by anyone of your friends, friends who then can pass it on to their friends and so on until it makes its way to somewhere you don’t want. The point is be careful about what you put out there!

In the article “Calvin College Student Suspended Over Lewd Facebook Message” a student was suspended for a degrading remark about an ex-girlfriend he posted on Facebook. Again we are brought back to the point of someone getting in trouble for what they post on the internet. The message continues to be the same, people are monitoring these sites more and more since the emergence of new media. They have ways of finding them and they will. One other thing that was interesting was that the college had a rule of basically internet usage for derogatory things about other students. It is nice to see that new media is being acknowledged and that it also needs to be monitored to protect others. This is only the beginning of what may need to happen in the future because of the rapid growth of new media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and others.

This video is interesting because he makes very good points to defend Facebook. Facebook does everything in its power to protect you and make sure your private stuff is not leaked. But once again you the person putting the stuff up is responsible. When hackers doe steal and sell your stuff Facebook sues them. The main point of the video however is I think the point that one media is trying to slander another to attract more readers. They do this so that people come to their site or blog and click on the ads so therefore the site owner makes money. This is terrible because there is a lack of trust and authenticity when this happens. It is bad for everyone involved and everyone who reads it because now the reader believes something entirely false. Come everyone can’t we all just get along?

Updated Final Project

Skills of Team members:

Molly Smith- Camera work, Anchoring for News, interviewing, brainstorming ideas, and lots of other things. Wants to learn more final cut pro.

Brianna- Camera, Anchoring for News, brainstorming ideas, and final cut pro. Hopes to learn more of final cut pro.

Boon- Camera work, Anchoring for the sports show, Final Cut Pro, Writing Scripts, producing. Hopes to learn more about film making.

Kelsey- Anchoring for News, writing scripts, interviewing, final cut pro, and brainstorming ideas. Want’s to learn more about film making as well and interviewing techniques.

Kyle-Camera work, On camera work, Editing, Final Cut basics. Hopes to learn some new programs and styles of editing and filming.

The  sources we could use are a trainer at Dixon Rec, a HHS teacher, maybe an athlete, random students, film intramural sports. Equipment we would use are a camera-microphone, chord, and dvc tape, final cut pro, maybe photoshop.

Our story idea is to show how college students are living unhealthy lives by eating unhealthy foods and not working out. We want to show people ways to live healthier lives as well as being a successful student. We think this story is worth telling because this issue effects everyone!

This story has be told nationally because every where you go, people have been affected by poor eating habits and not getting enough exercise. We have seen this issue in newspaper articles, films(Supersize Me), and Fairs.

We will all be involved in the story making process. Everyone will film, write, interview, and edit together.

Tentative Schedule…
Week 5- Send out emails to perspective interviewees, set up interview time. As group come up with questions to ask. Do background research.
Week 6- Interviews, film B roll, and set up more interviews if needed.
Week 7- More Interviews.
Week 8- Remaining interviews if needed. Finish doing everything that we need to do before we start editing. Start Editing.
Week 9- Finish editing. Be done with project.