PSA: Don't Text and Drive

Rough Cut

Rework

Wallet Theft...Ballaaaaa

Scene Analysis

LS, Jim front, Dwight Back, 1 Second, Main Floor
CU, Jim Front, 3 Seconds, Main Floor
WS, Jim and Dwight facing, 2 seconds, Main Floor
CS, Jim, 2 seconds, Main Floor
CS, Jim and Dwight Facing, 3 seconds, Main Floor,
CS, Dwight, 2 Seconds, Main Floor
CS, Jim, 2 Seconds, Main Floor
CS, Jim, 10 seconds, Private Office

Evan's Lake House Trip

Fairy tale

Audio Story Proposal

Niko Higgins and I are partners in this assignment and are decided to make one of us the host (me) and guest (Niko) of a behind the music type of podcast. Niko being a DJ has many stories with many different types of conflict throughout his career and plans to talk about his challenge to become well known as a DJ. This conflict is a person vs. society conflict and highlights a young DJs struggles and will feature samples of his work as a beginner and now as a seasoned veteran DJ. Most of the sounds are already created being music from his DJ work which we plan to craftily weave into the story. We plan to record our voices on recorders and basically move forward like that.

Vox Pop Post

Storycorps Review

I listened to Storycorps episode number 293, titled "Where the Giant Mushrooms Grow." This episode was very interesting and featured a retired veteran U.S. army soldier from the 1950's. This man was stationed in Nevada where a lot of atomic bomb testing was being done and was harmed from constantly being on site even though the U.S. army told him that he would be fine and safe. The type of conflict is clearly Person vs. Group in this story. The soldier being the person and the army being the group.

Vox Pop Proposal

For my question I want to ask people, What is at the top of your bucket list? The reason I'm choosing this is because I think it will get immediate responses and they will all vary a great amount. Some responses could be funny and some could just be amazing or ridiculous. I think it will be very entertaining to hear people's responses.

This American Life Podcast Write-Up

The episode I chose to listen to was titled "Getting Away With It", #477 and was released on October 21st. Overall it was a clever theme where the host interviewed guests who broke rules and got away with it. Needless to say there was many interesting stories. I wish I could have shared a few of my own. I laughed a lot during it. As to the acts in it I believe there was 4 of them, I'm not too sure exactly but he talked with 4 guests the first one I will elaborate on later. The next four I didn't find to be as funny, I guess the stories to me felt dragged out and longer than necessary. One was easily over 15 minutes and I completely lost interest. Other than that there was some breaks where the host did a lot of talking and shared some other stories sent in by other people which were almost as funny as the first in my opinion.
One act I thought was very funny was the first one involving Ken Hegan and travel writer that has an awkward encounter with the women in front of him. He carried a gadget with him called a knee defender because he is a tall person and it gives him more knee space but limiting the amount the person in front of him can recline their seat. When he did this he was supposed to give the person in front of him a card that said that he was using this device which he did and it did not go over in a bad way as I would have thought which is incredibly funny in my mind. I would have thought it would have caused a tremendous amount of awkwardness and possibly hostility. Overall a very funny and entertaining interview.

Podcast Homework

For the assignment for thursday I chose to listen to a podcast that would be suitable for me to workout to during since the whole week I have been crunched for time with midterms and what not. Therefore the podcast I chose was titled, Audible Treats Hip-Hop Podcast, specifically episode/podcast 124 uploaded on 9/25/2012. This podcast I believe was an independent websites podcast, that being audible treats.com. It was strictly a music podcast featuring no host or talking during it other than talking that was included in songs. It was a mix of underground hip-hop, most of which I have never heard. I have heard of one artist featured in one of the songs however. I listen to a lot of music podcasts and this one seemed to be a bit shorter, it was around 20 minutes. As for the overall quality it sounded very professional, high quality music with smooth DJing transitions between songs. Overall it was very engaging and kept me kind of amped up to work out. I'm definitely going to subscribe to it.

Campaign Advertisement not including Style Guide

Using the style guide I wanted to make this look professionally done with lots of boldness and flashiness. I think I effectively completed both of these aspects.

First blend/filter change

Original

Higher contrast without effected lighting

Text Effects

Possible logo

Dog made of shapes

It looked awesome in multiple layers, having to merge the layers absolutely crushed me.

Fonts

The classic font is simply put seen in a lot of text both online and printed, its standard and used often therefore fitting the word classic. The friendly font just seems to flow well and is easy on the eyes to read, it flows smoothly being cursive in a way. The important text just stands out, it makes a bold statement without actually being bold, possibly because it is a caps only font. The sleek font seems quick and almost comment or note worthy, it is also very easy on the eyes to read. The business font is clear and clean, much like the classic font but a little more bold, in a way it seems as if it would get a message across, very necessary in a business situation. The sad font was hard for me to choose, this one seems as if a child wrote it in a way but looking passed that it seems as if someone wrote it and really didn't care when writing it, almost a little messy looking, that to me in a way looks sad or gloomy.

Edited Images

Original

Black and White

Hyper-realistic

Naturalistic

Nostalgic

Building on Campus

Before

After

Lead Photo Possibility

This photo has captured so much nature and beauty from the mountains surrounding Lake Lure in North Carolina. It has so many features that guide the eye and hold it on the unbelievable view of the sunset. These features include the lines from the wake of the boat, the sun's rays and the mountains. It has a good light to dark balance and is framed by the mountains and clouds. I think it is a great lead photo.

I think this is an effective photo because it follows many of the composition foundations we discussed. It has repetition in both the flags in the background and the bars on the bench. It follows the rule of thirds while also keeping good focus on the subject. The vantage point and angle provide a nice view of the subject while incorporating landscape.

My Photo Story Idea

For my photo story I want to do something creative, but actually have people pose for it. I know that that isn't generally the greatest idea but it is going to involve putting random people and maybe a few friends on the spot. The idea is basically driven to get an immediate response out of someone and have them share a one word thought. That being derived from the question: In one word, sum up your feelings about the upcoming year? Then they will then write that word down on a white board or construction paper with sharpie and pose for a picture (all will be taken in different places for scenery). I believe this makes the ordinary at least someone extraordinary by creating a photo story of emotions and feelings. I have a lot of editing plans for the photos to make them appear largely different but with the same tone. For the lead photo, obviously location could come into play however more than that the word they choose has to stand out, has to have a wow factor to it. I have not put much thought into the title however it could be along the lines of "Emotions for the Future."

Jake Mosley

I hope to improve my video editing skills.