Final upload

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ej7A7vkCU

Reflection essay

The biggest struggle I had working on this project was getting accustomed to a new program so quickly. I dove straight into sony vegas pro 12 with no ones help but myself and YouTube. I went into editing not knowing a single thing about the program and I think I overcame this obstacle fairly well. I learned a lot about the editing process and the frustration that comes along with it. I had a lot of technical difficulties as well trying to get the video to export. My favorite part of the documentary is probably the Go pro, it was really fun filming it and I liked how it looked in the film itself, it was tough to edit right because of the bouncy nature of a camera on a dog but it turned out fairly well.

Group work can be quite tough sometimes with everyone’s conflicting schedules and some people have fulltime/unpredictable jobs that we have to get around and it can make working together quite difficult. I think as a whole we got around it pretty well; there could have been some better communication at some points but you do what you can. I think I pulled my weight in that I spent hours upon hours trying to get the editing right. If there was anything more I could do to the documentary it would be to get more film and more interviews. When it came down to it the interviews that we did have were either too choppy to use or too low energy, which I had to end up sticking too for the most part.

This class is designed to target critical thinking skills and I think it touched on it a bit. Especially when it came to my roll in the project. Editing which takes an eye for detail and a lot of critical thinking, what goes where and how should it all come together. The mode at which we learned was a lot more efficient than the suggested four essays because we got hands on learning as opposed to hands off research which we would learn and forget about as the days passed. I think the style of teaching made the class have an aspect of enjoyment and in my honest opinion is the best way to design a class. If a class can be fun than you can get something out of it because you are interested and more apt to learning.  One thing I would change about the class is maybe more than one major project because the first half of the semester I really felt like I hadn’t gotten anything accomplished. It wasn’t until the last few weeks hit that I realized that we had a huge project coming and it was coming fast. Overall it has been one of my favorite English classes in my years of schooling, I felt like Owen cared on an individual level and did his very best to connect with students.

Puppies for a Purpose

The first cut can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkX-2lga_I

Born Into Coal blog

Born into Coal is a documentary about the daughter of a coal miner and the "Coal Queen Pageant". The documentary starts with a scene from the pageant where they briefly mention coal. The next shot is on the character that the documentary is following Arianna Bailey, It shows B-roll of her with her talking as narration. I thought this was an effective way to start the documentary because it established the scene and introduce the main focus of the documentary really smoothly. The next scene is to show family values and it does this by introducing the mother and father through an interview and showing relevant B-roll in the process. It then cuts to a different family and it uses the audio of an interview from the mother and father of a different family and B-rol. The other family is meant to show the more "Coal" aspect weather than directly following Arianna Bailey. The middle of the documentary does a good job of showing the dangers of coal and the horrors but it doesn't really seem to follow Arianna Bailey as it seemed like it was going to at the beginning; more so just the families. Then at the end it connects it back to the pageant and to me it didnt seem very fluid.

It was moderately effective in showing the dangers of coal but when he said that he was like a doctor it kind of lost ethos for me. The father on camera was really poor and you could tell he was uncomfortable.

Group Contract for wildcat service dogs

Interviews

·      Sam

o   Depending on scheduling, Different people will be doing Interviews

o   Scheduling Interviews is separate from the scheduling section

Filming

·      Morgan

o   Zach has go pro

o   Sam, Cole, Kaycie (Must attend for some filming )

           

Script writing

·      Kaycie

o   Everyone is expected to contribute when doing story boarding

o   Must be approved before final

Sound recording

·      Morgan

o   Goes along with Filming for the most part

Film editing

·      Zach

o   Everyone will watch and approve sections

Sound editing

·      Zach

o   Everyone will watch and approve sections

Storyboarding

·      Everyone

o   Everyone must attend initial storyboarding

o   Everyone must see and approve final storyboard

Scheduling

·      Cole

o   In charge of coordinating with Sam

o   Keeping in contact with Organization as well as the trainers

o   Notifying group of events as they come

            

Visual Rhetoric of Newegg vs. Amazon

Both amazon and Newegg have somewhat similar audiences in that they are fairly similar in there purpose; there audience is essentially everyone, Newegg is geared a little more towards techy people. Newegg is essentially amazon except it specializes in electronics and only electronics; it has a much larger variety in the specific sections associated with electronics than amazon is and this is really clear upon the first few seconds of looking at the home pages. This isn't to say that Newegg only sells electronics, they also sell everything.

When you first get on to amazon you scroll down the page and you see deals and discounts off to the side and as you scroll down the page there are small catalogs of various genres of items, there is no limit to what you can buy on amazon and the front page does a good job of showing this

as you can see there a very diverse selection and even though they don't sample every genre my brain sort of fills in the cracks, well if they sell phone accessories and bags then they probably sell pretty much everything else, is what coms to my mind.

When you first look at Newegg however your eyes are bombarded with electronics, there are a few advertisements on the front page for other things but the main purpose of the site is clearly electronics. this is because the majority of the items listed as "Hot" are all electronics or accessories for other electronics. they have one advertisement for a neckless which seems to be a feeble attempt to show that they sell other things but you can clearly tell there targeted audience.

Visual Rhetoric

Both articles, No Seconds and The Last Meal Project, were conceptually the same except they went about the issue in different ways. No seconds gave more personal information along with a higher quality picture of the food; In some cases lack of food. Where as The Last Meal Project gave less personal bios but a picture of there face in the background.

I felt like No Seconds had more power too it than the Last Meal Project even though you got to see the prisoners face in the article, I never felt sympathetic seeing a prisoners face. No Seconds had little personal bios that showed mistreatment from the prison and people who were denied such a basic right as the last meal and that had more of an affect on me personally. Visual rhetoric has much more power when complimented with text.

The Last Meal Project also seemed to be a lot less high quality because the pictures of the prisoners in the background were very low quality and the pictures of there food were side by side instead of on an actual plate, and they didn't seem to compliment the pictures on the back.

The Last Meal Project is undoubtedly more informative. they had little bits and pieces of facts about the death penalty throughout the slide show and No Seconds had a few facts spread throughout but nowhere near as much as the Last Meal Project.

Overall, Id say that No Seconds was more powerful because it used really bright colors and humanized the prisoners a lot better than the sketchy mug shots presented behind there food.