The Grand Finale of Electronic Media Production II (BC 203)

It's finally the end to this amazing course lead by Mr. Harwood and it has been great. Our class utilized many different forms of media from Twitter to LinkedIn. This course was designed for students to learn and how to operate various social media outlets and how we could use them for our major.

TWITTER

Created by Jack Dorsey and launched in 2006, Twitter is one of the most famous social media sites ever created. Twitter gives users options to follow other profiles, re-tweet posts and so on. My Twitter handle is @Coolkid_Jay and I am very active on the site. I follow 3,065 people I have a bunch of tweets which mainly involve re-tweets. Below is the link to my Twitter.

www.Twitter.com/Coolkid_Jay 

LINKEDIN

From a more Business professional standpoint comes a social media site called "LinkedIn" which was launched on May 5th 2003. This site is used to display your qualifications as well as find different jobs early. You can connect to various people that fit the criteria of the job you are trying to get. Users can invite anyone to become a connection. I wasn't a user of LinkedIn until I was introduced to it by this class and I found it to be very useful. My LinkedIn page is https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-hill-5228b1113

PREZI

Prezi is known as a presentation tool that is similar to a regular PowerPoint presentation but with many more cool features. Instead of slides, Prezi allows users to use one big screen to input their ideas. There is nothing I don't dislike about Prezi. I like that it automatically saves presentations. Our class was asked to create a Prezi presentation of our "top 10 lists/things."

VINE

Vine is a short video social media network that allows users to create any type of looping video in 6 minutes. Founded in July 2012, Twitter became the owners in October 2012 before it officially launched to the public.

 This first vine video is a short one word response of me asking my classmates what their favorite color was.





The next video is supposed to be funny and it features Jalen Ryant. He is a drummer and I caught him beating on a trashcan and said "When band is life."

GREEN SCREEN



The green screen project was one of my favorite projects of the course. It involved us taking a photo and imagining where we would like to be. I decided to use a photo of myself and get on stage with Beyoncé and Jay-Z during their "On The Run Tour." We had to use IMovie in order to get the pictures to merge. I learned that doing a green screen project can be aggravating but it is worth it.

Green screen can be used in various ways. I know it is often used in many movies to portray something that seems realistic. It allows an image to show through another image that you can imagine.

These were the two pictures that I wanted to use for the Green screen effect:

KIZOA

The last and final project that we did in this class was a Kizoa assignment. Kizoa is an online movie maker, video editor and slideshow creator and  that you can include many different effects and transitions. Kizoa can be used to show what all you have experienced using pictures or videos that you can upload to the site. I like how Kizoa is very easy to use and very interactive. There are no dislikes at all about it. My Kizoa creation involves various Bulldog statues located around campus.



bulldogs - Kizoa Video Editor - Movie Maker

Being that i'm somewhat of a heavy social media user, this course was very helpful and intriguing. Most media outlets i wasn't very familiar with but I learned to like them now that I understand how they work. I know that I will use one of maybe all of these forms of media in the future and i want to thank Mr. Harwood for teaching me and my classmates what we needed to know.

Kizoa movie project

This is a Kizoa video project we had to do for class. My class embarked on a Bulldog Scavenger hunt and these where some of the statues that I found. I hope you enjoy.

bulldogs - Kizoa Video Editor - Movie Maker

Green screen

We did a green screen assignment in class involving everyone to picture where they wanted to be. I decided to be on tour with Beyonce and Jay-Z. No I don't sing or rap but I wonder how it feels to hang around with them for a while.

This is the picture in which I wanted to use of J and B.

This is a picture I decided use of myself.

This is the final cut of the picture using the green screen. 

Vine post

This is a vine video for class where I asked a few of my classmates their favorite color.


Thus is a funny vine post we had to do for class featuring Jalen Ryant.

Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media site that allows users to "pin" various images or videos to their liking. Each pin may have follow a certain theme to a board. Pinterest also allows you to view another person's boards to gain any ideas whether it's fashion or anything else. Users can like and comment on others post similar to other Social media sites.

Pinterest was created by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. Silbermann referred to the site as a "Catalog of Ideas" instead of a regular social network. The creation of pinterest was in December of 2009 and was later launched in March 2010.

People use Pinterest for a variety of reasons. One reason is a source of inspiration. Someone may want to find out what type of fashion is popular at the moment and all they have to do is search pinterest and they will have many choices. Another reason is to connect with others. Exactly like other sites, people gain followers, communicate with other users and strengthen their virtual friendships.

The boards that I have on my Pinterest page each vary. One of my boards consist of fashion because I like looking at diffrent styles of clothing. Another Pinterst board consists of dreadstyles. I like to try out diffrent styles on my locs and I may use pinterest as a reference.

Cysabeaw: The Minnesota Princess!

Another up and coming female music producer? A writer? What else is there to know?....

Cysabeaw Priscilla Ford also known as "Cys" hails all the way from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a Senior Broadcast/Communications major at South Carolina State University with nothing but positive vibes and also a great sense of humor.

Cys formerly attended Robbinsdale-Cooper High school http://chs.rdale.org and graduated with the class of 2012. Being that Miss. Csy is from Minnesota, I wanted to know what made her want to come to the Palmetto State and attend South Carolina State University. "I have a lot of family down here so they recommended me to come here so that's how I found out about it" Said Ford.

I later asked miss Ford if she had any hobbies or anything that she liked to do in her spare time and one particular hobby caught me off guard. "I like to write, I like to listen to music" said Ford. "I sometimes produce music on the side." When Csy said she produces music, It surprised me because it is rare to find many female music producers but I found it to be pretty dope. I wanted to know what type of music did she produce and laughing she said "Well I'm just beginning I started a month ago so I'm not an expert at it." Miss Ford is also a writer for the popular magazine around SC State's campus called "Stated". https://issuu.com/statedmag

After graduating from college, Ford plans on either going to Grad school to get her masters in journalism or, move to New York and work in the music industry as a producer or publicist. From her cheerful nature to her ambitious work ethic, I'm sure Csy will go far in life. The interview itself was strictly to the point and I really enjoyed sitting down and talking to Miss Ford also known as "The Minnesota Princess."

Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is one of the most famous social media networking sites there is. It was created by Jack Dorsey and was launched in July of 2016. People who have a account with Twitter can post tweets, retweet them, follow other profiles or be followed. The sites headquarters is based out in San Francisco with many other offices located around the world. Before Twitter came to be, Jack had an idea about a person using a SMS service  to communicate with others. The first name was "Twttr" due to the fact that "Twitter" domain was already in use. A few months later, Jack's crew bought the domain & the rest is history.

I use Twitter daily and have been apart of the Twitter verse for a while. I use this social media site to stay up to date with current news and other things that may spark my interest.