Outside Portable Light Reflector Project

This assignment deals with how lighting works using a reflector outside in the sun. This assignment features Kiiyah Stokes kthemediaslay.blogspot.com and also the instructor for this class Mr. Harwood harwoodscsuclasses.blogspot.com It was an easy assignment and I enjoyed working with them on completing it.

This photo shows Kiiyah shot in a harsh glare with the sun directly behind her

 This photo shows Kiiyah in the same position but with the reflector bouncing sunlight unto her face

This photo is a wide shot of Kiiyah and Mr. Harwood demonstrating how the light reflector is used

5 questions video using chromakey part 2

This is part 2 of the five questions video but with an addded chromakey background. This video still contains features from Jaylaan and Jordan. 

5 Questions video

This assignment is a 5 questions video segment where I had to shoot and produce my 2 fellow classmates Jaylaan Riley  laantoldyou.blogspot.com    who was the host and Jordan Beagle itsbeaglesbugle.blogspot.com  who was the guest. Jaylaan questions geared towards Rap/Hip-hop beef and I think Jordan was fully interested by the way he answered her questions.  Producing this specific video was very fun and easy. There were different camera shots that were involved with filming this piece. I look forward to working with Jordan and Jaylann again in the future.

Action Sequence Video Project

We had to shoot a sequence of shots with another person for this video project in my Advanced TV production class. Constance Maybin is the featured person of the following video and her content can be viewed by clicking on the following link: authenticallyelevated.blogspot.com . It didn't take long for us to finish the project and we had fun while shooting it. 

I hope to work with Constance again in the future. Her input to how the shots went were greatly appreciated. 

Chapter 1 Questions

1.) What qualities separate the photographer from the photojournalist?

A: Photographers are more freelance, photojournalists take photos for newspapers, and they are the visual storytellers.

2.) In what case are the camera and the microphone "writing and reporting instruments?"

A: They are considering "Writing and reporting" material because they capture every aspect of an image, interview and sounds.

3.) Why can the edit console can be fairly called a "rewrite" machine?

A: Ideas are put in relationship to one another , story pace is adjusted and refined, and the story's outlines are given its emphasis.

4.) How the nature of television news report differ from a newspaper story?

A: Television news reports commonly only emphasize the facts whereas newspaper stories reveal someone's goals and actions upon a timeline.

5.) What is the role of the written word in television news?

A: The role of the written word is apart of a complex package of information made up of images, colors, actions, sounds and silence.   

BC 330-01 Advanced TV Production/Editing

This past summer was good. I spent the first few weeks at http://www.scsu.edu/ for first session summer school. I decided to take two courses that I did not get a chance to take during my Freshmen and Sophomore years of school. After I was done with summer school, I went back home and went back to my job at http://www.cvs.com. I worked the rest of my summer away and basically just chilled for the most part.

My outlook for this school year is to stay on top of my game. I plan on staying focused and earning at least an "A" or "B" in each of my five classes I am taking. I also plan to start doing assignments on time instead of waiting until the last minute. I am a huge procrastinator but I plan on changing my ways soon. I also plan to get involved more throughout the campus in some way.

 

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.