the ten steps are great starters and cover every element some one would want to include in their web portfolio. I plan to use most of the elements except a few. The biggest element I won't be including is a blog. I don't blog and if I did I wouldn't want my future employer reading it.
Something I could add would be a call to action. I have no call to action on my site.
I really like Rob Mash's tag line, "Hero for hire." It makes him seem confident in what he does. It sets a high standard.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Literacy Narratives
My favorite Literacy Narrative is "Words, Magic." This is my favorite because I actually didn't lose interest. At no time during the video am I like, "Wow! This blows!" The other thing I like about "Words, Magic" is that the guy is smart. He is articulating the abstract idea and even includes humor.
My least favorite one is the one with the children books. The girl says everyone is amazing and she has SO MANY! The video just keeps going and going and it is the same thing over and over again for each one. Also the pictures she used were low quality and looked horrible. I feel the girl did the project the night before it was due.
Our videos should be creative. Many people have never made or edited video and this should be taken into account. I feel the videos should have a couple different scenes, not just the same for the whole video. Also, there should be no mess-ups in voice overs. Those are so easy to fix and are so horribly distracting.
My least favorite one is the one with the children books. The girl says everyone is amazing and she has SO MANY! The video just keeps going and going and it is the same thing over and over again for each one. Also the pictures she used were low quality and looked horrible. I feel the girl did the project the night before it was due.
Our videos should be creative. Many people have never made or edited video and this should be taken into account. I feel the videos should have a couple different scenes, not just the same for the whole video. Also, there should be no mess-ups in voice overs. Those are so easy to fix and are so horribly distracting.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Project 2 Review
Cassie April
One thing I learned is that the credential of the author's is of high importance in the subject of cooking. Of course a chief who has experience, schooling, and a name is going to know more about cooking and the complexities of sushi. Authors of hard copies (books) receive more credit due to the fact they have a dedicated section of the book for biography.
Kelsey Rock
Visuals provide credibility for food texts. It seems that the most respected sites and the sites viewers are most likely to try are the sites that look the best and have the best looking pizza. Video is a great way to describe the cooking process. It lets the viewer see the technique, allowing them to reproduce it much easier.
Adam Ward
The interesting thing is that Adam's text is that they are also very visual. The text I would most likely to follow would be the YouTube videos. The provide the best visuals and even show the extremely complex techniques required to build a guitar. Again, I think having good visuals also increases credibility of the website. I, as a viewer, am most likely to follow a guide that looks good and provides great visuals with the different steps.
Austen Willis
Again, I learned how visual affects the viewer. In this case I learned that the color scheme of Roger Ebert attracts a much older crowd. Roger Ebert's site will not rise to the top in today's market. The leader's in today's market are upbeat and colorful with much contrast. Many of today's largest sites also include animations, trailers, and other moving pictures.
Top Site... Cassie April
Her site is the most professional. It is clearly laid out. The viewer can easily navigate through her texts. The menus system is clean and easy to use and is tied together with the "Top of page" link at the bottom of each other of her texts.
One thing I learned is that the credential of the author's is of high importance in the subject of cooking. Of course a chief who has experience, schooling, and a name is going to know more about cooking and the complexities of sushi. Authors of hard copies (books) receive more credit due to the fact they have a dedicated section of the book for biography.
Kelsey Rock
Visuals provide credibility for food texts. It seems that the most respected sites and the sites viewers are most likely to try are the sites that look the best and have the best looking pizza. Video is a great way to describe the cooking process. It lets the viewer see the technique, allowing them to reproduce it much easier.
Adam Ward
The interesting thing is that Adam's text is that they are also very visual. The text I would most likely to follow would be the YouTube videos. The provide the best visuals and even show the extremely complex techniques required to build a guitar. Again, I think having good visuals also increases credibility of the website. I, as a viewer, am most likely to follow a guide that looks good and provides great visuals with the different steps.
Austen Willis
Again, I learned how visual affects the viewer. In this case I learned that the color scheme of Roger Ebert attracts a much older crowd. Roger Ebert's site will not rise to the top in today's market. The leader's in today's market are upbeat and colorful with much contrast. Many of today's largest sites also include animations, trailers, and other moving pictures.
Top Site... Cassie April
Her site is the most professional. It is clearly laid out. The viewer can easily navigate through her texts. The menus system is clean and easy to use and is tied together with the "Top of page" link at the bottom of each other of her texts.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Project #2
Edit: After class Tuesday I realized I need to narrow down my topic. I will now be focusing on video game wiki pages. The 3 are:
Minecraft
World of Warcraft
Starfox
I will no longer be doing the texts below.
For Project 2 I'm going to focus on video games.
My first is actually video which can be viewed here. The company who is producing this is game is a huge company and this is the 5th or 6th game in the series. In these videos they demonstrate the difference and new feature in the game. They focus on differences and complexity of the new game.
The next text is sub-site on reddit.com (aka sub-reddit) found here. Reddit is pretty much a group of 3 million users, all with the same inside jokes. In the Gaming sub-reddit, people share funny, new, exciting, odd things and the community eats it up and loves it. The group who uses reddit is usual younger and more tech-savy folks. This text is very much community bases and is driven by the community.
Notch started working for himself as a game developer full-time about a year or so ago. His creation and baby is Minecraft. The text we're looking at is Notch's Twitter (here). Notch is HUGELY popular on the internet and has probably the largest group of internet followers. This text is different from all the rest because it is limited to a certain number of character, it comes straight from the design developer himself, and its instantly sent to tons of people. Notch also often replies to people who tweet at him. Notch helps make himself approachable with his twitter.
Minecraft
World of Warcraft
Starfox
I will no longer be doing the texts below.
For Project 2 I'm going to focus on video games.
My first is actually video which can be viewed here. The company who is producing this is game is a huge company and this is the 5th or 6th game in the series. In these videos they demonstrate the difference and new feature in the game. They focus on differences and complexity of the new game.
The next text is sub-site on reddit.com (aka sub-reddit) found here. Reddit is pretty much a group of 3 million users, all with the same inside jokes. In the Gaming sub-reddit, people share funny, new, exciting, odd things and the community eats it up and loves it. The group who uses reddit is usual younger and more tech-savy folks. This text is very much community bases and is driven by the community.
Notch started working for himself as a game developer full-time about a year or so ago. His creation and baby is Minecraft. The text we're looking at is Notch's Twitter (here). Notch is HUGELY popular on the internet and has probably the largest group of internet followers. This text is different from all the rest because it is limited to a certain number of character, it comes straight from the design developer himself, and its instantly sent to tons of people. Notch also often replies to people who tweet at him. Notch helps make himself approachable with his twitter.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Sequence: Response
1) Air, birds, words, more words. Earth, city, words, more words. Water, words, eye, more words, thing floating to bottom.
2) This is kinda a weird one because you can go through it in any order.
3) I think the designer times everything to move the viewer through the piece of work. From point A to point B.
2) This is kinda a weird one because you can go through it in any order.
3) I think the designer times everything to move the viewer through the piece of work. From point A to point B.
Framing: Response
1) The lines make it easy to see everything makes the viewer's eye move to the blonde. Other lines you could add would be perspective lines that follow the lines in the side walk. The girl is even almost in the middle of those lines too.
2) Another frame could be foreground and background. The setting is in the middle of the city. Looks like there is construction in the background, meaning there are hardworking men around.
3) In black and white, the first thing I look at the the 3rd person. He provides contrast and even with all the lines the contrast is stronger. In color the girl's hair add pop and draws the eye.
2) Another frame could be foreground and background. The setting is in the middle of the city. Looks like there is construction in the background, meaning there are hardworking men around.
3) In black and white, the first thing I look at the the 3rd person. He provides contrast and even with all the lines the contrast is stronger. In color the girl's hair add pop and draws the eye.
Color: Response
1) The emphasis is on the girl. It is there because she is in the middle of the frame and the darkest dark is in her hair and the light white is in her skin, the contrast draws the eye.
2) I honestly don't do good with color, since I am colorblind but, I think the emphasis is on what the girl is grabbing for. The girl is still the first thing the eye goes for, then my eye moves to what she is grabbing. The color effects the emphasis because now the different things on the table have contrast where as before they were all similar shades of black.
3) I can't even look at this. I look at all the wrong things, like the couch in the back and what not. I'd say this last picture has little meaning and is not pleasing to look at and think about.
2) I honestly don't do good with color, since I am colorblind but, I think the emphasis is on what the girl is grabbing for. The girl is still the first thing the eye goes for, then my eye moves to what she is grabbing. The color effects the emphasis because now the different things on the table have contrast where as before they were all similar shades of black.
3) I can't even look at this. I look at all the wrong things, like the couch in the back and what not. I'd say this last picture has little meaning and is not pleasing to look at and think about.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Proximity: Repond
1) I chose the highest contrast fonts. The title was the big artistic font and the other one was the medium professional font.
2) The most important thing is "a novel about flight." This informs the reader on what the book is about and if they are interested enough to open in.
3) Limitation are white space. White space needs to be on the page so the view's eyes go from one thing to the next.
2) The most important thing is "a novel about flight." This informs the reader on what the book is about and if they are interested enough to open in.
3) Limitation are white space. White space needs to be on the page so the view's eyes go from one thing to the next.
Alignment: Response
1) Because when the word "murmuring" first comes into view it is not straight but the word insect is. The word insect is strong making the view who is interested in insects more attracted to the ad and causes them to what more information.
2) My browser is not changing scenes.
2) My browser is not changing scenes.
Organization: Response
1) I'd start with the fist, saying it means war. Then I'd choose the guy smoking because he's young and would be drafted. After that I'd choose the bar code on the bottom of the foot, signalling how he has the devil in hidden places of this life. Then I'd go with middle picture because of all the trash in his life. Then the angle for death.
2) Yes, there are many arguments.
3) Yes, I could play a sad song that will make everything think of our troops.
2) Yes, there are many arguments.
3) Yes, I could play a sad song that will make everything think of our troops.
Contrast: Response
The speaker is so distracting. It contrasts too much. The text emphasis is nice because it gives your eye something to follow. The visuals in the movie are not very simulating and the voice of the speaker is horrible. The colors that are in the worlds are also in the background. the textbox is lighter than the words so it does create contrast between the too, but they still fit into the movie and belong.
2) The contrast with just a black ground helps the view not think about the cartoon and the story but gets them to focus back on themselves and the real world. The black background removes the cartoon story and makes the idea real.
3) My flier would have the huge sack of money image on it. I'd go into detail with words about what JUMP is and what it can do for you. The huge sack of money would draw people in and then the words would get the point across.
2) The contrast with just a black ground helps the view not think about the cartoon and the story but gets them to focus back on themselves and the real world. The black background removes the cartoon story and makes the idea real.
3) My flier would have the huge sack of money image on it. I'd go into detail with words about what JUMP is and what it can do for you. The huge sack of money would draw people in and then the words would get the point across.
Emphasis: Respond
1) The view's attention is draw to the text because it is then only thing that is not busy. The background is full of stuff, different shapes and colors. The back text on the solid page make it pop out in the middle of the chaos. The text is somewhat effective, I did not realize this movie was a title page. I would have liked to see the title bigger and maybe a few frames of it with the words wiggling or animated slightly. The title came and went just too fast.
2) The pause give the viewer a second to see the words. What the artist had drawn emphasized a certain word and the pause aloud the view to see what that emphasized word was. The pause kinda throws off the flow of the movie. Yes, it made the viewer focus on what was emphasized but, it could have been done a little better.
3) The music is all stop and go loops. There is no length to the notes, just like there is no length to the frames. Both the visual and audio have the same rhythmic sense. As far as emotions, its not super dark and not super happy. I really didn't feel much emotion at all from it mostly because there was no build. It was the same few second loop for only 14 seconds.
2) The pause give the viewer a second to see the words. What the artist had drawn emphasized a certain word and the pause aloud the view to see what that emphasized word was. The pause kinda throws off the flow of the movie. Yes, it made the viewer focus on what was emphasized but, it could have been done a little better.
3) The music is all stop and go loops. There is no length to the notes, just like there is no length to the frames. Both the visual and audio have the same rhythmic sense. As far as emotions, its not super dark and not super happy. I really didn't feel much emotion at all from it mostly because there was no build. It was the same few second loop for only 14 seconds.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Week 2 Reading Response
I agree and disagree with the comic. The large amount of traffic on the website is current students and faculty. The other part of the traffic is students who are figuring out which college to enroll in. For the first group the right side of the comic makes sense, that is definitely the information the University wants to be displaying for its currently students. The left side is where all the money is. The University must be attractive potential students especially in today's culture! With internet access today, you can bet that every person who is picking a college will check out that Universities website, collect some information and compare it to other Universities. After that lengthy process, then the student will visit the campus.
The Art Institute of Portland's website is geared very much to the left side of the graphic. First rather than having navigation or quick links on the left side, the author puts sigh up for more new student information. Upon staying on the home page for a few seconds a scripted window appears asking you to live chat with someone from the school or sign up for more information.
The visuals of AI Portland's website clearing focus your eyes on the different topics you can study at the institute. The viewer's eye goes straight for the the sideshow of students and their works. The home page of this University is not at all geared towards current students or factually members. It is for new student. It is about where the money is.
The Art Institute of Portland's website is geared very much to the left side of the graphic. First rather than having navigation or quick links on the left side, the author puts sigh up for more new student information. Upon staying on the home page for a few seconds a scripted window appears asking you to live chat with someone from the school or sign up for more information.
The visuals of AI Portland's website clearing focus your eyes on the different topics you can study at the institute. The viewer's eye goes straight for the the sideshow of students and their works. The home page of this University is not at all geared towards current students or factually members. It is for new student. It is about where the money is.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Week 1 Reading Response
The linguistics of the White House response are very thought out. They chose to use information sentences with a lot of information, no bloat. I think it is interesting that they included "prayers" considering all the ridiculous religious things people complain about. Apparently people still like hearing they are being prayed for when things get rough. Also, I leaves the listener without a doubt that the USA is doing every possible to help Japan.
The visuals are the two Twitter pages are different, yet the give me the same feel. Figure 1.3 has more contrast, but the colors do not look professional and neither does the profile picture. Figure 1.4 has a smoother color, but again, with the profile picture, both Twitter accounts look like they are for personal use.
For the video, I actually had to stop watching and just listen because the visuals are so strong and I am incredibly visual. It sounds a little magical in the beginning. The drumbeat keeps the same tone through the whole video and keeps you listening and keeps things flowing. The magical affects do not seem as professional as what the person is talking about and take away a little of the credit.
The space of our university's homepage is not meant for the student or faculty member it is meant for the person who is look at the school for the first time to see if they want to attend. The news articles on the front page flip through every few second, anyone who comes to the site to read an article is not going to sit there and wait for the site to flip through. They want a list or grid of articles they can quickly scan through, find what they want and be on their way.
The President folds his hands when he is not flipping pages of his notes. This makes him look calm and thought out and without aggression. This is vital because he is talking about war and terrorist in another country. If he were to throw his hands in the air and point and shout, the viewer would not, it's all out war and they other country has it coming.
The visuals are the two Twitter pages are different, yet the give me the same feel. Figure 1.3 has more contrast, but the colors do not look professional and neither does the profile picture. Figure 1.4 has a smoother color, but again, with the profile picture, both Twitter accounts look like they are for personal use.
For the video, I actually had to stop watching and just listen because the visuals are so strong and I am incredibly visual. It sounds a little magical in the beginning. The drumbeat keeps the same tone through the whole video and keeps you listening and keeps things flowing. The magical affects do not seem as professional as what the person is talking about and take away a little of the credit.
The space of our university's homepage is not meant for the student or faculty member it is meant for the person who is look at the school for the first time to see if they want to attend. The news articles on the front page flip through every few second, anyone who comes to the site to read an article is not going to sit there and wait for the site to flip through. They want a list or grid of articles they can quickly scan through, find what they want and be on their way.
The President folds his hands when he is not flipping pages of his notes. This makes him look calm and thought out and without aggression. This is vital because he is talking about war and terrorist in another country. If he were to throw his hands in the air and point and shout, the viewer would not, it's all out war and they other country has it coming.
Multimedia vs. Multimodal
Multimodal has to do with how something is presented. It is things like, what sounds were used, was it a picture, did it have worlds, what medium was it created in. Multimodal is different forms of expressing something. For example, "A picture is worth a thousand words." One picture can tell a story. A story of a family, during the Great Depression, waiting in line for their daily soup. You could also tell this story with a novel as well. I written story of the family, with no pictures, only words.
Multimodal combines the two, words and pictures. If I were to do multimodal piece on the Great Depress, I would do a video interview with someone who has lived through it. While the person is telling about their experience I would put picture into the movie as well as letters or postcards the person may have from that time. This would put together video, photos, and words, making it a multimodal piece.
A multimedia piece has to do with what the medium is. For example, is it a news paper, online article, or tv show? It is the same information conveyed on different mediums to reach a broader audience.
A multimodal piece can me multimedia and often is. I believe multimedia and multimodal are to different things but work very closely together.
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