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.
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