Assignment for 08/12/10

Email me by Wednesday noon, your concept for your final project. Email me at ravi [at] ravijain.org. Don't worry about it being complete or finalized -- that's what we'll talk about.

We'll take a break next week at 7:15 and reconvene at Axiom art at 7:45.

I'll confirm all of this before we go!

Email me by noon!

Some differences...

Here is my video, it's pretty silly (some silly differences between the US and Spain) and way too long, so don't need to watch it all! I took it before knowing the final duration, and I had such a hard time that I did not want to shoot it again...

V8 make it easy!!

my first VDO commercial, Hope you like it!! LoL

Assignment for 08/05/10

Yikes -- meant to post this earlier! Sorry for the delay.

Here's the link to the French film we watched a bit of: La Jetee

Assignment:

1. Edit your video into a final piece to bring into class.

2. Explore possible posting sites that we discussed in class:
-- youtube.com
-- vimeo.com
-- blip.tv
-- flickr.com
-- facebook.com
-- blogger.com

3. If possible, set up an account on one of those sites (or another suitable one) and post your video piece.

4. For safety's sake, export as a .mov or high resolution format and bring in on portable media.

5. If you can link to your video on the class blog as an original post, please do, else we'll work towards that goal in class.

6. We'll also look at the concept of cross-posting and embedding automatically as well as using social media sites in concert with posting of original content.

Assignment for 07/22/10

Update: Sorry, had this kicking around in drafts!

1. Read the following posts on Social Media
http://scobleizer.com/2007/02/16/what-is-social-media/
http://mashable.com/2008/11/18/social-media-defined/

2. Read the following examples dealing with building audiences:
Pages 5 - 12 of the PDF preview copy of Scott Kirsner’s book: “Fans, Friends & Followers”: http://www.scottkirsner.com/fff/FFF-preview-edition.pdf
http://mashable.com/2010/06/15/build-loyal-audience-youtube/

3. Bring in media making device – ideally video, but could be still image. Bring any cables for connecting to your local machine. We will create content in class next week -- bring any props or anything else that you need. I'll try to bring a backdrop.

Assignment for 07/15/10

Research and report on an example of media convergence that we didn't talk about in class. Post your example as an original post (not a comment) on the class blog. Use the label 'convergenceexample'

Please add an image if possible!

Be prepared to present your example in class. Wow me!

Readings for 07/15/10

Meaty, slightly dated piece by Henry Jenkins formerly of MIT
http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/converge.html

Case study example of approach by Danish Newspaper
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100281

Convergence with regard to "breaking news"
http://condemnedtorocknroll.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson-media-convergence-and-the-decline-of-the-global-superstar/