MM #2: Let's Look At Your Work!

Okay, so here's the video/blog/tweet recap, posted in the order in which they were received. I ask that you please look at EACH multimedia package and read my comments for EACH MM package (not just your own!), so we can learn like we've learned from each other throughout this semester.

Also, examine how the mediums complement each other: the preview does just that; the tweet stream allows you to follow what was previewed, as it actually happens; and the recap wraps it all up.

BTW, unless you received an email from me noting a specific grade, your grade for the Web posts, video and Twitter exercises was 4.0 on each.

One more thing: a number of people did not turn in this assignment at all. I need to warn you one last time that not turning in any assignment will do damage to your final grade. Not turning in many assignments will do much damage.

Here we go ... 


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Maria B.: home brewing video and preview post and recap post and tweets #klobjulymeeting

In the video, it takes almost a minute to get to our first B-roll. In the meantime, we get a shot of a head talkingtalkingtalking. A boring shot B-roll is intended to break up and minimize. A visual and animated medium needs to tell stories visually and in animation; talking heads falls short of that. The B-roll you had was good; it just needs to be spread out throughout the vid,and not just used all at once in mid-video.

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Nicole D.: rape culture video and preview post and recap post and tweets #theskirtmademedoit

We did something different with Twitter here; instead of a linear story being told tweet by tweet; we offered key points and quotes in such a fashion. That's fine, but I think a lede tweet would have helped let the reader know what the string of points and quotes collectively meant.

Also, with the blog photos please note we cannot take pics from other sites without permission, even if we give credit. That's considered copyright theft. However, it's okay to link to such pics, since the pic never leaves its original Web site that way.

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Jessica M.: child development video and preview post and recap post and tweets #learnoutdoors

The video offers weak attributing captions, identifying the speakers as an "assistant director" and "head teacher." Uh, assistant director and head teacher of what? Let's be clear. The blog posts are very nicely done, with a clear preview and then details of how the day played out (and pics you took, too). And the tweet stream was a nice play-by-play.

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Nate P.: shopping mall video and preview post and recap post and tweets #frandorshoppingexperience

The recap post only had one hyperlink; the assignment minimum was two per item. 

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Kaylen E.: volleyball game video and preview post and recap post and tweets #noellegetsdirty

Very nice work here, but the problem was that the assignment topic was to be a portion of or all of one of the first two out-of-class stories. The original story was about the summer grind, not summer fun. So, even though you used one of the interview subjects from the original as your subject here, it doesn't follow the assignment parameters.

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Terynee B.: video and preview post and recap post and tweets #freeads

The preview post is missing first references for two of three sources, and the tweet stream is missing first reference for one of three. Let's not forget to follow attribution rules online like we do in print: first and last names on first attribution; just the last name on subsequent attributions.

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Marlee G.: youth football video and preview post and recap post and tweets #savethebrains

The video is missing a title caption, akin to a text story missing a lede. Just as problematic is the shaky, swooping video shots. We need more stability (like shooting on a tripod) and focusing in on telling things.

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Maria M.: study abroad video and preview post and recap post and tweets #yoursummerineurpoe

With the blog posts, we want the hyperlinks to link from body text to an invisible URL, instead of having the URL visible like we do here. Please look at other posts for examples of hyperlinking text instead of a visble URL.

With the video, we're (again) missing the lede caption, and then we compound it by leaving out an attribution caption on both interview subjects. We need to know who we're listening to as soon as they start talking. Nice use of still photos for B-roll, though.

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Auriel T.: academic advising video and preview post and recap post and tweets #save our credits

With the video, we don't need an attribution caption AND the person saying their name out loud; that's redundant. Just go with the name caption. More problematic was how long it took to get to our first B-roll (more than 1 minute), in which time the audience could get bored of the static interview shot and move on. Plus, we exceeded our 2-minute time limit; in broadcast we have to be sure to precisely hit our time windows, as show segments are timed down to the second to hit all the needed cues.

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Megan C.: community theater video and preview post and recap post and tweets #kazoolivetheatre

Too little B-roll in the video. A visual and animated medium needs to tell stories visually and in animation; talking heads falls short of that. Great blog posts, with lots of hyperlinks. You can never have enough!

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Tyler M.: minimum wage video and preview post and recap post and tweets #minimumwage

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Tiago Z.: summer job video and preview post and recap post and tweets #tundeonthejob

The video is missing a lede caption again. Like a print story, let the audience know what you're getting into right from the start. Plus, the assignment requirement was two interview subjects; we only had one here. The blog posts are entirely missing hyperlinks, which defeats the purpose of telling stories digitally. Plus, the tone of the posts center too much on what you were doing, rather than concentrating on what the story subject is doing.

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Tanisha E.: fashion trend video and preview post and recap post and tweets #chainhunt

Slow down with the video captions! Some came and went so fast I feel like it was hard to keep up with reading them. Give captions a few seconds each of display time so people can read 'em. Plus, the sequencing of info was a bit off; we need to know what the questions are before we hear source answers.