WEEK 15 ASSIGNMENTS
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 11, “Converging with Other Emerging Media.”
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WEEK 14 ASSIGNMENTS
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 10, “Adding (Multi) Media to the Web.”
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WEEK 13 ASSIGNMENTS
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 9 “Internet News”
PORTFOLIO PAGE–Your WordPress personal portfolio page will account for 400 points of the 2,000 points that will determine your final grade for the semester.
I will evaluate the 29 portfolio pages from the perspective of an employer who is looking for a good multimedia journalist or intern.
The most impressive pages will get As.
The runners-up will get Bs and Cs.
At a minimum, your portfolio page should contain:
• a short bio
• a photo of you
• a resume
• examples of your work (text, photos, audio, video)
I will assign a grade to your portfolio page based on its contents as of Wednesday, Dec. 10.
FINAL PROJECT–Working in teams, you will create a final project that uses multimedia journalism to present a story. There are no specific length or size requirements for text, photos, video, audio, graphics or other multimedia elements.
Your project must include:
• an online home page
• at least one text story
• at least one audio slide show
• at least one video sequence
Your project may also include:
• additional text stories or sidebars
• still photos
• additional slide shows, with or without audio
• additional videos
• audio clips
• graphics
• blogs
• podcasts
• other interactive features
Your team will compile all the necessary elements. As you plan, consider the strengths and weaknesses of different multimedia formats and how they fit with your story.
This project will account for 600 points of the 2,000 points that will determine your grade for the semester. Individual project elements will be evaluated for their quality, completeness, accuracy and evidence of technical competency. The entire project will be evaluated for its completeness, interest, newsworthiness and how well the individual elements work together and add to the overall story.
Deadline: Your project is due by class time on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
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WEEK 12 ASSIGNMENTS
EVERYBODY:
FINAL CUT–Do Tutorials 07, 08 and 09 in the Gaylord PaceSetter Final Cut Pro series. (See Week 9 Assignments if you forgot how to get there.) Make sure you have done the previously assigned Tutorials 01 through 06 and Tutorial 10.
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 6 “From Broadcast to Internet: New Types Of Content.”
SECTION 903 ONLY:
VIDEO EDITING–In class Nov. 10 and 12.
-Launch Final Cut Pro. Use your surname to name your project, and save it to the desktop.
-Import the QuickTime movie files you created during your election assignment.
-Use in and out points to move about 60 seconds of interview footage to the timeline.
-Add new video and audio tracks. (Ctrl/mouse click while in the timeline.)
-In the patch panel to the left of the timeline, change the active channels to V2, A3 and A4.
-Use in and out points to move several B-roll shots to the new tracks you just created.
-Superimpose some of your B-roll video footage on top of your A-roll interview footage. (The key tutorials for doing this are 04, 05, 08 and 09.)
-Export your edited video as a QuickTime movie. Use your surname to name your QuickTime .mov file.
-Move a copy of your edited QuickTime movie to the Drop Box folder on our class file server.
-Move the Final Cut Pro project file, original election video and edited video to your external hard drive or student folder.
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WEEK 11 ASSIGNMENTS
ELECTION VIDEOS
ELECTION BLOG
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WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENTS
FINAL CUT–Before Wednesday’s class, do Tutorial 10 in the Gaylord PaceSetter Final Cut Pro series. (See Week 9 Assignments if you forgot how to get there.) Make sure you have done the previously assigned Tutorials 01 through 06. Go to the computer lab and practice marking In and Out points on your election interview video clip.
TEXTBOOK–By next week, read Chapter 5 “From Broadcast to Internet: Repurposing Content.”
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WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENTS
FINALCUT TUTORIALS–Before our next class (Monday, Oct. 27), go to the PaceSetter page listed in the right column of the Gaylord College website, click Essentials, click Final Cut Pro, and do tutorials 01 through 06. You’ll be able to work through them more effectively if you use a computer with Final Cut Pro installed.
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WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENTS
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 4 by next week.
SLIDESHOW ROUND4–(In class Monday, Oct. 13) In this assignment, you’ll use Soundslides to assemble your 60-second audio slide show from your processed photos and .mp3 soundtrack.
• Open Soundslides.
• Click New Project.
• Give it a name and Save.
• Click the JPG button and navigate to the folder containing your photo files.
• Select the folder (not the individual files) and click Open.
• Click SND, navigate to the .mp3 file you created with Audacity, and click Open.
• Use your mouse to reposition, remove and change the time duration of photos.
• Go to the Slide Info tab and write a caption for each photo.
• Go to the Project Info tab and write a headline and credits for your slide show.
• When you are done, click the Test button to view your slide show.
• Click the Save button.
• Click the Export button.
NOTE: When you export, Soundslides creates a Publish_To_Web folder inside your project folder. The Publish_To_Web folder typically takes up about one-tenth as much disk space and the entire project folder, and it contains everything needed to display the finished slide show. To start the show, open the Publish_To_Web folder and select Index.html.
SLIDESHOW ROUND3–(In Class Monday, Oct. 13) In this assignment, you’ll use Photoshop to process the photos you took in Round 1.
• Open Photoshop.
• Select the images you want to include in the slideshow.
• Open each image in Photoshop.
• Crop images as needed (Image>Crop).
• Rotate images as needed (Image>Rotate Canvas).
• Make other image corrections as needed.
• Resize images to 600 pixels on the longest side (Image>Image Size).
• Save each image in your Soundslides Images folder. Change the file name to something you will recognize.
SLIDESHOW ROUND2–(In class Monday, Oct. 13) In this assignment, you’ll use QuickTime or Switch to convert your audio clips to .wav files. Then you’ll use Audacity to edit your sound files into a single 60-second audio track and convert it to .mp3 format.
• In your student folder, create a new folder called Soundslides.
• In the Soundslides folder, create two new folders: Images and Audio.
• Convert your .wma audio clips to .wav files using one of these programs.
• Quicktime
-Use Open File command on File menu to open your .wma clip.
-Use Export command on File menu to convert your clip to .wav format. On the Export menu, choose the Sound to Wave option.
• Switch
-Use Add File command to open your .wma clip, or just drag and drop it to the Switch window.
-Select the clip.
-Choose .wav from the Output Format drop-down menu.
-Click Convert.
• Open Audacity.
• Save Project As…
• Choose Import Audio from Project drop-down menu. Navigate to your ambient sound .wav file and choose Open.
• Repeat previous step for your narration .wav file.
• Use the Selection tool to highlight sections of your clips for editing.
• Edit the ambient sound clip so it is approximately 60 seconds.
• Edit the narration clip so it overlaps the ambient sound clip to your satisfaction.
• Use the envelope tool to adjust volume levels on the two tracks.
• Use the timeshift tool to move clips along the timeline.
• When you are done, Save Project one more time.
• Choose Export as MP3 from the Edit menu.
• Move or copy your .mp3 soundtrack file into the Soundslides Audio folder.
NOTE: When you save your Audacity project, it creates a project file with an .aup extension and an accompanying folder with a _data extension. To be able to continue working on your project at a later time, you must store both the .aup file and _data folder in your student folder or on a portable hard disk or thumb drive. When you export your Audacity project, it creates a single .mp3 file that cannot be changed.
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WEEK 7 ASSIGNMENTS
SLIDESHOW ROUND1–(In class Wednesday, Oct. 8.) In this assignment, you’ll gather the raw material to assemble a 60-second audio slide show. You’ll need one set of equipment per team.
• Check out an Olympus digital camera, audio recorder and external microphone.
• Erase all existing photos:
-Push Power button.
-Turn wheel to green arrow
-Push Menu button.
-Move cursor to Erase, push OK.
-Move cursor to All Erase, push OK.
• Erase all existing audio files:
-Slide Hold button to off.
-Push Folder Index button.
-Push Erase button twice for Erase All command.
-Push fast forward arrow key.
-Push OK .
• With your teammates, go out and find a story you can tell in 60 seconds using still photographs, natural sound and a short narration.
• Take at least 12 photos.
• Record at least 60 seconds of ambient sound.
• Record at least 20 seconds of narration by each team member, including a sign-off.
• Return to the classroom, and upload your photos and audio clips to your student folder.
• Return the equipment.
PROJECT WEBSITE–(In class Monday, Oct. 6) After you meet with your teammates, to plan your project, choose a team leader to create a new WordPress blog for your project. Go to the Users tab at the far right side of the Dashboard page and give everyone on your team administrative status so they can post and edit material on the page. Write a summary of your project and the things you plan to put in it. Post your project post URL on the class blog.
AUDIO TUTORIAL–Before class on Wednesday, Oct. 8, go to the NewsU website, click the Multimedia tab and complete the Telling Stories With Sound tutorial. Be sure to fill out the Course Report form when you’re finished so I will receive an email confirmation.
TEXTBOOK–Read Chapter 3 by next week.
MULTIMEDIA TIPS–Read the Multimedia Dos & Don’ts and the Hearst Judges’ Comments posted on the class website.
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WEEKS 1-6 MISSING
