Monday, April 25, 2016

Your final presentations

1. You will create a visual to go with your presentation ( Powerpoint, Prezi, a website) And this will contain the following:
  • Photos of your client and your client's event9s)
  • Interviews from your client and client key publics (At least one of each) either straight audio or audio/video
2. You will create the outline for the plan as we have worked on it all semester.
  • You will break the plan down into parts and describe for each part why and how you made your choices
  • ex. "Because the newspaper is website does not get a lot of traffic, I suggested that  . . . ."
  • You need to use phrases like, "we recommend, we suggested, we researched, interviews with the client revealed to me"
  • Don't forget to begin from the beginning "This is the problem my client wanted to solve"
3. The ability to come up with an idea that is executable will win points. You will get your grade for the presentation (and for the semester) at the end of the final class
Take a quick look at some of these student presentations.
Finally, look at this great little video called "Life's a pit

1. You will develop, or revise if you have had this requirement in other classes, a professional online portfolio.

Content requirements: 

Your front page will be your introduction

  • Your bio
  • Your interests
  • Photos or video of you in a professional situation
  • It will also outline how you are organizing your information


The pages or to other posting or exterior links should all focus around a skill and not a client

  • Writing samples
  • Strategic development
  • Production examples
  • Media relations
  • Social media strategy 


You will not just place or link this work but situate it.

 The process of creating a portfolio enables you to demonstrate examples of your qualifications. It should be seen as an extension of your résumé or curriculum vitae – not a replacement.

 It helps you determine who you are, what your life goals and philosophies are, what you do best, and how you wish to present yourself and your work to a targeted audience.

 It can also serve as a valuable tool to assess your professional development, interview effectively, navigate career transitions and track your professional growth.



Here are a couple of samples



Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Everybody Makes a Video/Photo slideshow!

You will use the materials provided by our media team to make two different videos/photos of the Business Symposium.

You can use a variety of sources to make the video.

iMovie
Premier
PowerPoint
Prezi
Final Cut
Videolious
Vimeo


These are all Mac applications or Mac friendly so you should have no trouble.
Here are some suggestion on how to put a short video/photo montage from my friend Mark Johnson. 
This should contain the following:

Last 1- 1:30
Has a theme
A coherent storyline
A bottom third for identifying information and/or narrative flow
Uses a variety of shots (faces and places)

Extra Credit  - You could do a voiceover (VO) or a VOSOT

Voiceover-to-sound(VO/SOT) – A TV news story during which a news anchor or reporter reads a script live as video is played up to a place when a news maker video/audio sound bite is played. At the end of the SOT, the reporter or anchor resumes reading with or without additional video.

This link is more video journalism but has good tips and ideas

This is the five-shot method. Works for pictures, too. 

These are more shot basics