Week 13 blog

Posted on your blog, describe how your project relates to the rubric for the project.  Specifically, talk about how your project includes design elements (audio, textual, visual, motion),  CRAP principles (contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity), and MAPS (mode, audience, purpose, situation).


My project will show how the Beatles music has changed over time. In the beginning the Beatles were a popular local band but when Brian Epstein became their manager the Beatles became a phenomenon. Then it will show how their music reflected change after his death and let the their break-up. The audience of my project is any Beatles fan or anyone who likes the Beatles music. For people who are not as familiar with the music I have stats and explanations for why each clip is significant.


Contrast:
Through out my entire project I am going to keep the contrast black and white. All of the backgrounds will be black and all of the text will be white. Black and white keeps it simple and allows the audience to better focus on the music. 
Repetition:
All of the text will be white through out the movie. I will use all of the same transitions when displaying pictures. All of the music videos will have scrolling text which will explain the significance of the song for people who dont know the Beatles music.
Alignment and Proximity:
All of my photos will be aligned right in the center of the movie, same with music video clips. Text slides also are are centered.

Project 4 reflection

The purpose of my essay was to research more about why the Beatles broke up. I already had somewhat of an idea on why the band broke up I was curious if their was something that was the main reason. I had an interest in my topic and I thought it would be a good idea to better educate myself along with other readers who may also have an interest in the Beatles. My audience was anyone who was interested in the Break up. The Beatles were perhaps the most well know band ever so the interest of their break up goes beyond people who just like their music. I gave my audience a brief background of how the Beatles were formed and struggles they overcome along with the personalities of the band members because I realized that not everyone who was interested in the Beatles would be knowledgeable about all of the factors that i felt were important to understand the bands break up. While a was developing my paper, I first used google to search for common possible reasons the break up occured. Then I used online databases to find more information and search for those specific topics. The pier review helped me a lot because the writer i peer reviewed for loaned me a great book that had a lot of information on the Beatles.

My strengths in this project were my enthusiasm for my paper because I really enjoyed researching the Beatles. There was also so much information on this topic - more then I expected- and I think I did a good job at structuring my paper. I also used my time very wisely on this paper. I had the entire paper done a week before it was due, which is very unusual for me. It is a good thing I did that because the weekend before it was due I had to unexpectedly go out of town for my grandfathers funeral so when I got back to school I only had to do citations. My goal is to make a great video project out of this paper!

4 things 50 cent can teach you about connecting to your audience

• 1.     Crush all distance, 50 cent says that in order to reach people, you have to have access to their inner lives. You mush be able to connect to their emotions.  You have to look at things the way that our audience does in order to connect with them and make them feel involved. You must be completely open in your work.
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• 2.     Open informal channels of criticism and feedback. Eleanor Roosevelt asked for feedback and passed the criticisms onto her husband and eventually got an influence on decisions.  You have to connect with your audience and get their feedback and criticisms because that will make your writing stronger.
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• 3.     Reconnect with your base. Return to your roots and connect with people who are similar to you. Returning to your roots is a source of inspiration and power.
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• 4.     Create the social mirror. The mirror doesn’t lie.  If you do not connect with your audience it is your own fault. You need to make your ideas clear and connect with your audience emotionally.

From this article, I learned that you have to draw an emotional response from your audience. In order for your audience to connect they need they need to feel a connection inside and feel passionate about your work.  You have to connect to your readers life and be relevant to their thoughts. You must take criticism and from your audience and use it to make your work better.

Curious researcher quiz

By reading Bruce Ballengers, The Curious Researcher, I learned many things about researching. The three most important things I learned were, Where to get your research, techniques to researching, and which sources are most credible. I learned that it is okay to use Google as long as you are careful. People who are educated and know what they are talking about write library databases, but not all Google sources are bad. Bruce said that about 52 percent of the sources he found on Google for a particular subject are all pretty useful. As long as you know the difference between a good and a bad source, Google is okay to use for some information. I also learned how to search. Before I just typed words into the search engine and hoped that I would get what I was looking for. This chapter taught me different search strategies that allow me to search easier and more effective. I learned about Boolean tricks and how adding, AND, OR, and NOT, can help you narrow down your search and get better results. I also learned about Google’s advanced search engine. I am surprised I never knew about this before. It lets you use all of the Boolean tricks without having to use AND, OR, and NOT. I learned how to tell what sources are quality sources.  Specialized knowledge and more authoritative sources such as academic journals are better sources then general encyclopedias. Experts usually write academic journals, where as magazine articles are informative but may not be written by experts. You should use Academic journal sources before anything else because they are most credible but be sure to have a variety of sources.

Paper 2 reflection

The purpose of my Essay was to explain how the IPod was a cultural artifact. I also had to explain why the IPod had a negative impact on the music industry. I had to show the impact on society as a whole, and then prove while the IPod made many changes that were positive; those changes don’t outweigh the negative effect on the music industry. The audience of my Essay was educated people who wanted to learn more about how the IPod affected the music industry because I was writing for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

I started off writing everything I know about how the IPod has impacted society and made that into my rough draft. Then I researched what I already knew, and found more information to prove what I knew was true. I then conducted my survey on facebook to see if people I knew used illegal music downloading to download music for their IPods. I then made a final draft and took it to the writing center to see what they thought. After I got some advice I made a few changes they suggested and turned it in!

            I was really proud of my use of time for this project. I had my Final draft done earlier then normal and I took it to the writing center to see if they had any suggestions. I think as a researcher I still have a lot to learn about all of the resources I have available to me. I need to explore the library website more and get more familiar with it. In the library I found a book that had a lot of good information in it and I spent a lot of time reading through that and taking notes. My goal for my next research essay is to become more familiar with the e-resources online and look at other places for info.

LOGOS, PATHOS, ETHOS ANALYSIS

When looking at these photos, my attention immediately goes to the American flag in the middle. Then I look at all of the men working together to hold this flag up. It makes my eyes move from the center of the photo, to the surrounding scene until take in the entire picture. It is not until I see the stamps that I know what the first event was, because that was not in my lifetime, but nobody who lived through this event would be able to forget it. The picture of 9/11 I recognized immediately because I lived through it. These photos me feel proud because those are Americans and I am a part of their country. It makes me feel like America can always overcome any obstacle that other countries try to throw in front of us.

         The Iwo Jima stamp depicts soldiers fighting to keep the American flag up in a battle. It makes an argument that Americans are strong and will fight to keep their country safe. This stamp was probably used to gain support for the war from the citizens of America who didn’t believe in war. The government wanted the American citizens to support fighting a war and to believe in our army. The audience is the American public, and the government is making the argument.

         The stamp that was created after 9/11 is making an argument that Americans can over come attacks and that we are strong. The word HEROS USA was used to make Americans proud of all the people who contributed to rescuing and helping the people of the world trade center tragedy. This stamps purpose is to remind American citizens about the tragedy. The audience is the American public and the government is making the argument.

         The logos of these images are the events. The fact that these tragedies occurred for Americans and the fact that other countries would do this type of thing to us. The pathos in the Iwo Jima stamp is the picture of the soldiers struggling to hold up the American flag and the words Iwo Jima. For the people who lived during Iwo Jima, just the words probably spark emotion. The pathos in the HEROS stamps is the destruction, the word “HEROS” and American flag. Living through 9/11 a picture of 9/11 and even just hearing the date sparks emotion. The ethos in both of these stamps is credibility because they are a product of the American government. It is also a picture so the audience knows it is accurate. 

Football Red and Baseball Green

In the article, Football Red and Baseball Green, by Murry Ross, the author engages the activities of football and baseball. He explains in depth the significance of the two sports and how they are a huge part of American society. The idea that are created in the text are how the two sports incorporate the crowd. The sport of baseball the author describes as an art while the sport of baseball is described as a sport of strength and is heroic.
In the arrangement, football is being put into relation of baseball. the author starts off by focusing on baseball and then states that football is a "new" myth and compares it to baseball. Throughout the article, baseball is being described first and then football is compared to it.
The writer is trying to change the opinion of readers that football is an aggressive sport. The writer tells the audience that baseball fans tend to be more passive and football fans tend to be more hostile towards each other. the uses strategies like comparing them and showing the differences.