It seem that these guys (or, at least, this guy) pop up everywhere in the media. Can’t pass it up. Here’s a link from Boing Boing:
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/mick-jagger-15-year-old-rock.html
COMM 125
Media Technologies and Culture: An Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies
Blog Post #5-8 Clarification
Listen all ye who dare! The blog posts as listed on the syllabus – numbered 5 through 8 (or 6-9 if you failed to update your syllabus) – are due each Tuesday from now until after Thanksgiving. Each post should provide a reader, myself or your fellow students, with the information necessary to assess what you are working on toward completion of your final project. Post footage, research materials, images, notes, narratives, descriptions, and such so as to keep all of us up to date on your progress. Right proper English is not necessary, but language that communicates is. And now in anticipation of the forthcoming horrid version of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg, a panel from the original Herge comic:
The Gaze Explained
Click on the pic to go to the link. We will discuss the clip in class on Tuesday. Be sure to read the PDF by Peter Wollen “On Gaze Theory.”
What Wikipedia Deletes
Here’s an interesting research paper on the topic that we were just discussing in class today:
Documentary Release Form
Here’s a good page on release forms. Scroll down and click on the link to download a basic release form. Modify as you see fit.
http://www.documentaryhowto.com/documentary-tips/37-documentary-tips-1
Video Production Guides
For those of you seeking more assistance in producing a video, please check out the guides at the end of the course syllabus – our school has a license for lynda.com, so it should be available for you to use). Also, Witness.org has their book Video for Change available for free download (or you could buy a copy from Corporate Monster, Amazon).
Here is a link to the book:
http://www.witness.org/training/video-for-change
Here is a link to their very informative website:
Final Projects and Presentations
COMM 125, Fall 2011
MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURE
Instructor: Dan Leopard (dleopard@mac.com) FINAL PROJECT
PROPOSAL: Please write a short five (5) sentence proposal describing your final project. You must include a working title and a brief explanation of the topic that you plan to address. In addition, you will need to provide an account of the specific research and production methods that you will be using to complete your project.
Please post your project topic to your blog no later than Tuesday October 25, 2011.
FINAL PROJECT: Final projects must address a topic that illuminates a social justice issue (broadly conceived) as it pertains to media and culture. Projects should be of sufficient scale that they replicate the amount of work and effort that would go into producing an 8-10 page research paper.
Projects may be documentary, animation, audio, narrative, and such, but they must be based on original research and include evidence in the form of interviews, visual data, historical and actuality footage, or re-enactments (not an exhaustive list). Projects must be posted to your blog by the due date and the post must be titled: “Your Name” Final Project.
FINAL PROJECT WRITE-UP: In addition to the project, students are required to submit a short written explanation and analysis of their project that specifically links their work to ideas discussed throughout the course. Write-ups must be 3 pages in length (12 pt. Times New Roman font or similar) + works cited page (which does not contribute to page count). Write-ups must adhere to MLA style. Failure to follow the conventions of scholarly writing will result in an automatic half grade reduction. Please review the policies on late papers and issues of academic integrity as specified on the course syllabus.
In your write-up be sure to examine your project in relation to films, television programs, new media, books, articles, and course material (discussions and lectures) covered during the semester. Write-ups must be posted to your blog by the due date and the post must be titled: “Your Name” Write-up.
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION: Students will present a work-in-progress screening of their final project on 11/29, 12/1, 12/6, or 12/8/2011. Presentations will be no longer than 10 minutes in length which should include time for your project and a very short question and answer session with classmates. You will be randomly given a time slot in which to present, but it will be on one of the dates listed above. You must attend all of the presentations in order to get credit for your presentation.
DUE DATE/TIME FOR FINAL PROJECTS AND WRITE-UPS
Projects and write-ups must be posted – embedded or linked – to your blog no later than:
Section 2: Tuesday December 13, 2011 @ 11:30 AM (Pacific Coast Time)
Section 1: Thursday December 15, 2011 @ 9:00 AM (Pacific Coast Time)
NO LATE PROJECTS/WRITE-UPS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
FINAL PROJECTS/PRESENTATIONS/WRITE-UPS COMPRISE 40% OF YOUR OVERALL GRADE.
pdf version: COMM 125 Final Project
Originality or Remix?
Regarding our discussion on originality that has unfolded over several class sessions.
Pogue on Jobs
Great Pogue Blog on Steve Jobs:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-imitated-never-duplicated/
