Blog 9: Project 3 Story Board

Blog 8

My literacy narrative will be about how I learned how to read. In order to tell my story of how I learned to read I am going to talk about how my parents would read me stories and then I ended up memorizing the from hearing them so many times. Then I am going to talk about how I moved onto reading books like Junie B. Jones, and then talk about the kind of books that I like to read now. I think that I might do a slide show of pictures and maybe some audio and text. I really liked the last literacy narrative that I watched in class. So I think that I will try to follow a similar structure for my project.

Blog 7

After getting feed back on my web text from my peers, I plan on changing the text in the body paragraphs from gray to a dark gray or navy blue. I also plan on changing the picture on my home page to something a little more interesting and matches better with the color scheme of the page. I also need to delete the read more links under each picture of the candidates. My peers liked the overall layout of my page and my analyses of the ads.

Blog 6

PART ONE: These ads are credible assets for my project because I am doing my project on what Romney and Obama’s televisions ads focus on. The candidate that put the ad out has approved all of the videos I have chosen to use in my project. The ad Failing the American Workers lets the audience know that Romney is determined to bring jobs back to the United States. The purpose of this source is to get the audience to believe that China is to blame for the economic and unemployment situation that America is in and Obama could have stopped it, so clearly he must not be suitable to lead the US anymore since he will not stop China even though they are “cheating”. The video appears to be credible because at the end of the video is says “Paid For Romney For President, Inc. Approved by Mitt Romney, so clearly these are his ideas since he approves the video. I think that the information is believable since at the end it says approved by Mitt Romney and especially if a Republican is watching the video I think they would be quick to believe it since cheaters is used multiple times. This makes the audience feel like they need to support the US and also to stop China from cheating. The medium of this source is through the television or over the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58pq658byzI The ad Believe In Our Future, Mitt Romney is a credible source because its purpose to inform the audience of Romney’s accomplishments as a businessman, leading the Olympics, and as Governor of Massachusetts. It tells the audience why he is qualified to be the President of the United States of America. I think that the information is believable because there are quotes from people and articles that are used to support the claims made in the video. Also the ad appears to be credible because at the end of the video is says “Paid For Romney For President, Inc. Approved by Mitt Romney, so clearly these are his ideas since he approves the video. The medium of the source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFEL1-bO2M The ad Ian’s Letter: Dear Mr. President focuses on a child and the hard times he has faced since his father went on two tours to Iraq. The letter that he wrote to Obama is a thank you letter telling him that he is so grateful that his dad was able to return safely to the US since, Obama was able to end the war. It definitely plays with the emotion of the viewer since the ad is through the point of view of a child. It also informs the audience that ending the Iraq War is one of Obama’s accomplishments as President of the US. This ad was found on Obama’s campaign page, so it seems to be a credible source since the President chose to put it on his website. The medium of this source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRkKL8_-R9M The ad Women’s Voices-Join Women for Obama there are many celebrities in this video. All of the celebrities are women and they discuss why they believe that Obama is a stronger advocate for women’s rights than Romney. I think that this information appears believable since Beyonce is in it and is on the BarakObamadotcom YouTube channel. The medium of this source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Ae2lnhQQPD I do not think that my sources are diverse when they stand alone, but each source shows how each presidential candidate would like Americans to see them and also informs the audience about their accomplishments and their stances on political issues. PART 2: All of my sources are Original Assets and all fall under Fair Use since I am using this for educational purposes and I do not need permission to include the videos in my project. PART 3: I chose to cite my sources in MLA format. Obama, Barack. "Ian’s Letter: ‘Dear Mr. President’." 1 Oct. 2012. YouTube. 33 Oct 2012. Obama, Barack. "Women’s Voices – Join Women For Obama." 1 Oct. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct 2012. Romney, Mitt. "Believe In Our Future." 31 Jul. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct. 2012. Romney, Mitt. "Failing American Workers." 13 Sep. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct. 2012.

Blog 5

What I like about the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Project is the color scheme. It is easy to look at and I also liked how the design of the background, the framing, and the text are all the same color. Even though it says to click on the images to look at the next ad. It is helpful, but I don’t like how I had to read click on the page in order to know how to navigate to the next ad. What I like about the Life Based Web Comics Project is that Ariel’s whole project was on the first page and that the arrows led you to the next slide. I did not like the color scheme the colors were sort of boring and since her project is on comics I think that the color scheme should have been more upbeat. For my project I would like to use a format that is similar to the Life Based Web Comics by Ariel’s, but I would also like to have a color scheme that is appealing to the eye and goes well with my topic. Since, I am doing the presidential election my choice of colors will most likely be red, white, and blue.

Blog Post 4

After doing research on the 2012 elections, I would like to do my project on Mitt Romney's campaign through the use of television ads. The videos I would like to look at are: Believe In Our Future Strong Leadership Stand Up to China The Romney Plan Failing American Workers

Blog 3

EMPHASIS 1. The author uses capital letters to emphasize DRM, and also the world "MANIAC!" because it is also in all capitals and followed by an exclamation point. Also, on the next page the word "criminal" is emphasized because it is the only word on the page of what seems to be a robot/person. There are also arrows pointing directly at the word. 2.When the picture is still what the author has drawn on the notebook is emphasized and the viewer can read her message I think that this is effective because the writing on each page would just seem like part of the video and I do not think the audience would feel like it would be important to read what has been written down by the author. 3. The music emphasizes that the video is serious. Certain aspects of the song informs the audience that a point has been made. CONTRAST 1. Yes, I think that elements contrast. Even thought the cartoon is still playing in the background the white scrolling text against the grey background drew my attention to the text instead of the cartoon. It also stands out because the text is what the narrator is saying. This use of contrast causes the audience to listen and to read what is being said. 2. With the white text against the black background the text is obviously what the audience's eyes are being drawn to. I think that the cartoon was no longer playing in the background so that the audience would pay even more attention to what is being said because it seems to be the most important information in the video. 3. If I were to design a flyer for JUMP I would put "JUMP" at the top of the flyer, then blow it I would put a brief description of what JUMP is and how to get involved and also a contact number of someone who is responsible for coordinating JUMP. ORGANIZATION 1. Flowers- are beautiful Girl painting- people paint as a way to express themselves Barcode on feet- not everyone is the same Crowd- you have to stand for what you believe in Graveyard- everybody dies 2. Yes, I believe that if they were arranged differently that a different argument could have been made. 3. I think that adding text could make the argument stronger because the audience would know exactly what the intended message instead of trying to interpret it and determine what message the author is trying to convey. ALIGNMENT 1. Girl- Afica Film- pictures Britain- imperialism in Africa Levis- American Jeans Car- technology Penny- money 2. The words ""AMERICAN" stand out to me because they are in all capitals and in bold and it is repeated twice in one of the texts. The African girl seems most important to me because she is the biggest part of the collage, then the words "American", 501, Kodak, Britain, and then Levis. 3. I think that photography's role in respect to African Culture and American business interests is that Americans can use their technologies to further advance and make America better whereas, all Africans have is their culture. PROXIMITY 1. I placed the title and the author at the top of the page. The picture of a flying seagull in the middle of the page and then "A Novel About Flight" at the bottom of the page. I organized the cover typographically. 2. I believe that the title is the most important piece of information on the cover that is why I chose to put it at the very top and in the biggest font. Then, in the same font directly below the title I placed the authors name since that is the second most important piece of information. Then I chose the picture of the flying seagull because of the the book is about flight, so I thought that the picture matched what the book is about. 3. The limitations of laying something out in a traditional way would be that the designer could not show creativity when creating a cover. Whereas, if an author created a non-traditional way to create a cover they could become insightful and set the mood of the book by the way that they decide to design the cover.