Web Editing

In chapter six, Carroll discussed the duties of an online editor and how those duties truly affect the experience of an Internet user. In other words, a digital editor is the head of quality assurance on a website. When the site is first built, an editor wants to make sure everything is up and running…

Point of View Reading Response

The Art of Technique by John S. Douglass and Glenn P. Harnden discussed the different perspectives a video maker can use when creating a film First Person We saw this a lot in some of the video projects that Professor Price showed us in class. Typically shots that provide time lapses or “A day in…

Green Bay Packers: The Body Bag Team

Injuries are a part of the game. Every fan hears that when one of their favorite players goes down. Football is a physical (sometimes too physical) game that is played between 250-pound men who are fast enough to run sub-five-second 40-yard dashes. However, for the 2013 Green Bay Packers, injuries aren’t just a part of…

Aesthetics of Editing

In The Aesthetics of Editing, Osgood and Hinshaw discussed the importance of the editing and post-production process. Yes, the production process is obviously crucial to the success of the telecast or movie. However, the aesthetics of editing can provide the meaning of the story the video maker is trying to convey. Osgood and Hinshaw gave…

Video Photography: Zettl Chapter 7

Chapter seven of Zettl was a refreshing crash course on what I learned last year in Dr. Armstrong’s Broadcast Communication class (COM 131). Chapter 7 was about the importance of screen space. We already know that what falls within the frame of the picture is important. However, people forget to consider how each object falls…

Virillio: Part III

Part III, like all the others in Open Sky, was difficult to follow and understand. Virllio spoke upon ideas such as time-space and images.   In order to make things easier to understand, he asks one simple question: What is and should be considered real?   My answer to that is simple. Everything we consume…

Paul Virillo’s Open Sky: Part II

Once again, Paul Virillo displayed his complex philosophies towards the world and how human population functions in Part II of Open Sky. The section consisted of two main chapters, Grey Ecology and Continental Drift. Law & Proximity and Grey Ecology: The main idea of which Virilio attempted to communicate to his readers was a simple…

Paul Virillo’s Open Sky: Part I

Paul Virillo demonstrated his complex mind and philosophies the very first chance he had in Open Sky. It’s easy to allow his thinking and writing to go right over the reader’s head but the basic concept and direction in which Virillo is going is blatantly obvious. Virillo sees mass communication as a poison or pollution…