Part One

 

        My biggest struggle during the making of this documentary was,  the software used for making the video kept messing with my audio, I'd place it where and the video maker would move it around in random spot, it made me very angry also conveying my thesis through the documentary was a struggle. Where we started off with the thesis being that the Singletary Center was very popular and we wanted to see how it grew in popularity, we later found that, among UK students, it wasn't popular at all. This was probably for the best, considering that conveying the Singletary Centers' popularity would have been much harder than show how it was under appreciated. I am most proud of how we put all of our documentary together, at the previewing of the documentary's, most of them before us got a lot of feedback, after our documentary was done we didn't get a hand up until, Ms. Chichi commented then we got maybe 5-10 comments and feed back after that. At first I thought that was bad, then I realized that if they didn't have any feedback on how we could improve our documentary, then they didn't see anything wrong with it, and that was very good and made me proud. I was also proud of the theme song that played in the intro and end  because I would hear other singing it or singing along with it and it went together with the videos very well.

         I would have changed the program we used to create the documentary, simply so we could have made some of the video clips volume up, and had better effects and transitions. I was responsible for filming, taking pictures, the audio placement, the theme song that played in the introduction and credits, while Shawnice got the names of the people we interviewed and wrote them down, I put them in the credits and credited the You Tube channels I got the videos clips from, finding the You Tube video clips, the section of pictures of the Art Museum and the interview that went with it (the women who gave us the interview didn't want to be on camera and so I recorded her and put pictures of the Art museum with it to go along with what she said) and the second Q and A session about how many times the students come to the Singletary center. My group got along well together, we both did our fair share of work and listened to each others opinions and put everything together in the proper places through careful planning and deliberation.

 

 

                                                      Part two

 WRD 110 helped me to learn where and how to find the resources I need to use to conduct research.I am also able to think of more in depth questions to go along with my research topic.  I think I am more capable to present an argument because of this class due to all the practice I had in presenting arguments on short notices and brain storming them quickly. It also has become easier to present my argument in front of my peers than it was before I took WRD 111. When I first came to WRD 110 I didn’t know what visual rhetoric was, now I do know it is and I can recognize it fairly well, due to Mr. Owen explaining it to us a few times and using it in our documentary. I do believe I grew as a speaker; it is much, much easier for me to give a presentation in front of a group than it had ever been before. I'm a shy and introverted person and speaking in front of many people had always made me feel uneasy, it still does just not nearly as much. Making the documentary was my favorite aspect of the course. It helped me to grow research skills, speaking skills, and gain a better knowledge of creating video. I know where to go and what resources I can use to find information I need. I learned how to use the William T Library, and writing center as well as discovering that I can save everything on a drive so I never loss any important documentation.   Because we had to go around and ask random students and staff member of U.K questions for our documentary, I was able to get into habit of speaking louder and clearer to others ( I have a quiet voice so unless I raise it, it can be hard to hear what I say ) due to having to present and speak to others much more than I would in my normal day to day life. Considering how I will most definitely have to give a presentation in class My least favorite aspect was talking in front of the class so much because I really hate doing it, however it helped me to grow as a student and person so I don't really have a least favorite aspect.

http://youtu.be/DvfFVP6rJuI

CHICAGO!!

This is Superstar because of how popular the Singletary center is, and all the famous people who come there are kinda of like superstars

Dark Days and Man on a Wire were similar in the main shots they took, which were mainly long and medium shots and a few Mise-En-Scene photos. I don’t remember either having a frame around the film or pictures, in the case of Man on the Wire. Although Dark Days was more structured in the way the documentary was told with very little flash backs, Man on the Wire was the better and more interesting film. Both had key shots such as medium and long shots, however Man on the Wire took it beyond with all the tracking shots and panning shots it had, which helped to emphasize the size of not only the twin towers but the spaces he across and practiced in. Such as, when it panned up and down to show the height of the twin towers the only shot like that in Dark day, that I can remember, is the sideway tilt close up of the trains. There were many archival photos in Man on a Wire and this helped the audience to build a connection to Philippe and his love of wire waking, it was also added proof of him walking across the twin towers which is what any skeptic watchers would need. The only extra photo in Dark days was the emphasized eviction letter the homeless received; this could be argued that Dark Days was more of a documentary because it focused solely on the homeless at that time instead of all the back story like in Man on a Wire, however the back stories are what made the latter more interesting and somewhat confusing. The added graphics such as the plane flying to America and little short reenactments of the guards and crew setting up the wire helped to make the documentary more like a film and as such it was more entertaining. When it came to cuts and scene changes Man on the Wire was also better, Dark Days tended to cut from one scene straight into another where Man on the Wire had dramatic fades, such as when introducing people. The interviews/ Monologues in Man on a Wire were better in how the medium shots of the people were done in a more traditional setting ad had better lighting so you could see the faces more.

 I haven’t changed my mind; I still think the internet is good for communication if that is your intention. I do agree that it does cause people to want whatever they want and want it quickly because of how fast you can get something on the internet and it does make others speed up their lives. And it is true that letters are much more personal than an email, with both you sit down and write it but it takes much less time to type up an email, especially when you can do it on your phone which most people have access to 24/7. You also have to mail he letter write addresses and walk t to the mailbox, however if you need someone to get something quick a letter doesn’t cut it. I also have to agree that people are less personal because of technology (which includes the internet) adolescent’s talk in text sometimes rather than full sentences, and when you can type everything and send it to who you want it to get to in seconds rather than days, why wouldn’t you?

I agree with Jay-Z, the internet is so accessible and full of information. It is very much like the “Wild West” in that there is so much on it that most has been undiscovered. Being as how we have freedom of speech a lot of it remains untamed as well. The internet can be used a quick access to family and friends or a fight arena (e.g. Facebook drama) It depend on how you use it. Because of how extensive the internet is the rules for it always changes so it is up to you do define the right and wrong aka the ‘rules’ of the internet based on your own morals and judgment. Aside from the law against cyber bullying, pretty much anything goes on the web, rather that thing is right or wrong is completely due to perspective. So it is ultimately up to us to determine the rules, when there are pretty much none what else can you do?

As for the internet and communication, the internet is great for quick communication, of course it depends on what you are communicating and why. At the same time everything’s so quick and easy that its less personal, it can be argued that an email is just a digital letter but when you can simply copy paste it and send it to everyone its much less personal. People are often more involved with surfing the web than actually talking (I’m guilty of this as well, considering I tend to read things on the internet instead of socializes when I’m not at home). The main thing about the internet and communication is what it is used for and why, if you use it to talk to a professor about an assignment, or  simply use a social networking site to talk to your brother overseas, meet new people, and/or correspond to a pin pal, the internet is great. However if you use it simply to start drama then it is a horrible thing to have. The internet is simply an object, a tool for our use and a tool when used correctly is a great thing, it only becomes bad when we misuse it. As far as it goes for the internet being good or bad for communication, even though it isn’t as personal it is quicker and easier to talk to those people who may be out of cell range or who don’t have an address but can check their email at the library.