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Mercede Robertson

Terms and Conditions May Apply - 0 views

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    This preview for the documentary boldly defines what our online society has come to- terms and conditions invade our privacy and give power to institutions online such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc.
Danielle Rose

50 Disney Movies Based On The Public Domain - 0 views

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    In this article found on Forbes magazine website the article discusses the continuous extension of copyright terms. In specific it highlights how disney used its influence on members of congress to keep extending copyright term therefore disney material could never be used by other authors or film makers. It is ironic owing to the fact that a large number of works created by disney were based on stories in the public domain.
Vincent Liu

Audio Recording Best Practices - 0 views

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    This article touches on the best practices of audio recording in terms of what equipment is good, what audio programs to use and the actual recording session.
Madison DeSousa

What is Media Convergence ? | MEDIA CONVERGENCE - 0 views

    • Madison DeSousa
       
      This article brings up a good point when discussing the negative ad positive sides of media convergence. I agree with certain points from both sides. On the negative side I agree that not all voices are taken into account, only those with access to new media. On the positive side I agree that the input that is given from voices heard helps improve services and generates awareness. 
  • uggesting that media audiences nowadays play a crucial role in creating and distributing content,
  • mprove the value of the service, the flexibility of topics and the competence of the contributers’ as well as enable technological developments, change the elitism of media professionals and create new general awareness
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  • decline in the diversity of material offered and result in a tendency that voices of those lacking economic power will not be taken into account
  • certain segments of the audience arguably remain neglected and unable to fully participate in the new media culture.
  • new forms of interaction between producers and consumers
Vincent Liu

Processing Vocals Part 1 - Recording the Vocal - 0 views

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    This article provides 6 tips for audio recording, in terms of the equipment, and the placement and how to use the equipment to help create the best sound.
Vincent Liu

The Rise Of Visual Storytelling - 0 views

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    This article speaks on the evolution of storytelling, and how media such as pintrest, vine, twiter and facebook are the more effective routes (in terms of attracting views) of storytelling/media (because of the pictures and videos) but there are still a lot of companies that rely on slideshare as a media platform. It mentions some of the more popular platforms of media these days as videos, images, and memes
Stanislav Gamar

7 Captivating Works of Crowdsourced Art - 1 views

  • The art world has also leveraged the power of crowdsourcing to create some stunning works.
  • SwarmSketch randomly chooses a popular search term as the topic of each week's collective drawing
  • online canvas composed of 1 million squares and they're hoping to get people from all over the world to paint pictures that fill them
ilana enoukov

What Constitutes Good and Bad Web Design? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Bad design can be infuriating, inconvenient or damaging in any field.
  • a well-designed Web site needs to deliver the same things as most other examples of good design by fulfilling its intended function efficiently and engagingly.
  • A common mistake is to prioritize style over substance
    • ilana enoukov
       
      An example of this is animation ; though it looks great it takes ages to upload, thus making the visitor furious
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  • principal problem with many Web sites is that their designers were neither rigorous nor imaginative enough in planning the way we will navigate them
  • If you find information swiftly and easily on a Web site, its designer has succeeded. But if you need to click on an inordinate number of buttons and links, or dither over what to do next, the designer has failed
  • Amazon’s site scores highly for navigational efficiency, but poorly in terms of the second criterion of good Web design, because it is far from engaging.
    • ilana enoukov
       
      Great relevant example of what author is trying to prove. 
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    The good, the bad, and the worse of web design
ilana enoukov

The Keys to Making Fresh, Forwardly Aesthetic Web Designs - noupe - 0 views

  • Great graphics. Beautiful typography. Clean design. These are all things designers typically think of when creating stunning websites
  • In terms of development and coding there are details as well as tricks that can be used that really take a website from 0 to 60 in seconds
    • ilana enoukov
       
      Negative space, layout, cleanliness, attention to detail
  • he most important thing you must do as a designer is figure out your target audience and figure out what the purpose of the website is (I,e., is it to sell or is it to inform?)
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  • The trick though, is to not get SO outside the box that the website fails to make sense or lose sight of it’s purpose.
  • challenge yourself to be bold and forward thinking when it comes to design.
  • Always be on the lookout for fresh new ideas and see what people are doing
    • ilana enoukov
       
      Everything is a remix of something else. Observing other people's work will improve your own creativity
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