Idea for Slideshow 2

Our second project of slideshow is President Steve Gold's one day life.

Critique on CBS Internet Output

1. CBS Atlanta (TV Show)

Posts on the website are updated very fast. I stayed on the page for about half an hour and three new posts came up.
Also, because the number of people who "like" it is pretty big——17,823 when I was there, there are a lot of people who commented on each post and "like" each post.

A lot of posts are single sentence with a link of the whole news and a thumbnail as well. It's pretty concise and attractive to web readers.

Because it's Facebook page, the settings are pretty the same to other Facebook pages——with different categories on the left side of the page, photos, videos, twitter, events...very neat.


2 CBSAtlanta.com

Like a lot of other News stations' website, it has a horizontal tabs which include different categories. The first one usually is "Home", and then news, videos, photos, weather, under which are many sub-tabs that can take readers to more detailed category. I think it's very useful and convenient. That's why so many news websites use it.

This website consists of mainly three columns, mixed with photos, videos and links of headlines. At the bottom, the more detailed categories can bring people to different programs. Again, it's a very useful tool section.

One suggestion for the website, on the top right, it can have a sign-up section to ask readers to join CBS and follow it, so that the website can have more follow-up influence. Also, if it adds some slideshow instead of some still pictures, it would be better and more attractive.

Audio Slideshow Project 1

Lyndon State College freshman Dylan Chase is an avid sports fan and loves to play as much as he loves to talk about it.

Chase was a self-taught basketball player and has come extremely far from where he started. This New Hampshire native only started playing basketball so he could fit in with his friends.

Moving on to high school ball, Dylan said he was always the second best player on his team. The former New Hampshire All-State player said his favorite part about basketball is playing defense and that is what he works on the most.

Considering he went to a small high school (only 22 in graduating class). Lisbon Regional won the championship in his senior season despite being knocked out in the first round of the tournament in recent years.

After going through the competitive stage in high school, Dylan wanted to take a more lackadaisical approach and try out intramurals at Lyndon. The reason for playing he said was just to stay in shape and have fun.

Although it is only intramurals, Dylan said he still likes to bring his competitive edge. He is a very passionate and grateful athlete, he mentioned that he loves intramurals and doesn’t take it for granted because other schools might not offer them to students.

Keep in mind, we aren’t talking about high school, or college varsity basketball, we are taking about intramurals. Although Chase is grateful to have intramurals, he still feels there could be improvements made.

The referees are the focal point of what Dylan is talking about when he says improvements could be made. No one is solely to blame; it is because of both the referees not making the calls and the players not being respectful.

Dylan is a classy athlete; he plays hard, gives it everything he’s got and he does not argue with the officiating.

We asked Dylan who he felt he represented as a player, he jokingly said Dwight Howard. After spectating a game, I suggested he plays like Luol Deng from the Chicago Bulls. He chuckled and said in a humbled voice “I like Luol, he’s a great player.”

Only a freshman, but Dylan is one of the most skilled basketball players in the intramural league. He said he is going to stick to intramurals and has no intent on playing for the varsity team.

Like most players, he is in it for the sheer fun of playing.

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Slideshow Project Synopsis

For our project, we will be portraying a narrative on Jeff “Moose” Russell who is student (sophomore) and intramural basketball as well as an intramural basketball ref. Jeff is very active and vocal on the court when plays, so after we take photos of the game on Monday night we will interview him asking various questions on the game he just played, and his thoughts on being a player and a ref as a whole.

We plan to include some natural sound from the game, but also some music (still deciding) to compliment the slideshow. Our intended audience is young people, specifically college students or athletes. We feel it will be interesting because it shows youthfulness, enthusiasm and an activity or role students can have on campus. 

This slideshow can work out well because we can show the photos of him during the game while playing the sound from the interview. We’re not sure whether we’re going to start off with music or end with music but we’ll figure it out before it’s finished. 

Roles of Team Members:

Photos and Photo Editing: Jianchuan
Audio/Interviewing: Alex and John
Music and Audio Editing: Dan

Slideshow and Photo Gallery Critique

One of the slide shows and the photo gallery are in Chinese. Hope you guys can understand.

Website #1 slideshow without sound http://news.qq.com/a/20120226/000570.htm#p=4

This slideshow tells a real news that is fiercely discussed now by the whole Chinese nation. It's a great shock. A young man, who is the son of a government official, disfigured his girlfriend, who is only 17 years old, after he was turned down by the girl. There are 16 pictures in total, each one with explanation written in Chinese beneath. It's pretty explanatory together by the pictures and texts. I was shocked and attracted by the first picture, which shows how the girl looks like before and after she was disfigured. The case is still under investigation. The webpage has quite a lot good functions, like full screen display, slideshow display. You can also comment and share it to Chinese twitter.

Website #2 slideshow with sound http://www.miamiherald.com/slideshows/

This slideshow definitely tells a story. This audio slideshow covers the big earthquake occurred in Haiti in 2010 by a journalist from the Miami Herald. The length of each photo perfectly matches the audio, explaining how  the victims suffered from the earthquake and cherished hope to rebuild their nation. The second photo shocked me the most, showing a dead woman body which was pushed by a bulldozer to a hole. There were just too many people who died in the earthquake. This slideshow tells better story than the slideshow without sound, especially to those who can't read. The voice of the journalist is very deep, which pulled readers into the story instead of being distracted by other things.

Website #3 photo gallery http://bbs.news.qq.com/t-1014871-1.htm

This photo gallery also tells a story, but not as good as the slide shows. It shows people's life in the poorest village in China's south western's Yunan Province. It mainly focus on children's life—they have to work when they are very young in order to make a living. It has no pavement there, all under their feet are either wood or dirt, and they don't have shoes. A new bridge was built to replace the dangerous ropes. In the mountainous area, kids like to see  fireworks and eat rice dumplings once a year, which are very common in other parts of China. The photos are not in order, but they show different perspectives of people's life in that poor area. I was touched by the photos.

Duk Byrd

Duk Byrd is a big guy here, who is a jack of all trades at Lyndon State College. Not only is he a student but he is also a very talented basketball player and most of all a skilled rapper.

Born in Hartford and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut, Duk has been rapping and balling his whole life. Byrd transferred from Holy Cross High School and attended Cathedral High School (Springfield, MA) and played basketball for the team. He graduated from Cathedral in 2009.

With dreams of playing Division I basketball not being fulfilled, Duk attended Lyndon State College as a Music Business major. Byrd played on the basketball team his freshman year but he has taken this current year off in order to take care of his academics.

During his year off from basketball, Duk has released his mixtape "Still Chasin" which you can find on many hip-hop websites and he has just recently started working on his newest project which is untitled. In January Duk performed at Higher Ground, a venue in Burlington, Vermont and many people from the Lyndon State student body made the trip to support. 

One thing that makes Duk special is his character. I know the rapper on a personal level and he is about as humble as one can be. Whether it is in the Dining Hall, the classroom, a dorm room or even on the basketball court, Duk is always willing to help people out.

There is a sense of karma in his philosophy; with all of the kindness and sincerity he presents it all seems to come back to him with the amount of people that support his music.

If you talk to Duk you will quickly find out that he is ambitious; the feedback and love he receives drives him to keep making music. With everything he has to offer, Duk is definitely one of the most intriguing students that attend Lyndon State.

You can download Duk's mixtape "Still Chasin" at 

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/duk-still-chasin-mixtape.32912.html. 

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