Week 2 Lynda.com Certification: Viral Marketing

Week 3 Lynda.com Certification: Hernandez Documentary

This course was interesting as well as enriching to my academic and professional goals. Mr. Hernandez did a quality job at explaining the storytelling creative process in the context of his personal and professional life. I enjoyed how to included the "roots of journalism." He also did a good job at showing how Central America also plays a significant role in journalism and the communications industry as a whole. These topics are relevant to my degree and professional objectives because as a communications major, I have to be a well gifted and well rounded story teller. This course has taken me one step further to accomplishing my many goals.

MCPP Portfolio Project Submission: And Know You Know!

I am seeking a 2-star rating for this project.

The objective of this project was to provide factual information about smoking cigarettes. I wanted to bring more awareness to the cigarette addiction and to methods that smokers can use when quitting. The outcome of the project was a finely polished production that included candid footage of smokers and cigarettes. After production and editing, the project turned out to be a well rounded information piece on the effects of smoking nicotine. 

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I was advised by my instructor to use voice elevation when stating certain facts about smoking nicotine and the effects it has on the human body. I used voice inflection and tone when recording the audio. I was advised by my peers to use more gut-renching footage to capture the attention instantly by the viewer. I changed the footage to include persuasive photographs. 

The software that was used during the production was GarageBank, iMove, and Adobe Illustrator, Stock Footage. The hardware that was used was MacBook Pro, microphone, and a Nokia Digital Camera. I am the only individual that contributed to the completion of the project.

MCPP Portfolio Project Submission: Making Her Big Appearance

I am seeking a 1-star approval rating for this project.

This project was originally designed to be a type of monologue involving a young female that finds herself pregnant in the most unusual circumstances. The objective was to invoke specific feelings into the listener based on the audio and visual content. I found myself reliving the events of my own pregnancy as I sought out footage that could describe the fictional woman's thoughts and experiences. The outcome was the production of a visually engaging short video that showed how the feelings of a woman can change when she has positive people around her.

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During the production and revision process, I was advised by my advisor to use a clearer environment to reduce the "noise" coming through my microphone during the recordings. I recorded the narrative in a "noise" free space. I was also advised by a class mate to only include the background music of the ocean when bodies of water was present in my video. I removed the background music in the parts of the video that did not include bodies of water. Lastly, I was advised to brighten the images and footage presented in the video to make it more visually appealing to my target audience. I lightened up the images in the video.

The software that was used during the production was GarageBank, iMove, and Adobe Photoshop. The hardware that was used was MacBook Pro, microphone, and a Nokia Digital Camera. I am the only individual that contributed to the completion of the project.