This is the final product of my Video Argument. I chose to look at education and it’s relation to media as a tool. Shows such as Sesame Street and Mister Roger’s Neighborhood have been around for decades, but, the question was, what do today’s technologies have to offer the area of educational media? By combining several short but informative lessons, by means of video and animation, it would seem that I am able to teach a specific subject and get its point across while not losing my audience due to short attention spans. Though, due to lack of time, my video remains shorter than desired, I feel that each section is of an appropriate length that would be able to teach the lesson to the young audiences but still not lose their attention. Educational media is a lot harder than it seems at first because there is not only the actual video production that goes into it, but also the research of the various subjects that you are trying to teach and then checking to make sure that it is taught in a way that your target audience (let’s say six-year olds in kindergarten) are able to understand and enjoy. All and all, I feel that my video touches on all of these areas and does work out how I wanted, if not better, in the end.
Video Argument
December 6, 2009Video Proposal
November 10, 2009Idea 1:
Education is an important part of today’s society but trying to teach children of the television and videogame age can be a challenge. If they are able to enjoy the subject they are learning as well as learn it in an easy-to-recall manner that resembles something they know or can relate to, then retaining the information will be easier. I would like to create my video on a school subject, most likely a science or history subject, and fashion it into something that school children, or children in general, can learn or use to help learn a subject. By using both animation and live shooting, I hope to create something fun, short, and informative.
Idea 2:
Disease and how different parts of the body function are a part of every person’s life. There are many patients suffering from illnesses and needing to undergo treatment but still know nothing or understand very little of what is going on. I would like to create a video illustrating either how a specific body organ (such as the eye) functions or how a certain disease behaves and how various treatments will affect it. With animation, research, and, possibly, a short interview with a doctor in the specific area, it is my endeavor to create an informative and short production that will educate patients or those who are curious.
FINISHED VISUAL ARGUMENT
November 3, 2009These are the finished visual arguments. They should represent that not everything you see in the world, though it may appear realistic, is not necessarily what you think it is.
Media that Matters – Response
October 27, 2009I really enjoyed the video “America for Dummies” because of the way it was filmed and the subject it addressed. With the constant interviewing and the gathering of various people’s opinions, it allowed for a broad and mostly unbiased view on American politics. Perhaps if he had been able to go out even further, into other areas/neighborhoods, he could have gotten some more variation. The subject that the video addressed was a good choice because a) it had meaning to the film maker and to the public. One thing that bothered me was the audio. There was a lot of clicking and background noise throughout parts of the video. All in all, it was a good video.
Edited Images1 VA
October 22, 2009The images were edited and they look like something that one would never really see, but can you be sure
Final ALN
October 13, 2009The final recording of the Audio Literacy Narrative can be found here: http://drop.io/javbrne#
Citations:
Dr. Seuss. “The Cat in the Hat”. Random House, 1957.
Sound
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