Thursday, 9 December 2010
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Intro. to colour
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SND30: Five papers named World's Best-Designed™
Interesting collection of slides on Russian etc. newspapers
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
BS1253 feedback ready
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Monday, 26 April 2010
Social Media PRess Release service FREE
This may be of help in boosting numbers it create social media press releases.
Friday, 23 April 2010
CW1 is marked and back in the boxes on 4th floor
CW1 is marked and feedback is avaliable in the boxes on the 4th floor, should be a copy of feedback for all the groups members
Cheers Tim
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Briefing for course changes today at 11am in the Media Project class
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Tuesday, 13 April 2010
CW2 due in date
Just to conform that the CW2 part of the Media Project is due in on the 30th April 1pm, green sheets with all members names of them to be posted in the boxes along with a sheet contain all the url's of the Web 2.0 services that you used. (if you could also email this sheet to me that would be great, thanks Tim
Monday, 12 April 2010
CW for Digital Animation
CW1 (50% of the overall mark for the module)
Group project
Really simple, really fun and hopefully you will produce something extraordinary in the process.
Split into creative groups you have to create a 3 minute (minimum) Stop Motion animated film, that will be hosted on a service (You Tube etc.) that will put it into the public domain. All materials contained within this animation will be wholly original or have copyright permissions to be used in this medium.
Assessment criteria
- Digital artefact 60%
- Originality of the narrative 40%
CW2 (50% of the overall mark for the module)
Individual project
Simply create a digital animation (can be Stop Animation, Flash, etc. as long as it is in the digital form). Final animation must include opening/closing credits and be a minimum of 2.5 minutes long.
Assessment criteria
- Digital artefact 60%
- Originality of the narrative 40%
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Class today
I expect that everyone has had enough of class as it was cw hand in day and such a sunny day, if anyone does turn up and wants to go over anything please email and I will pop down (already did but no one was there) Cheers Tim
The lab today
Will be in lab today at 1pm if anyone wishes to meet to help with Media Project module
Cheers Tim
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Unsure where the groups are today
No sure where any of the griups are today but happy if you are all getting on with CW, have marked the planning stage and should be back next week to all the groups. If anyone wishes to meet today please email me and I will pop down. Have a good break next week Cheers Tim
Monday, 22 March 2010
Some different options for groups
<p>The Ambience Affair - Devil in the Detail from Souljacker on Vimeo.</p>
<p>Brokenkites - Touch by Harriet Macdonald from brokenkites on Vimeo.</p>
<p>So Hard from tomas spencer on Vimeo.</p>
<p>A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.</p>
Support in labs
If any group needs support in the lab today please email and I will pop down, between 12-3pm Thanks Tim
Monday, 15 March 2010
How to customize Wordpress themes
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Welcome back to RGU hope placements went well
This is a blog for the Online Journalism module, only really for the practical aspects of the module
Cheers Tim
Friday, 12 March 2010
sweeeeeeeeeeet bit of stop motion http://bit.ly/cu2Zx3
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Final Cut Pro Plugins for Old Film i.e. Charlie Chaplin B&W etc
http://www.cgm-online.com/cgi-bin/dve_downloadcount.pl
Library - Application Support - Final Cut Pro System Support - Plugins
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Digital Animation
From: MARC BLAKE (0902320) [mailto:m.s.blake@rgu.ac.uk] Sent: 09 March 2010 11:30
To: Tim Conner (abs)
Subject: Digital Animation
Hey Tim,
Just to let you know that myself and Connor Vearnals have
decided to work together for the group animation project as the groups
were changed in our absence. Hope this is cool
Thanks
Marc
Free timelapse app for Iphone
Maybe handy, tripods cheapest avliable also at http://www.oddsandpods.co.uk/joby-m-46.html for 20 quid
Story Boards and release forms
Templates for story boards also Personal Release Forms if you need these, i.e. people in shoot agreeing to be filmed etc.
Good free alternative to Photoshop
Good alternative to Photoshop and free, within the browser window so no need to download
Good and free alternative to Photoshop
Good alternative to Photoshop and free, within the browser window so no need to download
Free online alternative to Photoshop
Good alternative to Photoshop and free, within the browser window so no need to download
Monday, 8 March 2010
No class today
Sent from my iPhone
No labs today
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Fwd:
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "MELISSA HUTCHEON \(0801973\)" <m.a.hutcheon@rgu.ac.uk>
Date: 4 March 2010 13:05:11 GMT
To: "Tim Conner \(abs\)" <t.conner@rgu.ac.uk>
Animation Groups for CW as at 02 03 10
1. Stuart Martin, Scott Anderson, Peter Clark
2. Kirsty, Laura, Emma, Jo
3. Paul Taylor, Andrea Stetco, Andra Groza, Emma Sim
4. Magdalena Kedziora, Sarah Mackay
5. Thomas Stephen, Ross Anderson, Kevin Dunn
6. Steven Herd, Scott Lochhart, Euan Walker
7. Arndreea Oniga, Ana Custoria, Becky Davies, Grohg Wohuhahn, Adam Seostko
Anyone who is not in a group better find one especially one that has 2 or 3 members
Cheers Tim
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
An example from the Media Project last year at least the video portion of the project
and then our youtube page for the music video and other band footage is at
http://www.youtube.com/user/uneton66
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Next Tuesday 9th March room 126 for PG Journalists
Seems there are no rooms free next week, but have managed a slot at 9.30am on Tuesday in lab 116. This can cover stills cameras and an introduction to the basics of photoshop.
See you all on Tuesday
Thanks TIm
Friday, 26 February 2010
Changed time to meet at Stratosphere for BA1 Media (digi Animation)
Have a good weekend Tim
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Cancel Digi Animation class tomorrow
Cheers and have a good weekend Tim
Sent from my iPod
CW submission dates Media Prod. Project BA2
CW1 (project planning stage) Friday 12th March at 1pm (submitted in CW boxes with all names and matric numbers
CW2 (group submission for client) Friday 23rd April at 1pm (submitted with green sheets and a4 page all group members name on it and all details of URLs ALSO email this to t.conner@rgu.ac.uk)
No labs for Digital Animation on Mon 1st March just the meet at Stratosphere
...for the Wallace and Gromit exhibition
Cheers Tim thanks for the comment Stephen
REMINDER Wallace and Gromit Exibtion 2pm STRATOSPHERE this Monday
Guys I forgot to mention we are going to the Wallace and Gromit exhibition on at Stratosphere at 2pm this coming Monday at 2pm (Monday 1st March) can we just meet in the cafe at Stratosphere at 2pm?
Can a few of you respond to make me think that you got this message and also announce it in class or spread the word about the class
Thanks Tim
www.timanimation.posterous.com
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Media Production Project Group
From: THOMAS ROSS (0802234) [mailto:t.d.ross@rgu.ac.uk] Sent: 16 February 2010 15:21
To: Tim Conner (abs)
Cc: ROXANA MIRONESCU (0808215); DAN DAIANU (0810733); NANCY ZHANG
(0713623); ANDREI MARIAN (0809837); STEVEN NOBLE (0703685)
Subject: Media Production Project Group
Hi Tim,
We've not come up with a group name yet, but thought I would let you
know who everyone in the group is.
Thomas Ross - 0802234 - Pub w J
Roxana Mironescu - 0808215 - Pub w J
Dan Daianu - 0810733 - Media
Ruomeng Zhang - 0713623 - Media
Andrei Marian - 0809837 - Comm PR
Steven Noble - 0703685 - Comm PR
Will let you know when we come up with the name,
Regards
Thomas Ross
0802234
Publishing with Journalism - Stage 2
MPP Group work
From: HOLLY MCLENNAN (0803942) [mailto:h.j.mclennan@rgu.ac.uk] Sent: 17 February 2010 11:37
To: Tim Conner (abs)
Subject: MPP Group work
Hi Tim,
Our group is called Pose Promotions and our team memebers are:
Kirsten Binnie (0816384)
Becca Nolan (0805524)
Holly McLennan (0803942)
Andrea (0613883)
Amy (0811296)
We aim to promote a model,
KHolly McLennan
media production project
From: ADELLE CHESSOR (0804715) [mailto:a.chessor@rgu.ac.uk]
Sent: 23 February 2010 12:44
To: Tim Conner (abs)
Subject: media production project
Monday, 22 February 2010
USB camera drivers for MAC and stop animation
http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
OPen source stop animation software for mac http://web.mac.com/philipp.brendel/Software/FrameByFrame.html
easy and straightforward the answer to my prayers
Good examples of viral marketing innovation
http://www.brewdog.com/
http://www.limmy.com/ (some content is choice but definitely uses web 2.0 to the full)
http://www.skittles.com/ (the big one from last year)
http://www.elfyourself.com/ (more hits and attention that it is possibly to imagine)
http://www.eepybird.com/dcm1.html (Diet Coke and Mentos)
http://www.blendtec.com/willitblend/
WordPress Lessons
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons and showcase http://wordpress.org/showcase/ this is a useful open source bit of kit
WordPress Lessons
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons
Also look at the showcase at http://wordpress.org/showcase/ this is an impressive bit of open source kit
Friday, 19 February 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Coursework for Media project
Background
And Coursework
The Task
In its simplest form, this is a group task.
The aim of which is to research, plan, create and deliver a new media “viral marketing” element for a band or artist within the UK’s music scene.
Viral Marketing Defined
What does a virus have to do with marketing? Viral marketing describes any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence. Like viruses, such strategies take advantage of rapid multiplication to explode the message to thousands, to millions.
Off the Internet, viral marketing has been referred to as "word-of-mouth," "creating a buzz," "leveraging the media," "network marketing." But on the Internet, for better or worse, it's called "viral marketing."
The Six Simple Principles of Viral Marketing by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, E-Commerce Consultant, Web Marketing Today, February 1, 2005
The purpose of this is to increase the profile of the client and create a new media “viral marketing” element for them. This task therefore has to be grounded in the principles of identifying an audience’s needs and wants. As this is a media rich environment considerable thought will have to go in to designing for your audience. This will include a vast range of “considerations”, such as technical issues with video, appropriate platforms to host the video, appropriateness of social network or web based hosts etc.
| The Client |
| Content |
| Technical Issues |
| The Group |
| The Aim |
| The Audience |
| Need, Wants and Value |
Understanding project characteristics
- Projects are different from ordinary work. They are
intended to change things
- Projects have a timeframe with a beginning and an end
- Projects have to be planned
- Projects use resources and need a budget
- Projects require evaluation – the criteria for evaluation need
to be established from the beginning
- Projects have an outcome, which is not necessarily known
at the outset
- The outcome is very often a “product” of some kind
- At the end of a project, decisions need to be taken about
- whether to use or institutionalise the outcome
- Projects involve people
Possible Roles
- Project Manager
- Market researchers/Marketers/PR
- New Media Researchers
- New Media creators
- Editors/Content creators
Available Resources
Software
Various options available – Photoshop, Studio MX (Flash and Dreamweaver), Audacity (Sound editing), Final Cut Express (video editing), iMovie
Video cameras
There are six Sony Z1 cameras, complete with on-board
and detachable microphones, tripod and power supply.
Stills cameras
There is at least 10 Canon 400D―next generation digital SLR―available.
Sound recorders
There are at least seven Marantz PMD660 Professional Solid State
Digital Recorders.
Radio and TV studio
Radio studio and TV studio set-ups which, while the equipment is fixed, provide sound-proofed recording environments and, in the case of the TV studio, lighting and multi-shot possibilities that could prove very useful, depending, of course, on what you have in mind. Booking is essential, however.
-Coursework 1
The CW will form into two parts.
CW1 contributes 40% of the overall grade
The areas that will be covered in this section will include all the ground work and research that the group engages with in the pre planning stages. This will be for a client in the UK music industry, hopefully this can/will be a local band or artist.
As a group you are required to produce a 4,000 report on the early planning stages.
Elements that you are required to produce here may include sections on
Initial Stages
· Creating value with projects. Setting up a project for success by clarifying expectations and outcomes.
· Defining and planning projects. Creating the right foundations for a good, practical, plan.
Outcomes:
· Evaluate and capture stakeholder and audience needs;
· Define how the project adds value by agreeing clear objectives and targets
· Establish an organisational structure for governance and ensure clarity about decision rights.
· Define deliverables and their quality;
· Control project scope;
o Create a plan and budget (if required) by progressively defining the products and then breaking down the work needed to produce them;
· Assign, work to teams, providing roles and responsibilities to the group
· Manage risk
· Explore the problems of managing time where multiple tasks and priorities conflict;
· Adjust schedules in the light of constraints on availability;
· Motivate and manage the team;
· Track and report progress;
Submission of CW2 will form the basis of a written report, with all group members actively contributing to this process. Visuals and mock ups are also encouraged at this stage (these could be of similar products).
Assessment criteria
Your report will be assessed using the following criteria:
Content, feasibility and scope of project 50%
Evidence of research 40%
Structure and presentation 10%
Coursework 2
CW2 contributes 60% of the overall grade
· Executing and delivering product. The practicalities of delivery in a large and complex organisation.
· Test and deliver the product;
· Close, learn (reflection) and present the project.
This product will be the deliverable section outlined in CW1. The parameters (in terms of length and structure) will be very specific in terms on your individual client, but it will be expected that this product will contain and number of media rich elements, it will facilitate a two way communication function and will enable users/client to contribute to the product and continue its development past the closure of the project group.
Assessment
The practical element will be assessed using the following criteria:
- Design and innovation of product (40%) - You must demonstrate knowledge of the market as well as the consumer. Inventive and original solutions to the task are being sought.
- Content - the creative process (30%) - You must demonstrate a clear understanding of the relative importance of different production /design/media issues and be able to arrive at a clear solution which is fully formed and functional and ready to be offered to consumers.
- Clarity of communication (10%) - Your work must be demonstrate clarity of communication not only through the text but visually. Presentation of information, whether this is images or text, must consider the reader at every stage.
- Presentation (10%) – This will be a group presentations performed in the final weeks of the semester.
- Peer assessment (10%) - This will be an opportunity for you to comment on ALLL members of the groups contribution to the overall submission. Appropriate forms will be distributed and to be submitted with the final piece CW.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIND A GROUP
From: SARAH CORCORAN (0806427)
Sent: 16 February 2010 11:55
To: Tim Conner (abs)
Subject: Media group
Due date for CW1 Friday 12th March 2010 at 1pm
Submit in CW boxes in 4th floor all names of GROUP and matric numbers need to be on the green sheets Cheers Tim
CW1 due date PROJECT PLANNING stage
Friday 12th March 1pm in the cw boxes, all CW are groups therefore all matric numbers need to be on the greeen sheets
Rescheduled class because of the TIM Tabling issue
Sorry cannot find alternative accommodation for us at 1pm today therefore will run a session from 9.30am next Tuesday in 116 (normal room) until 11am and then again in the afternoon, thanks Tim
Monday, 15 February 2010
Trip tp Stratosphere
Looks like Monday 1st March 2pm at Stratosphere, will confirm with you next week
Satrosphere Science Centre
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB24 5TU
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