Sunday, November 28, 2010

Come to Champlain!!

Remember that radio spot I posted a couple weeks ago, inticing you to Come to Champlain? Here it is again, new and improved and now with VISUALS!



A. When it came to the short video ad, I feel as though I made a ton of contributions. We all worked together, coming up with creative and humerus scenes but a majority of the editing was done by yours truly. I converted all the video files to wmv format (which took forever, might I add...I wish flip cameras recorded in that format!) and edited most of the clips together. I sometimes had to work with clips that were cut off but with a little audio tweaking I was able to fix it for the most part. I also made the bloopers video.


B. I believe I deserve an A based on all the contributions I listed above. My group worked really hard on completing this project and we all deserve good grades, but I certainly think I did A quality work.

C. There were two major issues with the video making process. The first was finding a time when all the group members could get together and work on the project. We actually only had one meeting in which we were all together and were able to film the last scene and a couple of the "come to Champlain" scenes, the other scenes were filmed with not all group members present due to conflicting schedules. Another issue was the cutting off of some video scenes that made certain parts hard to work with, and also time was an issue since we had so many scenes and only a minute to fit it all in. For the most part it came out alright I just wish the finished product was a little better quality.

D. I really liked getting to know the other people in my group and we all worked together very well! I also liked showing the ad to my parents, my mom was very amused with our attempts at humor.

Monday, November 1, 2010

MEDIA MEDITATION #4: Happy Halloween!!!

It's that time of year again!!! You know, that time in October when it's socially acceptable, nay, encouraged to let little children accept candy from strangers! At night! Looking extra cute in adorable costumes!

Does no one else find that weird?

Haha I kid, I kid. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because it's an excuse to get all dressed up with your friends and eat tons of junk food without guilt.







Here is a picture of my friend Courtney and I celebrating with style ---------->






Of course, around this time of year the TV has been abducted by candy companies who are advertising their candy as the best, hoping consumers everywhere buy their delicious brand to give out to the neighborhood kids. Living in a college dorm, I didn't have to worry about that, but seeing those commercials on the television certainly made me crave some candy!

For example, here's a good one from the peanut butter chocolate candy Reese's



Short, simple and scarifying! I certainly wouldn't want to give away my Reese's stash! The advertisers sure know what they are doing, using rhetorical questions AND fear (coughcoughhumorcoughcough) on their audience. They also add in a bit of flattery, telling us to have a perfect Halloween. How sweet! (and I mean that in every sense!)

In fact, they did such a good job that I can no longer focus on this blog and absolutely must eat a Reese's. Powerful advertising indeed.

Happy Halloween everyone!!