Thursday, April 10, 2008

Analysis of Corporate Blogs

I felt more comfortable editing this podcast than any other podcast. I feel very comfortable using iMovie for editing video. I felt like I presented information in an easy-to-understand manner for this podcast. And I used PowerPoint slides to try to help viewers understand my points.

There are, however, some things that I would change about the podcast. First, when I taped the podcast I thought I positioned myself well. By looking at the small screen on the camera I felt I was using the thirds rule. However, when I looked at the video on the large computer screen, I realized that I should have moved over just a little more to the right. It's amazing how the difference in the size of the screen changes the perceptions of space.

Second, I should have moved the camera down and zoomed in just a little bit to cut off some of the top of the screen. Once again, the difference in the screen size played a role.

I am happy to have learned how to shoot and edit video. I think this skill will make me more marketable when I start looking for a full-time faculty position.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Liz, I enjoyed your podcast, i liked the way you set the style and the tone of the whole podcast and mantained it by certain attire, articulation, the place where the video was shot; the use of slides, thier style, the topic itself. The podcast is a good illustration of unity of its all elements!
svetlana

Brandon said...

You have an interesting topic, which you seem to know an awful lot about. You did a really good job of providing us the aspects of your final project. Your powerpoint slides helped a lot with the large amount of information you provided us. I thought all of the slides stayed up for just the right amount of time. You also did a great job of making the cast seem as if it was one single take. I don't know, you may have done it all in one take. If that is the case, hats off to you, that's impressive. The slides did help break the cast up a bit, a few pictures or music would have helped jazz it up a little. Overall you did a great job. I have enjoyed viewing your podcasts this semester.

Deidragrad08 said...

Liz, great job on your 4th podcast. It was done really well and your topic sounds interesting. I agree with Brandon that some pictures and music might have added a little pizazz to it, but overall you did great work.

Deidra

Brandi said...

Liz,
Nice job on podcast #4. Your content was very clear, and I had no problems understanding what you were talking about. A way that this could have been better would have been to break up your content into smaller portions and seperate each segment with a title page. Nothing really big, so no worries! Great job and good luck using this in the future!

Wendy Maxian said...

Liz--

Nice Podcast #4. I like your topic and am glad to see our experimental design paper didn't go to waste. :) Overall, I thought your podcast was edited very well. There were no apparent glitches in syncing or anything else. You had a good speaking pace, which made it easy to follow along. The slides you put in also let the viewer absorb more of what you were talking about. The timing on your slides was awesome too. Your project also sounds like it has a solid methodology (500 = exhaustive list) and your coding makes sense as well. I think your overall study is well-designed and will provide some interesting results.

Ashley said...

Liz,
I liked your podcast; you did a great job of making it flow. I agree, it appeared you only had one take for the entire podcast. Impressive!
Your slides were very informative and helped keep me on track with what you had planned for the research, the definition of certain terms, and the overall discussion of corporate blogs. The only suggestion I have would be to use transitions between the shots of your discussion and the slides, but only to jazz it up a bit.
You had a great pace and volume for the entire discussion – good job! Good luck with the research, it will be interesting to see what you find. I think corporate blogging is really taking off- Tech is hiring student bloggers for next year to write about their experiences on the Tech campus! Interesting.
Btw- I like your bookends.

scott_smith65 said...

Your topic was very interesting, and you appear to be very knowledgeable about it. Your powerpoint slides helped out a lot, because they provided a lot of information about your project topic. Some low-volume music would have been nice, but not necessary. Overall you did a good job on your final podcast. Good luck with your final project.

Scott.

Rob said...

Liz,
Great job on this podcast. Your audio, lighting and framing are great. I know you mentioned you felt you should have moved over a little, but I think your positioning is great. You could have gotten a little tighter framing; but I think it’s great how it is. I think have the bookshelf in the background makes you seem more scholarly.
I am really interested in your topic. Blogs have impacted our lives in many different ways and I think its great that you are doing research on this. I have many friends from back home that now write blogs and produce video blogs as part of their jobs. You seemed very knowledgeable about this topic and I am sure you have done quite a bit of research.

It seems like you got this podcast done in one take. Which is pretty impressive. However, like Ashley mentioned, it might be nice to have a couple of transitions just to add a little to your podcast. Other than this, you did a great job and I hope your research continues to go well.

Hyojin Kim said...
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Hyojin Kim said...

Liz,

Great job on your last podcast.
Your tone, video, and audio looks great! Your topic is well-organized with previous studies and your approach.

Slides were very helpful to follow your ideas. It was an interesting topic and I like how you conduct your research.

Good luck for your research!

Nikki T said...

Liz, I tried to view your podcast and it said it was unavailable sadly. I'm not sure what to do about that.

Justin Keene said...

Liz,
I really enjoyed your podcast. I didn't know that your project was over Blogs as well. Your coding makes sense and you have really thought out exactly how you want to do the study. Overall the video was solid. You could have moved yourself just a little bit to the right side of the frame, but you still weren't in the dead center so it works. Your slides were up for the perfect amount of time and they were very easy to read. Great job!

Justin

Ashley Fenstad said...

Liz-

Once again great job on your podcast. It is obvious that you know what you're talking about! You have impressed me throughout the semester with your ability to film one or two long takes and it shows your knowledge of the subject. Your long takes make your podcast look very neat and clean and overall, well done. Your slides were nicely inserted and helped keep my interest in the subject allowing me to learn more! I maybe use some intro music and/or a couple of slides with pictures and music throughout the podcast to break it up a little bit to spice it up..but definitely not a necessity! Great job, I really enjoyed watching your podcasts this semester!

Ari said...

Hi Liz, great job on the final podcast. I enjoyed hearing about your research topic in depth. I think I will be calling you as the "expert" if my future firm needs a corporate blog :) I liked the lighting very much, it was terrific. Also, your red shirt really stood out and complimented you very well. Your reading was precise and you explained the topic very well with some good examples. I liked especially your discussion of the elements in the blog. The slides were well timed and I could read them easily. I think you did a really good job on this last one. Congrats!

JANNIBAH said...

Great job, Liz! This was very informative and well put together. I agree that a little music would have been nice, but still very nicely done.