The internet has definitely changed the way we consume media. Before the internet, content was consumed from print such as magazines, newspapers. Videos were consumed through television, there was no such thing as youtube. In this age, the digital age, we enter whatever we want to know into google and googles algorithm provides us with the most valuable source of content and information that we want to know. Social media also has a huge effect on how we consumed content. The ability to share content with our friends has opened up a social aspect to content consumption that we would regularly not be interested in. The discovery process has changed and now incorporates browsing social media for news and trends. This process doesn’t only keep us updated but allows us to interact. The balance of power means that one power comes from media concentration and the other comes from collective intelligence. Pop culture is drawn from fan culture which is how social and political issues become discussed. People only want to pay attention to media and pop culture. A bottom up momentum would be how media companies learn to make media flow faster, allowing users to learn how to use these medias and interact with others.
REFLECTION ON MY GROUPS CREATIVE PROCESS
My group has conducted a lot of research on mock interviews to find ways in which we can make our mock interview video the best that it can be. For example for our last blog post we searched interview movie scenes to see how they filmed certain angles when each person was talking. Examples like these have helped our creative process. Two big milestones that we have accomplished are creating a script for our main scene, which is the interview. To complete this milestone we had to conduct research and use our previous interview experience on what questions the interviewer should be asking our interviewee. Some questions include ‘what are your strengths?’ and ‘Why do you want to work for this company?” In order to answer these questions for the “good” interview portion of our video we researched the best ways to answer these types of questions that will leave the interviewer satisfied. The second milestone we reached was beginning to film our video. One hurdle I anticipate we 
will be reaching soon is having access to an office space on campus. An office space may not be available at the specific times my group members can film. I believe in this type of situation my group members and I will have to communicate effectively and really figure out ways that we can squeeze filming our video into our busy academic schedules. The second hurdle I anticipate we will be facing soon is editing our video. I know that not everyone in my group has experience in editing and we all seem to be intimated by it. But I believe it we all effectively work together we can pool our existing knowledge of editing that we have been taught in class to edit our video to the best of our ability. Digital tools such as the creative commons search engine have helped us in deciding what media we can and cannot use. IMovie is going to help our creative process when we have to narrate our mock interview. IMovie will also help us time our narration with our scenes easily. Our original storyboards opening scene was a bit abrupt in that there was no introduction and it went straight into our interviewee conducting research about the company they were going on an interview for. After receiving feedback from our professor that this scene may confuse our audience, we decided that our opening scene should be the interviewee waking up and we would then narrate their thoughts on how they should prepare for their interview.
THREE PIECES OF MEDIA
The image I have chosen displays a man that is dressed professionally and is going on an interview. This picture can be used for my video because it also uses arrows to point at the male’s attire to show each aspect of his presence that is allowing him to look professional. Such as a trimmed haircut, clean shaved, warm, smile, feel of confidence, and firm handshake. I can use this information in my video by incorporating those in the scene where my group shows what not to wear and what to wear to an interview.
The movie I have chosen is the Wedding Singer because it contains an interview scene. I believe I can use this video, as a way to help me get a better idea of what angles our mock interview should be filmed at. It was interesting to see how certain angles switched depending on who was talking. I do not want our video to just stay at one angle because, to me, that would be boring. I can also use the interview portion of this movie as an example of what not to do on an interview. Adam Sandler was sarcastic and arrogant which are two things someone definitely does not want to be during an interview.
I wasn’t sure what song to choose to incorporate in my video because there will be a lot of narration and I don want the viewer to have difficulty reading our narration with music going on the background. I ended up choosing a song that can be background music and has no words. I can use this song as background music during scenes such as when my group shows what an interviewee should and should not wear to an interview.
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2OHv2hOrE
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-X4ZnUtVrY&index=23&list=RDb4TXYzrXQZ4
AFTER CREATING OUR STORYBOARD
I believe everyone in my group had the same thoughts on what we wanted to accomplish in our mock interview video so creating our storyboard was rather easy. The storyboarding step was really helpful in that it allowed us to get all of our thoughts and ideas out on to paper. Our group took a different alternative in that we drew each part of our mock interview. I believe drawing our pictures allowed us to incorporate more detail to each scene compared to creating drawings on the Internet. For example, in the research step of our video we added a coffee mug to make the scene seem more realistic. Storyboarding allowed us to physically see things that we should incorporate or things that should be left out. At first, I didn’t believe storyboarding would be necessary but it actually turned out to be a huge help! As of now I do not believe there is anything else we can add to our project but I am almost positive that as we start filming our video we are going to run into scenarios where we may have to change certain scenes as well as add or remove certain things from our video. The ultimate vision for this project is to create an informative yet comical video!
PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND CREATIVE DIRECTION FOR STORYBOARD
My group has chosen Mock Interview for our final project. For our final project, I envision our video of a mock interview to be both informative and comical. To start of, I see the beginning of our video starting with the scene of the interviewee doing research about the company he or she is going on an interview for. The next scene should include what to wear and what not to wear on for an interview. I believe we can make this scene comical in that we can show a ridiculously unprofessional outfit that should never be worn to an interview then make it informative by showing the correct and professional outfit that should be worn to an interview. The next scene would involve the interviewee looking over their resume to make sure they know all the information that they have provided. The main and most important scene can be the actual interview. Making a video of a good interview and a bad one following it would be a great idea. The last and final scene can provide feedback about what went wrong in the interview and what went well. I intend to reflect what I envision in the story board by sharing it with my group members and trying to incorporate as much detail into our drawings as we can.
GROUP PROJECT USING GOOGLE DOC
Google docs is a great tool to use for group projects, it makes collaborating with all group members extremely easy. The best aspect of google docs is that everyone has access to the doc at the same time and has the ability to work together. The chat function is also convenient because it helps group members organize what they want to put on the google doc and in which way. 
The first step my group took in starting this project was exchanging phone numbers. We started a group chat and exchanged our emails through the group chat. One person then started a google doc and shared the doc with all of our group members. Once we all had access to the page we used the chat function to discuss which problem we wanted to focus our project on. The last two steps we took were answering all of the questions we were assigned and then we shared our google doc with our professor.
TOP FIVE MIDTERM BLOGS
- Diary of a PR Girl:The first thing I enjoyed about this blog was the layout because it was organized and easy to navigate through. I really enjoyed how the colors and pictures incorporated in Erica’s blog were bold and bright. As I watched the video portion of this blog I also got to learn a great deal about Erica. Her accomplishments are pretty impressive. She also presented her information in a way that made the video interesting, not boring. The last thing that allowed Erica’s blog to stand out from others was that she included links within her text. This was a smart feature to add to get her readers to learn more about her work without having to physically write it on her blog.
https://diaryofapublicrelationsgirl.wordpress.com
- College DIY:The topic of this blog was extremely creative and directed towards a very specific audience. One of the coolest aspects of College DIY was the video created. It was a great idea to use software that allowed viewers to see a 3D image of how they can organize their dorm room. College DIY was also very informative in that it introduced me to websites, such as PBteen.com, that I have never heard of. I also enjoyed the post labeled ‘Dorm DIY.’ Making a dorm feel comfortable with aspects from your home is really important to avoid getting home sick. Incoming college students that are dorming will most definitely find this blog useful.
https://collegediy101.wordpress.com
- Caroline Habib: The main thing I enjoyed about this blog was the theme, my life through pictures and words. It was really awesome that Caroline took photos of her adventures and posted captions under them. The quality of her photos is also great which makes her blog look extremely professional. I also enjoyed Caroline’s video in which she gives an explanation of why she takes so many pictures. It allowed me to gain insight on why I should take more pictures.
https://carolinehabib.wordpress.com
- Buns for Days: The topic of this blog was very different compared to other blogs in our class, which is why I chose to put it in my top five favorite blogs. It was a great idea to post burgers from restaurants along with their ingredients so people can make the same burgers at home. I also liked how you provided the location of the restaurant the margarita burger is from so readers can go and try the burger out for themselves. The video aspect of this blog was comical which added humor to this blog.
https://bunsfordays.wordpress.com
- How To Drive Like A Moron: The topic of this blog was extremely creative, and its name caught my attention immediately. The main reason I enjoyed this blog was because of its videos. He did a really great job at capturing the terrible drivers that are out on the roads. The captions that are included in the ‘inaugural video’ do a great job at pointing out what viewers should be getting ready to see or what they should be looking for. The fact that his video wasn’t shaky and had the perfect lighting was awesome.
https://almrutgersmidterm.wordpress.com
My Midterm Blog Creative Process
I have always wanted to create my own fashion blog so being given the opportunity to create a blog for my midterm was awesome! Blogging is huge part of the fashion world and chances are if you have a career in fashion, you have a blog. There are thousands of fashion blogs so I knew I had to make my blog stand out in someway. The first step in the 
creative process of my blog was conducting research. I needed to inform myself of what the average fashion blog consisted of. I found that most blogs recreated outfits that were worn by celebrities. However, their recreated outfits were still expensive. And when I say expensive, I mean the average middle class person could not afford them. I used this information and decided to direct my blog towards a specific audience, college students. The main goal I wanted to achieve in my blog was to take expensive designer looks, whether they were from the runway or were featured on celebrities, and recreate them using clothes that college students can afford. I believe this was a really creative way to make my blog stand out from other fashion blogs. Recreating and replicating outfits requires a great amount of creativity because I was only limited to the clothes I owned. Being limited to a certain amount of clothes required me to think outside the box on how I could put those pieces together to create the same illusion of designer or celebrity looks. Another creative thing I included in my blog were GIFS. GIFS are image files that are compressed to resemble a video. I took pictures of each outfit I recreated at multiple angles on my model and placed them together to display a 360 degree view. I really enjoyed creating this blog because it allowed me to express my fashion creativity.
Editing Video
My experience with screen casting was a little difficult. One difficulty I had was trying to find an e portfolio on the Internet that was good quality. When I Google searched ‘e portfolio’ not many matches came up. I also had a little difficulty with the screen cast website. When I clicked ‘record screencast’ on both my home computer and the computer in class it didn’t seem to work. But after fidgeting around for a few minutes I figured it out and it worked perfectly. Another complexity I had was trying to match what I was saying to what I was clicking on blog. I found it really hard to compare blogs vocally while physically comparing them. I felt that sometimes my words didn’t match up with what I clicking on the blog. I also had a few awkward silences while I was waiting for certain pages to load. The last thing I had difficulty with was putting captions on the screen cast exactly where I wanted them to go. The caption was being placed on other parts of the video, which became really frustrating.
Despite the difficulties I may have had, I believe screen casting is a pretty awesome feature to have on your blog. Being able to record your actions on your computer screen while talking at the same time is great. Having the skill of being able to create a screen cast can come in handy in various situations. If you ever need to explain homework to a friend you can record your screen and talk and send it to them via email. People who are visual learners instead of audio learners can value screen casting. I have had professors use screen cast in the past for online classes. They give lectures screen casting their power point slides. Some projects that might benefit from a screen cast are tutorials. For example, if I wanted to do a tutorial on how to create a blog, I could record my computer screen and show the various steps of how to create a blog.
<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/121271203″>Recording #6</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/user38015490″>angela berardinelli</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Editing Audio
I have to admit I was not looking forward to editing my own audio on Garage Band. While learning the steps to complete this post in class, I instantly became overwhelmed. I had no idea what I was doing therefor I didn’t know how I was going to complete this post. However, when I sat down to edit my audio, I didn’t find it to be as overwhelming as it was in class. Deciding which two songs to choose was difficult because I pretty much enjoy all types of music.
I didn’t run into as many complexities as I thought I would. The only thing that was a little tricky was fading the two songs out at the right pace. But besides that, I feel as though I have done a good job. I believe there is a subtle but noticeable shift between both of my songs which were Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood, and Maps by Maroon 5. I also think the volume on my podcast is at the right decibel, allowing the content to flow smoothly.
I believe I have overcome the fear of using Garage Band. I used Garage Band once before, in high school, and my work was a complete disaster. After editing my own audio I feel confident that I can use Garage Band for other classes and projects. I am really eager to start my own personal blog so I believe Garage Band could be a software that I use to make my blog stand out from other blogs!
Here is the link to my podcast!
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