Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Kyle Thomas our add

As of now in our project, we are moving smoothly. We are making a commercial about credit card use in college students. We have our script ready to go and be filmed. We plan on meeting up next week on Tuesday to get all our scenes filmed. Our group is working very well. We are getting all of our tasks done well, and on time. The only problem we have ran into is finding our camera. We have already talked to Chads roommate and have a camera ready for us next week. Everything seems to be looking good so far.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

media and design

The beginning of the first section in the Norton Field Guide section, was mostly information I had already heard through high school.
It then went into media and design. One that I picked up on was the print text. Print text is used in every type of writing. You can make so many variations to print text such as the typefaces, layouts, paragraphs, lists, headings, etc... Making your writing appealing is very important. If you don't get the readers attention, they wont be interested in what you have to say.
The spoken text talks mostly about clarity. If you don't organize your thoughts, and give your words structure, you will lose the attention of your audience. I can really relate to the spoken text section because it gave me some use full advice for my project coming up. I have to act in a commercial, and it really made me think about the clarity of the message we will be portraying.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Guidence is the key

What is the first thing your audience will see? Yes, it is your title. I never put much thought into my title but now realize its a vital part to my paper. I feel pretty dumb for lacking creative titles, because when I look for something to read I always judge by the title. The "key" to writing is your beginning and ending. Every introduction you write needs to focus on grabbing the attention of your reader. While your writing, think about who will be reading your paper, and try to make a connection with their interests. Once you have got their attention with your thesus you need to make good, flowing transitions from topic to topic. Its very easy to lose a reader with pointless detail, or by jumping around to much. Your paper must flow. You may understand it, but can your audience?