My
experience taking these photos and uploading them on Flickr and then creating a video slideshow through YouTube of the images to tell a story was a very
enjoyable experience for me as my beat/topic is centered around relationships
and inspirational quotes, and, therefore, I got to take pictures of my friends
and family as well as symbolic, meaningful images that tell a compelling story
about relationships, their meaning, and what they bring to our lives.
For this project particularly, I took pictures that represent the concept
that there is something good in every day and in every relationship, which is
centered around the quote, “Every day may not be good...but there is something
good in every day.” For my photos and photo slideshow, I began with a close-up
picture of the “Every Day” quote, which I handwrote and photographed. I followed
the quote with pictures of people, starting with my friends here at the
University of Denver and then moving to my family as I spent time with them
this weekend at my home in Wiggins, CO and then at Regis University for my
older sister’s graduation ceremony. With each picture, I featured a quote about
a priceless, valuable component depicted in the picture that represents how
valuable and meaningful the little moments within our every day relationships
are.
From these pictures, I created a slideshow video to tell the compelling
story about the little forgotten moments and meaning within our every day
relationships. To create the slideshow, I first used Microsoft PowerPoint so I
could make it creative in terms of colors and fonts, and then I saved the
slideshow as a wmv file and uploaded it to YouTube to create a video slideshow. In terms of
social media sites, the photos are posted on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter, and
the video is uploaded and shared to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Twitter.
In terms of advantages and disadvantages to the social media sites I used
in this project, I found great benefit to sharing photos on Flickr as it allows
you to upload your photos quickly and then customize them by adding titles,
descriptions, hashtags, and tags to people in the pictures, which basically
allows you to do anything you would want to do with the photos in a quick easy
step. For the video, I definitely preferred YouTube over Vimeo simply for the
fact that my video took 45 minutes to upload to Vimeo, but it uploaded quickly
and shared easily on YouTube.
Personally, I feel using photos, especially slideshows of the photos is a
very effective, creative, and meaningful way to enhance your blog by enabling
you to demonstrate your topic or tell your story in a compelling and
attention-grabbing way. For my project, in particular, the emotionally
compelling effect my topic can potentially have on viewers would not be nearly
the same if they could only read about it or even if they could only view the
photos versus being able to watch a creative slideshow that tells the story
with captivating pictures and meaningful text to create the overall emotionally
compelling message behind the story.
In the same way my video slideshow with photos and correlated text
enhances the meaning and compelling nature of my story, professionals in the
field of journalism, especially reporters, could benefit significantly from using
photographic slideshows along with their articles and stories. After all, the
main purpose of journalism, or at least my main objective in becoming a
journalist, is to tell stories in a meaningful way that not only informs, but compels
and touches your reader on an emotional level to encourage them to form an
emotional connection to your story.
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