Convergence weekly blog 12 (12-6-2017)

Hi everyone this is James. Im back for my weekly blog post, here's the link to the article http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/health/exercise-polluted-urban-streets-intl/index.html .

Well I thought the headline was able to get my attention. I also thought the reporter dd a good job of giving me the information that I needed to understand the article. Also, I thought the reporter got plenty of interviews for the story.

However, I had a difficult time finding citations for some of the quotes used in the story. I also thought the ending seemed somewhat abrupt. I also thought the article was somewhat repudiative.

I will make sure the articles I write do not seem repudiative. I will also make sure I include proper citations in the articles I write. I'll also make sure the endings to my articles do not seem abrupt.

Convergence weekly blog 11 (11-29-2017)

Hi every one this is James. Well I'm back for my weekly blog post and I hope everyone had a good thanksgiving. Here's the link to the article I found. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/americas/argentina-submarine/index.html


Now I think the reporter did a good job explaining the headline in the opening paragraph. along with providing a brief summary of the story in the opening paragraph. I also like how the reporter was able to give the exact times of these events along with. the fact that the reporter explained some of the terms used in the article.


I do however, think there are a few things the reporter could have done better.I would have liked to know the exact date when this information was released from the Argentine military. I also would have liked to see a plan for the future in the conclusion paragraph of the article.

I will make sure to. include the exact date of which the information. I write about is included in the articles I write. As well as include a plan. for the future in. my articles.

  On. December first the convergence journalism class I'm in will be heading to Fox 4 news. I'm hoping Fox 4 will. allow us to get a behind the scenes view of their work  along with the ability to take  look at their equipment.

I hope every one had a good thanksgiving.

Convergence weekly blog 10

Hi every one this is James. Sorry about the delay, I will resume posting next week and my next post will be on time. Well time for my review here's the link http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/world/first-interstellar-object-solar-system/index.html

I thought the headline was structured well and it was able to get my attention.  I also thought the opening paragraph did a good job summarizing the article. I also think the reporter did a good job explaining what was found.

some things I thought the reporter could have done better were that fact that the article doesn't really specify how it was determined that this object is not from our solar system. also the article doesn't really specify how astronomers  are preparing to find more objects like this.

I will take sure I get all of the information I need for my articles.  Also,  I will make sure to. get a plan. for the future in the articles I write.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 9

Hi everyone this is James. Well I'm back for my weekly blog, this one will be much shorter than previous entries.

Well this week I have improved my. recital. skills by learning ow to. remove the bulbs from our studio lights as well as learning how to activate the video board in the gym. I'm also learning how to import files into the tricaster.

Convergence weekly blog 8

Hi everyone this is James. Well time for my weekly blog heres the link to. the article http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/health/puerto-rico-water-epa-superfund-test-results/index.html

The lead paragraph was able to get my attention. I also like how the article listed the names of the chemicals in. the waiter along with what can happen if you consume these chemicals. I also like the fact that the reporter was able to explain the head line of the article.

I would however liked to see more quotes from people who have had to drink from these wells. Along with a plan for the future if these chemicals were to become more concentrated. I would also like to know if other wells were affected and if so what the consequences will be.

I will make sure to get all the information I need for the project I'm working on with some one else in class. Also, I will be sure to get both sides of the story for my articles. I. have been. the leader in class by showing another student how to use the sound board, along with finding what we need to fix the studio lights.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 7

Hi every one this is James. Well I'm back for my weekly blog post here's the link to the article http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/health/houston-flood-flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-man-bn/index.html


Well the headline was able to get my attention,  I also thought the opening paragraph was structured well I also like how the reporter listed quotes from doctors who have treated this illness before, along with the fact that the reporter was able to get quotes from the family that was affected. also, I thought it was a good idea to list how this disease spreads.

I personally however, would have licked to. see the full scientific name of the illness since there are a few different bacteria that can cause this. I also would have licked to see more quotes from survivors. Overall I think the reporter did a good job.

I will make sure I get all the information I need for my news stories, along with getting enough quotes from both sides of the story. I have used my time in class to work on Raven Minute along with figuring out inter view times for a project I'm working on with the help of another student.

convergence journalism weekly blog 6

Hi every one this is James well time for my weekly blog I have put the link to the article I found in this post. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/us/california-wildfire-by-the-numbers/index.html

Well I  think the reporter did a good job writing the article in  a way  that keeps your attention. I also like how the reporter used statics  to  give us the information  we need. I also think the headline does a good job giving you a quick summary of the article.

I do however, think  the  reporter could have gotten some quotes from people who were  affected but don't get me wrong wild fire is extremely dangerous. Also, while I do  think a bullet list format was a good idea for this type of article I do think the ending seemed a bit rushed as a result of this.

I will make sure my articles In  the future do not feel rushed at the end and I will  make sure to get both sides of the story. I have collaborated in  class to help get ONW Now  set up recently as well  as get a new computer connected to the teleprompters.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 5

Hi everyone this is James. Well I'm back for my weekly blog post, here's the link to the article.  http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/hurricane-nate-landfall/index.html

Now some things I think the reporter did well are the fact that the lead paragraph gives you the information you need to  understand the rest of the story. I also  think the reporter did a good job explaining the headline. another thing the reporter did well was the fact that the article answers the who,what,when,where and why questions.

I do  however, think the article was some what long. I also  think  the reporter could have gotten some quotes from people who were rescued to show a broader range  of how people felt that were effected by the hurricane.

I will make sure to get both sides of  the story when I'm reporting on  a subject. I will also check  to  be sure the articles I write don't appear to long. some ways I have collaborated in class are the fact that I collaborated  with the rest of the production  crew to get ONW Now complete along with the fact that I collaborated with  the sports information class to help with  a foot ball broadcast.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 4

Hi everyone this is James. I 'm about to do my weekly blog post for class. I will put a link to the article I found in this post. http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/us-military-response-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html


I think the headline of the story does in fact get your attention. Also, the lead paragraph answers what is going on, and it answers who, and what the story is about. Another thing I thought the reporter did well was the fact that the lead paragraph gives you information you need to know to understand the story. I also think the body paragraph  was able to explain what is going on well.


I do however, think the reporter could have done a few things better.   I personally thought the ending was somewhat abrupt. I also do't think it was necessary to write the names of the military units in bolded font type. Another thing I noticed was that the story was some what short.


I will make sure I keep the format consistent throughout my stories. I will also be certain to include information that is required to understand the story and make sure the ending does not seem abrupt. I have collaborated with my class to help get a few stories done as well as to get some of our equipment fixed.

Convergence Journalism weekly blog 3

    Hi everyone this is James, and I'm about to give my feedback on an article I found online. I will put a link to the article in this post. http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/americas/hurricane-maria-caribbean-islands/index.html

   I  thought the reporter formatted the headline well, the language hat was used gets your attention. It also gives a brief summary of some information you need to know. The lead paragraph  has information  you need to know and it also answers who was affected and where this happened. I thought the body paragraph was structured well, it supports the lead paragraph and gives you a few quotes.


I do however, think the ending was somewhat abrupt, and the lead para graph is mostly made up of quotes. Also, it doesn't really answer how many people were affected by the hurricane.  Another thing I noticed was the fact that the article does not give a very god explanation of how this could affect people who are reeding the article.

 I will make sure I explain how the stories I write affect people who reed them. I will also check to . be certain that I . answer the . who, what, when, where, why, and how questions. Also I'll check to . see if the ending sounds abrupt.

I collaborated this week with my class to help get the assembly set up. I also have been working with some one in my class to learn how to use some of the equipment.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 2

Hi every one this is James. I'm about to give you my feedback about a news story. I found that has effected a lot of people already. http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/08/technology/equifax-hack-qa/index.html?iid=EL

Some things the reporter did well were the fact that the head line was written  well not every word was capitalized and it also gives a brief summary about what happened. Another thing the reporter did well was the fact that they listed who, what, where and, when questions and answers, along with the fact that the lead paragraph gets your attention as it should.

Some things I think the reporter could have done better are the fact that this article was relatively short and I wasn't sure about the list format of this article. However, it dit make it easier to find some of my information. Also, the article did not have very much content.


I will use what I have learned from .his article by making sure I have enough content, along with putting my information where it should be located. I will also configure my articles so that they will not appear like a massive list. I will . also make sure to get all of my information on the article.

Convergence journalism weekly blog 1

Hi every one this is James. I am about to write my first weekly blog post for Convergence Journalism.

The article I found is on CNN.com, I have put a link to the article bellow.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/us/hurricane-irma-puerto-rico-florida/index.html 

some things the reporter did well are , for one thing the head line of the story. does give a very. brief. summary. of the article and does get your attention. also., the head line was configured properly. another thing I noticed was the lead paragraph does answer the what,where, when, and why and also is able to get your attention.

Some things I think the reporters could have done better are, some of the information was repetitive. Such as the fact that the article mentions where evacuations are taking place multiple times. Also, the body. paragraphs seemed some what long .

some things I. will use in my reporting are, the configuration of the headline will be a good thing to review. Also, I will. be sure. to list what is going on, who this effects, where this is happening, and why this is happening. I will also be sure to use the length of the lead paragraph.

End of year reflection (Animation)

Hi every one this is James. I'm about to give you my reflection on animation class.

I have learned many things about technology in this class. One thing I learned was how to  use the green screen. I learned how to do this during a project we did called chromakey using a video tutorial on  the internet. Wale watching the video I was able to follow along and replace the green screen background.  This skill is important because if you are going into convergence you need to know how to replace the green screen background during post production. some challenges i faced along the way  were the fact that we were about to start a new project soon a a result I did not have much  time in class and had to come in after school to finish it. Another challenge i faced was the fact that the video was using an  older version of what I was using but after asking a few questions i was able to work around it.my final result is shown bellow.



Some of my strengths are the fact that I  am  very determined to complete my work  and keep my grades up,  and the fact that I'm not afraid to as questions when I need help. One of my weaknesses is the fact that I can become confused if I cant find something in the program I'm using of i  can't figure out how to fix something if the program  doesn't work right or if I make a mistake. I have improved this is by  re reading the part of the directions I'm on or if I make a mistake i will use trial and err to  correct my mistake. I will take what I have learned with  me to convergence class when I am editing I will know how to use the green screen for example.

I have also learned a few things about collaboration from this class. one example is the final  V.F.X. project we just completed. This particular project was actually a group project. through this project I was able to improve my collaboration  skills through  planing with my group members during class as well as outside of school.  this is important because in school as well as in the real world you need to know how to collaborate with groups of people. Also, during this project i was able to  improve my communication skills. i was able to do  this by communicating with my group during class as we worked to  finish the project.  this is important because weather you are working on  part of your final for school or working on  a project for your career you need to  know how to  communicate with others. I will talk what I have learned with  me into convergence class by knowing how to communicate well with other members of my group.

I have also  been able to  improve my project management skills thought the year, one example would be my  street explosion project. Due to the fact that I was gone one day  I had to work hard during and after school to get this project done.  in this way  I  was able to improve my project management skills by working extra hard and coming in after school to complete the project. I  will  use this next year to plan  out my timeline for getting projects dome on time. My final result is shown below

I have also been able to improve my leadership skills using our final V.F.X. project by leading my part of the project and working with other members of my  group to help them  get their parts done on  time and helping them  out when  the they  needed it.

Over all I have leaned a lot from  this class that I will take with me next year.

Professional article review James Riddle- Acting and animation

In this article the main idea is that an animator is really an actor with a pencil. The animator must make the character believable. the viewer must be able to "feel" the character's emotions. Also, to make the story, and character believable, the character must have a reaction that is believable to the viewer.

The author believes that good animation comes from good acting. He believes that in order for an animation film to be great, the "actors" must be believable. The audience must connect with the characters and the story as it unfolds.

The author does not support his claim with evidence. However, he sites the "principles of animation" to support his claim that animation takes more than just moving the character around. He suggests making a character the viewer can "feel."

The author makes a good argument as to how to make animation believable. He suggests techniques that would help to make the characters more believable so the film will resonate with the audience.The weakness is this is an article that seems to be completely based on the author's opinion. There is little support to back up his opinions.

The author believes that in order to be successful in animation, one needs to be a good actor. The animator must connect to the audience by bringing the characters to life with consistency and feelings.

The applications for me as a future videographer are that as animators, we must develop are characters in a way that is believable to our audience,

This is a clearly, well written article which I had no problem understanding.

Overall, I think this was a good article. It gave advice on how to make a animation film believable and enjoyable by audiences. I will take the author's recommendations to heart and try and apply them to future projects.

Meir, Doron A. "Acting and Animation." Animation Arena Helping You Break into the Animation, Video Game and Visual Effects Industry with Advice and Interviews with Professional Character Animators, Game Designers and More. AnimationArena.com, n.d. Web. 23 May 2017.

Final sophmore reflection (Video)

Hi everyone  this is James. I'm  about to give you my final reflection for sophomore video class.

 Over the school year I have learned how to do a lot of different things. For example i learned how to use the cameras along with how to  set up the tripod during my first project. I learned how to do this by watching my  teacher give us a demonstration. This is important because you need to know how to set up recording equipment if you want to film some thing. One challenge I faced during this was preventing my mind from wandering. This is something that i have learned how to control over time.
 Also, this is something that only time can help me with, another weakness is quickly setting up the equipment, a lot of our equipment needs to be repaired and to be honest it can  take a wile to get the camera and tripod set up correctly. I have improved this with  practice over the year.

One important skill I have learned this year is collaboration  .  I learned this during ur short film project  when  me and my group were going to film over the weekend wee all did a  poor job of planing and I was not able to get a hold of the people I needed to  get a hold of.  As a result we were not able to film  over the weekend. This experience has helped me improve my  collaboration skills  with other people. this is important because weather you are planing a project for school or a vacation for your family you need to know how to collaborate with others. I have improved this by planing events in advance for the project and by learning form my mistakes. Also, I will use this next year when  I am working with my  group members.

Throughout the year e-comm has helped my  communicate with others. for example in my last project we tried a second time to  film  over the weekend, we were able to find a time that we thought based on our analysis that we would be able to film  unfortunately  some last minute events came up with one of my camera man as a result we did not have enough people to film.

School in general has helped me improve my  project and time management skills for example, for my short film  project due to the fact that we had several  setbacks due to  apathy from  my director I had to come in after school and edit on my own. We also  did not have all the voice overs we needed as a result.

As a result of most of our projects being in groups I have been  able to improve my leadership skills. For example, during my  short film project m  job as sound director was to control the microphone and help the camera man  get the audio we needed. leader  ship skills are important thought life its self. Whether you are leading a group project or are teaching some one how to do something you need good leadership skills and you need to be able to  prevent your self from becoming irritated when  things go wrong.

Over all I have enjoyed this class and I will take what I have learned with me next year

professional project review of CGI Animated Short Film HD: "Spellbound Short Film" by Ying Wu & Lizzia Xu

Hi every one today I'm about to analyze a short film. This is a story about jealousy and sibling rivalry. A young girl is jealous of her older sisters awards and achievements. she becomes so jealous that she keeps writing one thing in her diary "I HATE MY SISTER". Eventually  after so much  hatred is pored into  her  diary  a monster appears that cannot be controlled, its only purpose is to  kill the older sister. this is evidenced by the fact that the only thing it says thought the story is "kill Sunny" which is the name of the older sister. suspense builds as Sunny is dropped off form school and walks toward the house unknown to fact that a monster is in the house. Eventually the younger is able to  defeat  the monster by rearranging the wording in her diary to say  that she forgives her sister.

the story is animated in 3-D I don't know about all the programs that were used  but according to the creadts  I've used some of the listed programs at school. However, I do  know this at video time 0:22 you can  clearly  see that one side of the room  is brightly lit up  whale the other is not. Keep in  mind the you tube video time clock is shown in minutes: seconds. Another  example would be at 1:09 the creature looks as if its going to  enjoy what its about to do.

some things I would include in my own  work  are the creators attention to detail, for example at 1:09 if you pause the the video and analyze it you can  see that the window casts a shadow along with  the creature which casts it's own shadow. you can also see the creature  is some what reflective as evidenced by  the fact  that you can see light on it as well as a crude reflection  of the sun  and the protagonist which the creature is looking at.

One element I have already learned is the principles of squash and  stretch which are applied when  the smaller creatures move.
one thing I thought the creators did well was the fact  that  the animation  was smooth.

One thing I think  The creators could have done better was make it a little easier to understand what the smaller creatures were saying.

Over all I think this was a good story, was well put together and was obviously worked hard on.

Spellbound. Dir. Ying Wu and Lizzia Xu. Perf. Sunny and Regina. Spellbound. N.p., 5 Aug. 2016. Web. 21 May 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_B2UZ_ZoxU

Technical Tutorial

Hi every one this is James an I'm about to teach you how to add textures in Maya. This is how to make something like a sphere look like a tennis ball. how you do this is 1) look up a picture of a tennis ball texture on the internet be sure the texture is flat like this example.

After you find a texture you like save it to your desk top, then find the file folder your using for your project and put the file in   your source images folder now you need to  create a sphere. to create the sphere select the polygons tab and then click this button .

After that you need to hold down the right mouse button  and select  assign new material after that a menu  should pop up when it does click  lambert. after that in the attribute editor click the checker box next to the color box. after that a menu should pop up when it does click the button  that says file.
then click the folder button like in this example .

Than click the file you need and press the button that says open.  Now in the attribute editor you should see a box with a picture of the image you used.  If you  see a picture of the image click on the sphere and press the 6 key now you should see something like this.




you need this skill if you want to add a texture to any shape in Autodesk maya. for any one reading this weather you are doing a project for school, work, or just for fun you will need this skill to add a texture  or to add color to  your object.

Thanks for reading.

plausible impossible

Hi everyone this is James. I am about to  tell you about a few clips from disney  and tell you how this could happen  but is still imposable.

First lets talk about this picture.  in  this picture Mickey is walking through  a mirror. This is posable in the cartoon world because characters are able to use mirrors and on rare occasion black holes as a means of travel.  But in  the real  world this is not possible because in the real world you cant walk through  glass.

In this picture the king card is fighting Mickey using two heads. This is plausible because  in the cartoon  world cards can become animated.  Also, the king card has two heads so why can't he use this fact to help him fight. In the real word this is impossible because inanimate objects cannot come to life.

Now lets talk about this picture.  Here you cant see it but Mickey is using a fountain pen like a gun to fight of an army of playing cards. This is plausible because in the cartoon world you can use objects like pens as guns. but in  the real world this is not possible because there is no way you  could get enough pressure to do any real damage besides staining someone's clothes.

Now in this picture the cards are throwing their symbols at Mickey. this is plausible because in the cartoon world on rare occasion drawn objects can leave the paper they were drawn on and interact with the cartoon world. this is not  possible because in the real world drawings cannot leave the paper they were drawn on.

Now for my last example. In this picture Mickey is being shuffled into  a deck of cards.  In the cartoon world this is plausible because in some 2-D animated cartoons the character can become completely flat for a short time which would allow this to happen. However, in the real world this is not possible because in the real world you cannot become completely flat.

personal blog post

Hi everyone this is James Riddle and I'm about to tell you about my snowflakes animation  project. For this project we had to draw the outline of the snow flakes using the cv curve tool. The pre-production process was to learn how to complete this project. As I worked, I followed instructions on Google Classroom to help me understand the items in the project.

Along the way, I learned how to animate in Maya. Specifically, I learned how to make something look like glass. I used that knowledge to create a window in my project, something I had not done before. Professionally speaking, I asked table mates to provide feedback on my project. Unfortunately, I got behind on this project. I spent lots of time after school trying to complete the assignment.

If I were to do the assignment again, I would try to work more quickly so I would stay on target for when the assignment was due. I liked the way the color codes turned out for the snowflakes and the frame and would choose to do that the same way.

This project has improved my time management skills. I learned that the longer a project takes to complete, the more impact it has on my grade as well as personal time.

movie trailer project

Hi everyone this is  James Riddle and I am about to tell you about my movie trailer project for entertainment  video. Basically we had to chose a high school themed movie  and use that  movie's trailer as a template to figure out our scenes. Before we could film  we had to chose a movie, my group chose a movie called Fist Fight, get permission from our teacher, create a story board using scenes from the trailer, and then figure out where we were going to film our scenes. After that we were able to film our video.

 First we used our story board to figure out where we were going to film and then we started to  film  our  video.  Unfortunately we id have a few setbacks along the way,  one of our group members caught  the  flu and we had to use members from  other groups for a lot  of our scenes. Also, I unfortunately was not able to finish editing my version of the video.

Some things I learned were how to  add color filters to different clips, this was very  helpful when I needed to correct the white balance of  a few scenes. Also I learned it is very difficult to  perfectly line up audio from a movie trailer to a different person due to the fact that every one talks at different speeds.

One thing I will do differently is next time I will edit the video  as we get our clips. Also, I will figure out how to  use  video filters in my transitions. This way I will be able to get the editing done on time and the video filters  will be useful if I need to put information in a specific background.

Another thing I will use next time is the feed back we got in  the video. This will help me edit our next project. Also, I will use similar transitions from  this project in our next video.

I will recomend this project for next year but get them turned in on time.

James Riddle

hour 4

2-06-17

Hello everyone this is James Riddle and I am about to tell you about some feedback I got from my class. I was told that I did a good job editing my video. Someone told me that my idea was clever. For the first part of our project, we had to select a song. My group chose the song, All alright by FUN. Next we had to get the copyright information for the song. After that, we completed our beat sheet, drew up some ideas on story boards, then we worked on our blog posts. Finally, we were able to film!

 It took us a while to learn how to use the new equipment. We also had a few problems with the tripods. Along the way, we learned how to use a dolly which is basically a device that gives a tripod wheels. After the filming was finished, we each had to edit our own video. Editing took a while, it was difficult to line up the clips with the song. I learned through working with my group that staying after school with your group helps a lot with filming. It was also helpful when people remembered to bring props for the video. Next time, I am going to get a better tripod. Unfortunately, most of them are broken! I thought I worked well with my group. I thought we collaborated well. Also, I learned it's a good idea to ask for outside help.

some of the feed back I got from my class was that I did a good job editing, i should say it was very difficult to line up my clips with  the parts of the song that I needed.  

Hello my name is James Riddle I am a student at Olathe northwest High school and I am writing a blog post about my first project for entertainment video.  Me and my group have figured out what we want for a song.  The song is called All Alright by a band called "Fun".  Unfortunately we were not able to find a music video for this particular song. as a result I had to use a lyric video.  In one Part of the song you hear "I got nothing  left  inside of my chest, But its all all alright." this makes me think  the song is  basically  saying that life can be hard but every thing will be alright eventually.

I personally like this type of music and thought it would be a good idea for use to use this particular song for our project and I think it will  go along well with our idea.  We came up with  the idea of filming someone studying for finals.  one thing the creator did well was the fact that the words were timed with the music correctly. This is critical in this type of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdpMyJ-ftU