COMM 355: Digital Journalism I
(Fall 2009)
Roger Williams University
Web 2.0:
Following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Internet became commercialized in the sense that it was available to the general public, as well as businesses. Before 1996, the Internet was used solely by government agencies and research laboratories as an internal system that was closed to the public. As a result of the commercialization of the Internet, many online businesses appeared in the years between 1996 and 2002. However, this period of rapid growth did not last long as almost all of these companies went out of business following 2002. This period in the history of the Internet is referred to as Web 1.0.
Over the past five years there has been a renaissance or rebirth of successful online companies, including Barnes & Noble
and Amazon.com. This rebirth of online business is called Web 2.0, and it has reshaped every media industry it can get it its hands on. In recent years there has been a proliferation of online newspapers and television stations, such Boston.TV. What differentiates online media from traditional media is that online media is less formal and more personal. Although the Internet market is still experiencing rapid growth, it is believed that it will eventually reach its capacity and be dominated by a few large companies.
Economics:
One of the reasons why media on the Internet is becoming so popular and widespread is its cheaper price tag; television media costs thirteen times more than Internet media. Television requires expensive sets, equipment, and man power to produce a simple 30-minute broadcast. The Internet however, eliminates most of these costs and can allow one person to write, produce, film and distribute the same news that television studios potentially spend millions of dollars on.
Media History:
The broad spectrum of mass media encompasses six major outlets. These media outlets include newspapers, radio, TV, Magazines, Internet, and video games. Newspapers first emerged in 15th century Venice. The city was a major trading post and needed a way to spread information to other cities to generate trade. The first American newspaper was published in 1690. This Boston publication was called "Publick Occurences". The early days of newspapers consisted of two daily publications. One newspaper was published in the morning, and the second was published in the evening. In recent years, the existence of evening newspapers has decreased, and now there are no longer evening newspapers in America.
The next media outlet to appear on the scene was radio. At the height of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt brought America together and gave them a sense of hope through his "Fireside Chats". Throughout World War II, Americans stayed informed on the happenings of the war through their living room radio sets.
Although television was invented in the 1930s, it was not commercialized until after World War II. The first TVs had small screens surrounded by large wooden structures, and were very different from the big screen TV sets we see today. Invented by Philo Farnsworth TV started out as a means to combat crime. Felix the cat waas th e first cartoon to
Marshall McLuhan:
Marshall McLuhan, a communications theorist in the 1960s, created a theory based on the advancement of technology, stating that "changes in communication technology inevitably produce profound changes in both culture and social order." (Baran, Stanley J. and Dennis K. Davis. Mass Communication Theory: Foundations, Ferment and Future. 5th Edition. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Boston, MA. 2009. pp. 219.) He is said to be a technological theorist, as he believes that all social, political, economic and cultural change is based around the development of technology.
McLuhan also stated the idea of medium as a message, stating that media allows us to transform our experiences in society and with ourselves, which is more important than the content of the messages. In simpler terms, technology determines experience.
He used the phrase "global village," which refers to a "new form of social organization emerging as instantanious electronic media tie the entire world into one great social, political and cultural system." (Baran. pp. 220.) However, McLuhan focused more on the individual effects media had on people and how these people utilized the effects, instead of the effects it had on this global village. He also said media was an extension of man, and it "literally extended sight, hearing and touch through time and space." (Baran. pp.221.)
Facebook and Social Networks:
Facebook is a global social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University.The website's membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 300 million active users worldwide.
We use Facebook in our Digital Journalism class because of how convenient and easy to use it is. It makes communication between a large number of people so simple, it's almost frightening how many people can know what you are doing at a given time. The videos we are making in class as tests for future projects are uploaded to Facebook and shared with Professor Scully and our peers for thoughts and comments on our work. None of us knew how simple it was to broadcast ourselves within a matter of minutes. And with every new friend request, we are expanding our infinite audience.
Linda Clark Hall experiment:
A group of 13 Digital Journalism students decided to show how Facebook statuses can spread a common word to thousands of people at one time. Each student in the class was told to change their status to let their friends know that the North Residence Hall was going to be named after Linda Clarke. With her billboard being such a "hit" with the Roger Williams students the digital journalism class was sure this would cause some shocking reactions with their friends. After everyone worded the news differently in their status Professor Scully told the students to close Facebook until the end of class to see what we have caused on the social networking site. Right before class ended everyone logged on to share the different reactions with everyone. Some students received multiple comments and "likes", but some students didn't seem to make much of an impact on their Facebook friends. Both students and alumni had comments about the newly named residence hall. The next part of the experiement was to go out on campus and see if it comes up in conversations. The next Digital Journalism class would include a discussion about the outcome was. Some students said people came up to them and said, "Did you hear that the new residence hall was being named after Linda Clarke?" After reading and hearing the different comments from the rumor started by the Digital Journalism class, it is clear how Facebook is powerful enough to spread news to a mass of people very quickly.
Field Producing:
TV Field Reporting involves three people: the camera person, the reporter, and the producer. The camera person is responsible for managing the equipment and shooting all the images (including interviews, stand-ups, and B-roll). Interviews on camera usually run about 10-12 seconds. Stand-ups are the reporters introduction to the story, and B-roll is everything else. The B-roll enables the story to be told visually if there wasn't any sound. The camera person usually shoots at least 15 minutes of B-roll for a three-minute story.
The Reporter is the host, or face, that builds a reputation by gathering stories. As reporters become more popular and famous, the harder it is for them to gather information for their stories. They work very closely with the camera person and may even sometimes bring their camera person with them when they accept a new job. Interviews with people reporters encounter on the streets that are not scheduled are called "mos," or man on the street.
The Producer is "the boss." they have the last say on everything and schedule the interviews for the reporters. They are the schedulers and the connections to the network.
The most important piece of equipment in field producing is the field camera. The field camera is a view camera that can be folded into compact size. When filming in the field you need to be able to maneuver properly and quickly to capture last minute breaking shots, so it must be lighter and smaller. The film camera developed from the original early interlocking box cameras of the 19th century, they range in sizes from 6x9cm to 20x24 inches. The most popular sizes are 4x5 and 8x10 inches.
Tripod Rules and Use:
To set up the tripod:
1. Pull out shoe for camera by pushing side button.
2. Screw in camera so the hole is in the front.
3. Slide camera back into place, again pushing on the button.
Tripod Rules:
1. Never place the head of the tripod into the ground.
2. When done with a shoot, take the foot off the camera and place it back onto tripod. DO NOT LOSE IT!
3. DO NOT LOSE THE TRIPOD.
4. Do not give the tripod to a meathead
Other Stuff:
Don't use zoom on the Mino HD camera, it will pixelate the picture.
Video Codes:
Video Codes are the different names given to the different visuals and audios you see when you are watching television. "VO" is a voice-over, where all you can hear is the reporter's voice over the images. "NatVO" is when you hear the natural sound of the video with the reporter's voice over it, instead of just the voice. "SOT" is sound on tape; when you hear the recorded voice of someone who was interviewed over the images. Finally, "Stand Up" is when the reporter is on the screen and you can see and hear him or her. Throughout a video of about a minute we saw the codes change over 30 times.
Video Clip Length:
TV Interviews - 10-12 seconds in length on average. For example, in class we used an example from CNN Videos' Online. We estimated that the video changed between 21-33 times in the total clip (Clip Length - 137 Seconds). This particular online television clip averaged a change in clips between 4 & 7 seconds. Thus, in order to keep viewers attention, television clips must be changed quickly, rather then focusing on a long (in total) television clip.
Overall news videos should remain just over two minutes long, ideally an average of 130-150 seconds long. It is said that the average American watches six minutes of internet video a day, and will lose interest in anything over 2 1/2 to 3 minutes long.
Music:
Before Edison-
Had to go hear music live; could not hear the classics in your own home.
Listeners had to travel to Carnegie Hall or Boston Pops...etc.
Orchestras would take Mozart's piece and try to create an exact same replica of the piece, wanted it to sound exactly like Mozart.
After Edison-
Invents the record player (1877- "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was used for first recording)
The light bulb
General Electric (which owns NBC)
Music forms -
#1 requested Karaoke song of all time is "Crazy" by Patsy Cline.
Anatomy of the Song-
Opens with lead, then singing, followed by a chorus, more singing, chorus. 2/3 way through the song you find a solo piece called the bridge. Song continues to loop because your ear wants to hear what is at the beginning again.
Example: Moby song Porcelain- song takes you on a journey, halfway through it changes a little bit and then 2/3 way through artist takes a break and music stops completely. Artist breaks away from the song and then ends back to where we started by taking us back to the beginning.
Soundtrack Theory-
Movies will buy a song from a favorite artist and play it. In between a filler is used in order to groom the edges and make the video easier to look at. Tends to be very repetitive.
Example: Ocean's Eleven -David Holmes
Music & Video-
Has a way of smoothing out the rough edges in a video.
Music can set the tone and change the feel of the piece.
Video is a cool medium, but when music is added as a hot medium, it gives a different element.
Music is a hot medium, video is cool so when put together you are willing to look at more of it.
Record Industry Association of America v. Institutions of Higher Education-
The industry has given up trying to stop people from giving out free music. Instead, they attack the "johns," or people who are downloading the music. For the past few years The RIAA has been targeting college students, and college campuses across the country.
*see Record Industry Association of America located at bottom of page
Garage Band-
to create music for videos:
1. Open Garage Band and select loops.
2. Select genre and select songs. Green dotted songs are shorter and blue squares are longer tunes.
3.Can stack them all next to each other to create your own unique sounds.
4. Can put different tunes on different tracks in order to be able to overlap the sounds or have two play together.
5. After finished creating song, go to share, send song to Itunes.
6. Send as MP3 (compress using MP3 on drop down menu under send song to Itunes). Has to be an MP3 in order to be put in final cut.
7.Find mp3 in Itunes and put it onto desktop.
8.From desktop you can drag it onto Final Cut.
Lighting:
Lighting is about grabbing light and making it work for you. Different types of light burn different colors. For example, sunlight burns white and fluorescent lights burn blue. You don't want to shoot video in yellow light because it pollutes the shot and gives white things a yellow hue.
Lighting Do's:
1. Appreciate Light
2. Shoot in daylight when possible
3. Compose your shot
4. When shooting in sunlight, put the sun behind the camera.
Lighting Don'ts:
1. Never put your subject in front of a window because the camera picks up the lights and you can't make out skin tones. To fix this you shoot perpendicular to the window.
2. Never put your subject against a wall.
3. Watch hair lighting- lighting from above can create a shadow on the face. A person under light can look like they have no eyes.
Fluorescent lights burn a blue\green. Tucson lights burn yellow.
Hatchet Light- When the light on a face casts a shadow, making half the face in silhouette.
Motion:
Continuity, in all shots, is key. When continuity breaks, the audience's attention breaks and you lose them.
The Axis of Action is maintaining same direction during all shots of film. For example, if you are filming a cyclist traveling from North Campus to Willow, you need to film from the same side of the street at all times. *NEVER cross the axis of action!
-West to East
-(definition) a tool used during filming to create this spatial clarity. In most films, it is assumed that the action in a scene occurs along an apparent and predictable line. This imaginary and invisible line is called the axis of action, and is also known as the center line or 180 degree line. When filmmakers go to shoot a scene, they plan almost all of their camera placements to respect the axis of action. That is, the camera will always be placed on one side of the axis of action, and will never cross the line
Panning is moving the camera from left to right or right to left.
Apple j changes speed of motion on Final Cut Pro.
*Controlling the Shot: 1. Sound 2. Light 3. Humans
Story Boarding:
Television typically doesn't story board unless it is more on the 'talented side'.
Movies are story boarded. So are cartoons, reality shows, etc.
Final Cut Pro:
Fox, much like other television networks uses Final Cut Pro (Professional version of Studio) in editing pretty much anything video that they produce and show. To see Final Cut Pro in Action, please click the following: Final Cut Pro in Action - Fox Studios HQ
To download or learn more about Quicktime, please click here, Quicktime 7.
To download or learn more about Final Cut Studio Academic (College Student Edition), please click here, Final Cut Studio.
Types of Video Files: .mov, mp4 and .avi.
.mov: Optimal movie file format for Final Cut Studio. Remember to always covert to .mov otherwise repressing in Final Cut Studio will take 5 times the amount of time to complete the operation.
.mp4: The video file format that is most commonly taken off the video cameras' in class. When you save the video from the camera to the apple computer, the video file format will most likely be this one. An easy way to identify if the file is a .mp4 is to look at the end of the saved name of the video file. The end of the file name will identify the video file format.
.avi: This video file format is most commonly used when using video files' on Windows operated computers. As discussed in class, this video file format is 'toxic' on Apple computers and editing in Final Cut Studio.
Directions on Saving Video Files from the Camera to the Apple Computer:
The easiest way to do this is to use the Apple program, Quicktime. Quicktime is an Apple based video viewing program that both Apple and PC users can use to view video online and on their computers. The program can also be used to change the file format of imported video from cameras'.
To start simply plug the video camera into the USB port on the Apple computer. Note: The USB port on the Apple computers in the Mac Labs is located towards the bottom of the CPU. The USB port on the Mac computers in the library is located on the left side of the monitor.
Open the files on the video camera. The files are located in the DCIM folder located on the Camera's memory. In order to identify the videos on the Camera, you can simply double click on the video to view it. This, however, will not save the video on the computer, but only allow you to view it on the computer and stream the media through the use of the Camera's memory.
After you are able to identify which video files you want to save to the computer, you will have two options. Option 1: Using the mouse drag the video file to the desktop of the computer. This will copy and save the video file to the desktop of your computer. Option 2: Open the video file on the Camera's memory. Then go to File (located on the upper left of your screen) and look for the option save-as. You are then able to save the video file to whatever file folder you desire on the computer.
This should save the video file's from the camera to the computer. In either option, you are able to copy the video to the computer. The video file will remain on the camera as well as saved to whatever file folder or desktop you designated in either option. Always remember that the video file will remain on the Camera's memory until you delete it.
Directions on Converting MP4 Video File Format to .MOV Video File Format (Optimized file format for Final Cut Studio on Apple Computers):
Again, the easiest way to do this operation is to use the Apple program, Quicktime. After you have saved the video file to the Apple computer from the camera, open the program Quicktime or open the video file saved on the computer (Default video viewing program should be designated as Quicktime).
After opening the video file, you can then go to the option File (Located on the left upper part of the screen). Then go to the option save-as and you can then designate what video file format you would like to save the video (Option designated under Format - There should be a drop down menu of varying video file designation options).
Choose the .MOV save-as format option, since you are going to be editing the video in Final Cut Studio. As said before, the .MOV video file format is optimal for usage in the Apple program, Final Cut Studio.
Name the video file to your choosing and designate where the video should be saved on the computer (Easiest place is the desktop).
Then click save, and you should be all set to edit in Final Cut Studio with your newly converted .MOV video.
Editing in Final Cut Studio (Description of options used thus far as of class-time 9/18):
First and foremost, please restart the computer before converting video files on the Apple Computer. Do this before editing video in Final Cut Studio as well. Final Cut Studio uses a tremendous amount of memory on the Apple computers (Doesn't matter if it's a Macbook Pro or a top-of-the line Apple Desktop). The memory needs to be cleared by means of restart before using Final Cut Pro. Also note that the Apple computers at Roger Williams University are equipped with the program Deep Freeze. This program erases all saved files by Student users each time the computer is restarted. Thus, files need to be saved to either your camera, USB Jump Drive, or on the student network system.
Open Final Cut Studio, which is located in the Apple dock at the lower part of your screen (If you scroll over the varying applications, you can view the application name).
Please Note: Final Cut Studio will take a few minutes to open. The program uses a tremendous amount of computer memory while in usage, so in order to optimize the program please close other applications which are not currently in use.
Next you will have two options. Option 1: You can drag the converted .MOV video files into Final Cut Studio. This will then allow you to edit them in the program. Option 2: You can go to File and then under the menu choose open. You can the open your converted .MOV video files in Final Cut Studio. The option 2 suggestion is the preferred since you most likely will be inserting other video files into the editing software.
Once the video files are in Final Cut Studio, please save before you begin. You will then want to repress the file as discussed in class. This will take some time as seen in class. The 45 second video clips took a few minutes in this operation. The purpose of this operation is to optimize the video editing in the program, in order to ensure that there is no 'clipping' or dropped frame rate in the video's that you are editing.
As you can see, the video and sound are designated differently. The video is upper colored line, while the sound is the lower two colored lines (There is a line separating video and sound, so that there is no confusion).
The sound is identified in two colored lines' for this reason; the two lines represent left and right. One line is for listening in the left ear and the right is for listening in the right ear. Hence, one can potentially create a different sound for each ear, while the same video clip is being displayed. A good example of this would be inserting a natural sound and music, in which were played at the same time in order to enhance the video at either that clip or frame.
In-class we were asked to upload our 45 second converted video into Final Cut Studio and then insert B-roll into the video, which would be displayed in the final video. The B-roll was inserted for video purposes only, and we needed to cut the sound during the B-roll (Sound recorded during the filming of the B-roll and therefore ended up in the converted video file).
Professor Scully in-class described the sound cutting tool as an 'Ameoba' looking icon towards the left upper part of the video and sound editing rectangle. Once this tool is clicked you can then delete the sound of the B-roll and only have the video. You can then drag the B-roll video to whatever section of original video you want the B-roll to be displayed. You will want to repress the entire video file again in Final Cut Studio.
A few things to remember. At the top of the video and sound editing part of the rectangle-esk editing location in Final Cut Studio will exemplify a red-line if the video needs to be repressed. If you see this redline, you should repress and then continue editing. Each varying video or sound will be identified in different colors as not to confuse the editor. What I mean is that, you will see green colors as designation for original video and sound, and then different colors when you add other video and sound. Hence, you can differentiate varying video and sound from one another to eliminate confusion.
command+J allows for film speed control.
ctrl+u brings you to the correct editing screen.
Once you are finished editing:
File>Export
Using Quiktime Conversion
Save As>Desktop
Use>Broadband High
Options>Size: preserve aspect ratio
Once you have saved your video, there will be 2 files. One of these files will open in Final Cut Pro, and the other will open in Quicktime.
FinalCut Pro Sound Tutorial: This tutorial explains how to alter sound decibels when using multiple audo tracks in FinalCut Pro
Deep Freeze:
The I.T. guys way of getting back at students for how he was treated as a child.
Record Industry Association of America:
The Record Industry Association of America is evil and is out to destroy the lives of all college students. Every 90 days the RIAA sues a college student in the United States. The RIAA likes to use single universities in a certain area of the country as an example. For example, in Boston, if the RIAA wanted to show a university whose students are illegally downloading music, they would sue MIT to create front page news. Because of the existence of this evil organization, Scully asks that we do not used licensed music in any of our videos. We are legally allowed to use 29 seconds of licensed music, but if we do, YouTube might strip our audio anyway, and our entire video will be ruined...so DON'T USE ANY LICENSED MUSIC IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM CLASS. An alternative is to use Garage Band where the music is usable.
Copyrights
1- Literary Works-Software
2- Music/lyrics
3- Dramatic works
4- Dance
5- Photos/Sculptures
6- Movies
7- Sound
Copyrights expire 70 years after the owner dies.
-publishing: find a way to document
-"fixing" ownership: putting things on youtube/facebook
Video Post Cards
Catalogue your journey through snippets. Show each part of what is going on in journey:
Ex: 1. Team, 2. NCAA, 3. NYC, 4. Playing, 5. NYC, 6. Game
Then put in order, only add music. Can use small VOs like "O look! We're in NYC!"
Camera Notes
Canon HF10
Shoots in 1080i (i=interlace) If you export in the wrong format, you will be able to see the webbing
Has the capacity to shoot still photos-10megapixels- Camera Set-Up Ritual:
- 1. Choose site
3. Mount camera
4. Set up Sound Device ("dead squirrel")
5. White balance: Aim camera at subject holding white piece of paper-press button
6. Shoot SHORT videos
Microphones
1. Squirrel Microphone
2. Stick Microphone
3. Lav Microphone
Assignments:
Final Project
Last Assignment-
Will and Allison- Examining the alcohol policy. It's been in effect for a semester, we want to find out if it changed anything and if the policy is going to be updated next semester.
About Roger Williams University-
Paul and Devery- The people behind the scenes of RWU:The Janitors
Will and Allison- Stressed out students/ how to deal with stress. We will get advice from Jim Azar from the counseling center, as well as talk to students about how stressed they are at this point in the semester and what they do to deal with their stress.
Kelleigh, Ryan, Sarah- We will be covering a new proposal for a safe-rides program on campus. We will be talking to Daniel Gough, Director of the Environmental Health and Safety Department, who is in charge of this proposal, as well as talk to the Health and Wellness Department to get a perspective on how this can help students, and how it ties into the new alcohol policies on campus.
Keith and Kerry-We will be covering the dance show that was just performed by the RWU Dance Club. We will interview the choreographers, club officers, and those in attendance at the show.
Kristina and Megan- we will be discussing the woman's volleyball team on their way to the NCAA tournament in New York this week. This is the first time they have gotten to this tournament.
Benjamin and Julie - We will interview me (Ben) on the dangers and expense of drinking and driving at Roger Williams University; showcasing the after effects of what can happen when you decide to drink and drive and the changes that Ben has made after experiencing the effects of receiving a DUI.
Things in Motion-
Will and Allison- We will be taping an interviewing a freshman Tom Lin and as a hobby he skateboards, certain effects and certain angles could make this assignment very interesting and fun for different motion affects
Keith and Kerry- We will be taking video of students walking past the library from inside the library.
Devery and Paul - We are going to do a video montage of motion. We will tape various kinds of motion and have VO's of people describing what they think motion is.
Kristina and Megan- We will be filming Leanne Smith, a Dance Major, doing different types of dancing. The film will be from many different angles and views and locations.
Sarah, Ryan and Kelleigh- We will be filming an intramural dodge ball match on Sunday evening.
Julie and Ben - We will be filming both human and vehicle movement. In this particular case, we are comparing the movements of humans vs. vehicles; contrasting varying movements by both to showcase filming movement and to exemplify how movement of humans and vehicles can sometimes be alike.
Someone Interesting-
Kristina Dolan and Megan Dias- We have decided to interview Kevin Hayden, the Study Abroad Director. He is well-known around campus, especially with the students who have studied abroad in the past or are about to study abroad in the near future. He has been to many different places around the world and experienced some very unique events on his travels. Mr. Hayden is a friendly and interesting individual and would make for a positive interview.
Paul and Devery- Nate Mott of the Nate Mott Band
Kerry and Keith -We will be interviewing Kenny "King of the Lower Commons". Kenny's larger then life personality and infectious charisma brighten even the gloomiest of days at Roger Williams University.
Kelleigh and Ryan- We will be interviewing Ruben Malves, a recent graduate of RWU. He is currently taking over the managing position of Sunset Cafe in Bristol.
Benjamin and Julie - We will be interviewing Joe Neri, a senior at RWU. He is currently a bouncer at Topsides, a local bar hot spot for students, in Bristol.
Will Boshes and Allison Collins- We would like to do a profile on Alan Levelle, an anthropology professor here at RWU. We will talk with him about his teaching and anthropology career. Levelle is a part time professor here at RWU, I (Will) have had several classes with Levelle and I find him to have a very free flowing teaching style and show an interesting way of looking at teaching. In our interview we will ask Levelle about how he got into teaching, how long he has been teaching for and who his biggest influence in his life and teaching career are.
Someone Talented-
Kristina and Megan- We will be interviewing Dave Simpson. He is an avid surfer here in Rhode Island and loves it so much he begins surfing in February every year. He has also begun the practice of muey thai, which is a form of martial arts, to stay in shape and help him keep in shape with his surfing. We will talk to him about his passion for surfing and hopefully touch on his new found passion for muey thai as well.
Kerry and Keith- We will be interviewing Chef Sai of DeWolf Tavern. He is a world-renowned chef from India who prepares sophisticated and award-winning dishes for DeWolf Tavern in Bristol, Rhode Island. We will ask him about his experiences in the kitchen, and his favorite dishes to prepare.
Will and Allison-- We will interview Billy Dunn, a closer for the RWU baseball team. He is a senior from Sturbridge, Mass. We will ask him about how he started playing baseball and how he feels about playing on RWU's team.
Paul and Devery- We will interview Eli Dunn, a chef at Bee Hive Cafe in downtown Bristol.
Kelleigh, Ryan and Sarah- We will be interviewing Joshua Marrese, a senior at RWU. He is known on campus for his amazing metal guitar skills, which would provide some great visual shots as well as some original music. We want to know how he got into this and how he learned to play such complicated music.
Benjamin and Julie - We will interview Carey Baldwin, a senior at Roger Williams University who has started her own clothing design company, and designs her own clothing for the company.
Class Time Notes 11/3/20
Copyright Laws - United States & Often times International Laws
Copyrighted Material
LIterature
Music & Lyrics
Dramatic Work
Dance Compositions
Photos & Sculptures
Movies & Films
Scripts (Video, Television, Radio, etc)
Copyright Length Terms
Lifetime of producer + 70 years
Fair Use Rights
29 Seconds and you do not violate the copyright law
Anything longer then 29 seconds & you will violate the copyright law
Corporate Notes
Ex. Boston Globe
Posted on Blog, work was done for the company, Boston Globe
Can be sued for posting the work on the Boston Globe, since you were being paid for doing the work by the Boston Globe (therefore, it belongs to the Boston Globe; not you)
If you do your own work on your own time with your OWN camera, then you own the rights to the content (Must be on your OWN time & OWN equipment)
Ex. Wedding Photography
If you pay a photographer to shoot the wedding, they own the copyright to the photos, even though you paid the photographer to shoot the pictures. UNLESS, you specify in the contract that you want exclusive rights to the pictures taken at the wedding.
Key Copyright Ideal
Roger Williams University equipment, which is accessible to students; in this example Flip HD, the copyright belongs to the students, since the students are paying tuition, and in theory paying of the usage of Roger Williams materials (such as the Flip HD)
Even, if you shoot the video & the camera belongs to someone else, the copyright is still the camera's owner's, not yours.
Current and Former Students:
Fall 2009:
Will Boshes is a Communications major from Easton, Conn. He is part of the Class of 2010.
Allison Collins is a Journalism major from Attleboro, Mass. She is part of the Class of 2010.
Kelleigh Welch
is a Journalism and Art and Architectural History double major from Holden, Mass. She will graduate in Spring of 2010.
Kerry Burke is a Public Relations major from Old Saybrook, Conn. She will graduate in May 2010.
Kristina Dolan is a Global Communications major from Glenmont, N.Y. She is part of the Class of 2010.
Megan Dias is a Communications major and Dance minor from East Providence, R.I.. She is part of the Class of 2010.
Paul Chiera is a Communications major and Photo/Digital Media minor from Brewster, N.Y.He is part of the Class of 2010.
Keith Weiner is a Global Communications major and history minor from Easton, Mass. He is part of the Class of 2011.
Benjamin Williams is a Public Relations major from Chatham, Mass. He is part of the Class of 2010.
Sarah Smith is a Journalism major and German minor from Columbia, Md. She is part of the class of 2010.
Ryan Farrell is a Global Communications major from Dalton Mass. He is part of the class of 2010.
Spring 2008:
Geoffrey Baranger is a future RWU graduate from Fairfield, Connecticut; a journalism major and plays basketball. Geoff was recently named RWU Male Athlete of the Year, and will graduate in Summer 2008.
Ben Camobreco is a graduate of Roger Williams University with a Journalism degree. He is from Duxbury, MA and played on the RWU basketball team.
Brittany Costa is a 2008 graduate of Roger Williams University and is a Global Communications major from Rhode Island. She also has a double minor in Political Science and Creative Writing. Brittany has much experience in on-air reporting with local network affiliates in Rhode Island as well as within her job outside of school. Brittany is planning on continuing her work in the communications field.
Max Covill is a senior Computer Information Systems major from Rhode Island; also a minor in Music. He is a graduate of the Roger Williams University class of 2008. Max brought to the table experience with different computer technologies. He is pursuing video editing after college and hopes to continue in the field.
Greg Curtin is a graduating senior from Massachusetts majoring in communications PR and has a psychology minor. He still does not have a job.
Diana DeQuattro prefers to be called Dee. She is a double major in Political Science and Journalism and is a part of the class of 2009. Someday she expires to work as a producer for T.V. or radio.
Jake Dumond is a RWU Graduate. He majored in PR Communication with a core concentration in Psychology. He has learned a lot from New Media and plans to use his experience to persue a job in the television or radio field.
Katherine Fleming is member of the class of 2008 and a Global Communications and Spanish double major. She recently completed her Core Concentration of Italian Studies while abroad in Florence, Italy. After graduation she plans on landing a job, any job, to be able to live comfortably in Boston with friends.
Shaun Hogan is a member of the class of 2008. I was a communications major with a concentration in journalism and I plan on attending the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, NH next fall.
Joanna Nettelfield is a 2008 graduate Communications major from New York. She played on the women's tennis team for four years and is very sad to leave RWU behind. She doesn't have a job lined up for after graduation yet, but is excited to see what is outside of Roger William's little bubble.
Charles Schipani is a graduate of the communications dept. at Roger Williams University. And he is a champion at everything he does.
Kristen Seturins is a member of the class of 2009, a Communications major, and a Creative Writing minor. She is also a member of the Varsity Equestrian Team at Roger Williams. She hopes to do graphic design for a publishing company or work as a copy editor. Eventually, she would like to relocate closer to Boston at some point in her life so she can further establish her love for the Red Sox and Patriots.
Jason Smith is a senior Communications major studying Public Relations. He is from Weymouth Massachusetts.
Sophia Tiberi is a junior Communications (public relations) major and is finishing her core concentration in psychology. She was born and raised in New York and enjoys it in Bristol, RI. Sophia is a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America and has a positon on the e-board as the historian. Sophia is part of Roger Williams University's class of 2009.
Greg Walsh is a 2008 graduate of Roger Williams University from Massachusetts. He majored in Communications, with a double minor in Marketing and Psychology. He was the DJ Manager for 88.3 WQRI and is starting an independent film company.
Fall 2007:
Michael Hurley is a graduate of the Roger Williams University Communications Department from Massachusetts. He was with The Feed in Fall '07 and worked as a field producer, writer, editor and cameraman. He aspires to write and produce sports stories for newspapers, television and the Internet.
Lorin Richardson is a Communications major graduating in 2009. She was with The Feed in Fall '07 and worked as a reporter and writer. She wants to be an on-air reporter for a television news company.
Phil Yacouby is a graduate of the Roger Williams University Communications Department from Massachusetts. He was with The Feed in Fall '07 and worked as a reporter, field producer, editor and cameraman. He aspires to work as a Final Cut Pro editor for a production company or news operation. In The Feed's story on the campus smoking ban, he appears in the opening and closing stand-ups.
Faculty and Staff:
Michael Scully is an Assistant Professor of Communications at Roger Williams University where he primarily teaches journalism classes. His classes include Writing for Mass Media, Feature Writing, Mass Media Law & Ethics, Digital Journalism I and Digital Journalism II. He has been working as a college professor since the Fall of 2004. Prior to academia, he wrote for a variety of new organizations including CNN, Fortune Small Business magazine, The (Middletown, NY) Times Herald-Record, The Fairfax Journal, Washington Technology, The Vienna Times and The (Glens Falls) Post-Star. He also worked for New Century Networks, an Internet news operation launched in the late 1990s by a consortium of newspaper companies.
