Saturday, October 15, 2011

Slideshow with sound

http://animoto.com/sample-videos

It's Sample Video "Fun on the Go"

I love this one because it mixes all of the photos with some video as well so you capture the whole day. It also has catchy music in the background that gets you in a good mood and makes the experience of the photos that much better. I also like the text inserts that further the story of that day so you aren't guessing about whats happening.

More Slideshowing

http://mypicpals.com/view-slideshow.php?sid=214834

I realize I already have one without sound but I really liked this slideshow. I felt like it was more of a photo gallery in motion but it is a really neat idea. I've seen some of this artwork before but the people were new and entertaining.

Update 10/17/11

After reading the text I realize that it isn't a photo gallery by definition. A photo gallery is usually set up in thumbnail format therefore this is just another slide show.

Slideshow critique 1

http://www.slideshow.com/users/shine02396/ninja-trio--1196738850

I looked at this slideshow because I was once an anime geek and watch a few episodes of this particular anime.
I felt that the slides moved a bit too fast considering the amount of text that you need to read. Plus the images in the background sometimes made it difficult to read the text. I do like that pictures, especially the beginning one and the way the beginning pictures and the ending picture are similar so it provides a connection. I'm not sure having fall leaves as the background theme is appropriate for the anime but it doesn't look all that bad.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Some audio for podcast project

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=c752c7aba1&view=att&th=132f5d220d5cf1de&attid=0.1&disp=safe&realattid=1382425869198980598-1&zw

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Podcast Viewing

The first podcast I looked at was actually a video podcast called Scam School and from what I watched they followed this one guy who scammed people or made them do impossible brainteasers. It was interesting at first but gets old after a while.
The second I found was only audio, called CD Baby, it puts together a collection of new music this group has discovered. They do it from all over and have a lot of variety and even started a sister podcast for the new metal music they have come across. This one was really neat because I love finding new music and this one is free.
The third one that I found, I thought it was going to be funny because its a comedy skit by Mark Maron called WTF? I didn't really find any of it to be funny, it was mostly him rambling and that got boring.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Interactive Map Project


View Health Scores-Saint Johnsbury, VT in a larger map

This is an interactive map or eight restaurants in St. Johnsbury Vermont. They range from Fast Food to High End dining experiences. All of the restaurant icons are accompanied by a picture, the health score they were given by the Health Department, their hours, and a brief paragraph of our experiences of eating at them. All of our restaurants scored above 80 points so they are clean and suitable places to eat. None of them scored a perfection 100 but I would imagine it would be difficult to reach a score of 100 in the food service industry.

This map was a collaborative effort among four students in Intro to Multi-Media Storytelling.