48:064:
Alternative Forms Fall 2006 Course Schedule/Jennifer Proctor
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Date |
READING due for today |
PROJECT due for today |
In class |
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AUG 22 |
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Intro to class.
Syllabus. What is a
videoblog? A podcast? |
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AUG 24 |
Read “ ‘Vlog’ Wild” from AlterNet |
Watch vlogs and prepare a brief report on what you see. |
Class introductions. Report on vlogs. Introduction to production equipment—cameras, mics, etc. |
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AUG 29 |
Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting, Ch.
2 and Publishing a Blog with Blogger
Introduction, Ch.1 and Ch.2 |
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Meet at Info Arcade. Intro to vlogging tools: Blogger, Blip.tv, OurMedia, iTunes. How to set up a blog on Blogger. |
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AUG 31 |
Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting ch.
3. and Publishing a Blog with Blogger ch. 4. |
Set up your Blog and post an entry. Email me the URL before class. |
Meet at Info Arcade. Customizing your blog: Blogger settings, templates, modifying the
sidebar, creating links, adding buttons.
Customizing your masthead. Assign: First vlog post (Direct Address) |
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Date |
READING due for today |
PROJECT due for today |
In class |
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SEPT 5 |
Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting, ch. 4. and Publishing a Blog with Blogger ch. 5
and 6. |
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Meet at Info Arcade. Discussion:
Aggregators. iTunes,
Fireant. Subscribing to feeds. |
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SEPT 7 |
Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting, ch.
6. and “Blog Design Priniciples” and “HTML Hints for Blogging”
from Who Let the Blogs Out? (ICON) |
Blog first draft due. Customize your sidebar, masthead, and the
overall “personality” of your design. |
From Final Cut to the web: Exporting and compressing video. Uploading to Blip.tv or Ourmedia. Creating a feed using Feedburner. |
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SEPT 12 |
Read: “Breaking News Boosts Spread of Citizen
Journalism” from OhmyNews International at http://tinyurl.com/rpf38 and “Video Bloggers Claim Spotlight” from the San
Francisco Chronicle” (ICON) |
First post (Direct Address) to your vlog due. Continue working on design of your vlog. Create a feed using Feedburner. Test in iTunes. |
Assign: Second post (Portrait). Troubleshoot Final Cut and video posting. Discussion: How
vlogs are democratizing the production of media. Different kinds of vlogging:
participatory journalism, personal vlogs, collaborative vlogging, “Web
TV” shows, etc. |
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SEPT 14 |
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Watch others’ vlogs and leave comments. |
Discussion: First
posts. Issues of privacy on the web. |
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Date |
READING due for today |
PROJECT due for today |
In class |
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SEPT 19 |
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Finished vlog design due (with working feed). Launch the site! |
Remixes and mashups as critical commentary. Watch examples. Cameraless vlogging. |
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SEPT 21 |
Read the BraintrustDV Roundtable on the Video iPod,
Nov 30, 2005 at http://www.braintrustdv. and Documentary Filmmakers’ Statements on Best Practices in
Fair Use (ICON) |
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Discussion:
Issues of copyright. Fair
Use. Creative Commons and
vlogging. Where to find public domain
media. |
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SEPT 26 |
Read How to Boost Your Blog Traffic 2005/11/03/how-to-boost-your-blog-traffic/ and Publishing a Blog with Blogger ch. 8 and Secrets of Videoblogging, pp.
174 – 188 (ICON). |
Second post (Portrait) to your vlog due. |
Assign: Third post (Place) Publicizing your vlog. Technorati. Sitemeter. Stats. Tagging. Vlogmap. |
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SEPT 28 |
Read Publishing a Blog with Blogger ch. 3 and Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting Ch. 7 |
Watch others’ vlogs and leave comments. Promote your vlog! |
Discussion:
Second posts. Documenting the local.
Community vlogs. The local in
film history. Moblogging (mobile blogging) and podcasting. |
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OCT 3 |
Read “Net Neutrality Primer” at HowStuffWorks http://tinyurl.com/sxv8z and “Richard’s Summary on Net Neutrality” and “Save the Internet FAQ” |
Third post (Place) to your vlog due. |
Assign: Presentations Net Neutrality.
Freedom of speech. Regulation
of the internet. |
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Date |
READING due for today |
PROJECT due for today |
In class |
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OCT 5 |
Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting, ch.
15. and “Making a Buck off Your Pet-Trick Videos” from the Wall
Street Journal (ICON) |
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Discussion: Case
studies. Vlogging for money. Or not? |
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OCT 10 |
TBA |
Fourth post due. |
Visiting videblogger Chris Weagel, human-dog.com |
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OCT 12 |
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Presentations |
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OCT 17 |
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Fifth post due. |
Work day/no class |
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OCT 19 |
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Presentations |
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OCT 24 |
Read “Hollywood Clicks on the Work of Web Auteurs” from
the New York Times (ICON) and “Vlogging is Just Lame TV” http://www.valleywag.com/ tech/vloggers/vlogging-is-just-lame-tv-181796.php and “Media Revolution: Podcasting Part 2” http://nefilm.com/news/archives/ and “Vogma: A Manifesto” and “Vlogme 05” http://spacetruckingmogul.com/ |
Sixth post due. |
Discussion:
Videoblogging as “pocket cinema.”
Is vlogging cinema? TV? What
are the ramifications for the film industry of video on the web? |
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OCT 26 |
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Presentations |
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OCT 31 |
Read “The Year of the Digital Citizen” from BBC News (ICON) and “Poetic, Personal, and Political” from the San Francisco
Chronicle (ICON) |
Seventh post due. |
Discussion: Videoblogging as social and political
activism. Watch examples in class. |
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NOV 2 |
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Presentations |
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Date |
READING due for today |
PROJECT due for today |
In class |
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NOV 7 |
Read “Death of a Videoblogger” http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/ 2006/04/the_death_of_a_video.html and “The Last Hours – Truth as Fiction” http://loadedpun.com/2006/04/25/the-last-hours-truths-as-fiction.html |
Eighth post due. |
Ethics, reliability, and authenticity in videoblogging. How do we know who and what to trust? What are responsibilities of vloggers? |
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NOV 9 |
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Presentations |
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NOV 14 |
TBA |
Ninth post due. |
Online video/podcast festivals |
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NOV 16 |
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Presentations |
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THANKSGIVING BREAK |
NO CLASS |
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NOV 28 |
TBA |
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Speedvlogging: Create a vlog post during class |
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NOV 30 |
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Presentation |
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DEC 5 |
TBA |
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Where to go next: advanced videoblogging |
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DEC 7 |
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View final entries; course wrap-up |
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FINALS WEEK |
VIDEOBLOG COURSE OPEN HOUSE |
DATE/TIME/LOCATION TBA |
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