Today I am going to be taking a video tour of the New York Times recently opened building. The are a World ranked newspaper and they deserve a building to match. The building is quite large and archetypal. The lobby has three different entrance points and is has an atrium garden. The entire building is almost entirely transparent. the purpose of this is to break down the boundary between the restless world and the newsroom, creating and unspoken connection between the city and its paper. The newsroom and the cafeteria have a very very open floor plan connected by a series of steps.the newsroom is surrounded by buildings on both sides. The cafeteria was built to give the effect of a magic carpet that is flying across the city. The building also has an amazing 360 panorama view of the entire city from the top, lobby, newsroom and cafeteria. This new building is beautifully constructed with much meaning hidden behind the architecture. It almost speaks to the public.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Record Studio Tours
Hola,
Today in my Mass Communications class we are taking online virtual tours of digital recording studios and comparing them with the current music industry. There are 4 studios on the tour list, the first being Blue Jay Recording Studios located in Carlisle, Massachusetts. It is a high class, high tech recording studio designed to be tranquil and placed out of the way regular foot traffic. Blue Jay Recording Studios is a mix of simplistic and modern design and has a very large floor plan. They have recorded artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Areosmith and Billy Joel. The next on the list is Soho Studio in London. They are an average sized studio located in England and they cater to comfort and quality. They have recorded artists like Akon, Kiley Minogue, and Cinematic Orchestra.
The third on our list for tours is Radio Ready Studio in Virginia Beach, VA. They are located on the beach and have great equipment to work with. Although it is not exactly a high class studio it has recorded for artists like, the Wu-Tang Clan, Universal Studios, and Def Jam. Last but not least on our tour is Pachyderm Recording Studio located in the woods of Cannon falls, Minnesota. The studio has many amenities which include a guest house, a pool, a sauna, over 5000 sq. ft. 5 bedrooms and a recording studio that has multi purpose rooms. They have recorded every one from Nirvana to Mudvayne. I would assume that I learned many new things about the recording industry including that not many studios are located in popular venues. most are of the beaten path.
Hope you found this helpful,
Brooke
Today in my Mass Communications class we are taking online virtual tours of digital recording studios and comparing them with the current music industry. There are 4 studios on the tour list, the first being Blue Jay Recording Studios located in Carlisle, Massachusetts. It is a high class, high tech recording studio designed to be tranquil and placed out of the way regular foot traffic. Blue Jay Recording Studios is a mix of simplistic and modern design and has a very large floor plan. They have recorded artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Areosmith and Billy Joel. The next on the list is Soho Studio in London. They are an average sized studio located in England and they cater to comfort and quality. They have recorded artists like Akon, Kiley Minogue, and Cinematic Orchestra.
The third on our list for tours is Radio Ready Studio in Virginia Beach, VA. They are located on the beach and have great equipment to work with. Although it is not exactly a high class studio it has recorded for artists like, the Wu-Tang Clan, Universal Studios, and Def Jam. Last but not least on our tour is Pachyderm Recording Studio located in the woods of Cannon falls, Minnesota. The studio has many amenities which include a guest house, a pool, a sauna, over 5000 sq. ft. 5 bedrooms and a recording studio that has multi purpose rooms. They have recorded every one from Nirvana to Mudvayne. I would assume that I learned many new things about the recording industry including that not many studios are located in popular venues. most are of the beaten path.
Hope you found this helpful,
Brooke
Friday, April 20, 2012
State of Media
Hello again everyone,
Today I want to talk about the state of the media, and the subjects main reporting website http://www.stateofthemedia.org/. This website details all the main mediums for media. Each link takes you to a basic case study for; Special reports, Newspapers, Online Media, Network TV, Cable TV, Local TV, Magazines, Audio, and different ethnic media. This website details a case by case basis on the state of the media as it is today. It also shows various statistics and data from the different media groups. This website helps determine where the media is today and were it may end up in the future. I liked this website a lot because it lets you see the differentiation within the media subgroups. I feel that no matter what medium, media will always be a major influence. I for one and proud to be able to say I am an advertising major, because I feel that media has a very bright future.Check out the website for yourself.
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Brooke
Today I want to talk about the state of the media, and the subjects main reporting website http://www.stateofthemedia.org/. This website details all the main mediums for media. Each link takes you to a basic case study for; Special reports, Newspapers, Online Media, Network TV, Cable TV, Local TV, Magazines, Audio, and different ethnic media. This website details a case by case basis on the state of the media as it is today. It also shows various statistics and data from the different media groups. This website helps determine where the media is today and were it may end up in the future. I liked this website a lot because it lets you see the differentiation within the media subgroups. I feel that no matter what medium, media will always be a major influence. I for one and proud to be able to say I am an advertising major, because I feel that media has a very bright future.Check out the website for yourself.
Leave comments......
Brooke
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Ethical Decisions
Today in my Mass Communications class we are talking about ethical decisoin making and what all entails good ethics. On the website NewsU.org there is a self taught course titled Introduction to Ethical Decision Making. There are many subcatagories in the course and it may take the average user about 3 hours to complete it. Some of the subcatagories that I learned about were; Accuracy and fairness, Cnflicts of interest, Deception, Diversity, Online ethics, Photojournalism, Plagerism, Privacy, and Source/reporter relationship. One of the catagories that I found interesting and learned a lot about was online ethics, becuase almost every thing that I do in my day to day life is online. This section of the course states:
"Online journalists face many of the same ethical challenges that their brethren in newspapers, TV and radio struggle with. But there are ethical issues unique to the online world that confront everyone from traditional mainstream journalists who have moved online to the thousands of independent bloggers who practice various forms of journalism."
On this section there are three articles pertaining to online ethics; On the Ethics of Linking: Indianaplois Story, The Begginging of the End of the Ad Hoc Era, Helter Skelter No More: A Revolving GuideBook for Online Ethics. I personally enjoyed the last article which states the different precautions that you should take when conductiong activity on the internet. I believe that individuals should pay more attention that good ethics. I feel that in todays fast paced world sometimes people can forget to hold a standard of ethics while conducting business or social networkign online.
See you soon,
Brooke
"Online journalists face many of the same ethical challenges that their brethren in newspapers, TV and radio struggle with. But there are ethical issues unique to the online world that confront everyone from traditional mainstream journalists who have moved online to the thousands of independent bloggers who practice various forms of journalism."
On this section there are three articles pertaining to online ethics; On the Ethics of Linking: Indianaplois Story, The Begginging of the End of the Ad Hoc Era, Helter Skelter No More: A Revolving GuideBook for Online Ethics. I personally enjoyed the last article which states the different precautions that you should take when conductiong activity on the internet. I believe that individuals should pay more attention that good ethics. I feel that in todays fast paced world sometimes people can forget to hold a standard of ethics while conducting business or social networkign online.
See you soon,
Brooke
Friday, March 23, 2012
Internet Safety?
Hola,
In today's society with advancing technology there is an increasing interest in the protection of children. There have been a few websites that have dedicated their time and resources to do just that. Many companies have developed computer games for children to help them avoid bad situations for children. One of my favorite games was created by Microsoft and co-created by Bad Guy Patrol and Alberta children's services. The game is a group of wild animals that play characters, that compose a group named the Bad Guy Patrol. They were created to assist children with safely browsing the Internet. The characters are Thinking Owl, Chatting Charlie, Block em' Betty, and Careful Cara. This game leads children through a Base camp and they must answer a series of questions before they can acquire the flag for that level. There are four levels that the children must complete. I believe that if schools impose a rule requiring children to play these games then our children will be more protected.
Brooke
In today's society with advancing technology there is an increasing interest in the protection of children. There have been a few websites that have dedicated their time and resources to do just that. Many companies have developed computer games for children to help them avoid bad situations for children. One of my favorite games was created by Microsoft and co-created by Bad Guy Patrol and Alberta children's services. The game is a group of wild animals that play characters, that compose a group named the Bad Guy Patrol. They were created to assist children with safely browsing the Internet. The characters are Thinking Owl, Chatting Charlie, Block em' Betty, and Careful Cara. This game leads children through a Base camp and they must answer a series of questions before they can acquire the flag for that level. There are four levels that the children must complete. I believe that if schools impose a rule requiring children to play these games then our children will be more protected.
Brooke
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Censoring Filthy Dirty Muck!!
Today in my Mass Communications class we are taking a look at censorship, who is regulating us and why?
In 2010 there was a case before the 11th Circuit Court dealing with the production of pornography on the Internet. A man produced pornographic material in California and an investigator in Florida viewed it. In this case the content clearly violated the states indecency laws and the court found:
"the materials might be legal where they were produced and almost everywhere else. But if they violate the standards of one community, they are illegal in that community and the producers may be convicted of a crime."
How is this possible, if a non-pornographic picture was published in Kansas, which may be seen and obscene in some states, and a resident of the state of Georgia opens the picture. How can the publisher be responsible, it is the World Wide Web. I feel that the courts have only seen a few of these court cases and I also feel that the Supreme Court is going to do there best to avoid a constitutional review in these situations. They will focus on community standards rather than looking at obscenity laws legality under the first amendment.
Tastes change in correlation with times and laws that were adequate two years ago will no long have legal ground today and may be over turned. With the Internet moving at such a rapid pace and indecency, profanity, and obscenity laws barley being able to keep up, I feel that the Supreme Court should try and stay one step ahead of the game and create laws that apply to modern technologies and censorship. This in turn may avoid any conflict or controversy in the future.
On another note, the FCC regulates broadcast and cable and their indecency, obscenity, and profanity laws are extremely vague. In the more recent past consumers have been criticizing whether there laws are in violation of first amendment rights. No one is regulating the Internet therefor with out any federal laws or federal agencies regulating this mass communication then should there be any legal implications. If something is legal in a community and illegal in another it should not be the publishers responsibility to monitor its views, that would not be possible or probable. I feel that the ISP's (Internet service providers) should be at fault in this instance. They provide Internet to specific communities, therefor they should be liable if something is deemed indecent by contemporary community standards.
Thx 4 reading,
Brooke
In 2010 there was a case before the 11th Circuit Court dealing with the production of pornography on the Internet. A man produced pornographic material in California and an investigator in Florida viewed it. In this case the content clearly violated the states indecency laws and the court found:
"the materials might be legal where they were produced and almost everywhere else. But if they violate the standards of one community, they are illegal in that community and the producers may be convicted of a crime."
How is this possible, if a non-pornographic picture was published in Kansas, which may be seen and obscene in some states, and a resident of the state of Georgia opens the picture. How can the publisher be responsible, it is the World Wide Web. I feel that the courts have only seen a few of these court cases and I also feel that the Supreme Court is going to do there best to avoid a constitutional review in these situations. They will focus on community standards rather than looking at obscenity laws legality under the first amendment.
Tastes change in correlation with times and laws that were adequate two years ago will no long have legal ground today and may be over turned. With the Internet moving at such a rapid pace and indecency, profanity, and obscenity laws barley being able to keep up, I feel that the Supreme Court should try and stay one step ahead of the game and create laws that apply to modern technologies and censorship. This in turn may avoid any conflict or controversy in the future.
On another note, the FCC regulates broadcast and cable and their indecency, obscenity, and profanity laws are extremely vague. In the more recent past consumers have been criticizing whether there laws are in violation of first amendment rights. No one is regulating the Internet therefor with out any federal laws or federal agencies regulating this mass communication then should there be any legal implications. If something is legal in a community and illegal in another it should not be the publishers responsibility to monitor its views, that would not be possible or probable. I feel that the ISP's (Internet service providers) should be at fault in this instance. They provide Internet to specific communities, therefor they should be liable if something is deemed indecent by contemporary community standards.
Thx 4 reading,
Brooke
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Green Screen
Hello again,
Today in my Mass Communications class I am looking at the concept of green screens. The use of green screens is a relatively new concept. Green screen, also known as chroma key is a method used by filmmakers which mixes two separate pictures to create and entirely new picture. This works by making the blue or green background transparent in order to show the images on a final product or a third screen. This technique of filming is also known as color keying, blue screen, and color separation overlay. It's initial purpose was weather reports. Green screen originated in the 1930's and has been used ever since to recreate and create realistic screen shots that were previously unachievable. The creation of the green screen opened new doors for special effects crews and was the beginning of a new era for movies and television shows alike.
In an article by Marshall Brian from the website How Stuff Works, Brian summarizes the green screen process, "The two scenes might be shot separately on two pieces of film and then brought...to be combined onto a third piece of film using a technique called optical composting. The two pieces of film are projected onto the third piece of film in a composting machine...in a digital shop, the two pieces of film are digitized, combined frame by frame in the computer's memory and then written out to a third piece of film with a film printer." I am not an expert on modern or even recent technology but it seems that using a green screen is a very in-depth and drawn out process which requires focus on minor details. I have seen the use of green screens on shows such as local weather, sports shows, comedy skits, and I am sure I have seen numerous movies that use the green screen effect. With this kind of technology out in the open it makes me wonder… How many videos are real?
Thanks for stopping by,
Brooke
Today in my Mass Communications class I am looking at the concept of green screens. The use of green screens is a relatively new concept. Green screen, also known as chroma key is a method used by filmmakers which mixes two separate pictures to create and entirely new picture. This works by making the blue or green background transparent in order to show the images on a final product or a third screen. This technique of filming is also known as color keying, blue screen, and color separation overlay. It's initial purpose was weather reports. Green screen originated in the 1930's and has been used ever since to recreate and create realistic screen shots that were previously unachievable. The creation of the green screen opened new doors for special effects crews and was the beginning of a new era for movies and television shows alike.
In an article by Marshall Brian from the website How Stuff Works, Brian summarizes the green screen process, "The two scenes might be shot separately on two pieces of film and then brought...to be combined onto a third piece of film using a technique called optical composting. The two pieces of film are projected onto the third piece of film in a composting machine...in a digital shop, the two pieces of film are digitized, combined frame by frame in the computer's memory and then written out to a third piece of film with a film printer." I am not an expert on modern or even recent technology but it seems that using a green screen is a very in-depth and drawn out process which requires focus on minor details. I have seen the use of green screens on shows such as local weather, sports shows, comedy skits, and I am sure I have seen numerous movies that use the green screen effect. With this kind of technology out in the open it makes me wonder… How many videos are real?
Thanks for stopping by,
Brooke
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