web am hour log

research and first project assignment

10-12

Do you think this is art?

So this post is in response to the whole Whirl-Mart business. A friend of mine showed me a video and it's somewhat related to the whirl-mart thing cause it takes place in a public place. But if you take a look at the video I feel it's more of an art form because it's take more work than to have people just walk in a line.

check it out.

flash is the future of music

So I was reading Rolling Stone and came across an article about videos. It talked about a music video online for the band The Arcade Fire. Interactive music videos. You can click around and interact with singer Win Butler's head and hands. I think all should check this out.

http://beonlineb.com/click_around.html

Giovanni

VCAM

I have to go with Steven's Choice

http://current.com/items/76386942_steven_s_choice


What I like about this ad is that it's really simple videography with good cuts. Every time Steven makes a choice or a gesture, the cut back to the crowd and get many reactions from them all. Plus there's the girlfriend getting upset when she doesn't get picked. I really liked that part.

I thought it could totally be a successful ad. I think it almost relates to people choosing thier top 8 on myspace. People can get really upset about that whole thing. I think it could get people to consider getting that service only to prove to people that they are the most important person to them.

The audience for this ad would definetely be socialites between 18-25.

About the effectiveness of viewer ads, I believe some advertising agents have headed towards the simple solutions that have always worked in advertising. This becomes too text book and gets really boring. I think viewer created ads cut out the middle man.

class discussion

So when this class started I was a little worried because I hadn't used Flash in quite a while. It was a relief when Damien started back at the basics. The re-intro to the stage and the timeline was where I wanted to start back up. Now I'm really looking forward to getting back into it and get going.

Also, being a video major, the mention of using video with flash was cool to here. I have never intergrated video with flash. So let's get this going. I can't wait to get some cool projects out.

As far as criteria goes, I would like to discuss site navigation. Most of the people on the internet hardly know what they're doing. I think a clear and easily negotiable top nav is a safe way to go. Tabs are pretty last week but they are still easy to make and let people know where they are on a site. I'm also a big fan of a home button that is usually a logo or site name that stays on every page of a site.

word is born

test blog

here we go