Dunn, Final Video Assignment

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Dunn, Video Assignment #4

Video Assignment #4 from Andy Dunn on Vimeo.

Dunn, Pre-Video Assignment

Rock Paper Scissors video

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Good video example
New York Times: Black on Campus
I thought this video was very good at what it set out to accomplish and shows an excellent example of multimedia journalism. The first 30 seconds drop the audience into the middle of the protest at Purdue University and gives a good sense of what is going at this moment. The video then mixes in essential background info, such as the fact that three percent of Purdue's undergraduates are black, into the video after the audience is interested. Finally, I thought the video did an excellent job of demonstrating the conflict or struggle between unbridled free speech and the idea of an inclusive, accepting community. It did this not by an on-camera personality, monologue, or voiceover, but by letting the activists, students, and faculty talk for themselves. Especially with an issue as heated as this, I think the choice to not have a narrator gives less chance that the protestors and activists feel misrepresented by the media, since it is literally their own words.

Bad video example

While the audio is clear, the interviewer isn't clear on what he is asking most of the time. Also, the editing added to the video with photos and video is often distracting and crudely added, which distracts from the interview. The video overall doesn't really have a point that I can make out. On the positive side, the camera is held steady for the most part and it is watchable, besides the moments when the awkwardness of Kyle Mooney takes over.

Dunn, Video Assignment 2

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Dunn, Audio Assignment #4

Dunn, Audio Assignment #3

Dunn, Audio Assignment #2

Dunn, Audio Assignment #1

Dunn, Photo Assignment #4

A shot of the Mighty Sound of Maryland practicing on a cloudy Wednesday afternoon.

A student breaks a leg off a crab at the 10th annual Crab Feast at Cole Field House Thursday.

Big Ten Network cameramen shoot down upon the action as Maryland's women soccer faced Michigan at Ludwig Field on Thursday.

Dunn, Photo Assignment #3

Overall panorama from the Farmer's Market on Sept. 23, 2015 outside of the Cole Field House at the University of Maryland

Medium shot of Larry Tumlin, chef manager for Dining Services, doing a cooking demonstration for students of gazpacho

Medium

Medium

Detail

Dunn, Photo Assignment #2

Connor van Scyoc is a sophomore fire protection engineering major. He juggles his schoolwork with intensive training for the Baltimore Marathon in October.

Dunn, Photo Assignment #1

University of Maryland students enter the 2015 Study Abroad Fair in Stamp's Grand Ballroom on Sept. 9, 2015.

Students wander the halls of the 2015 Study Abroad Fair in the Stamp Student Union's Grand Ballroom at the University of Maryland on Sept. 9, 2015. 

One student showcases a guitar she received from El Salvador on a previous trip to fellow students at University of Maryland's annual Study Abroad Fair at the Stamp Student Union on Sept. 9, 2015.

Hundreds of students learned about study abroad opportunities at the Stamp Student Union's Grand Ballroom on Sept. 9, 2015 for the 2015 Study Abroad Fair.

Sora DeVore, a photography lecturer for the Department of Arts, markets her photography expedition to Oaxaca, Mexico at the UMD Study Abroad Fair in Stamp's Grand Ballroom on Sept. 9, 2015.