Pensacola News Journal Article Review

   This article was about how a Florida newspaper became profitable after going through lay-offs and restructuring its entire process. The newspaper has changed from doing stories only about "bureaucratic bungling" to doing explanatory articles about things that matter in the community.

   The author argues that the Pensacola News Journal is becoming a more profitable and enjoyable place to work. The evidence given are mostly quotes from people that help run the newspaper or gather stories to supply the newspaper. The article is strong when talking about how the business has soared after almost failing, but is weak when analyzed to see that many workers lost jobs and raised unemployment for the sake of the paper. The author concludes that giving writers freedom in the newsroom helps to make the papers profitable and enjoyable.

   The author did a splendid job of supporting her main point and gave significant evidence for them. Although, some statistics could have been added to show how the newsroom had improved. As a videographer one could get shots within the newsroom to show how the morale had been boosted by the changes intermixed with interviews. The article was well written and followed a clear path that helped keep the evidence organized.

    The article itself was not one I would have chosen to read, it just doesn't jump out at me. After reading it though, I found it was an interesting perspective on the current problem newspapers are having. It was intriguing and had good diction. Overall the article did well.

Article: How one Florida paper is doing better work—with a happier newsroom

Professional Video Review

    In the work "London Brawling" by Freddie Wong, the main character, Freddie, accidentally swaps umbrellas with a mysterious man. A fight ensues as men with handguns come around a corner and Freddie discovers the properties of this special umbrella. He defeats the men as he gets used to the umbrella that is also a weapon, shield, and umbrella. It was an incredibly entertaining piece.

    The work did a nice job with the framing of its shots. Many shots were using the rule of thirds properly and I would like to takeinteresting wide and over the shoulder shots that are similar to those used in this piece. Freddie Wong did a good job telling the story and keeping the shots short to entertain the viewer. He began with the swap of the umbrellas to explain how the fight occurred and showed what happened during the fight and after. Although many parts were well done, some of the shots cut off the characters' heads or centered them.

    Overall the video itself was extremely entertaining and told the story well enough that shots that were only decent did not catch my eye as bad. I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing this piece and will look forward to seeing upcoming works by Freddie Wong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpasSV_mw2o

Pencil Designs

 Pencil Designs

    While creating these designs I was looking at the instructions extremely closely at first. I needed the directions in order to make these pencils and the cases. I then evolved and my memory and creative process allowed for me to create the color scheme and paper design seen in the second image. My design process then combined fully with my creative aspects in order to create the guitar case and amplifier. I had to think hard for something to accompany the guitar case.

    I knew that making these designs would help me to learn things and improve as a graphic designer. Starting at the cup and pencil with written and in depth directions, then moving to a personal pencil, and finishing with something completely different that applies these skills was the way learning should always be, start with directions and slowly apply it until you are doing it with something that is a 180 degree flip from the directions.

    There were many things I learned from this project that I will most definitely apply to my future works. I will only be explaining a few of these skills. One thing I learned was a helpful keyboard shortcut, command+d, that redoes what was previously done to the selected item. This is helpful when one is trying to make perfectly spaced and duplicated
items. Another thing I learned from this project was how to make something that isn't a single shape filled. This uses the live paint tool. The third and final thing I learned from this project was that shading different portions of objects and even applying gradients to a drop shadow helps to add more dimension to the object and the entire design.