Monday, April 29, 2013

Newspaper Notes

-Broadsheet should have 3 or more stories on the front of it.
-Tabloid is smaller in format, most tabloids are a broadsheet turn sideways, could have 2 or less stories on the front of the page.
-News Magazine, no stories on the front, and will have a glossy cover
-a Newspaper has
         - a flag/title
         - pictures
         - a story_ story & byline (student name and title) & title
         - name of high school
         - headlines
         - sub headlines
         - captions _headline in every caption & two sentence caption & photo credit
         - lines
         - boxes
         - teasers (whats inside)
         - folio (name of school, city we are from, quote, school address, website, volume and issue number)
         - jump (a story that jumps a page)                    
         - screen (a box with color in it) less than 20%
         - got to have table of contents
         - info-graphic (pie chart, graph, t-chart)
         - mast head (sponsors, editorial policy, staff box)
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Front Pages of the World

1) What is your favorite newspaper front page. Why?

     This is my favorite newspaper cover because, first of all I like space and I find it amazing that we found planets that could be just right for life, and second of all because this talks about the problem we have here in the U.S. and hope still remains for us that we will find the suspects and the missing people.

2) What is your favorite headline from the newspaper?Why are you interested in it? 

My favorite headline of this news paper is "Just Right For Life", because again I like space and I find it pretty amazing we found two planets like Earth.

3) How many stories are on he front page of your favorite?

Nine

4) What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at the design, size of photo, size of story text, etc.

Almost every single one either talking about the Boston marathon bombing, the Waco fertilizer plant explosion, or both. They also have the pictures of two suspects of the Boston bombing, and every single one of them is talking about a problem.

5) What things vary on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at the design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc.   

Many of the stories have different fonts in their title, their headlines, their writings and advertisements.





Monday, April 15, 2013

SLO Practice

Dog can not get enough bad luck
1) Marley,the dog, is sad and lonely because no on e is choosing to adopt him from the animal shelter in Austin, TX. Unluckily for Marley no one wants to be him so they threw him out the next day and he was eaten by hungry rabbits.

2) Rules of photography
        - simplicity
        - rule of thirds
     Lens
        - this is a prime lens 
     News value
        -Novelty
        -Human interest 
        -Timeliness
       Lighting
        - The lighting is coming behind the photographer and it highlights the drool

Lenses and Photography Vocabulary

Finish the following sentences ( in what type of situation would you use these types of lenses)

1) I would use a telephoto lens to...
shoot something that is far from me, like if I am watching a football game I could use the lens to get a good picture.

2) I would use a prime lens to...
shoot pictures when I'm indoors, for example if there was a big party going on and I needed pictures I would use that type of lens.

3) I would use a wide-angle lens to...
shoot pictures that show a lot of things happening at once in the same place and getting almost all of them, for example if there was a football game and a party happening on the field I could use the wide-angle lens for this situation.

Define each term below, and write a sentence that explains how it relates to taking better photos. 

1) Depth of Field (Shallow and Wide)- the including of objects in the foreground, middle ground, and background. This makes the photo better by showing everything in the photo from the closest object to the farthest object.

2) Light  (Angle and Intensity)- how much light there is in the photo. This makes a photo better by letting light be there when it is needed.

3) Shadows- how much shade there is in the photo. Th makes the photo better by letting shade in when ti is needed.

4) Diffusion- how much you leave the subject with enough space. This makes the photo better by seeing the subject there without any distractions.

5) Exposure- how much you expose a photo. This makes the photo better by adding one or meow interesting subjects in the photo.

6) Aperture (F-Stop)- adds dimension to a photograph by blurring a background or brings everything in focus. This makes a photo look better by putting the main subject in focus while everything else is in blur.

7) Shutter Speed-creates by freezing action or blurring motion. This makes a photo look better by showing us a photo that stops time.

8) ISO-the level of sensitivity in the camera available to light. This makes the camera better buy adding the right amount of light to a photo.


Thursday, April 11, 2013

7 News Values

North Korea Warns Foreigners in South Korea of Nuclear War

     I think that the story of North Koreas nuclear war with South Korea best follows the value of conflict, because the story talks about a nuclear war that could cause the death of thousands.
LINK:http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html


Person Killed By Train In South Austin
     I think that the story of the train killing a person is an Proximity story. I think this is an proximity  story because it has happen close yesterday night, just east of Manchaca road.


Brazilian Team Finds New Porcupine Species
     I think that the story of the new porcupine species is a human interest story. I think this because this is a new species and it has never been seen before, it is covered in dark brown spines with reddish tips, and it catches our eyes of interest.

UT Officials Continue Investigate Bomb Threat
 I think that this story best follows the value of timeliness. I think this because this story was just given out at 10:33 a.m. which makes it new.


Obama Hosts 12 Republican Senators For Dinner
I think that this story is best known as a prominence story. I believe this is a prominence story because it would be more important for the president to host a dinner party than a school teacher hosting a party for children.


One Dead, One Injured in East Austin Shooting
I think the story of the Austin shooting follows the value of impact. This must be impact because this had effected not only the injured and the dead but they also effect their families, friends, cops, and the ones that shoot them.


Studies Of Babies Did Not Disclose Risks, U.S. Finds
I believe this story is a novelty story. I believe this story is a novelty story because these babies are at a risk of blindness and or death.