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What a dreamy semester thus far!
It turns out the last two classes I need to finish my major aren’t being offered until the Spring 2012 semester. One of which is a class I was going to take during the summer were it not cancelled at the last minute. That led to a whole big mess that left a rather bitter
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In which I wait for the promised conclusion
According to the original plan, I should have a bachelors from the University of Texas at Tyler in something by now. My fourth year came to a close with this past semester and due to This, That and The Other I am not done here. I’m won’t go into detail about what TTTO are. It
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“T-Rex & Frog Brothers”
Well, I was going to put it on my own youtube channel and post it here, but this is so much cooler. I was supposed to create a slideshow video thing for the Multimedia Production class, and I did, but I forgot to turn it in. Which I guess isn’t that big a deal, I
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And now a word from not our sponsors!
I ended up helping make a commercial for a bike shop in town for the Multimedia Production class. It’s not the best, but I’m actually kind of happy with how it came out. The guy with the “busted” bike in the beginning of the commercial was my partner, Chris Brehmer. He’s actually the one that
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A Quick Analysis
(I can’t help feeling like this is a blatant flailing around of my ignorance, but here it is anyway.) ABC’s “Nightline” from 3/30 opens with a billboard: headlines superimposed over clips, some complete with nat sound from upcoming stories—all very active scenes to give the audience the feeling of “things happening” that people tend stop
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ABC Nightline 3/30
Leaving this here to find later. Supposed to analyze it. Will update with that in a bit. ABC “Nightline” 3/30 Update: Analysis posted and linked on Writing Assignments page
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Having to do with another class not unrelated
It never occurred to me that it might be difficult to switch back and forth between writing with a flat-facts-news mindset and writing with a storytelling mindset. I like talking to people and hearing their stories, but apparently somewhere in the last couple of years more or less I started looking for things as stories
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In which I explain The Plan
I’m starting this blog as a class assignment, but this does not, however, imply that I don’t want to be here or to have much to do with it. I’ll be sharing here things about mass communication that intrigue me and the work I’m proudest of as I’m introduced to methods of mass communication and
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