Commercial Time!

This might have been my favorite project. I always enjoy being in front of the green screen and doing what I love. In class we recorded each other to start working on our commercials and psa's. Mr. Harwood worked in the back in the control room. 

I decided to do my 60 second commercial on working out. Right after everyone stuff's their selves for the holidays everyone will be looking towards getting their bodies right back for whatever the occasion, rather its "New Years Resolution," "Spring Break" or "Summertime." My workout plan video will guarantee do the job. Go buy it now! 

Quick Takes Video

Since I've done this assignment before I already knew what to do and what steps to take to do so. I grabbed a few videos I found interesting to cover and talk about. My commentary was straight to the point because each video was self explanatory.

For you to make your own quick takes video here is how you can download videos. Here is a video on how to put picture in picture or video in video with iMovie. I hope you enjoyed my humor and video footage.

Three Point Lights, Camera and Action!

Three point lighting was fun to do in class. The class looked over a diagram that truly helped us understand it. This assignment consisted of a key light, fill light and back light. It is also mainly used for interviews. 

The Key light, also your main light is positioned behind and left to your interviewer. 

The Fill light fills in the shadow created by the Key Light. 

The Backlight will be behind your subject, which illuminates the back of your subject’s head.

Check out this video I shot during the three point lighting assignment.

Constance Maybin and Jordan Beagle are the featured subjects in the photos. Constance/Connie is a great muse, the reason why she is always a chosen subject for projects. Adjust lighting if necessary, but if you follow the steps correctly you most likely won't need to. For more information on three-point lighting check out this video.

Classic Lighting Techniques

In class we learned about basic lighting and how it can be used to look proper and professional. We also viewed a video that gives the basics by covering four simple and classic one-light portrait setups.





   

         
Rembrandt Lighting- 45 degree lighting, consist of the fill light, key light and back light.                                                                
                                                                 












Split Lighting- 90 degree lighting, set at subjects eye level.











                                                                                                         







Broad Lighting- subject face turned a bit off center.












Butterfly Lighting- place the main light source above and directly behind the camera which creates a shadow under the nose.

It was fun to take pictures of my subject, demonstrating the three common lighting applications used by photographers. I worked with classmates to arrange studio lights and complete the different forms of lighting. Thanks to Connie Maybin for being a great subject.

That's Some Good Lighting!!

On Tuesday October 25th, 2016 my Advanced Television Production class with Mr. Harwood, went outside to take pictures with and without light reflectors. This activity was called the outdoor bounce light activity. You can see how harsh the lighting was in the first picture of my classmate, Justin.

• I enjoyed participating in the three lighting “looks” activity. We were able to see the difference between using the reflector and not using it. The reflector really improved the quality of the pictures taken. It made a great difference in lighting when used. Would you like to improve your lighting? You can get one of these great tools from amazon for an affordable price.

5 Questions & Green Screen!

Below is an updated version of my green screen recording "5 questions" shot by me, with Lynn McGrier and Alexis Rabb. I added a background that I created. I used chroma key in Adobe Premiere. 

I dragged the background shot in video channel 1 and the other in video channel 2. I then went to the effects tool to find "keying", clicked on ultra key and the dropper. By clicking in the green screen area it blended my new background with the video.

 I also adjusted the length of the image to fit the video. After adding the background and exporting the video, I was very pleased with my video.

5 Cool Questions!

Last week I was given the opportunity to record the lovely Ms. Lynn McGrier and Alexis Rabb. My two subjects and I worked on a project called 5 questions, where Lynn specifically asked Alexis five certain questions.  At first it was a little complicated trying to get certain angles, from where I was. I was also irritated by certain people of authority who were doing the most, then just trying to help the situation. I don't think this was a good day for me, nor is it my best work. I hope you enjoy and enjoy the bloopers at well :)

Another thing I had a problem with was rendering the video. As you can see the first clip came out blurry, although the regular recording isn't blurry. 

Motion Sequence With Harwood!

In Class, my favorite teacher Mr. Patrick Harwood showed us demonstrations of motion videos. He taught us how to jump into the next shots and scene, so that we could produce our own video. I used steady tripod shots, and allowed my subject to walk in and out of the shots. Hope you enjoy!

I used my friend Larell Mackey as a subject for my motion sequence video.

Everything went smooth and easy. He received a phone call and it was time for him to head off. I chose the music to match his personality in the video...Entertaining! 

GATHERING MY LIFE AGAIN! (MY SUMMER)

WHAT DID I DO THIS SUMMER??? WELL MY SUMMER WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT I REALLY ENJOYED IT. GOING BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN ORANGEBURG AND NEW JERSEY, IT WAS AN ADVENTURE. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND MY FIRST ATLANTA GREEN PICNIC (NEO FEVER) AND HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH MY LS'S (LINE SISTERS). WE HAD ADVENTURES IN ORANGEBURG EVERYDAY, TRYING TO DISCOVER NEW THINGS TO DO. OH! ALMOST FORGOT I WORKED AT 93.7 FM THE PEOPLES STATION IN ORANGEBURG TO! WHEN I ARRIVED BACK TO NEW JERSEY I WORKED AT THE BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES WHERE I DID PAPER WORK FOR PEOPLE APPLYING FOR WELFARE. IT'S REALLY NOT A JOB I ENJOY BUT IT DOES PAY GOOD AND HAS BENEFITS. I WENT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH CO-WORKERS AND FRIENDS, BUT I WOULD BE TOO TIRED TO DO ANYTHING. OF COURSE I ALSO SPENT TIME WITH MY FAMILY BEFORE LEAVING FOR SCHOOL AS WELL. MY OUTLOOK FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS TO EXCEL AND SUCCEED IN MY ASPIRING CAREER FIELD. I WANT TO NETWORK AND WORK AS MUCH AS I CAN SO I CAN HAVE AN INTERNSHIP OR JOB WAITING FOR ME BEFORE I GRADUATE. 

HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER?

Final Exam Blog Post !

During my Fall semester of 2015, Electronic Media Production 2 (BC 203) has given me and other students a hands on approach for learning the skills of media. The course taught us how to use social media such as Pinterest, Twitter, Blogspot and LinkedIn, and how to understand today’s professional communication skills. You have to be social to reach desired audiences and be diverse. This course has been about social media and multi media, such as teaching us how to do video, green screen, editing layouts and design.

In this class I have created blogs, and added several content. I was taught how to launch new social media sites and I have used cutting edge tools and applications such as Prezi, Kizoa and green screen/ chroma key.

This course is an important step in a student's advancement towards becoming a mass media and communication professional. The tools that we have learned will help us progress in the communications field. It helps you progress in social and media skills. Overall it enhances your future in the communication and mass media fields. If it wasn't for my wonderful teacher, Patrick Harwood, I wouldn't have learned the great skills I know now.

The online social network Twitter enables me to send and read 140 character messages aka “tweets.” I’m not as active as I used to be on twitter. I used to have long conversations with friends and associates, now you will catch me sometimes just tweeting about an event. 

My twitter name is Kiiyah Love. Three users that I follow are: Power105.1, Wendy Williams, Lala Anthony. I follow Power 105.1 because I intend to intern there or work there with the infamous CharlemagnethaGod. Wendy Williams and Lala Anthony are two of my idols that I look at for inspiration to push forward in my career.  

Above is my Twitter account with previous tweets. Check out my whole page here.

LinkedIn is a social network that is geared toward business. It contains an online directory of professionals and companies. Its place in today’s society is to connect the world’s professionals and make them more productive and successful. It also gives you a faster access to insight and trustful resources. 

It is essential for young professionals to have it to seek future jobs and other connections. You want to have a nice quality account, so that anyone who views your page can easily access important information. This helps you build your network of contacts. 

LinkedIn is for networking, job searching, hiring, and connecting with affiliates, including alumni industry, and a variety of other business related groups. It's quick and easy to get started using LinkedIn. All you do is sign up and create a profile. There are two choices of membership - Basic and Premium. Premium cost but goes into categories of "Job Seeker," "Sales Navigator," "Recruiter Lite" and "Business Plus.”

Click the picture above to check out my LinkedIn.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. It is kind of similar to powerpoint but more like an upgraded version. The product uses a zooming user interface, which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media. 

Prezi differs from Powerpoint in that it is a web-based program that allows you to create more of a canvas presentation instead of a sequential slide presentation. It allows you to incorporate videos instead of just text and pictures. You can create your presentation online and then download the final product so that you don’t require an internet connection to display the presentation.

 I use Prezi for class presentations. My last Prezi was on the subject of cheerleading being a sport. I incorporated videos and pictures explaining my point. I like how there are different templates and designs to choose from. I dislike how it is somewhat complicated to use. You have to be very computer savvy to understand how to work it at first.  Here is a link to my recent Prezi.

The Green Screen “Quick Takes” Video involved each student to mash a moving video and themselves merged together. I did my video using imovie and used videos of me on my skywalker, the SCSU Cheerleaders and the cafeteria. In each video I talked about something Knowledgeable about each subject. 

 I learned how to join videos together and hopefully next time I can put myself in front of a weather screen, and do the weather forecast. This technology is commonly used for things such as the weather and movies when they add fx effects and crazy scenes. Here is a link to my “Quick Takes” video:  https://youtu.be/CX49xiONS_g   

 Kizoa is an online slideshow maker, collage creator & photo editor. It works by you uploading pictures from either the internet or your files from your computer and they will put them together. It can be used for presentations for school purposes, jobs, or even family events. You gather all of the memorable pictures and are able to share them in a creative way. 

I like that you can add effects and graphics along with music to your slideshow. What I don’t like is that you cant add video. My Kizoa creation was a show of the recent Christmas Parade downtown Orangeburg, SC. It shares the wonderful moments of several schools, clubs and organizations celebrating the most wonderful time of the year. Check out the parade here: http://www.kizoa.com/Movie-Maker/d28052742k2037411o1l1/harwood-kizoa-project

Kizoa Slideshow!!

The Kizoa project consisted of multiple slideshows and pictures accumulated together. 

I chose to shoot the amazing Christmas parade that was held downtown Orangeburg, SC on Dec. 6.

 The parade included several organizations, clubs and schools. 

Why not share this beautiful event by doing so with Kizoa!

Harwood Kizoa Project - Kizoa Online Movie Maker

Kiiyah Takes On Green Screen Video

I always had the idea of being on green screen, and looking's if I was actually in a moving shot.  I depicted myself as maybe me in a crowd walking, or on a television show, but it looks interactive. Unfortunately I was unable to do this but with more practice I soon will be able to. From my first try this is what I accomplished. Take a look at my green screen project below: 

The project consisted of us doing a video and commenting on it.

Why Cheerleading is a Sport!

Mr Prezi Presentation was based on Cheerleading. There is a huge controversy on if cheerleading is a sport or not. My opinion....It most definitely is! Check out the presentation above to find all the reasons why it is.

Get to know Mr. Jones

Anthony "Sterling" Jones is a sophomore, Broadcasting Communications major here at the illustrious South Carolina State University. Jones is from Charlotte, NC and decided to attend SC State when he received the full presidential scholarship.

As a young child, Anthony’s grandfather would record him and his brother as they made their own television productions. After they were recorded and finished they would show them to their parents. He became interested in photography and video, and also became an outspoken person. With all his talents he chose to incorporate all of his interest. By his senior year he decided to major in Broadcasting Communications.  

As a former member of the best band in the land, the Marching 101, Anthony has traded his instrument in to be Vice President for the SGA class of 2018. On his spare time he likes to listen to music, dj, party, eat, shop and play basketball. He is also the creator of “Wake Up State.” Wake Up State was created by Jones in the Summer of 2015. It is a web series that provides a source to stay in tune with campus buzz, trending topics, and overall news. The concept of the series was at first just a thought and followed by action. As a freshman he considered creating something on his own to inform students.

Jones stated, "Once you make it through the night, tomorrow's always a brighter day." His original quote is what he lives by everyday.  He says, "I'm a big believer in perseverance and finishing things you start as well as setting final goals.” His other inspiration is the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jones expressed that King was able to lead one of the biggest social political movements of all time. He fought for what he believed in and no matter what circumstance he prevailed and changed lives forever. Being a leader at school and his community, Mr. Jones intends to relate and change people’s lives as well.

His post college plans are to be in radio or a television broadcaster and he aspires to be working with BET, Power98 and also traveling. Mr. Jones stated "I want to help the black community, the youth and just empower them. I want to teach young men how to dress professional and how to survive in college." Mr. Jones has great things ahead of him.

Follow Sterling's Personal IG:

https://instagram.com/_girlslikesterl

Follow WakeUpState:

www.instagram.com/wakeupstate

My First Green Screen Project!

In class I was able to learn how to do green screen for the first time! Green screen is used as a background for subjects to be filmed in front. It allows a separately filmed background to be added to the final image. Green is used often because it's easiest for most modern cameras to pick up, it's also a less common clothing color. With adobe premiere I uploaded both images and used green screen effects to combine the two.

I wanted to reenact the photo of the teen who petitioned his school to let him use his cat theme photo for the yearbook. I found it quite hilarious and also just wanted to use the cool 80's theme background.

 Here is my photo in front of the green screen:

Here is my Photo after editing:

It would've been better if I had the cat as well. Also with more practice I will be able to blend them better.

Want to know more about the crazy teenager and cat? Click The Link Below
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/teen-petitions-school-for-cat-yearbook-photo.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/teen-petitions-school-for-cat-yearbook-photo.html

Twitterrrrr!!!

When Twitter came out it was kind of a hard transition. Since everyone was on Facebook during this time it was a major step and change because you couldn't do as much as Facebook. After awhile i just started babbling on and on and typing and typing getting up to hundreds of tweets. If you are new to twitter you have to get the hang of just talking about certain topics or (tweeting). Maybe follow some people and go to trending topics to see what all the gossip is on the street. Twitter is very opinionated, you can view how someone feels on any issue and you can express how you feel as well. Any interest you have you can find by simply typing in a # Hashtag.



 Jack Dorsey, the creator of twitter, created it in 2006. As a child his obsession with how emergency dispatches communicated led to his idea of twitter. Twitter is one of the largest social marketing platforms.

                               Lala Anthony                Wendy Williams      Charlemagne Da God

 Any news that you need, rather entertainment or sports you can always find it there. Three users that I follow are: Power105.1, Wendy Williams, Lala Anthony and 4starcasting. I follow Power 105.1 because I intend to intern there or work there with the infamous CharlemagnethaGod. Wendy Williams and Lala Anthony are two of my idols that I look at for inspiration to push forward in my career. Four Star casting is a huge casting company that keeps me informed with casting calls to pursue acting.

Check out my twitter:
https://twitter.com/KiiyahLove

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/twitters-jack-dorsey-on-60-minutes/

LinkedIn for Dummies!

LinkedIn is a social network used for professional networking. Everyone and anyone can use it, but it is mainly used for business purposes. People who are looking to connect, trade and work use this as a professional outlet. The things I like about linkedIn is that they keep a clean profile and you can put your skills, endorsements and organizations for viewers to view. 

Many of my connections on there, have set their profile up to basically promote their skills for their careers. On one profile my friend has put her courses that she has taken. All of them relate to the field that she wants to work in. This is positive because now bosses can see what experience and credibility she has. Another good thing that I viewed was an upload of a resume. This way someone who is interested in hiring, will be able to see this as well. 


The way they are set up I feel that all aspects of linkedIn are important from listing previous or ongoing jobs and the rest of the contributions you have. With my linked in site I hope to find other people with my interest that can hopefully work with me and further advance my career opportunities. 

Check out My Profile!

LinkedIn for Dummies


What LinkedIn Can Do For You!

Meet the Media Slayer!

I am a Junior Broadcasting Communications Major, attending South Carolina State University. Originally from Trenton, NJ I grew up on music and television. 

With the ambition in pursuing my career in entertainment, I hope to one day host on the radio and make my way to television as a Host, furthering my career in acting and all aspects of music, rather (writing lyrics, rapping or singing). 

Along with my talents I am a current Cheerleader at SCSU and a member of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity.