Namibia Prep: Day 4

We had a phone conference this morning and I had to get up too early! I'm really tired right now so if this is a bit sloppy it might actually sound good. We discussed a bunch of stuff from laundry to photoshop. I found out they play basketball over there and I'm excited to play some cricket. I've watched it and it has a lot of the same principles as baseball and I'm not too bad at that game.


I'm finalizing the paperwork on my "Photo Stories" and I think I will call them "Visual Narratives" or "Visual Stories." I haven't decided yet and would like some feedback if you don't mind. Here is a description of what I'm trying to accomplish. Check out this site: http://www.soulofathens.com/#index/


Photo Stories
Produced by: Chad Clark




Description: Photo Stories will be short picture based narratives of student experiences and cultural accounts. Each story will be a short documentation of an event past or present in Namibia. These stories are meant to provide thought provoking insights to the Digital Archive and the country of Namibia. They will be picture based along with accompanying audio to help tell the visual story.


Style: Each story will dictate the presentation of audio/visual material. Each story will have voice over narration. Each story will have interviews to accompany the appropriate image. Text Graphics will be used to help the audience follow the story and characters.


Amount: I am planning on producing 10 episodes.


Duration: Each story will be at least1:00, and not much longer than 3:00.


Naming: I haven’t decided on the official name yet, but I have some ideas. I am leaning toward Visual Narrative.


Visual Narrative, “A Meeting with the Church”


Photo Story
Picture Story
Photo Essay
Picture Essay
Visual Story
Visual Essay
Picture Narrative

Namibia Prep: Day 2

We had another great day today. I am so excited about the podcast and my part of the photo stories. I found a great site today that displays exactly what I had in mind for my project. I am going to implement these same things into my class at Kearns. Oh if you didn't know, I got a job! I am the new Multimedia Teacher at my old high school, Kearns High. I thin my experience will be a great benefit to the kids.

Anyhow that site I found is called www.soulofathens.com It's an amazing site... check it out. Tomorrow I am preparing a Digital Imaging training. We are hoping to finalize the podcast by the end of the week. Stay tuned. - Chad

Namibia Prep: Day 1

Today we discussed our plans for the project concerning our training sessions we will be responsible for. I will be covering Digital Imaging with Professor Esmay. I will be posting more information about the project nearly every day now. Please ask any questions or email if you'd like. I am thinking about breaking imaging down to the basic fundamentals because I'm not sure what my audience will be able to handle.
We also talked about our podcast we will be producing during our trip in Namibia. I will be responsible for producing the "Photo Stories." The stories will use images and sounds to tell a brief story about the people or about our experience. Tomorrow I will get to work on each of these projects and tell you more about it. Thanks for tuning in - Chad