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As some of you may have seen via the discussion board, Dale has joined another group that was in need of members. So he won't be joining us after all. He did thank us for reaching out to him.
 * 9/8/10 - 8:12 am - Martha**

But we need to get started...Brandi, Stephanie, do either of you have any comments to what Bob and I have put on the wiki? We would both like to get started, but we need your input. If you will, please weigh in so we will know what direction we are going. I will also revamp the original idea for division of duties so we can all come to a consensus on that as well.

Also, I have created a Skype account. Brandi, I couldn't find you using just your name. I have sent requests to Bob and Stephanie, keeping my fingers crossed that I picked the right Bob and Stephanie. :) Brandi, if you will, send me your Skype name so I can request you - or send me a request (martha.sells).

Lastly, I don't know about all of you, but I hate having to check this email so often. So I am going to add a page to the wiki for messages. That way we can communicate in one place. Any objections?

Hope to hear from you all today so we can get started! Martha

What time do you guys want to try and "hook up" via skype. I am available this evening between 7 and 10 if that fits everyone's schedule.

I think we are all good for 7:00 tonight. See you then!
 * 9/8/10 - 12:51 pm - Martha**

I'll be there as well. I'm not sure if I have Stephanie or Brandi on my contacts or not. We'll see.
 * 9/8/10- 5:30PM- Bob**


 * from Bob-** Hey, in case there are technical difficulties, I would like to get your cell numbers. Brandi, I have yours.

Hey Martha......The attachment looks great. I really don't have anything to add to the script. It looks like you have covered all the bases, and have a firm grasp on what your students should do in case of a hurricane.
 * From Bob-**

Martha and Bob, the script looks great!! Is there any special equipment that we will be needing for shooting with the green screen, Martha? Just double checking...
 * From Stephanie -**

Hey guys, do you want to try and meet on Skype this week to iron out the details for putting together the PSA?? I just talked to Brandi and we both said that tomorrow night would work for both of us. Anytime after 7 is alright with me....just let me know and I will put out a group call.

I also just uploaded my completed Week 3 Assignment. Please let me know if you see any changes that need to be made.

The assignment looks great. I don't see any issues. I am going to go ahead and submit it.I am available after 7 tomorrow. Eight would be better since kids will be in bed, but I can meet either way.
 * From Bob-**

I went ahead and submitted it as well. Bob, 8 works good for me too.
 * From Stephanie** -

Hey everyone! I have uploaded the assignment as well. Thanks for taking care of the shot list Stephanie. I have an appointment to film the opening and closing shots tomorrow at lunch. I will upload that footage to the wiki as soon as I get it. I will also get a screen shot of the SJC email portal and Bb login page and upload them as well.
 * From Martha - 9/12/10 - 5:00 pm**

About tomorrow night. I am teaching a class from 6 - 9, so I won't be able to join you. If you want to go ahead and meet, that will be fine. I am tied up Tuesday night as well. If you will just leave a summary of what you talk about here on the wiki, we will have a record of what was shared, as well as keeping me informed. Sound good?

Good Morning Everyone! I have uploaded all the screen shots we will need for the video, as well as a storyboard. (Just thought that might be helpful) Please feel free to tweak/redesign/adjust as you see fit. Again, just wanted to give us a starting point. I will hopefully have the opening and closing shots this afternoon. I don't know how long it will take to get those transfer-ready. Hope you have a great meeting on SKYPE tonight! I look forward to seeing the summary here on the wiki!
 * From Martha - 9/13/10 - 11:19 am**

Brandi, Stephanie and I met this evening about the upcoming week's assignment. We were able to look over the directions, as well as the San Jacinto links and storyboard(fantastic by the way!). Stephanie and Brandi will search for stock footage of hurricanes. We determined that they will need to locate much more footage than actually required, so we can pick and choose. I will go ahead and record the audio(from the storyboard) in Audacity. If need be, I can re-record it after we have our footage nailed down. Whatever is easiest. We have two concerns: We don't see a place to turn in our assignment for this week(Brandi will email Linda M. for clarification), and we are not certain how we are going to meet the requirement of wide and tight shots.
 * From Bob- 9/13/10**

I have an idea for the assignment, and will elaborate tomorrow. Have to get home now, and not taking my laptop. Larrie and I have been teaching a Genealogy class all evening and we are HUNGRY! LOL I will also talk to Justin and Keith about making one of the two segments wide and one tight. That should take care of that issue. Will talk to all of you tomorrow. Sorry I couldn't join you tonight.
 * From Martha - 9/13/10 - 9:25 pm**

Beginning and ending segment files are uploaded in the files section. I HATE seeing myself on video!!! Hope they are ok with all of you! Only drawback is that I didn't get to them in time to do wide and tight shots. So we will have to figure that out with the still shots.
 * From Martha - 9/14/10 - 12:03 pm**

I know they want us to use Audacity for this thing, but I wonder if we would be allowed to use Windows Movie Maker. It would be a one stop shop for us. Any thoughts??? Maybe just create the middle segment using all the still shots and hurricane video, and Audacity for the audio, with the end result of that being a third segment - then joining them (opening shot, middle segment, closing shot) together in Movie Maker???

Also...I will be happy to prepare a document for us to turn in to track our progress. It says we must allot and document time for each phase of the design and development process, so I will take last week's assignment document, record our changes, add a timeline, and provide our methods of communications. Won't take very long to do at all. I will upload to the wiki for approval from all of you, then we will agree on any changes and be able to submit. I don't think we have to submit the end product this week, so that gives us a little more time to perfect it. :) I will be in on the web conference this Friday, so I will let you all know for sure then. (that is if you are not there a

I would be ok with using MovieMaker as long as it is ok to do so. Are we planning any background music or special sound effects with this? If so, MovieMaker might not be the right choice. If it is just straight up voice over the video, then MovieMaker will probably work. If we do go that route, then I won't be able to do the voice over until we have the entire video thrown together on MovieMaker- correct? Thanks for creating a progress document for us. I may be on the conference this Friday, but I'll have to see what's going on with my schedule.
 * From Bob- 9/14/2010- 5:30**

I have uploaded a "progress document" that outlines what we have done so far. Brandi, we will need you to give Linda and Dr. Abernathy access to the wiki so we can have everything documented on here count toward our grades. Since there were no actual directions on how to do this, I just added what I thought would be a good representation of our work so far. Please feel free to add/delete/rearrange/tweak/etc. I don't mind driving, but I certainly won't mind some back seat drivers on this. LOL
 * From Martha - 9/15/10 - 10:17 pm**

I'm going to go ahead a attempt to do the voice over in Audacity. If it becomes easier to just do it straight into MovieMaker, then I will do that. I will place the file in the wiki when I'm done.
 * rom Bob- 9/15/10- 11:30**

OK I completed the voice over and posted it on here. Here's the deal- I had to make some cuts in order to get in at 40 seconds. Martha- I'm hoping that the first and last scene aren't more than 20 seconds total. It's pretty quick- let me know what you think. I have the audacity file on my computer. I had to convert it to wma so it would fit on the wiki. I'm a little nervous about not "submitting" any work this week. Oh well.
 * from Bob 9/15/2010 7:45PM**

After viewing the first and last scene, I think we will be able get this to one minute with a little bit of cutting and editing.

Bob, this sounds great! Now all we have to do is put the screen shots and hurricane footage together to make it match, and we're good to go. Stephanie & Brandi, let us know if you need anything from either of us to help out with that. If you will, let us all know when it is done and uploaded. Then we can have another SKYPE session to discuss any changes or adjustments we need to make. Thanks to all of you! Fro Bob- 9/17/10 5:45P Ok.... Apparently we are supposed to submit a link to our wiki site on our discussion board. Martha, thanks allot for putting our progress together for the week. I'm assuming that is what we need to link to- right? Brandi- Dr. A and L. Marshall have to have access to our wiki if they don't already. We are doing well. Just a couple of weeks left. All we have to do now is figure out how to put it all together and wrap it up with a bow! Also........If we are supposed to submit our assignment with a link to our blog in it, then do we all have to have a separate copy of our progress report in the wiki?
 * From Martha - 9/16/10 - 7:57 am**

Hey all, I have a couple videos ready to be edited, etc....I just need to know what format would be best for it to be saved in. I have it in a couple of different formats, but those formats are not recognized by Movie Maker. I wasn't sure if we were using that, so I thought I would ask. If we are, I can still convert them to fit Movie Maker...just let me know. Once I hear from you guys, I will go ahead and put them in our Files.
 * From Stephanie - 9/18/2010 1:10 PM**

Hey Stephanie- I'm been fiddling around with movie maker for the last half hour. I was able to trim the first scene and line up my voice over to go in between the first and last scenes. Pretty easy to do. I don't see why we can't just do this whole thing in MovieMaker and go with it. I did the voice over in audacity like the instruction said. I think we will be ok. Also, if there is sound with the video clips that you guys selected, hopefully there is a way to delete it. I'm not sure how that works in MovieMaker. I'm sure we can rig it some how. Still messing with MovieMaker- This is going to be REALLY tight. Right now I'm seeing 66 seconds and not much else to cut. I'm not sure I can get the voice over shorter. I cut the storyboard to the bone. I don't want to leave out important info. I may have to try the voice over again. We'll see. It will be interesting to see what you guys come up with. Please post the internal footage on the wiki, so I can mess around with it as well.
 * from Bob- 9/18/2010 2:43**

Hey guys, sorry I left yesterday afternoon and I tried getting on here last night and for some reason I couldn't get onto this webpage....not sure if it was my internet or wikispaces. Anyway, I just uploaded two videos. Bob, neither one has sound, so hopefully that will be helpful. One is about 30 seconds and the other is 1:45, but once we get them into MovieMaker, we can condense them to fit our needs, as I just played around with it, before I posted them on here. I did post the original versions, so that we can adjust as we all see fit. As of right now, are you trying to fit everything with your voice? I didn't know if the rough cut had been put onto the Wiki or not. If you post the rough cut, I will try and condense as well.
 * From Stephanie - 9/19/10 3:12**

Yes....Right now, we have about 66 seconds worth of sound. Hopefully, we can get it paired down to 60 without having to redo the voice over as it has already been slashed to the bone. We'll see what happens. I'll mess around with it and see what I can come with. Have any of you submitted week 4 assignment to you discussion board yet?
 * from Bob 9/19/10 4PM**

I have not submitted anything to the discussion board yet. From what I can tell is that we have performed edits to our video, but not anything to the storyboard or shot list correct? I will add the specifics of the videos that were added to my shot list, but I don't know what else to put as a change from last week. I plan on uploading it later tonight.
 * from Stephanie - 9/19/10 4:30PM**

Hey guys...sorry I've been AWOL for the last couple of days. Had a family baby shower, and I'm the cake baker in the family. Had much to do, as we had invited about 100 people. YIKES! I'm back home now, and in homework mode. I will take a look at the progress document and update it if one of you hasn't already done it. Then I'll let you all know it's ready. Once we have concensus that it looks good, we can all post it to the discussion board individually. That sound ok with the rest of you?
 * from Martha - 9/19/10 7:30 pm**

If we can't get it down to 60 seconds, I can do some editing on the script, and Bob can redo the voiceover. I know that Dr. A does NOT want it to be any longer. She said 30 seconds is the usual PSA time, so we are being given a lot of leeway already. If we can get it down using what we have, we are in GREAT shape. We just have to do our final touches, and turn it in. I'm hoping for early. We've been working great together. Thanks to all of you for your hard work!

OK, I have adjusted the progress document. All we need to do is agree that it is accurate, and fill in our own blog info on our web conference experience. I plan to write my blog in a few minutes, and post after that. Hopefully everyone will have seen and blessed the progress document so we can all post tonight.
 * from Martha - 9/19/10 - 8:00 pm**

Martha, this looks great! Everything is so detailed! I love that you added in our email correspondence as well. I attended another web conference, earlier last week so I already have my blog ready to go. I turned that in last week, but I am also going to turn it in again this week...we didn't need to attend another one, correct?
 * From Stephanie - 9/19/10 - 8:05**

I probably will be MIA tomorrow because we have open house tomorrow night, but I will get on here and check this tomorrow after school to see if any last minute things need to be done.

I'm at 1:05 right now and desperately trying to cut 5 seconds. I'm not sure it will happen. I really don't want to cut the voice over any more, because I feel like it is slashed to the bone and very fast. I'll keep trying. Thanks for updated the progress doc for us Martha- UR the best!
 * from Bob 9?19?10 @ 8:30**

Bob, can we just cut the closing altogether and just end with the TV and radio stations? That would take off plenty of time, and also let us slow down the other parts. Thoughts?
 * from Martha - 9/19/10 8:42 pm**


 * from Bob-** Yes, we could do that..... I like the closing though, and we are real close. Let me keep working on it. Maybe I will get it. I'll keep you posted.

OK I GOT IT!! If we use the hurricane preparedness 2 wma file that I just uploaded, and cut out all of the extra time in the opening and closing scenes, we are at one minute! All we have to do now is put the pictures(blackboard, alert system, etc) on top of the internal voice over, and we have it! We have to cut out the very last part of the last scene "so be safe" I think is what it says.


 * Bob** back(again) I don't see any other way submit this assignment than to take what is in the wiki, add my blog link and an upload wiki as my assignment then link it from discussion board. You guys will to the same.

 Had a post on here but it got deleted somehow... from 9/19/10 - 9:50 pm FANTASTIC BOB!!! Thanks for your diligence on this! Stephanie/Brandi, you should be able to edit as needed now. We can save it to my YouTube channel if you would like. I just took a look at the Week 5 information and once the PSA is uploaded, it is just a matter of us posting our own blog posts. Why don't we try to find a time we can SKYPE later in the week, after the final edits have been made and we have our finished product. Would Thursday at 7:00 pm work for all of you? I really think we need one more of these sessions before we submit everything.
 * from Martha - 9/20/10 - 1:25 pm**

Sounds like we are in really good shape. Stephanie, Brandi - anything to add?
 * from Martha - 9/20/10 - 1:30 pm**

Martha and Bob thank you for taking the bull by the horns. I appreciate all the hard work you two have done. I have not yet found some footage for the movie yet because most of it is copyrighted and it will not let me copy and paste. I am having to do some looking around. Everything looks good. I will try and keep looking for some footage so we will have it by the end of this week.
 * From Brandi-9/20/2010 2:11pm**

Brandi, I actually believe we already have enough footage between what I provided (screen shots) and what Stephanie found. All we need now is to get it all put together to match the audio. You and Stephanie will be working on that this week.
 * from Martha - 9/20/10 - 2:17 pm**

Yes- We have plenty of hurricane footage. All you guys need to do is cut the opening and closing scenes down so that it fits in with the voice over(the second one). It should come in at one minute. Then, add the SJC pics in the appropriate spots and fill in the rest with the hurricane footage.
 * from Bob- 9/20/2010- 2:30P**

OK...I just put a draft together and put it on here. All I did was put all of the SJC site pics and some footage in between the first and last scene. It is not fancy. I couldn't figure out how to get the TV/Radio stations to scroll. There is no music, and no special effects. I think it covers all of basics though. We can always use this as a starting point, if we wish to get more creative. This is pretty fun! Let me know what you guys think.
 * From Bob- 9/20/2010- 7:16P**

Goodness Bob, didn't know you were going to do this. I think it has worked out wonderfully. If we can figure out how to get some background music/sounds on there, it will be an added bonus, but if not, I would certainly be happy with this. Thanks so much for all your hard work! FRom Bob- 9/21/2010- 8:08PM OK- I'm confused about the assignment- again. I just finished answering the course completion questions(what a beating!) On the self evaluation, PSA post production, and PSA //pre production(what the......?)// all that's in there are instruction on how to submit an assignment. Also, we are supposed to have 3 blogs for this class- digital story reflection, video editing reflection, and a conference blog. I guess I'm going to post a link to my blog in my final wiki page that we are supposed to have by the end of this week. Does that sound right to you all? I figured I would ask you guys for enlightenment b/f I email the coach.
 * from Martha - 9/20/10 - 8:08 pm**

Hey all, I just uploaded a new copy of the scrolling tv and radio stations. Turns out with the new version of Powerpoint you can save a slide as a wmv file!! I just did the scroll feature on ppt and then saved it as an wmv file. I already put it into movie maker, but was wondering because I don't have the original audacity podcast for just the radio/tv stations (it's all together), if Bob you wanted to stick the 2 seconds or so of audio on this clip again and then I will help finalize and look for background music. If this is too much work, to redo the audio, then I think that what we have is great!) I just wanted to see if the scrolling feature would work. I do think that this is pretty cool that now anything we can do in ppt we can import into Movie Maker as well and the options are endless!!
 * From Stephanie 9/22/10 8:53PM**

Oh and Bob I haven't looked at this week's assignment close enough...I need to go back and review it again and get back to you.

Hey Guys! I've been working on my Internship blog tonight, so I haven't had a chance to get on here. I can't wait to see the scrolling text Stephanie. That's great that you figured out a way to do it. As far as our blog posts go Bob...I am just putting mine on my Internship blog and providing that link. We are going to end up with so many wikis and blogs, I just thought it would be simpler that way. I think things are so flexible that it really won't matter where it is, just as long as we show them how to get to it.
 * from Martha - 9/22/10 - 9:24 pm**

Stephanie- I will post the voice over for that slide. I may have it saved somewhere. If not, I will just redo it. Man! There are so many blogs and wiki posts to do that is is making my head spin. I'm trying to get through it all right now.
 * from Bob- 9/22/10- 9:41P**

OK....I tried to upload the PSA project to the wiki, but was unable to. It shows up as a word document for some reason. So, I emailed the project to all of you. You should be able to open it as a project in MovieMaker. Stephanie, you should be able to take out the tv stations, and put the PowerPoint scroll in its place. The voice over should still work. You guys should also be able to edit it further if you like- music, bells, whistles, whatever. Let me know how it goes. When everything looks good, you should be able to publish it and post to our wiki and whatever web base app we decide on. - Bob

Stephanie-I will call you sometime tomorrow during the day to work on this or Sunday afternoon. When is a god time. I have not even looked at week 5. Please let me know a good time and I will check the wiki tonight when i come in from work. Martha and Bob-Wow thank you so much for doing the main portion of the work. You guys have done a great job and I enjoy being on your team. Thank you thank you thank you so much for being great classmates. You guys have done a wonderful job along with Stephanie.
 * from Brandi 10:13am 09-24-2010**

Brandi - I got your voice message following up on mine asking you to invite Dr. A and Linda into the wiki. Thanks for taking care of that.
 * from Martha - 9/24/10 - 11:23 am**

All - As soon as we have the finished product loaded onto the web, I will update the progress document so we can all approve and turn it in. Great teamwork throughout. Thanks to all of you!

Brandi - I have a volleyball tournament tonight and all day tomorrow, so I am not quite sure when it will all be over. I should have a better idea after tonight's games. I will post on here or email you about the time so we can discuss any changes. Depending on what time we play tonight, I may be able to work on this a little tonight. If my girls lose though, I won't get home till late, so pray that they win! :)
 * From Stephanie - 9/24/10 = 12:36pm**

Stephanie-you have my number girl just give me a call and when you are able to work on it and we can discuss it then. I go to work from 5 to 9 pm tomorrow night and then Sunday morning from 11a to 2pm. I will make myself available at the computer to work on this throughout those times......Don't worry about posting on here a time just call me and we can discuss it then and work together online at the same time. Thanks for being a great team mate.
 * From Brandi**

Everyone what kind of background music would you like to go to the video? Please give me some examples. I am sure I can find something in my list of music I have. Do you want singing or just instrumental? Slow or fast beat? Just let me know and I will certainly get that added in.
 * From Brandi**

I'm not sure if we even need background music. If we do put it in, I think it should be subtle in the background. That's my two cents.
 * from Bob**

Hey everyone, I just put the video in the files. I added a couple of effects to it and added the audio to the scrolling tv/radio stations. Unfortunately, there is a part of the transition that I don't like, but if I cut down the clip anymore it will lose important audio. Because it is just a split second, I think we are okay, but it bugs me that I couldn't get it to be a seamless transition. I think that Brandi is going to finalize everything, but we should be ideally ready to go. Let me know what you all think.
 * From Steph -**

Hey Steph- This looks good...I like the scrolling text part. Could you email the file to me? Maybe I can work out that kink- no gaurantees.

I am about to re post the PSA. I'm pretty sure that little glitch is gone. The audio is a bit louder during the tv station scene, but at this point, I think we're good. I don't think we need background music for this kind of message. What you guys think?
 * from Bob**

Hey everyone...I got home and went straight to the Internet. I think we're good! I agree that it doesn't need background music; it will be too much. I think we have all the elements covered, and have a good end product. Is everyone in agreement? If so, I will finish the progress document, upload the video to YouTube, provide you all with the link, and we can all turn in our assignments tomorrow!!!!! Again, thanks to all of you for your collaborative work on this project. I think we have done a great job together. Please post your thoughts.
 * from Martha - 9/25/10 - 10:19 pm**

I agree....I think we're good. I appreciate all you guys. I think we did a great job. That's a wrap!!
 * from Bob 6/26/10- 8:30**

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDI.....I HOPE YOU HAVE GREAT DAY!!!!

OK, then. I will assume everyone is in agreement, and post the document. I worked on it last night, so it will be on the wiki in a few minutes. Great job guys!
 * from Martha - 6/26/10 - 12:18 pm**

Happy Birthday Brandi!


 * 12:26 pm** - The document is now uploaded. And it contains the link to the PSA on YouTube. Good luck in getting your other assignments ready for the week!

Martha- Thanks for taking care of the production document throughout this course. I really appreciate it. It has been a pleasure working with you the last several weeks.
 * From Bob- 1:14P 9/262010**

I think this looks great!! Thank you guys for being such great group mates. The production document and audio really look great on this, Bob and Martha you did a great job! I didn't know much about all of this when we started, so thanks to all of you for putting up with my questions and misunderstandings...You all are the best groupmates a girl could ask for! :)
 * From Steph- 4:40 pm**

Oh and Happy Birthday Brandi!!! I hope you had a great day!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I appreciate it. You guy and gals are the best. I look forward to keep working with you all in the future.
 * From Brandi:**