Critique a professional example

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It has very good graphics it is very clear and can see the specifics in the picture. Also it has the video of the Galaxy and solar system with different angled views instead of just a still picture. I think this works because when the person tells you info you are interested but get to watch and see what they are talking about as well.

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The message seems to be an explanation of how small the world we live on is and where it is located. I know this because the entire video is very detailed on showing the different planets and how small ours is. It also shows Solar systems and the universe which shows that our galaxy is small itself.

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I think this is intended for every one because every one on earth should know how small we are and our planet compared to the rest of space. This would be a very good video to people that like space too since it have some very good shots and angle's of different parts of out solar system.

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In the video it shows everything side by side it also does zoom ins to show how something so small on a solar system is bigger then our planet our probably our galaxy.

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One technique that this video uses is that when they mention something say a solar system they show one, if they say earth a 3D floating picture of earth. I think this is used because the universe is very big and not too many people know all the solar systems and Galaxy's by name .

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I choose this piece because it is very interesting and I like astronomy also. It had very good video quality and showed some very cool views that when I was younger probably wouldn't have thought of.

Posting a Link

A link like that Here.

Newspapers and MSB

From writing a newspaper article I learned how to state basic facts quick and easy to understand. No complex page long description of something just a couple paragraph description and what a few people said with quotes. I can apply this to Media Saves the Beach by when doing my writing or video to just show important interesting facts and what people say not a boring long list that takes too long to say.

MSB comments, ideas, plans, critiques and more!

From Hallie Chavis and MSB Questions, It gave me some idea's to look at a wider search for projects I could work on. When some one mentioned the Gyro i thought that's interesting and moved on and just took it as that questions been done. How ever she took it to the next level and asked more questions like are there more then one?
Her idea's where well written out simple to understand and had good questions.



From Shanna McCue and Possible MSB Products, I took from this that there can be more then the few ways that you said to take a picture. Yes I knew that there were different styles when taking a picture but I didn't think about painting, or using Photoshop, or any of those other side styles out there that are a little more complex.
This seems like a very neat and unique idea easy to follow however painting might take some time.


From Ben wasserman & Some Product Ideas, This helps and reminds to be very specific and have it understadble also. Detail is importent dont just have a picture of something though and you know what it means have it so when some one see's it they know what it means.
His is good clear what he wants shows you good examples and tells you just what you need to know.

Idea's for MSB

Idea #1



For my first idea I would like to do something with the San Diego river and use a photo essay part to do this. The question would be something like where would the San Diego river be most polluted and by what.

I choose this picture for an example because in this picture the river goes right under a major bridge and there are buildings in it. I think I can take from this that I can show the river and the life around it but also the buildings and cars. I can take the background have a big picture but not this big so it might seem unclear on what I am doing.

Idea #2

For a second idea I was think of doing something with the TJ river and it polluting the beachs of IB. It would be a video of IB, the signs, and maybe TJ water running from the river mouth. My question would be something like what is the water quality in IB and why what caused it to be so bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQjBuE7LqtQ


I like this video it is how ever just one person talking but it tells you what you need to know. What i could take from this is maybe interveiw a few people that surf or live down there near the IB beach. I could also take that they got footage of TJ and some run off which was very good to show people what he was talking about. I also could take the angles if i interview someone have different angles because if its just a close up of some one talking it could be boring to the viewers.

Industrialization and Coastal Environments

So three years ago, when Allegheny Energy decided to install scrubbers to clean the plant’s air emissions, environmentalists were overjoyed. The technology would spray water and chemicals through the plant’s chimneys, trapping more than 150,000 tons of pollutants each year before they escaped into the sky.

1. There are these coal plants and they used to have tons of acid rain with thick layers landing on people and their property. Now with these Scrubbers they clean it before released into the air but these cleaning products are released into rivers that supply people nearby with fresh water. Now that environmentalists got one thing done they are moving to the next thing to complain about, the pollution of the scrubbers.

2. They do not show the plants perspective since the writer is for the environmentalists. They have no quotes trying to support their side.

3. Contact the people in the article to find out what went on from there one person I believe I could contact them through the website.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1255489600-roVsrCfLGpziJpFAhzsY/A

Civil War Continues

Although the Civil War has been over for many years numerous people in the south are still proud of the confederates and what they fought for. In at least one town the war is apparently still going on. The first civil war related death in over one hundred and thirty years has just occurred. a lot of people in the south don’t like change and remain faithful to the confederates. The rednecks and the African Americans don’t get along; both sides fight, argue, and die often times because the confederate flags are placed throughout the city, they are placed in businesses, cars, and even as a part of a school’s mascot. Now some one has paid the price.
Michael Westerman did not agree with the beliefs of the KKK, or with those loyal to the confederate yet he was the one that took the blow. He did like joking and playing around which annoyed some people. How ever he was not a member or a part of an organized group. When someone is angry they sometimes take it out on the next person the see that reminds them of what they are angry at. In this case it was Michael. He was shot through the heart and killed while driving with his wife. They were going out for the first night in weeks just after their twins had been born. He stopped for gas at a little gas station and when they left a few cars followed him down the road. A few miles down and across the border into Tennessee one of the kids claimed he had a gun, he did. The gun shot numerous times and hit Michael but somehow left his wife untouched. They then tried to box them in with the cars but Michael’s wife was able to grab the wheel and make a run for it. The war was unofficially revived. This event caused both sides to take more violent and drastic actions.
More people join both side because they both advertise and recruit in public places, it’s not some secret underground organization. They have a KKK recruitment van on the street. People hand out fliers that preach their ideas and beliefs. Both sides yell insults; taunt each other, and wave flag symbols or emblems. When a person is called names, put down, and antagonized because of race they eventually get sick of sitting there and taking it. They began to fight back and make groups of there. This is exactly what happened in some of these southern states, states like the one on the border where Michael Westerman and his murderers live.
It seems the Civil War is still going on. People are still racist and too proud of their past. African Americans either sit in silence or lash out in violence rather then taking it to court. Those that support the confederate and its flag refuse to see others perspectives. Southern rednecks like the confederate flag but they abuse the use of it. Instead of the flag representing, in a non-confrontational manner, memories or pride of the past, many rednecks wave it around at other races while yelling insults. Although Michael’s wife denied it according to Freddy, the murderer, one of the main reasons Michael was shot was because Freddy and the other kids he was with said they saw a hand reach out shake the flag and yell “nigger”. Although they were initially provoked to fight Michael upon seeing a confederate flag on his car they considered backing down. However upon seeing this they were once again incited to violence.
Those apposing the confederate flag say it represents racism and should be removed from buildings, schools, and other government buildings. The confederate followers say it’s just a flag. The southern rednecks complain it’s like taking away their rights. They say they now have less rights than the minorities. In courts they have been deciding whether the confederate flag can hang on a state capitol building. Even with the rednecks protest, the flag was taken down from the state capitol building. The flag should be taken down if people use the flag in a manner that promotes racism. However if it used only as a remembrance and a source of pride it possibly could have saved a life and stayed in the public eye.
Nevertheless the war is still going because one thing happens to one side and the other wants to hit back harder. It escalates until something real terrible happens. This is why the “war” in the south has been going on for so many years.

Blog #12 Ideas for Media Saves the Beach

Is the San Diego River polluted more by where nothing is near it, residential, or industrial?
I started thinking about this because I like the San Diego River and it wasn’t a very popular one last year even though it runs off into our oceans. I used to mountain bike in Santee and the San Diego River goes through there and up they’re the water looks clear and nice. Down here near where it pours out into the ocean it seems to be a little dirtier. So where does this take place along it travel to the ocean? To answer this just take some samples along the river at different stops and find the highest concentration of bacteria or pollutions.

With all the boats and industrial sites on or near the bay how badly does it affect the water?
Well when ever you go over the Coronado bridge or go to Anthony’s Fish Grotto you see all the boats and building right on the bay. When you look down into the water you cant see one foot and on top there is tons of trash with leafs, twigs, and dark brown bubbles. I always wonder if its just because the bay isn’t that big or is it all the people that work on it throwing stuff into the water right next to them. To find this out look around see if there are trashes placed around see how much of it is trash how and how much of it is not.

Watersheds, what are they, how do they work and what one are you in?
I do not know too much about them but I think I this one would be good so I could learn. They are what start communities and every one is in one so why not learn about these teach others about them and how not to pollute the watersheds we are in. To do this look at some maps, interview someone that may work or study this, and take pictures that would show good examples.