Public Relations Event: Book Fundraiser for library at Providence Christian Academy
Overview:
Our book collection is in full swing. We have gotten things in to place, so at this point, Sharon and I are making sure that our publicity stays intact. We also want to make sure that we are collecting as many books as we possibly can. We are not at a complete stand-still point but a lot of what we do at this point in our project is merely manual labor, as books continue to come in and need placing and storing.
Work Completed:
We had a successful time with our presentation and kickoff for our project. Everyone seemed to enjoy the pizza party, powerpoint presentation, younger visitors, and room decoration as much as we hoped they would. We were able to gather some good suggestions from our classmates, many of which we have already implemented. One classmate even recommended us to her sorority president, so that we might put a word in with her service sorority and get extended help. Our flyer has been copied, approved by officials at Hendrix, and hung around campus for all to see. We wrapped our collection box in tissue paper and placed it outside of the 1941 Communications Studio in Daniel Hall. We wrote a press release, which we gave to Professor Holmevik to send out to other faculty members.
Next Steps:
We would like to send a campus-wide email out on the school server, but we are not sure if this will happen or not. We are in the process of doing some research and seeing how doable it actually is. We want to continue collecting books on our own, outside of just gathering what comes about in our box located outside of the 1941 Communications Studio. We have found various locations that have additional books to give away for free, so we’re keeping our ears and eyes open for that. Our most important “next step” is our paper. We recently learned that the paper is supposed to be anywhere between twenty and thirty pages, which scares us, honestly. We have an idea of what we are supposed to include in the paper, and we know what we have already included in the paper thus far, but we are not sure that we can meet the minimum length requirement. Even with visuals included, which we do not want to overload the paper with, meeting the minimum length requirement is going to be our biggest obstacle of all. We tried to meet with Professor Holmevik about it today, but he was not in his office, so we will schedule another time to get his input.
Conclusion:
Sharon and I are so satisfied with the support we have received thus far in the book collection. Of course we set our hopes high, but we are actually achieving what we set out to accomplish from the start. I think the reality of the situation really started to hit us when we saw our first twenty books come in. The Clemson community, and surrounding areas, are so eager to get rid of books, especially during this time of year, so I think we hit the nail on the head when we decided to do a public relations campaign for our project. We have each learned a great deal about public relations and the fundamentals of making a campaign a success, so we will exercise what we learn through this small book collection in our real-world jobs and internships in the future. For now, though, we must focus on the books for the kindergarten through twelfth graders!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Study of Videogames
Upon returning from Thanksgiving Break, our class continued to study different forms of video games. One particular game that we looked at was geared towards the United States Army. We also looked at War of Worldcraft. I am not a big videogame-player, but i'm familiar with the games that Professor Holmevik has presented to us.
It's interesting to take a different look at these video games by closely examining the effects that the visuals have on the players. For instance, in the United States Army game, not only did the characters look and act like real members of the army, each character had an individual profile about themselves, including their job title and involvement with the army. When your character approaches another character, the other army men introduce themselves and state their positions, as a real army member might do.
The player navigates through an army world in such a way that the player on the computer feels as though they are walking through the rooms and the places outdoors that their army character is walking through. Although at times it felt dizzy, it was much easier to navigate as if you were in the characters body than it would be if you weren't "walking in your character's shoes"
The setting that the creatos of this game designed is quite interesting. According to some of our classmates that have either served time in the army or have lived near an army base, the scenery portrayed in the game, both indoors and outdoors, is very realistic. One of our classmates that served time in the army explained to our class that the reason that the army members sit in an upright position with their hands on their laps is because this is a required way of sitting for all army members. That is one detail that the creators made that is just as realistic as the real-world army base setting. Another classmate is from the area in Georgia that this particular game is supposed to be based out of, and she said that everything from the color of the sky to the trees surrounding the practice shooting field looked real.
Even though I don't know much about videogames, I feel like I have a deeper appreciation for them after studying them in class. Discussion of the games effects on players even flourished a conversation about the possibility of terrorists logging into the game and learning about the United States army. The boy that is in the army told our class that there was nothing in the videogame that the terrorists don't already know, as army "rituals" and "traditions" haven't changed over the past ten decades.
Now, if I can learn how to play these games in a successful-fashion, i'll be uptopar with everyone else!
It's interesting to take a different look at these video games by closely examining the effects that the visuals have on the players. For instance, in the United States Army game, not only did the characters look and act like real members of the army, each character had an individual profile about themselves, including their job title and involvement with the army. When your character approaches another character, the other army men introduce themselves and state their positions, as a real army member might do.
The player navigates through an army world in such a way that the player on the computer feels as though they are walking through the rooms and the places outdoors that their army character is walking through. Although at times it felt dizzy, it was much easier to navigate as if you were in the characters body than it would be if you weren't "walking in your character's shoes"
The setting that the creatos of this game designed is quite interesting. According to some of our classmates that have either served time in the army or have lived near an army base, the scenery portrayed in the game, both indoors and outdoors, is very realistic. One of our classmates that served time in the army explained to our class that the reason that the army members sit in an upright position with their hands on their laps is because this is a required way of sitting for all army members. That is one detail that the creators made that is just as realistic as the real-world army base setting. Another classmate is from the area in Georgia that this particular game is supposed to be based out of, and she said that everything from the color of the sky to the trees surrounding the practice shooting field looked real.
Even though I don't know much about videogames, I feel like I have a deeper appreciation for them after studying them in class. Discussion of the games effects on players even flourished a conversation about the possibility of terrorists logging into the game and learning about the United States army. The boy that is in the army told our class that there was nothing in the videogame that the terrorists don't already know, as army "rituals" and "traditions" haven't changed over the past ten decades.
Now, if I can learn how to play these games in a successful-fashion, i'll be uptopar with everyone else!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Class Notes, November 15
Games
-Serious Games
-Entertainment
-Story Telling
-Education
-The power of "flow" (psychology)
-Cartoons
-Dealing with things as complex as terrorism
-Delay, sound, explosion, counting the number of terrorists (game mechanics)
*Madrid
-Game provoked emotions of frustration because the player cannot possibly keep track of making sure that all of the candles are lit or re-lit.
-Purpose of some things, like Solitaire, is to relax the player
-Visual design must take certain things into account
-Serious Games
-Entertainment
-Story Telling
-Education
-The power of "flow" (psychology)
-Cartoons
-Dealing with things as complex as terrorism
-Delay, sound, explosion, counting the number of terrorists (game mechanics)
*Madrid
-Game provoked emotions of frustration because the player cannot possibly keep track of making sure that all of the candles are lit or re-lit.
-Purpose of some things, like Solitaire, is to relax the player
-Visual design must take certain things into account
Progress Report, November 15
Public Relations Event: Book Fundraiser for library at Providence Christian Academy
Overview:
Our project is moving along well. I continue to be pleased with the communication that Sharon and I have been able to have about our ideas to put forth towards our project. What we’re doing take a bit of creativity and organization, and I have no doubt in my mind that we are on the right track with implementing the skills that each of us has with organization and creativity. Our ideas just keep getting better.
Work Completed:
Over the past week Sharon and I have been working on our lay and expert documents for English 490 so we managed to get a few things done. We went by Tiger Town Graphics and put the order in for our t-shirt designs. Now we are waiting to get the proofs back from them to see what the t-shirt look likes and give them the go. We straightened our flyer out so that once we get the photo placed on it the flyer will be ready to print and distribute. We continue to run our classified in the The Tiger and we have a Facebook group.
Next Steps:
Our next step, as mentioned above, is going to be securing our t-shirt order, by finding out how many people want to purchase t-shirts. We thought that we could encourage people to order a t-shirt, or two, by giving them service hours in exchange. After all, by bringing books and ordering a t-shirt they are contributing to community service activity. We also need to decide what pizza company we will use for the party as well as secure the 1941 Studio in Daniel.
Conclusion:
We are very busy at the moment, and will be for the next few weeks, but having people already contacting us about the book collection, with books to donate, has secured Sharon and I’s feelings about being successful with our event. We collected a number of books, over 20, from a woman in Seneca on Tuesday, and we continue to get calls from people willing to donate. We will find a place to keep our books, whether it’s at my house or Sharon’s. Everything seems to be moving along as well as can be expected, we will just use our time after Thanksgiving to start compiling our documents and producing our papers.
Overview:
Our project is moving along well. I continue to be pleased with the communication that Sharon and I have been able to have about our ideas to put forth towards our project. What we’re doing take a bit of creativity and organization, and I have no doubt in my mind that we are on the right track with implementing the skills that each of us has with organization and creativity. Our ideas just keep getting better.
Work Completed:
Over the past week Sharon and I have been working on our lay and expert documents for English 490 so we managed to get a few things done. We went by Tiger Town Graphics and put the order in for our t-shirt designs. Now we are waiting to get the proofs back from them to see what the t-shirt look likes and give them the go. We straightened our flyer out so that once we get the photo placed on it the flyer will be ready to print and distribute. We continue to run our classified in the The Tiger and we have a Facebook group.
Next Steps:
Our next step, as mentioned above, is going to be securing our t-shirt order, by finding out how many people want to purchase t-shirts. We thought that we could encourage people to order a t-shirt, or two, by giving them service hours in exchange. After all, by bringing books and ordering a t-shirt they are contributing to community service activity. We also need to decide what pizza company we will use for the party as well as secure the 1941 Studio in Daniel.
Conclusion:
We are very busy at the moment, and will be for the next few weeks, but having people already contacting us about the book collection, with books to donate, has secured Sharon and I’s feelings about being successful with our event. We collected a number of books, over 20, from a woman in Seneca on Tuesday, and we continue to get calls from people willing to donate. We will find a place to keep our books, whether it’s at my house or Sharon’s. Everything seems to be moving along as well as can be expected, we will just use our time after Thanksgiving to start compiling our documents and producing our papers.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Class Notes, November 8
Computer Graphics
-Computer generated images
-Film
-Animated photo realism
-Special effects
I use a lot of computer graphics with my job at the newspaper. Each week, I would have to work with an assortment of design and layout that involved creative computer generated images. I did not have to work with many animated photo's in the news section, but I did work with special effects in certain photographs. There were things we had to alter in certain photographs on the computer before they were submitted for layout to make them look appropriate for what we were using them for. Some stories called for black and white photographs while others needed color photographs.
Our graphics department worked closely with computer graphics, and it was in watching them over their shoulders that I really learned to appreciate what sort of things they were creating. Computer graphics can range from video games, to computer games, to newspaper pages.These messages that we create through computer graphics and other technology help our staff communicate certain messages to our audience, whether they're cartoons, political graphics, or photographs.
-Computer generated images
-Film
-Animated photo realism
-Special effects
I use a lot of computer graphics with my job at the newspaper. Each week, I would have to work with an assortment of design and layout that involved creative computer generated images. I did not have to work with many animated photo's in the news section, but I did work with special effects in certain photographs. There were things we had to alter in certain photographs on the computer before they were submitted for layout to make them look appropriate for what we were using them for. Some stories called for black and white photographs while others needed color photographs.
Our graphics department worked closely with computer graphics, and it was in watching them over their shoulders that I really learned to appreciate what sort of things they were creating. Computer graphics can range from video games, to computer games, to newspaper pages.These messages that we create through computer graphics and other technology help our staff communicate certain messages to our audience, whether they're cartoons, political graphics, or photographs.
Progress Report, November 8
Progress Report
November 8, 2007
Public Relations Event: Book Fundraiser for library at Providence Christian Academy
Overview:
Our project is moving along well. I am pleased with the communication that Sharon and I have been able to have about our ideas to put forth towards our project. What we’re doing take a bit of creativity and organization, and I have no doubt in my mind that we are on the right track with implementing the skills that each of us has with organization and creativity. Our ideas just keep getting better.
Work Completed:
We decided that instead of having a graphic drawing (produced by Sharon and I) on the back our t-shirts we want to take a photograph of a few of the students from a young class at Providence Christian Academy, gazing up at a bookshelf with very few books, and have that printed on the back of the t-shirt. This would express their need for books in their library. Sharon visited Tiger Town Graphics after our meeting while I went to another class and got some prices on different designs. It turns out that the photograph idea is going to be a little more expensive than a graphic drawing, so I think we’re going to draw up a graphic for them to use and keep the shirts two colors only. We are going to offer our class the opportunity to buy a shirt for cheap to help us afford the costs. We’re hoping to get about 10-15 shirts. We have the flyer complete, and we want to use the photograph that we’re not using on the t-shirt on the flyer, so we’ve just got to add the photograph to the flyer, get it approved by Professor H., and then get it approved by the University for distribution. We chose an event name, “Once Upon A Time Book Collection” as well as a slogan for the back of the t-shirts, “Happily Ever After Begins with a Book…”. These names sort of stemmed from a font that Sharon saw that would work perfectly to convey our message. The font is called Odette, and it’s a fairytale-like font. That will be used on the flyer and the t-shirts so that everything is somewhat in sync and able to be associated easily by the eye. We are going to start putting together our digital portfolio, which we will do through Google Page Creator.
Next Steps:
We thought that the book drive in Emily Yelton’s honor might mess our book drive up, but I think we are going to be ok. We have already gotten replies from the classified that we placed in The Tiger. People are ready for us to pick up some books! We have to finalize the flyer, distribute the flyer, create the Facebook group, solidify the t-shirts, get the t-shirts made, and poll our class on who would like a shirt. We have spoken with a few pizza companies about pizza for the day of the “party”, but we’re going to take each day step by step and wait until some holiday specials might strike up on pizza in the area. We got the date of our presentation approved by Professor H. (November 27 at 3:30 p.m.), so now we just have to check back with the 1941 Studio to make sure it’s still available. We also need to make sure that we collect photographs for what we need photographs for. That’s a work in progress. We need to start compiling the stories that we are going to use from a class of students at Providence to make our “story book”. We will also start producing our slide show for the party/presentation soon, as we continue to collect photographs.
Conclusion:
We are very busy at the moment, and will be for the next few weeks, but having people already contacting us about the book collection, with books to donate, has secured Sharon and I’s feelings about being successful with our event. For distribution of our flyers, we want to try to extend our areas that we cover to outside of the university and go to some of the neighborhoods that might be cleaning out their closets as the holiday nears; we thought this would be another good way to involve the community. We toyed with the idea of sending a campus-wide email out a while back, so we should touch back on this idea and see if anyone around campus will step up to donate that way! Simplicity, consistency, and creativity continue to be the driving forces behind our work.
*Pictured above is what our font will look like on our t-shirts and flyers. It is called ODETTE. :)
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