WCC COMM 106 semester project basics - LUTHER

1. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA
PROJECT
COMM 106: Multimedia Journalism

2. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
THREE MAIN AREAS TO CHOOSE FROM:
REPORT ON AN EVENT (concert, lecture, club
meeting, art opening, etc.)
-OR-
PROFILE A PERSON AND/OR PLACE AND/OR
ORGANIZATION (musician, coffee house, student club,
interesting storyteller, etc.)
-OR-
REPORT ON A CULTURAL TREND (tattoo removal,
vaping, trap music, immigration reform, #metoo, etc.)

3. Each of you will be creating,
editing, posting, and presenting
a multimedia journalism project
with original:
TEXT
AUDIO (interview + narration)
-OR-
VIDEO (interview + narration)
BASIC INTERACTIVITY
SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT

4. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
Whether you do an AUDIO or a VIDEO project,
each will have 3 main components:
•AUDIO: Narration, Soundbites, & Music-Bed
•VIDEO: Narration, Soundbites, & B-Roll
•I am looking for AUDIO and/or VIDEO projects
that follow the same general format at the 2
exercises we’ve done:
• TRUMP on NORTH KOREA (audio)
• ESCAPED PRISONERS (video)

5. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
•DUE BY CLASSTIME ON MONDAY, 12/16
•YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO TAKE A FEW
MINUTES EACH AND DISCUSS/PRESENT YOUR
BLOG POST TO THE CLASS
•NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED FOR FULL CREDIT
•THIS SEMESTER PROJECT = FINAL EXAM
•FINAL EXAM = 30% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE

7. •DUE IN CLASS/ON BLOG BY MONDAY, 12/16 @
CLASSTIME
•FROM MONDAY, 11/18 ON: IN-CLASS LAB
TIME + SIMPLE OUTSIDE-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

8. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
•THE BULK OF THE LAST 4 WEEKS OF CLASS
MEETINGS WILL BE IN-CLASS LAB TIME
WHERE I CAN HELP YOU PUT YOUR PROJECT
MATERIAL TOGETHER ONE-ON-ONE
•IF YOU DON’T GATHER MATERIALS AND
BRING THEM TO CLASS THERE IS LITERALLY
NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU
•IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE THERE
IS VERY LITTLE I CAN DO FOR YOU