DIGITAL MEDIA COMPOSITION | Digital Writing 101 | Page 2

STEP 1: ROUGH DRAFT If you’d like to produce an audio essay, the first step is to write a rough draft the same way you would for any other kind …

Below are a few resources to help you find materials that have already been labelled for re-use, sometimes under certain conditions. When in doubt, contact the creator or publisher of …

Be sure to explore all the resources on this site that have to do with working with photos and video editing, including the categories under Using Digital Tools as well …

Be sure to explore all the resources on this site that have to do with audio, including the categories under Using Digital Tools as well as relevant tags. The “Composing …

The easiest way to make a video blog entry is to use the built-in camera on your laptop (or a computer with an attached web cam). Launch iMovie or Windows …

Overview After you’ve developed a written rough draft of the essay you plan to record, you should make a trial recording of it, even though you will continue to revise …

(More coming soon!) Class research wikis by Nancy Hightower’s WRTG 1150 classes Gender in Media Tech Nation: An Introspective Wiki on Technology and Education What Do You Know About Graffiti, …

Below is a list of links to sites that have sample videos either made by students or designed to inspire students. If you know of a site I should add …

FROM STUDENTS Nancy Hightower’s WRTG 1150 “This I Believe” audio essays: Gender in Media, Tech Nation: An Introspective Wiki on Technology and Education, What Do You Know About Graffiti, Rap, …

This screencast provides an informal overview of some key aspects of using iMovie to compose a photo essay. I’m also working on a series of screencasts that will focus in …

(I made these screencasts for my Spring 2010 classes. I’m in the process of making new versions that break the process into smaller units, to make it easier to view …

You will need to be able to make basic edits to videos you download or create, including cropping and trimming selections, adding title cards and transitions, and exporting them in …

A video blog entry is a video recording of you sharing your thoughts by speaking them rather than writing them. You can find loads of video blog entries online, on …

OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …

The following tips and strategies apply specifically to photo essays created in video editing apps like iMovie and MovieMaker. For instructions on how to apply the effects described below, browse …

OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …