Media Lab 6 by Leslie Boydstun, CC by SA 2.0 . Created in iMovie.
Sources:
Song: “Dada Da Doom” by spinningmerkaba CC BY 3.0
Photo: Barclay telegraph instrument. John Robert Schmidt via Library of Congress, Public Domain
Photo: Q128; THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916. from Imperial War Museum, Public Domain
Photo: A Farm Family Listening to Their Radio. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain
Photo: Frank Thone (1891-1949) interviewing Science Talent Search finalists, 1945. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Public domain
Photo: Four female students huddled around telephone, Arlington State College. University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, Attribution by 4.0
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Photo: Bell telephone magazine (woman at switchboard). AT&T, Public Domain
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Photo: Bell telephone magazine (group of women at switchboard). AT&T, Public Domain
Photo: Bell telephone Magazine (boy taking lessons over radio).AT&T, Public Domain
Photo: US Army Signal Corps AN-TRC-1, 5, 6, & 8 microwave relay station, 1945. US Army Signal Corps, Public Domain
Photo: Family watching television in their home, c. 1958. from National Archives and Records Administration, c/o Evert F. Baumgardner, Public Domain
Photo: Arial antenna. Daniel Christensen, Deed by Attribution 3.0
Photo: Čeština: Nově postavený komplex budov Československé televize v Praze na Kavčích horách, 1971. Marie Čcheidzeová, Share alike 3.0
Photo: TV monitor at WRC-TV 1964 summer Olympics from Tokyo. U.S. News & World Report magazine photograph collection (Library of Congress), Public Domain
Photo: Control room at C-SPAN. C-SPAN, CCby Attribution- Share alike 2.0
Photo: KUKU Virus for MS-DOS ran in Dosbox with standard setting. Kerostera, Public Domain
Photo: A typical command line in PC DOS. Alexzero77, Public Domain
Photo: IBM 5154 (EGA) monitor displaying DOS prompt. Phreakindee, Public Domain
Photo: Apple Macintosh Quadra 700 and 900. Edgar Searle, share alike 3.0
Photo: People of “Dashing” 90s. Kortunov, Deed by Attribution 3.0
Photo: Computers being shipped in for use in local schools in Goa, India. Fredericknoronha, cc by 4.0 attribution
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Photo: Internet packet path. Socratesone, Public Domain
Photo: 2000s_decade_montage3.png. CatJar, share alike 3.0
Photo: Smartphone Use. Océanos y dados, public domain
Photo: Scrolling on phone. Japanexperterna.se, CC BY-SA
Photo: Google Maps Einsatz verwaschen. Kristian Stöckel, share alike 3.0
Photo: Social isolation. Pizzalover6, share alike 4.0
Photo: Checking Her Smartphone (Unsplash). Daria Nepriakhina, public domain
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Photo: Take A Break (118028395). Thomas Kirchner, cc by attribution 3.0
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Photo: Enjoying the solitude. Don Harder, CC BY-NC 2.0
Photo: Home alone. Don Harder, cc by-nc 2.0
Hi Leslie! You did a great job of making all of the different assets, song, images, and editing work together to convey a message about both how communication has advanced in some ways, and in others still remains a struggle. I particularly like how you alternate pans and zooms at the beginning and edit to the beat to keep the story flowing. I also think that you use repeated photos strategically and it enhances the overall message. It was super clever to use the same photo but flip it upside down or turn it black and white to emphasize the opportunity for the “disconnect.” Given everything here I think you did a great job with the assignment! I’d be curious to see what you would do if you added in more assets, or played with some words to emphasize your message. Great job!
Hey Leslie, I think you did a fantastic job conveying the overall theme. The pace of the music and images shows how technology has evolved and how humans have evolved with it. The use of images was spot on, especially when you altered some to convey a different meaning. The panning in and out adds a notable emphasis on the images. I particularly enjoyed the part where the beat pauses and you stayed on the cell towers until it dropped.
Hi Leslie,
I liked your video and felt it was very creative. Your use of contrasting images in old-timey photos compared to newer photos was creative and provided a nice contrast for the audience to see. I also really liked how for some pictures you reused you flipped their orientation to give it a different feel and I think it worked well. The point of the video was a little harder to pin down, however, I believe you were trying to make a statement of the disconnect we experience in communication due to the internet and new technology. The beginning of the audio with the use of the phone ringing and being picked up was so creative and grabbed the audience’s attention right from the start. The images you choose, such as the old-time computer contrasted with a picture of a new phone, were great choices as they provided the contrast we now see from the past to now in the technology we have and use to communicate. The beginning of the video had nice timing with the change of images and the beat in the audio. It is well edited and consistent. As the video progressed, I would recommend trying to time the beat up with the image changes a little more. Overall you did a great job editing and putting this together, great job!