Craciun English 207 Place

Ok well in class I told my reading group my idea about my visual narrative.  They thought it was a good idea, and said it was cute.  I think this is a good building block to where i am going to go with my project.  I showed them just an outline without any pictures and they said it was a good idea so that is a good sign.  I think that once i put the outline into a powerpoint i will come up with even more ideas.  I hope that i can put music into powerpoints though because i have one main song that i want to put into it.  Also finding pictures is going to be fun because my visual narrative is somewhat humorous at times.  I’m not sure how much longer i want to make it but right now it’s not a bad size.  The song i want to put in my powerpoint is off of an EP called Daedelus – The Quiet Party, although it is not produced by Daedelus it is produced by Madlib who remixes some of the tracks on the EP, the actual song is called Madlib Bonus Beats.  I think it would provide a perfect loungy background to my visual narrative.  I have not mentioned it yet but my Visual Narrative is about Books and how they have affected my life and how are they are still affecting my life.  I am mainly going to be focusing on the numerous distractions i have in my life that stop me from opening up a book.

Well right now i am working on my visual narrative.  I’m pretty positive i’m going to do a powerpoint, but i do wish that i knew how to make movies online because i would definitely do that.  I wrote up an outline of what the text might say for my visual narrative, and now i must find some pictures to put into the powerpoint.  Other than that i think i’m up to date on everything else in this class.

According to the examples that we saw in class, i think a good visual narrative is one that not only is informative but also tells a little story.  Music seems to be somewhat important, and as much action as you can put into the piece to make it interesting.  A bad visual narrative is one that doesnt not show the audience anything interesting, and also does not have at least 2 forms of communication, such as writing and pictures.

• We use visuals to help aid what we are trying to communicate to the audience
• Visuals are vital in communication because they help form what is trying to be communicated better.
• Visuals are important to my daily life because all day we look at signs, especially on the road, that help us to both navigate us to where we are going as well as warn us.  Education-wise they are important because in textbooks and in class visuals are used very often.  Visuals are important to my future career because in funeral services and deathcare, it is important that you know exactly what to do, and when and where to do it, because you’re dealing with someone’s loved one.  Hence visual aids are used in order to make the job easier.

During the week i do the following of these literary acts-

-Texting on the phone

-Talking on the phone

-Speaking to people

-Using Aol Instant Messanger

-Posting on Forums

-Writing Homework

-Reading Homework

1. I expect to hopefully pass this class, and be closer to graduating

2. I understand literacy as being able to read or write a certain langauge

3. We write because it spreads knowledge throughout the world.

Chyeaaaaa.

-Jon