Premiere Project

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Blog Post 15

Avery Semidey
4/25/17

For my premiere project, I will be telling the story of the Pi Theta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. More specifically, I will be talking about how Kappa Alpha Psi's birth, passing, and rebirth on our beautiful campus. In the Spring of 2005, 11 young men, 1 being from Elon University sought out to begin a new chapter in Kappa Alpha Psi (Pi Theta). They were successful in bringing the fraternity to the campus, however, in 2012, all members of the noble klan graduated, leaving High Point University and taking Kappa Alpha Psi with them. Luckily, interest in the fraternity on High Point's campus was still high and 4 young men who go by the names of Demetrius Bell, Giovanni Brooks, Jordan Peebles, and Avery Semidey, with the help of a few older Brothers helped bring the fraternity back to the campus in the Spring of 2017.

If I were to tell this story using a different media such as InDesign I would basically have a picture of the Spring '17 line at their probate and have some cool edits here and there. if I were to have produced this in Audition I would just have a 1-2 minute explanation of the history of the Pi  Theta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi with some cool background music.

If I were explaining this to a different demographic, how I altered it would all depend on the demographic. For example, if I were explaining this to some foreign exchange students from Spain, I would have to change the language to their native language. I would also make sure the background fit their culture. If it were gender specific then I'd make the edits on the InDesign either more masculine or feminine depending on the gender of the target audience.

Semidey Audio Story

Audio Story Project

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COM WEEK Post

Avery Semidey

Marc 27^th, 2017

COM WEEK Event

            This week I had the pleasure of the student showcase COM WEEK event which took place in Philips 120 on Tuesday evening. I won’t lie, I barely had time to attend. This past week was extremely busy for me. But, like my mother always tells me “When there’s a will, there’s a way.” So, I found the time. It wasn’t a very lengthy event, however, I was able to take a few things here and there from what was said. Two students presented scripts that they had spent countless hours preparing. I had trouble following the storyline of the first script. I believe it was more of an old western type of story, which took an unconventional approach to the relationship between protagonists and antagonists. I know that that’s not the most descriptive definition, but that’s what I took from the script. The second, however, I got a bit more from. Within this student’s script was a story that was set in a town overrun by zombies due to an outbreak of some made up disease. Despite, the fact that the town is being overrun by zombies, he focuses on the relationship of a mother and her son and the personal struggles they encounter.

            After the students presented their scripts, they discussed the important lessons they learned from their COM class. They also talked about the process they went through in writing their script. There is a 10 step process you must follow in order to properly devise a script. First you must come up with a story concept. Then, you must brainstorm your story concept and gather all your thoughts so that you may properly perform the next step: research. After researching, you then begin character development. Once you are through with developing your characters comes the toughest part about writing a script: coming up with a plot (according to these two students). Next on the agenda is outlining your story. After that, you should start your script diary. The script diary can be used for a variety of things. If you ever get lost in your thoughts, the script diary can help to keep you on track. Some people even use their script diary to talk to their characters, if they are ever feeling unsure about where the story should go. Yes, this definitely sounds crazy. However, I’m not an author. So, I wouldn’t understand the proper story making process. The final steps include creating your first draft, rewriting, and editing. It’s important that one gets their script reviewed by multiple people, so that they may detect and erase as many errors as possible.

            The last thing I recall from the event was a boy sharing a film he had created. It was a sci fi short film series about a boy traveling through time to save a doctor who can save the world. He also talked about what elements go into making a film and how expensive production can be.

I learned a lot about what it takes to create a script and a film. It truly is an expensive complicated, and time consuming process. You have to really have a love for the art to be successful in the field of media production.

Interview Vox Pop

Here's my audio: For my blogpost I interviewed two young women asking how they felt about athlete's and honors students receiving priority housing over other students. They ha differing opinions, proving that this is a very controversial topic. After recording them I edited the tracks in Audition, posted the link to soundcloud, and made a blog post about the assignment.

Mugabe Photoshop

Here we have a Mugabe man falling. I used the clipping adjustment layers, masking, healing, and other tools to help me create this hilarious meme. The idea behind making this meme was that I'd cut the Mugabe man out of his original picture, and throw him in a background with a bunch of food in it. He was falling in his original picture, but if you position him the right way in the new image, then he could look like he's kneeling to pray while simultaneously reaching for food. Hence, the caption "When the prayer before you eat is taking too long."