a smattering of

September 23rd, 2008

Sudanese Lost Boys

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quite intrigued by this topis and happy to be working with Jane, James, Tamara and Gina.

in the little reading i’ve done thus far, i’m interested by the use of the word “displaced” rather than refugee.

fascinating.

September 23rd, 2008

Mauro’s Shift A Day in the Life of a San Francisco Cabbie

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SEE PAGE HERE

How well does the site use navigation?
The site has very clear navigation, headings along the top of the page provide links to major Issues, and within these pages you can navigate to short videos of industry representatives.
A timeline along the bottom of the page provides links to various points in the Mauro Saldanah’s shift.
The video content begins as soon as you click on the story link, but the Play, Stop, Start etc buttons are is easy to find clearly labelled below the Video Player.

How effectively is it designed?

Timeline shows a microcosmic view; it is the individual cabbies story.  The “issues” bar demonstrates issues faced by all cabbies.  In the design, it both personalises the issue and informs. You come to care about Mauro Saldanah’s – his story offers insight and drives the narrative effectively.
There is a lot of info packed into a small space yet it is designed effectively so as to be uncluttered
Range of interviews provides a balanced view of the issue

How effectively does it use photos, graphics, broadcast and interactive?
Stills from the video content provide the imagery,
Text is divided up into “bite sized” sections of information you don’t have to scroll through
Taxi motif is present throughout and ties all content together
Video is well put together different angles, positions
The video footage also has subtitles to make it accessible without audio/headphones etc

Elements? List the elements that are present.

•    text
•    video/audio
•    photos

How well are the stories written/presented/packaged?
Authentic
Pearls of wisdom
While the other text is very straight here is the info style

What did you love about it? Hate about it? Why?
Narrative driven, personal touch its telling a story

easy to use/navigate

Provides an insight into an industry that is often forgotten or maligned in the media

September 23rd, 2008

mostly testing

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i’m doing some thing with a long name that causes my relatives eyes to glaze over (read: bachelor of arts multi media media studies) and i’m doing it via project which means i get to loose my mind trying to write an exegsis and procude a art base film instilation and find a galery to exhibit in.

i like pictures more than words at the moment…which might exlapin the amount of my exegisis that is written. words and purdy are fighting these days. which is sad because when i have the time i like to play with my words as much as  images.

but for now…pictures.

cigarettes will kill you.