English 431: Taking on Rhetoric, Writing and Emerging Media

A mini video in ENG 431. Allie Kirkman, Matt Swain and Joei Tout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5FTS0T5K8

For my project, I am going to be interviewing two men's volleyball players. I want it to look like a radio show that was videoed because a radio show like the BBC does more than just talking. They also have their guests do little games while answering questions. I want the boys to have fun while they're talking to me about growing the game for boys' and men's volleyball, as well as talking to me about their time in high school versus their time in college. What are some major differences? Did they come from a place that had a lot of volleyball opportunities? Things like this. It will take me an hour to record everything so I can pick and choose what I put into the five minute video. I want this to be super fun and I can't wait until they confirm times to meet.

Hello! Welcome back to another exciting blog post where I walk you through the process of how I composed my audio project for MotorMVB, an initiative that helps grow the game of men's volleyball and provide possibilities for younger athletes. I should warn you that my brain works like a computer that has 100 different tabs open as I bounce around from one to the another, so bare with me and I hope the end result of the audio project satisfies you like it did me! Alrighty, here.. we.. GO! The first step was to go through the footage that I've compiled at numerous different volleyball matches, both here on campus as well as off campus locations. THEN it hit me! I got to travel to Nashville, Tennesse right after school started. I, as well as two other students, attended a tournament that was meant to bring various collegiate teams together to a town that doesn't really have a well-known volleyball program. Being the good journalism student that I am, I naturally record

Class is never boring here! We got to build a laser pet in Photoshop and a business card in InDesign. I'll take you through my step-by-step process you, too, can build your own laser pet! 1) I took a basic galaxy backdrop and threw it into Photoshop - This is your background 2) In another Photoshop tab, I found an old tv set. With the selection tool, I selected the parts of the tv I wanted to keep. Next, take your mouse tool, should be the first tool with a mouse and arrows, grab your tv set and hover it over the tab with your galaxy background. Don't release it until your tabs switch over! This tv will be a new layer. 3) We're going to repeat the last step but with an animal instead. Once you've got your pet all set, drag him over to your background tab. The pet will be another layer. 4) Finally, we're going to add lasers! I went to Google and found a png file with lasers. A png file will allow you to simply drag the item over. So, I've eliminated a

For my analysis, I would like to spend some time looking at a logo for a team that is very near and dear to my heart. My bowling team. This is the current logo for our team. It is on all of our scoring sheets, our website and it's our cover photo for Twitter. We had to do some re-branding because Club Sports here at Ball State wanted us to include "club" in there since we are a Club Sport and go through Rec Services for everything. The paperwork, the eligibility, forms that allow us to travel and our team board has so many meetings throughout the year that it becomes a little bit ridiculous. Now, let's get to the analysis part of this post. The overall logo isn't terrible. It gets the point across that we are a women's bowling club here at Ball State, but that's all that it does. To me, it is very clunky and hard to follow from left to right. "Ball State" is a bit too close together, "club" is way too big and prominent, there i

This semester, I get to be part of an immersive learning class that is working for MOTOR MVB. Now, what is MOTOR MVB and what is the mission?   MOTOR MVB expands education opportunities at college and universities so student-athletes can receive scholarships, compete on the court, get a college education, and grow as leaders. MOTOR stands for Making Opportunities & Transforming Our Reach and MVB stands for Men's Volleyball.  On this team, I am part of the branch that does everything at the collegiate level. In January, I went to Nashville and got to shoot and report on different teams, coaches, players, parents and even the event coordinator, Vinnie Lopes who is a Ball State alum! I want to help grow the game, but I also want to help show that volleyball isn't just  a female sport. Men can do it too and they're pretty dang good at it.  For this project, I want to help improve the photo layouts and dabble a little bit in the graphics portion. We have Facebook, Twitte