On Times New Roman

For the record, it's not just me:

When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, “I sub­mit­ted to the font of least re­sis­tance.” Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the ab­sence of a font choice, like the black­ness of deep space is not a col­or. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void.

If you have a choice about us­ing Times New Roman, please stop. Use some­thing else. See font recommendations for oth­er options.

Did you make your busi­ness cards and let­ter­head at your lo­cal copy shop? No, you didn’t, be­cause you didn’t want them to look shod­dy and cheap. If you cared enough to avoid the copy shop, then you care enough to avoid Times New Roman. Times New Roman con­notes ap­a­thy. You are not apathetic.

Video Series: Obsessives

This series by the magazine Chow is a great example of good interviewing (useful for the prologue assignment) as well as of good short films related to food (useful for the video assignment).

(We watched the "Cheese" video in class; I highly recommend the "Soda Pop" and "Pizza" videos.)

Storyboard Resources

StoryboardThat is a site that appears to be helpful.

In our "Course Materials" folder, there are several Google Drive templates for making a storyboard that you might use. Please make sure to make a copy of the documents for your own use--don't enter your materials on the original document.

If you choose to draw the storyboard by hand, Pius Library has scanners on the first floor which you can use to scan the images into PDF format for uploading to Drive.

Library Assessments

Complete these required training modules before our visit to the library on Thursday.

iMovie Tutorials

Here's the short video I'll show in class today.

Here's a longer video tutorial.

Here's a helpful text tutorial, with links to a number of official Apple guides to the software.

Example Student Videos

From another SLU 190 course: Cyberwarfare and Junk Food Tax.

Free Audio and Images

AUDIO
Free Music Archive
Audio Jungle
PD Sounds
The Free Site

IMAGES
Freerange
Stockvault
Free Digital Photos
Flickr