It’s here and I am so proud! My website is a representation of my resume and all of my digital, writing, and blogging works. I stuck to my original plan, and I think it’s paid off! Click on the picture below to be directed to my site! Continue reading
Author Archives: Liza Greenberg
Don’t Make Me (us) Think!
Steve Krug’s “Common Sense Approach to Web Usability” provides principles that every good website must follow. Specifically, in the chapter, “Don’t Make Me Think,” Krug emphasizes the importance of removing clutter in order to make the purpose and functionality of a site clear. Krug’s Key Insights: 1. Don’t make users think! -AKA: the first law … Continue reading
My Ideal Website Plan
The final challenge, in this Digital Communication’s class, is to create a website! My goal in creating a website is to allow potential employers to get to know me better through a digital portfolio. I foresee my website as a professional tactic, during the application process. Today, it is becoming increasingly relevant and popular to … Continue reading
User Experience Is Crucial!
In the chapter, User Experience and Why It Matters, Garrett introduces the basis for tangible and intangible methods and approaches for user experience innovation in our digital era. He defines terms including User Experience, Creativity, Innovation, The Five Plane’s, Successful User Experience Innovation, Return on Investment, and Conversion Rate to help us further our understanding … Continue reading
The Runner’s High at Furman
Exploring the Running Culture on Furman University’s Campus Continue reading
Updated Storyboard and Running Video Plan
My idea’s for my Running video are finally all coming together and starting to make sense! Below is a rough sketch for the plan. 1) Start out with a clip of three pairs of feet running, in sync (possibly to the song “pumped up kicks”). This will be in front of Bell Tower, so that … Continue reading
A Perspective on Point of View
Author’s Douglass and Harnden inform us on the 3 Points of Views in their chapter entitled, “Point of View”: 1. Camera Shot • 1st person POV shot: camera as the character’s eyes • 3rd person POV shot: the most common camera position; the camera is neutral 2. Perspective of Storyteller • 1st person POV: Direct … Continue reading
The Aesthetics of Editing
In the chapter, “The Aesthetics of Editing,” Osgood & Hinshaw talk about the importance of good editing. In the end, the editing process should serve in producing vitality and allow the viewer to understand the underlying message. Osgood & Hinsaw’s 5 major Editing Elements: 1. Image & sound: The more information provided to the audience, … Continue reading
Filling in the Gaps
After reading Zettl’s chapter, “The Two-Dimensional Field: Forces Within The Screen,” I can’t help but question a lot of my daily activities. Like, how much information do I typically take away from a single image? People can look at the same image and see different things. My parents often tell me that I read too … Continue reading
