Tutorial Blog post for Web #1

The techniques that I am going to be sharing with you all are color-code names, hexadecimal numbers, rgb, and rgba. These techniques I have been using in Adobe Dreamweaver, it's an easier way of looking at web colors.

1. Color Code Names.
     A color code is distinguishing any color using a code. These codes start with a hashtag and have 6 capital letters or numbers after and it helps differentiate colors into even more specific names/codes. The first two letters or numbers represent red, the next two represent green, and the last two represent blue.
          Examples: #000000 is black, #0000FF is blue, and #00008B is darkblue.
Do you see how the last two characters in blue and darkblue are different from the rest? It's because those colors only have blue in them.

This shows the color name with their color code and then what the color looks like.

2. Hexadecimal Numbers.
     These use the numbers 0-9 and letters A-F, it is an easier way to express binary numbers in modern computers.
          Examples: #FOF8FF, #FAEBD7, and #00FFFF

You can see at the top of this image the column that shows the hex numbers. 

3. Rgb.
     Rgb is what represents the numbers/letters in the hex and depending on what number or letter they use is how much of that color is in the final color. The first two represent red, the next two represent green, and the last two represent blue.
          Examples: #RRGGBB,  (RR=red, GG=green, and BB=blue.), (255, 0, 0.)

The middle section here shows what the color would be like in rgb.

4. Rgba.
     Rgba is just like rgb but the a stands for alpha. Alpha stands for the transparency in the color.
          Examples: #RRGGBB, (RR=red, GG=green, and BB=blue.), (255, 0, 0, 0.2.)

This is similar to rgb but the last number is what changes the transparency as shown above. 

A wonderful website you can use if you need help is http://www.w3schools.com/
It has information over web developing, and everything that you need to know about how to create a website.

A Happier Newsroom Brings Better Work.

1. Write a summary of the article, identifying the three key points.
     A small-chained paper in Florida is showing others that it is possible to do better work than before and keep their employees happy while working there. Recently Pensacola News Journal (PNJ) was struggling due to the 2013 layoffs in Gannett. As the year went on the PNJ figured out a new idea to make things better than they were before. Troy Moon, a veteran with the PNJ who has worked there for 30 years, says "There's a lot more freedom to do your own thing. We're having fun. The editors aren't telling us, do this, do that. [Nellessen-Lara] is trusting us to use our instincts."

2. Discuss the authors argument.
     The author is explaining that this new way of keeping PNJ's employees happy is working better than how it was before. This news journal is getting a lot of attention from the public over their new ways of doing things. Kevin Robinson says before "You always felt this pressure of, 'If I'm not putting two stories in the paper every day, I'm not doing my part.' " Today he is able to take a day to find something interesting to write about, it makes things flow a lot easier for him.
     The author does a great job at putting a good amount of evidence in her article to support her thoughts, what she could do better is explain more about what it was like for the employees before the things changed and get more people's perspectives from it.

3. My critique.
     The author does a good job at explaining and giving evidence towards what it is like after the change but could do a better job at giving more evidence of what it was like before. The evidence used is very well placed in the article. What I think could have been done better was putting more information at the beginning about what it was like before the change occurred, it would have us compare each stage and have us question things, make us wonder more.

The article: http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/pensacola_news_journal.php

Professional Project Review

This professional video was made to capture Selena Gomez's new song Good For You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TsVjvEkc4s
The first shot in the video is quite confusing, it's in the middle of where her head should and shouldn't be. Her head should be more to the left of the screen to follow the rule of thirds. The second shot is the same way in which her head should be more to the left. They did an excellent job of the third shot, it was a close up of her face, they should have placed it using the rule of thirds though. The 8th shot they did use the rule of thirds when filming her face and you can actually see it and tell its in the correct spot. The 10th shot uses the rile of thirds as well and you can actually tell it used the rule of thirds. A majority of the close up shots of her face were centered and should have been using the rule of thirds.
                - The rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_third

10th shot in video. 

The story of this video is in fact directed towards Selena's ex, Justin Bieber. The lyrics of the song are not to reach out to him but more to tell him what he is missing out on. My favorite part of this video was the 10th shot because when it came up it just stood out from all the the other shots because it followed the rule of thirds very well, i'd definitely use a shot like this on my own work. An element in this video that I already know hot to do is the rule of thirds, but just like the video i could use a little more work on it. One things i really liked about this video was how the creator did an excellent job of transitioning from shot to shot with the different scenes it used throughout the whole video, it made the video flow very well, but i do think the creator could have improved on using the rule of thirds more than he/she did because it would make the video look more professional. 

Opening shot in video. 

Overall I think the song and the video are good but I don't think that they go together that well. I think that they could have came up with a better video that tied in with the song more.