Month: October 2018

WEEK 11 | VIDEO.

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#door #doors #sunshine

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How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

The video was captured on my Samsung s5 using the rear camera. I didn’t use the start-stop feature of the video because all my other video posts are captured using one continuous shot, and I wanted to maintain the same aesthetic and consistency in my videos. The audio is not muted because I wanted to leave the sound of the door closing as part of the video.

I changed the cover feature to a thumbnail that framed more of the door than there was in the default thumbnail. I made a conscious effort to change the cover image for this video post as I had forgotten to do so in week 11.

I previously had an obligatory train door closing video drafted for this week, but for some unknown reason, Instagram kept turning the video 90 degrees whenever I went to edit it. I thought that logging out and in again would fix the issue, but logging out caused me to lose the draft. So I had to record a new video instead.

How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I added the location of Sunshine Marketplace before uploading. When I captured the video, I edited it and saved it as a draft as I didn’t have net while I was out. I waited until I was at home so I could post the draft and add the location.

I didn’t put in a caption as I didn’t really know what to say about the car door, so I only captioned the tags.

How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?

I shared this video onto Twitter and Tumblr by switching the respective toggles before publishing it to Instagram. Since I had to log out trying to fix the draft issue, I had to log into my accounts.

I ended up using the hashtags “#door”, #doors”, #sunshine”, and “#car”, but the car tag attracted an audience that was interested in racing so I edited the post and removed the tag.

WEEK 11 | PHOTO.

How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I used my Samsung s5’s rear camera to capture this image. Since the door was at the end of hallway-ish thing, it was a little difficult to get the right lighting to see the silhouette on the door. I discovered that by lowering myself closer to the ground, the lighting was better than if I had just stood up.

I raised the brightness and contrast, and reduced the saturation. I also used the Stinson filter at 26% again. As I am familiar with Photoshop and Snapseed, adjusting the brightness and contrast becomes an almost natural process when editing photos. As Instagram also presents itself as an image editing platform, I was aware and conscious of the fact that there was the option to edit the image, and it was easy to implement these features, despite the fact that I don’t usually use Instagram to edit photos.

Khoo et al. (2017, p. 5) propose that ‘specific pieces of software work to both enable and constrain creative practices’. This can be seen through Instagram, as the app may afford the editing of images, the features that the app hosts isn’t as detailed as software dedicated solely to editing photos–such as Photoshop; Instagram is inferior in that it doesn’t allow the editing of curves or levels like Photoshop or Snapseed does. The editing features are easy to access due to the user friendly interface, which promotes and encourages users to engage with the app so that the users also have the potential to become producers.

How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

I ended up taking various photos through the Instagram app as I wanted to achieve optimal light so the figure could be seen on the door. The lighting was better when I lowered myself closer to the ground, and the figure became more prominent.

I didn’t put a location as part of the photo as I had taken the photo at home. The caption that I put on the post was “i know i need sleep when i can see the figure on the door. can anyone else see him?” which was just an observation. I think I’ve given up trying to be witty with my posts.

How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?

To distribute this photo to other social media services, it was a simple process of switching the “Twitter” and “Tumblr” toggle so that it was blue. I had already logged in a couple of weeks before, so I didn’t need to log into my accounts again.

I tagged my photo with “#door”, “#doors”, “#networkedmedia”, and “#spoopy”. The hashtags that appeared on Twitter and Tumblr were the ones that I used in the Instagram’s post description. I used to comment the hashtags, but putting them in the description of the Instagram post allows for automatic tagging rather than manually putting the tags in myself.

 

References

E, Khoo, Hight, C, Torrens, R & Cowie, B 2017, Software Literacy: Education and Beyond, SpringerBriefs in Education, Singapore.