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  • Commentary

    Eric Lam    Hunter College

    There were many projects that were very entertaining. My favorites were “The Battle of the Brews,” “CUNY Timeline,” “Transportation Around Macaulay,” “Julliard,” and “Fresh Experience.”

    “The Battle of the Brews” did a good job of exploring the connotations associated with coffee in New York City. It made good use of several interviews with people across New York City. The editing was excellent and I learned a couple of new things from the project’s use of iMovie.

    The use of Dipity in “CUNY Timeline” was very refreshing. The interface was simple, easy to explore, and entertaining. I was able to get a very good sense of the history of the different colleges associated with CUNY, and I enjoyed looking through all the maps and pictures in this project.

    I also enjoyed “Transportation Around Macaulay” because it was extremely relevant to all of our peers. Even as a native New Yorker, I learned some new things about how to get around in Manhattan. The video really captured the essence of what it was like to travel around on the subway in the city.

    I have heard about Julliard numerous times, but the video about it really gave me a sense of what it’s all about. The video was well made and it transitioned easily from one section to the next. It was fitting that a video about an excellent music school did a wonderful job in sound editing.

    “Fresh Experience” did a wonderful job with editing. The products were presented effectively and in an interesting manner. I especially liked the music that went along with the video.

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    My personal favorite projects were “iPods form generation to generation next”, “Transportation around Macaulay”, “Adventures at Barnes and Noble”, “Fresh Experience”, and “I found God on the corner of 65th and Columbus”. The reason that each one of these appealed to me is because of the big influence that each topic has in many peoples lives. For me, I work at the Apple store on 5th avenue- so it was really interesting to see the new 68th street and how others got influenced by it. On top of that, technology has a huge affect in many of our lives- for instance, the fact that this blog exists and I am using my computer to communicate shows how massive of an impact it has. While they did not film very much in the store (you’re actually not allowed to film in Apple stores =) ), it shows how the tools were used. By either uploading the video to youtube or the blog- tools are being used. I’m not sure if I would have done this particular topic, but I did enjoy it. I also liked Transportation around Macaulay because as a New Yorker, all transportation has a huge affect on us! By capturing how the trains are in NYC, anyone can be able to get an idea of how busy, efficient, and dirty 🙂 they are. I think that the best way to capture how NYC transit is is only through video. After that, I enjoyed adventures at barnes and noble. The filming was a little shaky, but it was cool to see just how big the store is. I get nervous because I am worried that book stores are slowly going out of business, but thankfully barnes and noble is one of the stores that will be around for a while- due to their ever growing book collection, their appeal to everyone (whether it be through caffeine, book readings to children, or simply browsing) will keep them in business for a while. I REALLY liked the fresh experience video. I thought that it was well edited and informative. The group did a good job on showing the products that Fresh had to offer and by the starting music, it gave a feel for the experience that Fresh provides- relaxing, nice, etc. I wouldn’t have thought to have filmed it and edit it like that, but I really liked it. Lastly, I found god on the Corner of 65th and Columbus appealed to me because I would never have thought to film a church. Not religious myself, I am still extremely interested in places of sanctuary. even though the group was not allowed to film past a certain point, they still captures how calm and peaceful the church was. Overall, great job, Macaulay!

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    Andrew Salimian- City College

    I like the project, “Indian Burial Grounds Under Lincoln Center?”  Although I was disappointed that they could not find any evidence, I found the topic  very interesting.  Also, since Lincoln Center is so close to the Macaulay building, I found the topic somewhat “close to home.”  What this group did well was post a complete video with a fair deal of editing done.

    I also liked the project, “CUNY Timeline,” because it utilized web tools. In this case, the tool that was used was Dipity.  What I found most interesting about Dipity was the different interfaces that can be used to view the events.  I thought the timeline view and the map views were the most important, and I would love to see a timeline with much more data sometime in the future.  What I was mad about was that they listed the creation of City College as 1948, the date of its name change and not the date of its founding.

    The post, “The Battle of the Brews” captured what I feel is an cornerstone of New York culture, coffee.  In recent years, the explosion of Starbucks has led to a coffee shop on what seems to be every corner.  If in the movies that take place in New York, there is at least one scene shot of the protagonist in Starbucks or with Starbucks in hand.  The video was uploaded as a QuickTime mp4, which I thought was interesting.  The video also had a expert degree of video editing and the creators interviewed locals, which is important for our final projects.

    I liked the project, “The Empire Hotel.”  I felt the group took a very classy approach.  They managed to get inside a large amount of the hotel and provided a large deal of historical and informational research about the hotel.  I noticed that the sound quality is not great on the flip cams, so the group decided to just have captions and display the video set to music.  As an architecture student, I liked the juxtaposition in the hotel of what the group said was a modernistic design motif shared with Lincoln center and what appeared to be the original art deco floors.  The video was also posted with Vimeo, which seems to be a little more user friendly than YouTube.  I will definitely consider using this video format on my website.

    The last project that I would like to mention is the project, “A Walk along Broadway.” This project merged videos edited with iMovie that were posted on YouTube with Google Maps.  It was interested to see each video experience in terms of its location.  This just added an extra layer of context.  I wonder if you could merge these videos with a timeline such as the one in “CUNY Timeline.”

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    My five favorite posts were The Indian Burial Grounds Under Lincoln Center, Fresh Experience, Walk Along Broadway, Zara, and Fun at Barnes and Noble.  I enjoyed the one about the Indian burial grounds because it was a satire on movies such as National Treasure, and it was comical. By using the camera to capture interviews, the project was done in the style of a documentary, which made it enjoyable to watch. Similarly, the video on Fresh Experience was documentary like as well. I liked the use of the google map in Walk Along Broadway. This way I could really picture the juxtaposition of places that were visited. If I were to do this project, I would probably use the flip cam to record the adventure so as to give the viewer a visual portrayal of my experience, as well as put in music and affects to make the project more appealing.

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    My favorite posts are Fresh Experience, The Empire Hotel, Tucker Square Market, A Pizza Adventure with Macaulay, and The Younger Elder. Most of these posts used iMovie, and the tools that come along with that program. These posts used a lot of transitions from one part of the movie to the next. They also used a tool that minimized the background noises in the videos and instead inserted music at those specific parts. I can imagine using these tools to probably make similar videos, and one example I can think of is making a commentary video on paintings at a museum like the MoMA. The Younger Elder video mainly comprised of an interview of an “elder” at a Mormon Church, and instead of recording the visual part of the interview, the group used the paintings found at the Church as the background to the interview. Also there are tools that let us place written information on the video at specific times. So even if the movie has to be silent, there is a way to place information without having to say it aloud in the video.