After thinking about my collaboration idea a little more I have decided a composed graphic poster would not benefit the shelter enough. Step 1: Today, I concluded that a video clip of the individual animals would expose their personalities better than a written description and would aid any photographs attached to the critters biography. My new proposed collaboration includes a 30 second video of the individual animals which will be located on the critters’ name and file on the Wake County Animal Shelter’s website. In order for this to work, I would need to contact the shelter’s web designer or technology support team. I have received great feedback from shelter visitors who have explained the enhanced photos our class has taken, enticed them to come in and meet the animal as a result of viewing their posted images online. I believe the most realistic time to commence this plan would be right after our class ends. The video clips would show the animals’ personal behavior, sounds, size and personality. The video clips would be user friendly and extremely convenient to shelter visitors. Step 2 and 3 would involve putting this idea into motion by contacting and setting up a meeting with the shelter’s website designer or go-to technology support team at the center- perhaps an individual who knows more about video editing than I. However, my DLSR camera is absolutely capable of recording excellent video footage which would be of the same quality as my photographs.
Both videos were taken from YouTube. The video titled "Cheese" was copied on Sunday June 12th, 2011, which was recorded by the YouTube user 'lore1958' on December 24th 2006. Here is the URL link to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3SYBH_YU-k&feature=related. The video titled "The Two Talking Cats" was copied on Sunday June 12th, 2011, which was recorded by the YouTube user "TheCatsPyjaaaamas" on June 28th, 2007. Here is the URL link to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3U0udLH974.
Very interesting idea. I enjoy how you included videos definitely reinforces your concept. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteOk that video of the two cats "talking" is by far the cutest thing ever! It really made me wonder what our cat Jasper is really thinking when he talks!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. My collaboration is somewhat along the same lines as your with wanting to show the pets personalities. I totally agree that it makes the animals more adoptable when the people searching for a new pet can see what type of personality the animal has as well as how they possibly interact with both humans and other species including their own.
ReplyDeleteI love your collaboration idea. I totally agree that it makes the animals easier to adopt when the families or individuals have a visual representation of the animals personalities and how they interact with other species including their own.
ReplyDeleteYes! This is an excellent idea that is completely doable. I might advise creating a time-line to help give yourself some guidelines and deadlines. The talking cats are a very good example because no photograph could ever show this endearing interaction.
ReplyDeleteGood citations too!
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