Instruction video

The assigntment was:
Make an instruction movie about a very special subject which is very common for you but not for others. The movie will give instruction to people who are initerested in this topic.

I think this instruction movie explains itself. No need for further explenation. I tried to make a simple instruction video which did not need an instructing voice(over) as well as moving film. This video consists out of pictures I took.

*Pardon my my editing skills.

In case of any problems during practise, contact me.

Below you can find a link to an instruction video that I found on YouTube. The video is totally different compared to the one I made. But despite the lack of real life video and instructions given I think they are both very informative, seen the different dimension of subject. The guy in the video breaks the dance down into easy-to-follow steps. At the end he does the complete dance.

Youtube: Instructional video "How to do the scuba hop" (click to view)

Photo sequence

I created a photo sequence in which an apple plays the lead role.

17 pictures.

1 apple.

Click here to download my photo sequence: "Moulding" an apple

Digital natives and Digital immigrants

These terms do not have so much to do with where people are from, but more about the periode they come from.

Today's generation, also known as digital natives, are a part of a speedy traditional anymore due to the fact that almost everything has become digital. Said that, the new generation continues to grow up with the digital technology such as computers, internet, mobile phones. mp3's, dvd's and many more..



As you can see in the picture above, a digital immigrant is elderly individual who grew up without digital technology and adopted it later. A digital native, is a younger person who basicly grew up with technology. Usually they are faster adapters to technological changes.

Photo essay

A photo essasy is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential in nature, intended to be viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs which may be viewed all at once or in an order chosen by the viewer. All photo essays are collections of photographs, but not all collections of photographs are photo essays. Photo essays often adress a certain issue or attempt to capture the character of places and events. - according to Wikpedia

Click here to download my photo essay about living in the digital age


This photo essay that I made contains pictures which I took with my mobil phone. The pictures are "random" objects which we use daily.

Social web (web 2.0)

Web 2.0

The term " Web 2.0" is commony associated with web applications which facilitate interactive informating sharing, interopability, user-centered design and collaboration via the internet.

A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.

The term is closely associated with Tim O'Reilly because of the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference back in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the internet (world wide web), it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but rather to cumulative changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the internet. Whether Web 2.0 is qualitatively different from prior web technologies has been challenged by the world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee who called the term a "piece of jargon' precisely because he intended the internet to embody these values in the first place.

CNN iReport

While in search of a project or topic in which the social web (web 2.0) plays an important role, I was watching CNN (after the riots in Iran) when suddenly an item about this came up on CNN iReport, filmed and posted by a Iranian citizen who witnessed the happenings.


* Click here to launch the CNN iReport website

iReport is CNN's public journalism initiative that allows people from around the whole world to contribute pictures and video of breaking news stories from their own towns and neighborhood. It is similar to Wikinews in that it allows, and encourages, regular citizenns to submit stories, photos and videos from anywhere where there is "breaking" news. The program was launched on August 2, 2006. CNN's iReport gives everybody the chance to take part in this community as prosumer, instead of just being a consumer.

Personally I think this is a very good initiative by giving everybody the chance to let "their" stories to be heard. Also to use of different iReport media platforms is a form of blended communication.

Profile picture

This is a profile picture of my friend Jose. He has this picture on his Facebook.

A. Short conclusion
I really like this portrait because it’s just simple, but at the same time very expressive. He used simple, but yet straight lines. Also the colouring (gentle colours) which is not completely contained done within the lines adds an extra dimension to this portrait. For the upper part, especially the eyes, he used a black to intensify the look in his eyes. All together it gives the viewer an almost quizzical and cold impression.

B. What does a profile site mean to me?
I consider profile sites to be a useful tool nowadays. It’s a good way to find (or even make) friends via the internet. Profile (pictures) sites can also be very misleading, due to the fact that is not possible to verify the real person behind the site.

Self-portraits

Homework training VC/VKB:

Creating a virtual gallery(powerpoint) of interesting and impressive self-portraits.

My gallery (click to dowload):

*The following posts will also contain assignments which I did during this course.