BY BENJAMIN FLEMING NOLASIGHTS.COM:A VISUAL LOOK INTO THE PAST

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Online Journalistic Publication: nolasights.comnolasights.com Consists of: 1. Music 2. Still Photography 3.Text Listen View Read

RATIONALE Why a website?  Media is moving from print to online platforms Why is there a need for this website?  9.5Million people Traveling to News Orleans in 2014  New Orleans was rated a top 10 cultural city in the world in 2014 Target Audience: Students and Tourists

GOALS/OBJECTIVES Goals To inform and provide visuals for students and tourists about New Orleans. Objectives ResearchPhotographyAudioDesign Website

STRATEGIES/TACTICS Shooting photographs of the city Cropping and putting filters on photos Design the website using Weebly: Landscape format Placing certain songs on certain pages Places pictures in order into their respective galleries Pictures of food places Fonts/Colors- make sure do not over power the photographs Making my website available on a mobile device Promotional strategies

TOOLS Fuji Camera Different Lenses: (16-50 and mm lens sizes) Adobe: Photoshop and Audition IPhoto Weebly wiki.itap.purdue.edu

BUDGET Increase in Budget: 0-$100 Update Weebly:  Starter Pro  Allowed for Audio  Bought domain name:  Nolasights.com Bought Songs on ITunes

PERMISSIONS No Release forms needed for photos all photos were of public places, or people in the public eye. Music Licenses:

RESEARCH Secondary sources: (Academic books and journals) Used to gathering historical information Used for looking up social media and journalism information Trade journals: (Professional pieces of work) Provided ideas for designing and taking photographs Used to decide what sites were most important Government Sources: Used to find historical facts Used to find travel statistics designmeans.com

NORMATIVE THEORY Principles of Journalism:  Obligation to report the Truth  Significant/Accurate information  Interesting facts  Loyalty to citizens to provide information Principles of Photography:  Rule of 3rds  Symmetry  “If your Photos are not good enough your not close enough.”- Robert Capa

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 1.Topic and Conceptualization Establish need Choose reporting platform Choose topic 2.Research Topic/Content Newsgathering

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 3. Shoot Pictures Eye Catching cover shots Photos that tell the complete story 4. Revision/Editing Edit photos for web Crop and filter Edit text: Grammar and Sentence structure 5. Design Landscape Page Fonts/Colors Easy to navigate Photo Galleries

Picture:  Superdome- Site people identify with New Orleans Music: Description of New Orleans:

-Galleries: Chalmette Battlefield and Cemetery Bayou St. John/Mississippi River Civil War Metairie Cemetery National World War II Museum

-Sites: St. Charles Avenue Streetcars Academy of the Sacred Heart Tulane University President of Tulane's house Loyola University of New Orleans Audubon Park and Zoo Camilla Grill (restaurant)

-Sites: Commanders Palace (Restaurant) Lafayette Cemetery Buckner House Adams House Colonel Shorts Villa

-Sites: Galatoires(Restaurant) Antoine's(Restaurant) Central Grocery (Restaurant) Jackson Square St. Louis Cathedral Bourbon Street Old Absinthe House Washington Square Monteleon Hotel French Market

-Sites: Canal Street Red Streetcar Natchez Steamboat Superdome Gallier Hall Lafayette Square Bienville Square

-Sites: City Park Pitot House New Orleans Art Museum

-Sites: Old U.S. Mint Armstrong Park Congo Square St. Louis Cemetery #1 Willie Maes Scotch House(Restaurant) St. Augustine Church Plessey V.S. Ferguson

-Sites: The Cabildo Pontalba Building St. Louis Cathedral Gallier Hall Old Ursuline Convent

1730’s- Mardi Gras was celebrated Openly in New Orleans 1740’s- Mardi Gras Balls were established Parades marched down the Streets of New Orleans 1871-Rex organization founded: “King of Carnival”, Purple, Green and Gold, were known as the official Mardi Gras colors. Mardi Gras ends on “Fat Tuesday”

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN/EVALUATION Sent link to Travel Corp. in New Orleans Social Media:  Facebook  Twitter 2 Professional Photographers: Mr. Savage and Dr. Noble reviewed my photographs and approved my photography. jcsocialmarketing.com play.google.com

FORM REVIEWS

WEBSITE VIEWS Launched on March 30th 444- total views 104- Neighborhoods 92 - Military/Historical sites 71- Mardi Gras 57- Architecture 50- Reference Facebook, Google, and Bing

WEBSITE VIEWS

REFLECTION Obstacles:  Music rights  Podcast file too large  Broad topic Overall Experience:  Great!  Photography and Website design skills improved  People contacted me about making website and shooting photographs for them in the future.  Judging by the amount of views and positive feedback, I believe my website taught students more about New Orleans and attracted tourists to the city. If I could do it again:

THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?