Decision Day

 Julianna Famiglio 

 9.29.20 

Decision Day

    Both InDesign and Premiere Pro are amazing complex software's available to our use. They are both completely different as they were made to complete different tasks. Specifically, InDesign was created to create works such as flyers, posters, brochures, newspapers, presentations, books and, beneficial in our case; magazines. The program makes it super simple to understand and use with easy step by step tutorials posted all around the internet as well as creating the depths of the software very accessible to beginners making tools and templates easy to locate. 

    On the other hand, Premiere Pro is along the same idea of creating a new project with complete artistic ability it has its differences. First off Premiere is video based unlike InDesign which is photo based. Premiere can be used for as basic as common video editing tasks and as complex and high end as movie trailers and movie scenes. The program can be used to import video, audio and graphics, and is used to create new, edited versions of video which can be exported off the program and downloaded to whichever medium and format necessary for distribution and viewing needs. Premiere Pro, in my opinion seems like a better option or route to take when deciding which program to use to help deliver our “story project.” Although I am a lot more experienced with the software, videos allow your project or story to get its message across in a unique way, using techniques like animation or live action to bring your story to life. It gives you an advantage over written marketing content, as whoever the audience may be, can retain information from visual images for much longer than text. As well as just the overall appeal of watching and listening over reading bodies and big chunks of information and text. 

While at the same time InDesign is a great way to present a story but information text sometimes doesn't get the full story across as a movie or video clips would. In the article “Survival of the fittest: four editors on the future of literary magazines” the author talks about the dying in popularity of print articles and stories. Joey Franklin states “Readership is painfully low, budgets are notoriously tight, and many journals are struggling to stay viable, let alone relevant.” On it’s contrary the article written by Wayne R. Cherry “Our place in the Universe: The Importance of Story and Storytelling in the Classroom elaborates on how important the use of storytelling is in classrooms and around the world, especially in video format and animations. For example, Cherry states “Technology supports a wealth of storytelling options and can be used to create digital book reviews, digital puppet shows, and even movies with green screen and video-authoring apps.” The use of technology has been more and more relevant as time goes on especially in our news and media world. 

    Although stories started out as told from ear to ear and spread by mouth, they still hold as much power and significance. In the text the author also states “Our stories have evolved from tales told around fires and in mead halls to dynamic multimedia events. This change, however, does not and should not lessen the impact and importance of the stories we tell.” As much as some might not agree or value the privilege of having the resources to do so, video-based projects are very relevant and can best help deliver a quality product for our project in class.