From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #716 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Thursday, October 22 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 716 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni's Birthday Card Instructions [Anita Gabrielle Subject: Re: Joni's Birthday Card Instructions Having scoffed at the idea of a multi media approach to Joni's birthday card, indicating that Joni might expire with boredom, I find myself feeling very excited at this. Please forgive my grump.Maybe it will be a spirit lifter rather than a trial. Thank you Sue and Jamie and apologies again, Anita > On 22 Oct 2015, at 15:38, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > > Dear JMDL, > I have heard all the ideas about what we want to send Joni for her birthday > coming up on November 7. The first decision is that we are agreed that a > photo montage of beautiful places, some with photos of us, and some without, > would be enjoyable to Joni. I also think the idea of places that relate to > where she has performed or where her songs were written about is a good idea. > Also, I think Jamie's wonderful offer to place a video he creates with the > photos on a digital frame (that he will donate) is really generous and will > make a big impact. So with that, please follow these instructions if you want > to participate in this project: > 1. Send a jpg photo and a message to Joni to my email at > sem8@cornell.edu and copy Jamie's email at > JamieZubairi@gmail.com by Friday, October 23 > (Yes that's tomorrow!). Large files should be sent via > www.hightail.com > > 2. Make sure that the photo is in LANDSCAPE format as it will be viewed > on a computer screen. The size of the photo should be no bigger than 5Mb. > Please frame yourself to one side of the frame (nothing dead center). There > should be space on one side of the picture so your face appears either to the > left or to the right hand side of the picture - this will ensure that there > will be enough space for your message to appear alongside your face and not > written all over it. Short and sweet is best. Please make sure the message is > less than 150 characters (or it will be edited). Also please ensure that the > background isn't distracting, otherwise the words may not be read clearly. > Please see this photo as a reference: > http://jamiezubairi.com/?attachment_id=166 . Jamie will add the message to the > photograph so you don't have to. The photos may be given the same 'retouching' > treatment to unify the look of the video. We know how Joni loves a good > transition! > > 3. If you're sending a short video message, please make sure you film it > in landscape (if you're using a smartphone, hold it on its side. Again, short > and sweet, the message should only be 3-6 seconds long i.e. "Happy Birthday > Joni, I'm so glad to hear you're getting better, love from Jamie Zubairi in > London" is 5 seconds. But the video you send could be slightly longer either > side of the message portion in order that I have 'editing space'. Send via > www.hightail.com > > 4. If you're sending an audio message, similarly, short and sweet and an > MP3 format, no more than 5 seconds long, similarly with a few seconds silence > either side of the spoken portion for editing space. Best place to record? A > room full of soft furnishings so there's no bounce. A room full of Chippendale > would not be good. Send via www.hightail.com > > 5. If you are sending a photo of a place that relates to a place where > she performed, please indicate that in your message. If it relates to a song, > mention the song name, or a lyric ... for example, "I pulled off into the > forest, crickets clicking in the ferns ..." Happy Birthday from Ithaca, NY, > Love, Sue Tierney McNamara (103 characters, not counting spaces). (3.5 > seconds!) > Thanks for participating!!! > > Sue Tierney McNamara > sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2015 #716 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------