Friday, December 9, 2011

500 word essay!


Since I have been in the News Media Practicum one class, I have learned an increasingly amount of new things that will further help me in the future with my major of Communications. In my future I would love to become an anchorwoman for a news station or have even possibly have my own television show. And so for me to reach my goal I have a lot of important things to learn and expand upon. Firstly, I have learned how to come up with and make relevant questions to ask someone when I interview them. It is important to stay on topic with the questions and ask questions that are significant to the topic. I also learned how to get a hold of a professor or student to interview at an appropriate time. Also, How to set up the camera, testing the sound (including the mics), and setting up all of the cords. I have even been able to learn how to roll up the cords the properly the “Bradford way,” thanks to the help and guidance of Dakota. Dakota also showed me an important tip needed for setting up the camera. The trick of white balancing a camera. In order to do so you need to put up a white piece of paper in front of the camera, focus on it and push the white balance button and it should allow the camera to shoot the “true” color of white. I additionally learned how to shoot correct B-roll video for a segment and to come up with good ideas for segments. By attending Anna’s news show I learned the behind the scenes part to a show. It was very intriguing to see how the show is all set up. I sent Anna three stories to use for the news show. It is fun writing stories for her to use in the show. Making the show is a long process but in the end it comes out great. Hard work certainly does go a long way. One of my favorite things I have learned is to set up the camera properly with the tripod and everything and how to work the new camera we have for Wellness TV. I love how the new camera has a projector and can project the video taped onto the wall. And most importantly I learned how to edit and upload video using final cut pro. I did have previous experience with editing video back at my high school. I even surprisingly have final cut pro on my laptop. I enjoy editing video a lot and putting in effects into a video and making it come out well. And so now I am able to edit video for a news story and add voiceovers, fades, name tags and etc. to a video segment. I really enjoy and love being apart of Wellness TV and being able to learn about all of the features of broadcast television and journalism. I really do hope to expand my knowledge of all of broadcast television and journalism much more in the future.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

On Monday December 5, 2011 we had our last Wellness TV meeting for the semester. We talked about how we would make another show during dead week. And assigned people to different segments. And discussed what interviews we could shoot during the week.

Total Hours: 26.5
On Monday December 5, 2011 Jonathan and I video taped the firework show for some b-roll for a segment in Wellness TV.

Total Hours: 26 hours!
On December 7-8, 2011 Nya and I shot some B-roll for our giving back to the community segment for Wellness TV. On thursday we uploaded our video and edited our work.


Total Hours: 24 hours!

Monday, November 28, 2011

On Monday November 28, 2011 I emailed Anna three stories for her to use for the next News Show. They were about dorm days, convo on wednesday, and getting chick-fil-a on friday for free! Hope these stories are helpful! :)

Total Hours: 21 hours
On Monday November 28, 2011 we had a rainy Wellness TV meeting. We assigned the next packages to everyone. I will be helping out Nya with the package of how to give back to the community during the holiday season. We will interview some people from different sororities and fraternities.

Total Hours: 18 hours

Saturday, November 26, 2011

On November 21 Wellness TV meet up again for our weekly gathering. I discussed my progress with the holiday tips segment. And I will be interviewing on of the professors on campus. I wrote up seven questions to ask them. And will be getting some B-roll and interviews when we come back from the Thanksgiving Break!

Total Hours: 17.5 hours
On November 16 Anna Birenbaum had a news show in the studio. So I went and helped out and got to experience being behind the scenes. It was great to watch the process and all the hard work that goes into making a show. I especially enjoyed the work of the reporters. And hope one day I can report the news for FSC. I would be very happy to!

Total Hours: 17 hours
November 14 we reconvened for Wellness TV meeting and watched the episode all together. We discussed improvements for the next show. And discussed who would work on what segment for the next show. I am going to be working with Dakota with healthy holiday eating tips.

Total Hours: 16

Monday, November 7, 2011

On Monday November 31 we had again our weekly Wellness TV meeting. We discussed corrections we should work on in the future. And even assigned each of us to a segment for the next show. I will be working with Maggie on her segment.


Total Hours: 15.5
Taylor and I taped the students working on the boat making event out by the dock. They had to make little boats out of cardboard and hope that they float in the lake. It was a pretty entertaining sight. Lots of boats didn't make it to far and ended up sinking pretty quickly. Taylor and I got some great shot of students in the process of making their boats and even students out on the lake.

Total Hours: 15 hours!

Monday, October 24, 2011

On Friday October 21st. I edited the how to loose five hundred calories sequence in final cut pro. Added some voice overs, fades, even put names on the videos with student interviews. Hopefully it will all come out great for the show airing today. Fingers crossed! :)

Total Hours: 11.5

Friday, October 21, 2011

ON Monday October 17 we had our weekly Wellness TV meeting. We discussed who would work on editing the show this week. And this weekend Olivia and I will be editing the next show. We are looking forward to it. Also, we discussed who would be working on certain segments for the next show.

Total hours: 9.5
On October 6th, both Austin Slade and Olivia Quinlin helped me with one of the Wellness TV segments. We shot lots of B-roll of students walking. Got about three or four student interviews. And also had some students feet walking up stairs. This is for the segment of how to loose 500 calories a day.

Total Hours: 9 hours

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

On Monday 26, 2011 the Wellness TV had our weekly meeting. We discussed finishing touch ups for our second show. We also discussed some ideas for third show that will be airing right before the fall break. Olivia and I will be working on a segment together that will about how to loose 500 calories a day. We will be interviewing three students and shooting B-roll and such. It should be fun!! :)


Total Hours: 6.5 hours! :)

Friday, September 23, 2011

On Thursday September 22, 2011 I worked with Dakota and re did one of the shots we messed up on last week. She taught me how to begin working with the camera and what not.

Total Hours: 6 hours!
On Monday, September 19, 2011 we had our routine Wellness TV meeting. And we discussed some things to work on for our next show. We all congratulated each other for a successful first show. And also assigned everyone to a segment for our upcoming show. I am assigned to the fitness segment. And our title is "How to burn extra calories." I will be interviewing three students, shooting the b-roll. :)


Total Hours: 5 hours

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

On Monday September 12, 2011 Wellness TV had our weekly meeting. We discussed what all has been done and needs to be shot and edited. And then we assigned who would do what for the next episode. Then after the meeting I rushed over to meet Dakota and helped her with reporting for her alcohol awareness segment. She even showed me how to wrap the cords the "Bradford" way! :)

Total Hours: 4.5 

Monday, September 12, 2011

On Wednesday September 7, 2011 Maggie and I interviewed one of the Business professors for financial aid part of Wellness TV. The interview went great! Maggie showed me how to test the audio, set up all the cords to the camera, and work the mike. I also asked all the questions during the interview.  Once we had finished the interview we headed back to the Communications building and uploaded all our video feed. I learned a lot and had a fun time! :)

Total Hours: 3

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Monday September 5, 2011 I attended the Wellness TV meeting at 4:30pm. It lasted for about 30 minutes. And we discussed who is assigned to each part of segments. Since I have had three years of experience with Final Cut, I will be helping out with editing. And I will also be helping Maggie with her segment. On Wednesday September 7, 2011 Maggie has an interview at Rogers. I will be tagging along with her. Looking forward to it!

Total Hours: 1 :)

Friday, September 2, 2011

On Monday August 29,2011 I attended the Wellness TV meeting at 4:30. Overall it lasted about 30 minutes and basically we just discussed what the Wellness TV offered for students and how we can get involved. We watched one of their past segments and told what part we would want to get involved in. I am looking forward to the next meeting and helping out as much as I can with the Wellness TV. :)