Audio Story: “Second Coming Out” 30%
Audio Story Evaluation and Grade Proposal:
I enjoyed making the audio story. As a journalist, it was fun to tell a personal story for once rather than telling the world’s stories. I also really loved working with Adobe Audition and learning to create and edit audio as music and audio communications are aspects of technology I’m very interested in.
I believe this was the project I out the most of my time and creative energy into. I was the most invested in this project and it was one in which I could see shaping what I do with my career and was overall the most impactful on me.
Family Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4SMJDflG8I&feature=youtu.be
Family Story Evaluation and Grade Proposal: 15%
The family story was a project that interested me in the field of medical communications. As someone who’s passionate about spreading awareness for almost any cause, this was something I could see myself turning into a more personal project in the future. The FOundation wasn’t always a peach to communicate back and forth with but overall creating the impactful videos for the families warmed my heart.
I gave this assignment 15% because I felt as though I didn’t put the most work into this assignment. I was behind on Premier Pro due to tardiness one day – and while I did catch up enough to do the project I constantly I felt like I was in a state of confusion with deadlines and using the technology.
Familiar Strangers: 25%
Overall, I think this was my favorite project to work on throughout the semester and I wish we had spent more time on it. I was never the biggest fan of on-the-street interviews because you don’t walk into the conversation having some knowledge of the person already. The public space also makes the conversation less intimate and you have to try harder to pull out the good answers. While I am unable to find the video clips Tom, SOphia and I put together we got a total of 7 videos editing with b-roll.
I gave this project the percentage because I felt like it got me up and into the world of doing these kinds of interviews and challenging my nerves when talking to/approaching an unexpecting stranger. The experience of working within a team also gave me great insight that this is what I want do do with my career at an editor’s table while the camera guy does the editing and everyone’s shouting chaotically.
Personally, on this project I was in charge of interviewing the subjects and asking the questions along with thinning og on-the-spot follow up questions in order to attempt to catch the perfect sound bite. I also was the team member who approached the interviewees outside, asked their permission to participate, and I collected their signatures on the release forms. While I’m unsure if Tom or Sophia was able to export the videos to you – I have the names of the interviewees if you would like to ask them about their experience with us as a crew since we did it outside the classroom.
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