Throughout the semester, we have had a total of 4 different assignments. We had to do an ONW procedures video, a ONW Now long project on a certain person we were assigned in our class and had to learn how to properly set up a microphone and an interview. Another project we had was to film the Blood Drive that STUCO holds every year. It was interesting for me because I do not like blood and especially not needles. When we got there I had no clue what it would look like so I freaked myself out more than I needed to be. Once we began interviewing people and getting B-Roll I was actually quite interested in the subject, not necessarily the Blood Drive, but doing live coverage of events. Our final project was an actual episode of ONW Now including a theme, many stories, a Gameday Northwest, an intro, and scripts. That was probably my favorite project by far.
Overall, my favorite project was probably the ONW Now project we just finished. This has always been my "dream" I guess, since I saw my first episode last year. When I heard that we got to produce an episode of our own, I was ecstatic. I thought it was really fun being an anchor because we got to create our own scripts and we were the people that created the tone the viewers would feel throughout the episode. It was also really complicated, however, because my partner (Mallory) and I chose the hardest story I would say because we chose Cram and Cocoa which was a story we had to film and edit the night before the package was due. When we were editing the video, we were the only ones in the classroom so it was fun to be able to not have any interruptions and to be able to do what we wanted since we really could be there for however long we wanted. While we had some problems with having to finish our whole project in one night, it was interesting to see a glimpse into what our future might hold for us.
One of the key points throughout this semester was probably having to record the Blood Drive. When I was younger I had to get my blood drawn which I had never done before so considering how much I hated needles in general beforehand, I was terrified. Once the had the needle in my arm, they couldn't seem to find my vain so for the next 15 minutes they were digging a needle into my arm which, as you can guess, hurt extremely bad. Right that instant, I knew that I would forever hate needles and blood so, when we were assigned the Blood Drive, I was not happy. When we got to the venue, I was scared because I had no idea what it would look like. Although, at the beginning, it was very nerve wracking; I got over my fear and ended up producing quite a good and informational video.
If I were to change anything to make it better, I would change my hobbies video to get more B-Roll. While I had a quality video and story line, I could definitely have more video to show over my voice-overs and interviews. My video turned out okay but it would've been a lot cleaner and better quality if I had created a longer story with more interesting video.
All together, I am going to try and get more video and manage my time better this next semester. I thought it was interesting to be able to have two different teachers who had two different ways of teaching because it taught us how to adapt to new things and create good videos the way that teacher wanted it specifically. I'm excited to see what this next semester had in store and to make amazing videos with our new teacher!
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