For our broadcast technology final, my teacher assigned us to create a video describing iAm. It took me quite a while to figure out what to do, and I ended up starting the video with the words "iAm Nadia" then, "iAm Video," followed by, "iAm a Cardinal," then, "iAm Life," "iAm Me," and finished with, "iAm Everything." I mixed in various clips of nature, my school, and my house. I also added clips of things of love, such as the Cardinals, my pets, etc. I really liked the prompt because it was so creative and allowed limitless ideas. Although it was difficult to figure out iMovie at first, but I really like the film trailer templates. The music goes really well with the video. Check it out on my videos page, and see you next year!
This month I created two videos. My first video was about the Special Olympics, which my school hosts every year in our gym. Special school districts come to our school and our freshman help them out in a volleyball tournament. It was great to film at it, because I participated in it last year and it was a lot of fun. The video turned out great with lots of broll and a few interview sound bytes. Also this month, I created a feature about the "Behind the Scenes" of the ACTE Convention (refer to previous blog). Although this video has a lot of setbacks, it was really fun to make and a great learning experience. At the convention, I filmed my fellow classmates working, with a a handheld camera. This was basically my first time using a handheld, so the shots came out really shaky. Aside from this, I interviewed some of my classmates which turned out unfocused. When I was doing the filming and interviewing, I had no idea I was actually going to make a feature about it, so I was not as careful as usual when filming. I spent a lot of time working on this video, and it ended up not being in my school's TV show for reasons I couldn't really control in editing. At first I felt it was very unjust that my video wasn't being used because of all the work I put into it, but now I understand why, and I am still very proud of the video I produced. Overall, I learned a lot and I am satisfied with the video. Both the Special Olympics and ACTE videos will be up Monday night, so be sure to check them out!
Wow, what an exhausting, funny, stressful, and most of all amazing past few days! On Thursday and Friday, my teacher, 8 other broadcast tech. students at my school and I went to the ACTE National Convention at the Convention Center in St. Louis. The experience was like none other, and I have gained experience and memories that will surely last forever. Schooltube (check out schooltube.com!) asked my class to do the media coverage for the event, so we separated into cars and drove down to the Convention center at 6:30 am! As soon as we arrived at the center, we lost our teacher in the parking lot, which would be only one of the many crazy things that would happen in the next few days. We eventually found him and went on in. We had our own center for editing and interviewing, and we got awesome press name tags. We spent the rest of the day filming, interviewing, managing a website, blogging, and editing! We eventually packed up at went home for the day around 5. The craziness really started then- our teacher was still looking around for his car when we had already left the parking lot, and 20 minutes later we saw him driving ahead of us on the highway! It may not sound like much, but our whole class is convinced that his car can fly now, and he is a jedi. My mind was blown, and only now is it finally starting to settle down now, 24 hours after the last day of the convention. Anyway, we got back to the high school and MOST of us got a nice rest from the crazy day. I, however, performed at my school's band concert, and then went to the midnight premiere of Breaking Dawn, getting a total of 3 hours of sleep. The next day was great, we went back to the convention, (lost my teacher in the parking lot again, of course) and started on our work. I interviewed a lot more people the second day. It was a really neat experience to interview award winning teachers from all over the country, and I even got to interview the president of the ACTE!! The only downside was staring at the black and white Schooltube backdrop for hours, which made my eyes go insane, but it was definitely worth it! At the end of our final day at the convention, we packed up our equipment and headed back to the parking lot, all scatterbrained from the day. My car decided to park on the TOP floor, (don't ask me why) and drove down 9 floors of a circular ramp at...a very high speed. We then drove a speed I will not say on the highway, in a successful attempt to beat our jedi teacher back to the school. Full of computer crashing, TONS of free stuff from vendors, countless interviews, equipment not working, endless editing, and enough craziness to last a lifetime, there is no word that can describe the past few days. I hope this blog helps you understand some of what we did, and make sure to check out all of our videos from the convention at www.schooltube.com and http://stardust.jmc.asu.edu/connections/Connections/Home.html. All I can say is that I will never forget ACTE 2011!
I am almost done with my commercial for the school'l senior vs. junior Powderpuff game! This commercial has probably been my easiest project, as I just had to film one quick thing, find music, and fill in the video with text informing people about the game. For the commercial I filmed a junior girl and a senior girl having a "confrontation" in the hallway. When I went back to edit, the audio was really bad because I used natural sound instead of a microphone. I refilmed it with a microphone, except I just filmed the girls talking and matched it up with my previous broll. The microphone turned out well, for the most part. One of the audio clips somehow got distorted, and sounds bad still, but I ended up getting the previous audio to work. I really like the music that I put with the commercial, and I'll post it on here as soon as I'm finished!
I finally finished my LGBT video! I posted it on the video section of my blog, and it's on schooltube.com. I really like how the video turned out, I think it's inspiring and on a very important topic. I also learned a lot, so my next project will be better. I'll definitely shoot a better variety of camera angles and be more aware of the lighting and color. I really liked the sound bytes and music that I used, though. I am proud of this video, and can't wait to start on my next project-a commercial for my school's Powderpuff Game!
Hey guys! So I'm almost done (kinda...) with my second video, about bullying in LGBT youth. Making this video has definitely been a challenge, a lot harder than my PSA. I've dealt with many broken cameras, tapes, microphones, etc, and I just got my main source of b-roll today, and the project is due on Monday. I'm also involved in cross country which meets every day after school, which leaves me with hardly any time to edit it. But thankfully, I'll be able to work on editing it until 10 pm after school Monday, so hopefully that'll be enough time to edit. Wish me luck!
Also- I'm posting a new feature I made last year about my school's cross country team. My first news feature! Hey guys! So for my second video of the year, I am going to make a video about the website itgetsbetter.org. This website is for LGBT teenagers who are bullied at school. Hundreds of older LGBTs make videos about how it DOES get better, and post them on the website for the teenagers who are going through such a tough struggle. I haven't started making the video yet, but I contacted the leaders of the Gay Straight Alliance and my school, and I am hoping to interview them and some of the other students in the GSA. I'm really excited for this video!
Also, you can check out the special 9/11 edition of Ladue View at schooltube.com/user/dgoble. My Children's Heart Foundation will be on the Ladue View at the end of the month, and childrensheartfoundation.org. Hey guys! I just finished my first video of the year in broadcast technology, a PSA about the Children's Heart Foundation, an organization that helps children with congenital heart defects. Although the filming of this video was easy, one frustrating part was recording the voiceover. My partner Connor and I were using the wireless microphones for the first time, and it took many tries due to broken microphones and other mistakes. We eventually finished the video, and I'm very proud of it! It will be airing on the September edition of my schools TV show, Ladue View. You can watch it on September 8th at www.schooltube.com/user/dgoble. Also, I found out that the Children's Heart Foundation wants to use the video on their website! I'm so excited to see it there in a few days, you can check it out at www.childrensheartfoundation.org.
I will be starting my next video sometime next week, have a good Labor Day Weekend! |