The GSA: Josie Hilton
My favorite video from this semester was my Gender-Sexuality Alliance feature story.
I set my focus on Josie Hilton, an asexual, biromantic senior who is a leader in the GSA.
I got a head start on the project and also ended up being one of the last people to turn it in.
It took me about a week and a half to two week to film and edit.
Being in my second year of e-Comm, this was the first year I was allowed to use cameras and
not just an iPad to film. This presented some struggles by itself. Firstly, I hadn't learned how to
correctly set up the built-in mic, so I had to attempt some extra editing for one of my interviews
because sound was only picked up in one channel. So, of course, I learned how to set that up.
Final Product:
Using Your Planner: a Tutorial
My second favorite video was my tutorial for the freshman on how to properly ask a teacher to
sign your planner. I filmed this with my partner Ariel Seemann.
This took us two class periods to film, two classes to edit and a class to revise. This was my first
project for sophomore year, so it's not the best quality. Editing faced a greater challenge than anything.
My freshman year, we used Final Cut Pro, but this year we used Adobe Premiere, which has a different
set up, but is slightly more professional. It took some getting used to.
Final Product:
I believe I used most of my class time to the max. There have been some cases where I've messed
around a bit when I could have been doing work, but not too many. I try to spend as much time editing
as possible to give out some of the best work I can. If I have a little down time close to the end of class,
I usually work on designing my blog or playing around with Adobe Photoshop.
I believe my greatest strength is my passion and creativity. I love what I do, I just struggle sometimes.
My biggest weakness is choosing my equipment. I always seem to choose equipment with some fault,
mainly the tripods. I'm pretty mediocre in choosing my shots and editing. I could work harder and
improve my blog too.
Overall, I believe my videos could be better if I worked harder. I like to think of myself as a
creative person, but I'm also very visual. Convergence Journalism prove a challenge to me because
it's close to impossible to plan out what shots to film because anything could happen. Hopefully in
Entertainment next semester, I can showcase some better work
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