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Broadcast Journalism
My video journey.
After taking two years of video production classes, I wanted to integrate more video coverage into our website---even though I was a first year staffer. My sophomore year, I became Multimedia Editor for The BluePrint and was on a quest to make the cleanest videos possible. This proved to be difficult. Scroll down to view my progression in videography.
Showcase
For this video where I covered my school's culinary program, I made sure to write a script and plan out my shots before hand, using the template pictured below. By outlining the video as a whole in addition to writing questions, as I typically do for my stories, I was able to plan both my visual and auditory coverage at once, making for a clean and well-produced video package.
Video Plan
Video Packaging
What I love most about videography is that it can add visuals and a heightened sense of reality to a reader---text on a screen isn't always enough. Whether it's an outbreak of COVID on campus or a feature on the marching band's upcoming show, I hope my videos can add intrigue to stories and give viewers a new perspective.
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Omicron brings challenges to students and staff
Band prepares for annual rhapsody show
Behind the scenes of band's "The Beatles" show
Senior week ends year with nostalgia
New parent permission forms disrupt pep rally
Leadership class sets up annual Winter Week
On Camera Reporting
Before joining the newspaper staff my sophomore year, I was involved with my school's TV Production class and broadcast, WOOF TV. Here, I filmed and edited promos and announcements for their bi-weekly YouTube uploads. In addition, I got experience in on camera reporting with their Instagram special, The Daily Woof. I've included an example of this show below, where I anchored episodes throughout my freshman and sophomore year.
It's a learning process...
Scroll to see my not-so-favorite videos
Environmental Club takes over school garden
October 15, 2021
This was my very first video---and you can tell. The quality of sound was loud and background noise overpowered my interviews. The lighting was also very bright and distracting, but I love this nonetheless as I ventured into new territory of journalistic coverage.
Girls lacrosse sets up school pumpkin patch
October 21, 2021
Working with high-quality cameras was new to me as our TV class only taught me the basics of a camcorder....so the lighting was still an issue. I tried out a new microphone technique with this video, forcing my adviser to order packs of wireless mics. While the sound was slightly improved, I still had a lot to learn.
Senior girls prepare for powderpuff
November 3, 2021
I remember one detail from this interview---I was nervous. Standing in the heat and recording a hoard of upperclassmen was daunting to 15-year-old me, and it's visible in the video. The subjects' responses were basic and predictable because I was asking predictable questions. Sound was still an issue, but my B-roll was active and fun to watch.
Spanish Honor Society holds end of year banquet
May 19, 2023
Things didn't go as planned. While I had always used my publication's cameras to record interviews, the camera wasn't working. My next best bet was to take some photos of the banquet, which made the video a bit boring. My audio was much better by this point in my second year on staff, but poor lighting made my little-to-no b-roll blurry and dark.
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