Weekly Warrior

Another week, another struggle, here's what I was working on:

I'm still plugging along the long journey that is Broadcast 2. I knew the last piece of work I turned in was awful; just one of those that you turn in, shake your head, and try to wipe your hands clean. The story was unclear and the video was rushed. I was out of town for the weekend and came back, facing a 1 PM deadline on Monday, and did not finish filming until 10 AM that day. I got it done, but I was disappointed in my work. I try to strive for excellence, but that was definitely subpar. My interviews weren't bad and I just decent bites, I just didn't do enough research to support my script fully and with the recent technology struggles we have had in the broadcast lab, I totally forgot to put runtimes for supers in my script. My score reflected the work I did, but I move on.

The package I just turned was much more reflective of the work I am capable of. Of course there were still problems, but I'm still learning. My audio seemed to be a little hot when I watched it today and I thought I had corrected that problem earlier in the week, but for some reason it still seems hot. When I annunciated on p's and c's you could really hear the rebound in the mic. My interviews weren't framed as well as I would have liked, but I seem to be having that problem every time. I try to make a conscious effort to get the interviews in a nice frame, but with the cameras we have I just can't figure it out; it's frustrating. Besides that, I like my standup and the bites I had, and I thought the overall script was good. It could have been worded a little better into my bites, but overall I was happy with the information I was able to get across in a runtime of 1:17.

In other classes, tests are starting to pop back up and studying will be to the max. Add that with hoping to get cleared for broadcast, finishing shadow shifts, and taking the iNews and Avid tests and the next few weeks heading into Spring Break should be a blast.