Last Junio Final: Presentation

Angie Torres

Hr. 7

Video Production

Video Production Reflection

   Growth: 

   My career in e-Communications started my freshmen year. Freshmen year started off with me not knowing anything at all. Quarters were divided and I went through the process of going through animation, video, web, and graphic design. I knew I wouldn't want anything to do with web and animation as I completely didn't have a clue of what I was doing. However, I did now I wanted to go to video regardless of who the teacher was. Fast forward to sophomore year and I was taking Video Production and Graphic Design. I really disliked graphic design, mainly because I didn't learn anything because the teacher didn't know how to teach and made the students ask google how to do a specific thing. Not the best experience. Video Production continued to grow my interest as I learned more and realized filming was a lot of fun and much more simpler than graphic design. It was fun and the only reason I'm still in e-Comm. Now that my junior year is over, I've learned a lot of things to how to get shots in sports events to how to use the camera and tripod to how to set up for games. I've learned how to edit and make videos cleaner and more professional. I've improved a lot since freshmen year and I'd like to thank you, Mr. Cooper. I'm not sucking up, freshmen year I learned a bit but not that much. Sophomore year you've helped since second semester and I'd like to thank you because when I needed help you didn't tell me to go ask google but instead you actually helped and helped me grow in the field. 

Relationships: 

   Throughout this whole year, I've met some new people.  Not a lot, but new peers in this class. Seniors, although I didn't speak with them unless I needed help with scheduling. I've met new juniors but only like 3. I've developed a friendships with them. Not to deep but I got along with all of them and there wasn't any drama. I learned how to cooperate with them and made sure communication was a priority in order to make sure no one was disagreeing with an idea. If they criticized my videos, I felt comfortable with them and make sure not to take it to heart because their critiques were very helpful and helped me improve on my video productions. Their help really helped me grow and I'm happy I got to know them personally and professionally. 

Time Management:

   This class has really pushed me to make sure I used my time wisely. There were times where I had to stay after school and finish videos and there were times where I had to make 2 videos in the time of 3 days. It was stressful and sometimes I wanted to scream but I made it through. My first video was probably some commercial freshmen year and now my normal pieces are of sports that are 35 seconds. They got better and I improved which I am satisfied about because I am really considering taking video production as a career. It took me about two hours to do each one but as the year went on I became much faster and it has taken me about only one hour. 

Last Junior Final: Self-Reflection

Angie Torres

HR.7

My junior year in e-Communications is what I would call productive. I thought it was going to be less busy and maybe less time consuming but I was wrong. My year went like this:

   Football season started and I got b-roll for each home game. I was happy to do so as  I spent time watching the game as well as interacting with my friends. It went fun and because I filmed got b-roll the majority of the games, I had time to experiment with Final Cut. I figured out what each button did and got the hang of fading and fixing the lighting on videos that were off. I also learned how to work the tripod which I honestly haven't had the chance to actually work with it. It was useful for when I filmed soccer because other sports like football or baseball I used my hands. I also learned how to do voiceovers. They weren't the best, I can say for sure, but I improved since the beginning and I can say I'm satisfied because I know how to do them and I know what is expected and that will make my future senior stories much better.

   Challenges along the way would include how I should've managed my time. Things don't always go as expected and with this program it is very important to make sure you're flexible and can manage the schedule without throwing a fit. Sometimes I had to do homework for classes and it would intervene with games I was put to film. Sometimes I just had to assign someone else to film a game because I couldn't make it. For next year I'm going to try to make my time in class much more productive and I will try to make the program like a job and make it a priority because at times it wasn't.

  My greatest strengths in this class would include getting shots and editing the videos. I film the sports so I got much better holding the camera steady and making sure I got interesting shots instead of the same ones over and over. My editing also got better as I cut off the useless shots and got creative with effects like fading and using the rule of thirds. My weaknesses would include writing down voiceovers. I absolutely hate doing them. I improved on SAYING them, but I'm horrible at writing them. I can never think of what to write for them and thankfully I have Catherine that knows how to do them.  I tried to improve on making the voiceovers but it went ok but it still wasn't the best.

  If there could be one thing I would change it would be to make sure none of the sophomore have access to the equipment room because there was too many times I almost didn't have a camera and I had the small cameras sophomore year so they should as well. Other than that I'm pretty ok with everything else, I understand why classes have to be split up because there wouldn't be space in the room with like 40 students.

In conclusion, junior year was fun. I made memories and I learned al to over the technology. I still hate doing voiceovers and I doubt that will change but at least I improved on saying them. At least tried to. Can't wait for next year!