Broadcast Tech II begins! It's a new year, a new semester, and new challenges. My big project for the last month has been a news piece about my high school's energy and resource consumption (you'll be able to watch it here). I must say, it is far more difficult now that I have to actually produce news stories instead of just learning how to shoot videos. For example, in my beloved "At road's end, we rest alone" video, I was able to do all the writing, editing, and most of the shooting alone, and I only needed help from one friend for filming. Now, I have to set up interviews with other people who have busy lives and cool, busy jobs, which is more logistically difficult. Additionally, in pursuit of my environmental impact report, I found myself chasing numbers and statistics which are surprisingly hard to obtain. Fortunately, Mr. Mike Noonan, head of district facilities, was extraordinarily kind and researched all the necessary information for our interview. Additionally, Ms. Sue Blumm, head of the school lunch program, was kind enough to invite the Regional Dietician for Chartwells over for an interview. However, all these above-and-beyond actions from my correspondents showed me just how difficult obtaining actual information is. As a side note, I ended up getting too much information to condense into one news video. Thus, the interview with the Chartwells dietician wasn't used for this video, but rest assured, down the line, I will create a fascinating video about where the school sources its food. Anyway, another challenge I faced was now that I was interviewing people I had never met before, I was a bit nervous, and very afraid to waste their time. Tragically, this lead to me forgetting to focus the camera during my interview with Mr. Noonan. The focus isn't too bad, but it certainly isn't a mistake I intend to repeat. I also accidentally left my SD card in a camera which someone else checked out, so I had to shoot B-Roll on a different, unnamed SD card. Being unnamed, I never found it again, and so lost some of my precious B-Roll. I can't help but conclude that right now, I am very, very rusty. On the bright side, both the interview subjects were articulate and informative, and I was able to film a lot of great information. I had some difficulty finding the right B-Roll to fit Mr. Noonan's words, but ultimately, I think I succeeded in communicating Ladue's environmental impact in easy-to-understand statistics. Overall, I think its a great start to what will hopefully be a successful semester!
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