This last Thursday, we started to do a role-play television studio to practice all the various roles of T.V. production. My partner and I's first role was operating the teleprompter for the reporters to read. When using the teleprompter, I learned how role the mouse's wheel toward me to cause the teleprompter to scroll down/speed up, and to role it away from me to cause the teleprompter to slow down and eventually scroll back up. Also learned how to scroll down at the rate the reporters are talking so they can read it easily. Additionally, I started to develop the technique of scrolling from one paragraph to another very quickly, then rapidly slowing down. This allows the reporters to read the entire script smoothly without pausing between paragraphs, but also allows them to read at a normal pace at the beginning of each new paragraph. Our second role was using the AJA machine, which plays pre-recorded videos for the broadcast. Bascially, I learned how to place the cursor so it would play a certain video when I pressed the space bar. I also learned how to quite simply press the space bar and "run AJA" on the director's command. The final AJA lesson I learned was how to transfer the cursor rapidly from the end of one recording to the beginning of the next to prepare to run the next recording. Finally, I also learned, in both roles, to listen carefully to the director and follow their instructions, as they command the entire operation. And naturally, I had a very fun time trying all these new things!
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When Mr. Goble asked us to create an iMovie trailer, I'll admit I was very worried that I'd have another late-night-before-it's-due iMovie misadventure. Fortunately, I was happily surprised to find that even though I did end up staying up until midnight, the trailer program (unlike the video program) was very user-friendly and self-intuitive. I will take all blame for sleep lost that night. I did face some challenges with the way the template would zoom up on the photos, as this was very difficult for portraits taken vertically (it would always zoom in on my chest) and for group shots (it would sometimes zoom in on a random friend of mine). Ultimately, this forced me to adapt, observe the ways the shots would zoom in, and then supply an appropriate photograph accordingly. I had some success, though if I were to do this project again, I would pay even more attention to fitting photos with the way the template zooms in. Fortunately, I learned a lot about adapting to use the technology you have, and not attempting to do things you don't have the means to do. Also, it was very fun to recover old photographs of me. I was a different man when I was young.
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