Practice Profile Story

Hi there everyone! It's me again, and I want to tell you all about this piece, an interview! It was done as practice for the next project we did, the biggest one so far. The one we were practicing for is a competition to get on Hiki No, a television show produced by kids on PBS Hawaii. This one, however was much smaller, and only with our class. My group interviewed my best friend Kasiah, and it was about gymnastics, her favorite sport.

We chose her because we had a really good B-Roll opportunity. (Look at my last post for more info about  B-Roll.) Her doing gymnastics in the field really was a great visual.  The sequencing we could get for our B-Roll was great, and it was nice knowing that we had B-Roll that applied without having to waste a ton of time thinking about what to do. Interviewing her was a great opportunity because we had a really clear story, and great questions. It really helped shape our overall story.

Thanks for reading my blog, I hope you enjoy learning all about my G.T media class, and I hope you try some of it out too!

Profile Project Progress

Hi everyone, it's me! What I want to talk about is the newest project we have been working on, an interview for Hiki No. We have interviewed Kasiah's mom, Katie. She volunteered for the Peace Corps, and was stationed in Senegal, West Africa. She and her husband, Jason spent a lot of time working in their village as agricultural extension agents. They helped the people there to use their resources to help themselves.

To shoot interviews, you definitely need to use this thing called B-Roll. If you don't, your video won't be interesting at all! B-Roll is extra visuals besides the basic interview shot, the head and shoulders. The visuals have to relate to the interview, meaning if your interviewing a cow herder, don't go off and shoot B-Roll of the wildflowers in his garden. Go out there and take some sequencing shots of his cows!

Also, to have a great interview, you need to have great voice overs! A voice over is a narration for your video. Unlike the interview itself, the voice over faces the camera, and talks directly in to it. They are usually used as transitions, or intros and conclusions. The B-Roll's job is to cover the person talking. We needed to take lots of B-Roll in order to cover our very long interview.

My team can work together better by being less stressed and more focused. We got this project rough cut turned in on time, unlike the practice one, and when we were shooting it, it was a much calmer environment. Now we have a week to edit it again and get it ready for the final project. We have to try and keep it together though. No stress allowed here!

To improve our video, and to take it from good to great, we plan on re-filming some B-Roll to reduce very shaky shots, and to edit our story. We also plan to improve our audio and shorten our story. The most important thing to remember though is to split up the work and be a team, not just a group of independent students. As long as we stay calm, and plan carefully so we use our time to the fullest, then I know we can do it! Use those time management skills! We plan on working hard to finish on time for our class film festival!