The beginning of this class has made me stressed more than I have enjoyed it, but 'that’s okay. A lot of what I’m doing is completely new to me, in terms of the breadth and depth of the things we’ve covered already, so it’s bound to stress me out. The stress has gotten better though, having completely finished a video essay and our first VOSOTVO projects, I’m starting to get the hang of things, little by little.
The video essay was fun because I got to mix that experience with another one, covering a sporting event. I traveled to Manhattan to cover Kansas at Kansas State men’s basketball. It was a highly anticipated game and the atmosphere was electric. I got some good shots, but a lot of them were shaky because I made a rookie mistake and forgot a tripod. Rest assured that will never happen again.
I took that lesson and put it towards our second larger project, the VO and VOSOTVO. This was confusing because it is two separate videos, just structured slightly different. I made sure to have my tripod and took as careful, steady shots as possible. I seemed to have lacked on good shots with nat-sound though, so I will work on that in the future.
Through the first five weeks, I have grown to like this challenging,stressful course because the subject matter is important and interesting. I like to be pushed and challenged because it makes me better, and I hope that continues throughout the semester so that I can push to become my very best.
Below is my VOSOTVO project on 90.7fm KJHK’s Farmer’s Ball, a battle of the bands.
-Jackson Schneider