Our first assignment went better for me than I was expecting going into it. As a sophomore I have a good amount of experience in broadcast journalism, but almost all of it is in front of the camera. I’m really excited to start gaining more experience behind the camera so that I can become a more well-rounded journalist overall. I was assigned to read a blog done by former student, Carl Rosenberg, and it seems that we shared the same sentiment after the first assignment. As Carl did, I enjoyed using a high quality camera for basically the first time. The other thing that really excites me is beginning to dive deeper into the editing process, which will be crucial to be in my career. Assignment 1 was a pretty good start and I’m excited to learn a lot more about multimedia, take a look at my work!
Coming into this project I expected to have a lot more stress in both the shooting and editing process. Not necessarily because I’m an extra big strung person, but simply because of my low level of experience with shooting and editing. However, I really did enjoy the process which adds a lot more excitement for coming projects later in the semester. It was cool to simply be taking pictures and videos of buildings and sites I see on a daily basis, but seeing them in different ways from behind the camera. The camera also seems to be a perfect balance between high quality and fitting for my low experience level, as it was very straightforward in terms of how to use it.