Jacob Sanders
One thing I greatly enjoyed about Broadcasting this year was our project when we went to the music room and recored Mr. Yarborough and his class. My group and I worked very well together on the project and each put in a lot of work and it paid off very well. I liked being able to go out on our own and choose where we filmed at and what we filmed. I liked having many different options and the ability to be flexible and work around our schedule. I think that learning the 5 shot method was very helpful for this project because it gave us a good structure to start with and what we should look for. I think one thing that could have helped during that project was more instruction of how to use the tri-pod and how to properly shoot with the iPads.
I also enjoyed the project when we interviews our former self. I liked how you had to get creative with the interview and use broadcasting in a real world situation. I did think that filming the interview was somewhat difficult because we had to get the shot and timing perfectly right to flow well.
I thought that learning how to shoot videos and take pictures was very useful. We often find ourselves recording daily activities and now I can use some easy tips to make the aesthetics, background, and lighting in videos and pictures look better. The lessons on story were also very useful because they can be used in many future careers. I was always interested in television and news reporting and the tips of storytelling become very helpful in reporting.
One thing I would have liked to have seen more of was broadcasting in television. I think there are many lessons to be learned from television and the way it is presented. It is so prominent in our lives that it should be one of the biggest things we study.
Jacob Sanders 