It's very apparent that I had no idea what I was getting myself into, signing up for Practicum during the hardest semester of my college career, because I am not only a baby freshman, but its also softball season. However Dr. B has a way of getting your butt in gear if you've been slacking, like me.
Yesterday, I helped conduct two interviews for the Go Healthy FSC package on Studying Abroad with Katie Becker. During these interviews I was what you could call, seen but not EVER heard. Being a newbie at anything Comm., I knew I had to gather as much information as I could about anything. Being a fly on the wall had some serious advantages for my first adventure in the COM world. I learned new terms such as B-Roll and Voice Overs as well as proper questions to ask interviewees that require more than just a "yes" or "no" answer. I also learned to ask the person who is being interviewed to spell their name, in full, to ensure they are properly accredited for. This two interviews log in at 30 mins a piece, so my first hour of COM is complete.
I also had the pleasure of learning some editing techniques from Katie as well. Spending an hour in the Southern Lab with her, editing the same package we were interviewing for, I tried to be as sponge-like as possible. I learned how to edit down clips and interviews, log and transfer from the camera to the computer, how to write a proper script, as well as got my first lesson on background noise, and preferred levels for B-Roll clips. I had never heard of any of this before last night and I'm glad I got some time to sit down and see how the packages got put together. Hopefully, the rest of these hours go as smoothly as the first two did. I can only hope..
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