Something that never occurred to me until I entered the video slice, was that I would eventually have to be on video myself. From the first video slice class I learned that looking at yourself and editing your own video is harder than I realized. As a broadcast journalism student, I guess this is something I will have to get used to. At first, it was really awkward to see myself on tape. When my partner asked me questions, I did not quite know what to answer. I guess I got stage fright. I did not know whether I had to look at her, or look directly into the camera. Although the first couple of seconds were a little difficult and nerve racking, by the end of class I kind of got used to it. What made me feel better was that it looked like the other students felt way I did.
It was really interesting to learn a few tricks on the first day. I learned that many journalists record what they want to say before they go on air and secretly listen to themselves as they talk. Kind of like what I am doing now. It was also interesting to see the different types of ways you could film a person. For example, you could have the person sit in the middle and look straight into the camera, you could have them off to the left, or you could have them off to the right. I am really looking for to this class and I hope I’ll take a lot of things with me.
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