I placed a link on the Facebook page today for fans to listen to the newest show. While updating the page, it began to sink in that I will only have access to this page for another two weeks. I am going to miss updating SFJ's social media. I have also been thinking about who will fill my shoes next semester, and honestly, I wish I knew more kids in the Wednesday class so I could have my input. However, at this point, I'm thinking Chris could be a really good pick. We have become friends and his personal Instgram is full of professional-grade photos of fishing and ocean pictures. I heard that for his job, he goes and shoots commercials and photos, so this is almost second nature to him. Just something for you to think about, Dr. Petrich!
Tuesday: April 8, 2014
Once again, we did not have two-ways this week. I even brought my earphones today just to be able to edit on my laptop with Audacity, but to no avail! I sat through another critique spot session, and today I really saw the divide between the students that care and have learned so much from Broadcast Journalism, and the students that are just gliding through these classes to earn a diploma. It upsets me to see some kids not accept or care about criticism of their stories. They just sit there and take the suggestions like it's a tickle of air past their face.
Before class began, I updated the Facebook page with a snippet of what's to come this week.
Once I posted, Andrea came to ask me for help in the studio. I got to her work station and realized that she still hasn't learned how to save her work correctly. I was like her last semester though, if that is because she wants to be sure and cautious by having an A-Team member save it. That's what Estelle did for me last semester, but I feel like Andrea did it out of laziness. I saw how Dr. Petrich gave her so many suggestions via email for her story script, as Wakaria said she did too, but she didn't really take those to heart. Needless to say, Andrea sat back on her phone while I saved her work. I didn't do it because she wanted me to, I did it to show her how easy it was, but she didn't seem to care. After her in class critique, I helped her re-record her voice tracks and gave her pointers along the way. Her pacing is really good and I like her voice because it's unique.
Hector also presented his spot story in class, and I caught some on video. I uploaded it on Facebook. I found it hilarious how in his critique, I mentioned that he could have gotten crafty with adding ambient sound, but he explained to me why he didn't have any. Saying that because the golf course was closed, he didn't find golf-themed ambient sound relevant. Still, I think that ambient sound could have pushed the story over the top. See Facebook for the full video.
Once again, we did not have two-ways this week. I even brought my earphones today just to be able to edit on my laptop with Audacity, but to no avail! I sat through another critique spot session, and today I really saw the divide between the students that care and have learned so much from Broadcast Journalism, and the students that are just gliding through these classes to earn a diploma. It upsets me to see some kids not accept or care about criticism of their stories. They just sit there and take the suggestions like it's a tickle of air past their face.
Before class began, I updated the Facebook page with a snippet of what's to come this week.
Hector also presented his spot story in class, and I caught some on video. I uploaded it on Facebook. I found it hilarious how in his critique, I mentioned that he could have gotten crafty with adding ambient sound, but he explained to me why he didn't have any. Saying that because the golf course was closed, he didn't find golf-themed ambient sound relevant. Still, I think that ambient sound could have pushed the story over the top. See Facebook for the full video.
Thursday: April 10, 2014
I attended production today because I was Headline Newscaster! I was excited to be back in the studio. Before kicking off the day, I snapped a picture of Dr. Petrich at work as he finished the Co-Host script.
I recorded Co-Hosts Nikki and Charity in the studio and snapped a really cute photo there with Markella "photo-bombing" the picture. During the recording session, I sat back as the girls tackled the script. It made me realize that we all have come so far. These two hardly even stumbled over sentences, and we had some great laughs along the way about pronunciation of only one phrase. Seeing these two girls breeze through the script made me reflect on my time recording, and got me excited for my turn in a little bit!
Right after recording the co-hosts, I re-recorded Ryan's section of the week's Beat Story because he first recorded saying the word "corps" as corpse. It's hilarious how he blamed the pronunciation on his South African accent, and wouldn't admit he made a mistake. It's okay, I wouldn't have teased him! I edited the first part of his original recording before realizing that small mishap. I uploaded a video of Ryan re-recording the beat story onto Facebook. See Facebook for the entire clip.
I've realized that I probably blew up SFJ Facebook fans' pages today with serious posts, so I wanted to upload a photo that showed more of a friendly appeal. I had Tina, Markella, Nikki, Kendrick and Sharlene pose with me for a photo. I think the caption was pretty funny- and I must give Sharlene the credit for that one!
Saturday: April 12, 2014:
I added a link to the Facebook page for fans to listen to the show we produced! I actually was a little sad with my portion of the recording, just because I felt like it sounded rushed. I wish I could have a do-over. I didn't feel like I went out with a bang, but my Co-Host recordings seemed better earlier in the semester. I guess because as Headline Newscaster, you don't really have a day to prepare like you do with the Co-Host script, so maybe that's what happened. Nonetheless, knowing that there is only one more production of SFJ is really getting me sad. But, I've had such an overall amazing run this semester with SFJ. Wishing I could repeat this class! (I feel like I write that in every post, sorry! It's the truth!)
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