How to write a Feature Story

In class on Friday we we're able to explore the winning video by, Lina Sattarin. It was about sophomore, Abby Rist, and her love for golf. It started with a strong opening shot and voice over. She used the rule of thirds very well and made sure her shots were visually appealing. Lina also made sure her editing was precise so there would be no jump cut and that her video would flow. At the end of her video she had strong voice over with a memorable clip of Abby hitting the golf ball with the Nat noise in the background. Overall her video was very well put together and she did a very good job of collecting Abby's love of the sport. Below I have written a list of tips that I collected from the Honorable Mentions in my class:

How to get the appropriate out come to your feature story:
1.  Have a strong beginning shot and voice over
2.  Used the 6 shot system (using a mix gives it more variety and makes it more visually appealing)
3.  Make sure you have Nat noises (Nat: Natural noise)
4.  Have a good mix of B role and pieces from your interview. Note:  You can use your subjects voice as a voice over under B role
5.  Make sure you don't have any jump cuts try to edit your video to the best of your ability.
6.  Don't forget to have voice overs of yourself speaking about the topic throughout the video.
7.  Make sure you don't say I, We, or your name in the feature story.
8.  Have a strong ending with an impactful saying from the person your interviewing or say something to sum it up at the end of your video.

Feature Story Experience

I had to think of a narrative lede to start my story and so I used a quote from Jake himself. I didn't enjoy the writing portion of the assignment because I didn't feel like it was as personal. However, I enjoyed the creative freedom of writing it. 

My feature story was about Jake Bartley an Olathe Northwest junior that lives to dance. He told me about his experiences dancing and how he feels free when he dances. I also interviewed his mom who is so encouraging and proud of everything he does. I feel like Jakes dancing says all it needs to say about him. I didn't want to have a second interview because I didn't want to distract from all the amazing things Jake can do. I wanted my voice over to be as meaningful as Jakes dancing so it was hard for me to come up with the right things to say. I ended up having my mom help me with my voice over because she used to be a write so I wanted that feel to the story. I enjoyed watching my best friend do what he loves to do so it really brought me joy to be able to add his talents to the thing I love to do. my favorite part of my video is my beginning shot with the silhouette of Jake.

“I think the best word to describe how I feel when I’m dancing is probably free. Just because there's no other feeling like it. It’s hard to describe but it’s a good thing,” Jake Bartley said.

For some people dancing is just a casual way to have fun, but for Olathe Northwest junior, Jake Bartley, it’s a way of life. Jake dances all over the Kansas City area with an occasional class in New York City.

Bartley also participates in aerial dance which consists of silks, lira, and trapeze. He goes to classes at Lucia in Town Center to continue to work on his unique skills. Jake was inspired to start silks when he saw P!nk perform the intriguing style in concert several years ago.

Bartley is currently looking at colleges in Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, and New York. He is hoping to pursue dance as a career in the future. Jakes family and friends are all very supportive of his dancing and love watching him succeed in what he loves to do.

When life becomes stressful or he just needs a break, Jake Bartley turns to dance.

Feature Story

My feature story was about Jake Bartley an Olathe Northwest junior that lives to dance. He told me about his experiences dancing and how he feels free when he dances. I also interviewed his mom who is so encouraging and proud of everything he does. I feel like Jakes dancing says all it needs to say about him. I didn't want to have a second interview because I didn't want to distract from all the amazing things Jake can do. I wanted my voice over to be as meaningful as Jakes dancing so it was hard for me to come up with the right things to say. I ended up having my mom help me with my voice over because she used to be a write so I wanted that feel to the story. I enjoyed watching my best friend do what he loves to do so it really brought me joy to be able to add his talents to the thing I love to do. my favorite part of my video is my beginning shot with the silhouette of Jake.

Raccoon Project

We made raccoons with adobe illustrator. I really enjoyed using my artistic ability to make different take on the original raccoon with berries. If I could redo my assignment I would take it farther so I could be different than other peoples post cards. 

organizing clips tutorial

If you are wanting to organize your clips in Premiere Pro, an option would be to use bins. A a bin holds files, sequences, and other bins.
How to use your bin:

1. Go to the bottom left corner of your screen and click on the new bin button or use the key board shortcut of Command+/

     2. To open the bin double click on it. If you are wanting to open a bin in a new tab use the         keyboard shortcuts of Option-double-click 

     3. If you desire to change the behaviors of the panel you can click Premiere Pro>Preferences>General

     4. To move an item to a bin you can simply drag what you need into the desired bin.  If you need to import into a bin use the keyboard shortcut of Command i 

For additional information you can go to:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/organizing-assets-project-panel.html

ONW 1 in 2000

Blaise Keasler is an outgoing girl who loves makeup and Halsey. She is a Sagittarius and likes to use tarot cards. I made my ONW 1 in 2000 video about Blaise because she has a lot to say and is an interesting person.

I already knew Blaise very well so it was hard to learn too much more but I enjoyed talking to her because who doesn't want to talk to Blaise Keasler??? I thought it was very fun to be able to edit a video about such an intriguing person.

I had Blaise help me with  my voice over because I didn't know what to say about the video because I thought she said everything she needed to say. I couldn't get my voice over to sound the way I wanted it to so I eventually just stuck with the last one I did.

I really liked the back ground go my video in the dressing room because she talks about performing so I feel like the setting really fit with the video its self.

 If I were to redo this assignment I would make sure I focused the camera better and I would also out her name at the beginning because you don't know her name until the very end of the video.

Overall I enjoyed this project more than the last one because I never felt rushed and I felt like I was able to do everything I needed to do to make the video as god as it could be for this specific assignment.

Photoshop Reflection

Throughout all the photoshop tutorials I learned how to use the different tools to make each photo visually appealing. During this assignment I learned that focus is extremely important and that it is okay to mess up because that is how you learn. I learned project management and the ability to put a project to the side and breathe for a second when the project isn't working ( For example when the pictures or videos disappeared from the graphics server). I believe that these tutorials will help me in the future because I had to figure a lot of things out for myself an help my fellow classmates when they needed help. I think that this project helped me with my leadership skills and I can take it with me in the future eComm classes. I was able to pick up what the tutorials were saying very quickly and apply it. My weaknesses were definitely  being a social butterfly. It is hard for me to work in completely silent classrooms especially when I am supposed to be creative because I get inspired by what others say and I apply that to my work.  If I could do this project again I would try to make the work a little more my own instead of just following the tutorials. I would also work harder to finish faster. If I did it again I would spend more time on the challenge project. I fell as if I did well on this assignment.