Hey, fall break is over and it's back to blogs. Over the first quarter I have learned many lessons and I have to say that there is always room for improvement. First quarter is always the "learning" quarter. It's the quarter we teach and guide the newbies. There are three main areas that I feel I could still make improvements. I would improve in areas as mic. cockroaches, audio for radios, and b-roll sequencing.
Some of you may be wondering "what in the world is she talking about?’’. Well when I went to the media camp in the summer, they called the mics that stick out of the shirt or visible as a "cockroach". I have to improve on this because during my interviews at Hanakapiai, the visitors were coming down the trail, soaking wet with sweat (ewww) and we had to interview them. As we set them up for interviews, the hikers clipped the mic on out side of their shirt since they were so sweaty. Mr. M was not too happy that I didn't put the mic. under their shirt. He reminded us that no matter how sweaty or stink they are, you still put the mic. under their shirt so it is not visible.
Also, I could improve on my recording process of my radios. During the recording of my radios there was echoes in the background. Mr. M said that it could be from sitting too far way from the mic. or sitting too close to the wall. I thought about it and I was sitting close to the mic, but too close to the wall which probably created the echo. I also have to make sure that there is also no background noise. When Taylor and I were recording, we could hear students yelling and laughing. We tried to make them be quite, but it wasn't our media group that was making the noise. When we edited and exported you could hear the students in the background.
Finally, I could work on my b-roll sequencing. During our project, I forgot to take my b-roll in a sequence. So because of that I had to put all of my b-roll in and not have a series of shots.
During the first quarter I learned that you never put the mic outside of the interviewer's shirt no matter how sweaty they are, always check your audio after recording, and make sure you shoot your b-roll in a sequence. Till next time this has been Kelli Okayama blogging.... HAHAHA. Bye!!!
Some of you may be wondering "what in the world is she talking about?’’. Well when I went to the media camp in the summer, they called the mics that stick out of the shirt or visible as a "cockroach". I have to improve on this because during my interviews at Hanakapiai, the visitors were coming down the trail, soaking wet with sweat (ewww) and we had to interview them. As we set them up for interviews, the hikers clipped the mic on out side of their shirt since they were so sweaty. Mr. M was not too happy that I didn't put the mic. under their shirt. He reminded us that no matter how sweaty or stink they are, you still put the mic. under their shirt so it is not visible.
Also, I could improve on my recording process of my radios. During the recording of my radios there was echoes in the background. Mr. M said that it could be from sitting too far way from the mic. or sitting too close to the wall. I thought about it and I was sitting close to the mic, but too close to the wall which probably created the echo. I also have to make sure that there is also no background noise. When Taylor and I were recording, we could hear students yelling and laughing. We tried to make them be quite, but it wasn't our media group that was making the noise. When we edited and exported you could hear the students in the background.
Finally, I could work on my b-roll sequencing. During our project, I forgot to take my b-roll in a sequence. So because of that I had to put all of my b-roll in and not have a series of shots.
During the first quarter I learned that you never put the mic outside of the interviewer's shirt no matter how sweaty they are, always check your audio after recording, and make sure you shoot your b-roll in a sequence. Till next time this has been Kelli Okayama blogging.... HAHAHA. Bye!!!