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Astronomy Club

        Brianna Mayne, Ashley Poddick, Will Frank and I joined together to create a News story about Astronomy Club.  We began by finding a place to interview; we found a beautiful spot right next to the Observatory.  The shot included part of the Observatory, lovely lilac flowers, and a small part of the school in the background.  When the day came to actually do the interview with Brianna, we discovered it was rainy and disgusting out; we decided to move inside to the library.  Unfortunately, this was not our plan, but we made it work.  We interviewed Brianna, Ashley asking the questions, while Will and I watched the camera to make sure everything was situated and working.  once done with that, we headed downstairs and began working on that part of the interview. 

        The next day, our group and Johnny Miceli set up an interview with Jerry Carr at his apartment building's library.  It was amazing hearing all of his intriguing stories about outer-space and his experiences throughout his life.  After the interview, we came back and began editing once again.  

        For B-roll, Will and I took some short videos of the Observatory.  We weren't exactly sure what we needed, so we made sure to get many different shots that we could choose from later.  We got a video of the outside of the Observatory, as well as multiple different shots of the inside, showing off the microscope too.  We also looked up pictures of Jerry Carr and his outer-space experiences to use for B-roll.

        When editing the news/interview, we all began by working together and sharing ideas on how it should be laid out.  Once we figured that out, Brianna took over and began editing more, because we could not all work on it together at the same time.  

Snow Day:

I was with Jess and Emma.  We interviewed Mrs. Kenny and Mr. Herrington.  I set the shot up both times with the help of Jessica.  I did not do a good job with Mr. Herrington's shot; it does not look good to the eye, and is also a little bit blurry.  Along with that, we did not get the B roll we needed for this News.  The news story is about Snow days.  They talk about how snow days are called, and what they look for when deciding to call it.  We learned that there was a lot of communication that has to take place, and that it is not an easy job to do.  

From this experience, I learned how to focus a camera properly, with the help of Muench.  This has also helped me look closer at the set up before we begin shooting; make it perfect as to make sure you do not have to re-shoot.  

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