This semester at SC State I'm teaching Basic Television Production and it's a very hands-on class. Students have been quickly exposed to the tools of the trade: cameras, microphones, lights and tripods.
As a first project I asked them to be in front of the camera sharing "Me in 30 Seconds." Just talk briefly about yourself: where you are from, your major and year, hometown, hobbies, ambitions, what you like about SC State- things like that.
The students rotated from in front of the camera to behind it. They operated the cameras and gave time cues so the student on camera would be as close to 30 seconds as possible.
Here are some of the videos that the students will post on YouTube, then their own blogs.
Pictured here are Alyceea Simmons (in front of the camera) and Makayla Dotson, who is a member of the Bulldog Battalion, S.C. State's ROTC program.
This is Ariana Pinder, a senior broadcast communications major from Columbia. Here is the "raw" version of her "Me in 30 Seconds" presentation."
Next, using Adobe Premiere Pro, is an edited version of the above video. I trimmed the beginning and end to make it tighter, cropped the framing to reduce headroom (here is how to do that) and also added some music to the background.
Thank you Ariana for letting me do this demonstration with your clip.
Here is another demonstration post about this project that involves video shooting, editing, titling, posting on YouTube and also posting on Blogger.
In this next video, Sincere Galloway records his "Me in 30 Seconds" talk. This is the unedited version.
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