Future of Journalism (In-Class Project)

Slides From Video Week 4

Spring2013 Week 11

Sample Final

Final Project Interview

Final Project -- Interviews

Aria Chehreghani: Final Project Sample

Final Project Sample

On Wednesdays Veronica works late. It was 9:45pm when she was getting Anthony ready for a shower. If she is not at work she is at Anthony's therapy sessions that occur every Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Nick Kinsley Audio Interview Assignment 1 (Late)

Nick Kinsley Final Project Sample

So, I asked a student rapper if he would be interested in helping me out with the project. He told me he would get back to my Monday at the latest. I'm not trying to make excuses, just explain why this is a little generic. I figure if he does say yes, I could use this by asking him a question like "How does being a student at the University of Maryland affect your music?" and use his response as a voice-over while I show this--little slices of campus life. If he does not say yes, I am sure whatever I end up doing will have to do with UMD in some capacity and if not, then this was a little exercise in checking out the scenery. (Nick Kinsley/Terrapin Truth)

Regina Catipon: Final Project Sampler

Homework Details: Final Project Shoot

Video Assignment #3 (50 points): Final Project Shoot. Post to the blog a sample of your best footage to date or a short draft portion of your final project. No time limit, but make sure it is high-quality and shows that you are making progress on your project. Due Thursday at 11 pm.

Also: If you plan to use Adobe Premiere for your final project, make sure to try downloading that to your home computer and make sure it works. Go to TerpWare and enter your regular UMD login and ID and you should be able to get the software.

Slides From Video Week 3

Spring2013 Week 10

Teddy Amenabar -- Sequence 1

Regina Catipon: Sequence 1

Aria Chehreghani: Sequence 1

Final Project Pitch Nick Kinsley

I am not really sure what to do for my final project. Some ideas I have been playing around with include: -A student rapper on campus who released a mixtape this week. I would have to find out if he would be interested/if there was something coming up like a show or anything that I could have as the climax. Maybe with a little investigation there is more of a story here. -A profile on a bus driver on campus. I thought this would be kind of interesting and allow for some cool sequences with the bus driving, views from the bus, etc. The problem is it might be difficult to find a real story here, unless I happened to stumble on a very interesting bus driver. I am not 100% on either of these, and definitely need to give them both a little more thought.

Sequence Nick Kinsley

Sequence Assignment: Laundry

April 12th Sequence Edit: Studying/Doing Homework

Final Project pitch: Ivette Lucero Lopez

For my final project I want to do a documentary. I do not have confirmation from the person if she is willing to participate, however if all works well, my documentary will focus being a single parent with a special needs child. The challenges a parent goes through financially, emotionally, etc. I will also interview an expert who works with special needs children to give an insight of the challenges a child and parent may go through.

Final Project Pitch -- Teddy Amenabar

I am planning on doing a final project around the nonprofit organization started by students on campus called Food Recovery Network. The program has been covered nationally for it's success after winning the Do Good Challenge last year. Food Recovery Network takes extra food from the diners and brings them to local homeless shelters and soup kitchens. 

I have a contact in the organization and plan to focus the project around their continued growth. The group wants to move to other campuses around the nation so I want to ask about that. Some ideas I have are interviewing the execs, the people receiving the food donations, students, and then also tape the volunteers collecting the food. This could be a really great way to show how students spend their time on campus doing things other than partying and studying.

Final Project Pitch: Timmy Lyles

I have two pitches for my final project.
-I plan on attending Maryland Day and just covering it from various angles. I would see the various booths set up, students reactions, alumni that attend and etc. It has been something that's become a UMD tradition.
-My second pitch is to cover a sports panel this upcoming week which will be discussing the challenges and triumphs and of athletics from the perspective women's sports. Then I will take to the streets and campus and see what students think of women's sports and see if they are given the publicity and respect they deserve.

Aria Chehreghani: Final Proposal

I’m still brainstorming ideas but I’m contemplating on doing my assignment on a bartender at a Mexican restaurant. Although I don’t really know the guy well, we both share the same acquaintance. I think having my project come from the perspective of a bartender would be rather interesting, since when people go to a bar, they tend to think about their drink and not about the guy who’s making them. One doesn’t really imagine the possible rewards or challenges bartenders go through, whether it’s meeting unique people, dealing with complicated drink orders and of course drunk customers. A scene I hope to include would have him working in action, where he normally juggles different drink orders at the same time. I plan on shooting my project all on video, but I’m open to do a hybrid with audio slideshow as well.

Regina Catipon: Final Project Proposal

I would like to do my project on John Kelly, a columnist for the Washington Post. His work is both touchingly human and humorous. For example, he is currently doing "Squirrel Week" in which he writes about DC squirrels. I hope to include shots of him working on scene (he once walked through downtown Silverspring in a mouse costume) and also working in the Washington Post newsroom. I would like to use a mix of both stills and video. Kelly, who has worked at the Post for almost 20 years, will be an interesting study of how journalism has evolved and adapted to modernity's challenges.

Homework Details: Sequence Shoot and Final Project Pitch

There are two things due for next week:

* Final Project proposal pitch: By Thursday at 11 pm, post to the blog a short pitch for what you want to cover for your final project. Make sure to say who the main character or characters will be, what a key theme of the piece is, and one or two scenes you hope to include. Also note whether you plan to do it as a video, audio slideshow, or a hybrid of both.

* Sequence Shoot: Find a person doing some repetitive action and shoot the action from various angles that you can piece together as a sequence. Get a mix of shots, including wide, medium, and tight shots (bring at least 4 different shots). Shoot no more than 3 minutes of footage. Bring to next class (no need to post raw footage to blog).

Slides From Video Week 2

Spring2013 Week 9

Examples of Final Projects From Past Classes

Staying Grounded During the Recession A Day in the Life of a Frederick Keys Intern Students Provide Habitat For Humanity Meet the Singing 'Pandas'

Ivette Lucero Lopez: Man on The Street Assignment

Colon junior sociology major

Jose Vasquez junior sociology and journalism major

Katie Krepes freshman business major

Sophomore Keke Simmons

Jeron Bryant, Sophomore

Junior John Jenkins

Aria Chehreghani: Man on the Street Assignment

Junior Arsh Argawal Junior Ron Bethke Sophomore Jake Russel

Nick Kinsley Man in the Street

Oliver Macklin, Sophomore Peyi Rumsewe, Sophomore Luke Pinton, Sophomore

Teddy Amenabar "Man on the Street Assignment"

Junior history and English major Tom Burke

Senior computer science major Bobby Krasnansky

Senior Arabic and Spainish major Kevin Butts

Regina Catipon "Man/Woman on the Street"

Priscilla Wu, Sophomore

Denise Cheung, Junior

Davied Lieb, Junior

Timmy Lyles "Man on the street" interviews 4/5/13

First http://youtu.be/n4rx5yqrJw8
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Second http://youtu.be/xyqRg2z2lfE
-> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xyqRg2z2lfE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Third http://youtu.be/A-iTILEvM10
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