Technical Tutorial- How to Export a video in M4V

Overview:

Exporting videos can be an important task, especially for our class because the tricaster will only play a certain size of video, so they must be exported properly.

Steps:

1. The first step would obviously be to make sure the video is completely edited and ready to be exported.

2. The next step will be to go to the file tab at the top of the screen, then go to the share tab and click on "Apple Devices 720p" 

3. Once you click on the "720p" tab, click under settings and make sure it opens with the "QuickTime Player" 

4. After you make sure these settings are correct, click on the next tab and choose where to save the video, then click export and if it's been exported correctly, the video will end in .m4v

Article Review- Baylor's Top five team

Summary: 

This article is about Baylor's basketball team. They are ranked number three in the nation and the author of the article emphasized that they were able to do this without any of the top recruits in the nation. 

Argument:

The author wants to argue that Baylor is not a force to be reckoned with, they might not have the best recruits in the nation but they have beaten some great teams and have been able to prove themselves worthy of hanging with teams, such as KU, and other teams that get many top recruits. The evidence he uses to support this claim is all the teams that Baylor has beat thus far, and where the players have came from (Junior college and D1 transfers, along with underrated high school players). 

Thoughts:

I thought that the author did a good job expressing his ideas without having to write a long story. I thought it was very effective for how brief it was. 

A weakness could be that he could include more information, but I think he did a good job getting his idea out, and making it a brief and simple article. 

Critique:

The authors argument does support his main points, the Baylor Bears were very underrated and have proven that they don't need the top recruits in the nation to be at top five team. The evidence is convincing, it does show that they don't just pull from the top players, but have a variety of talent coming from all over the place. The author could've gone more in-depth into how they have been able to win the games that they have, but I think overall he accomplished his goal.

Project Review- ESPN's My Wish

Summary:

This story was about a 16 year old with a severe kidney problem who's biggest wish was to meet Bryce Harper. ESPN learned about this wish and made that possible, with Bryce Harper surprising her at a store. The girl eventually went to the National's park and got a tour with Harper, and then played catch with him on the field before throwing out the first pitch during the game.

Technical:

I thought that the story was great, technically. They had great interviews of both the girl and the players, and also had good close-ups of the people to see their emotions. 

The story was told through a voice-over, and different interviews of the girl and her family. 

I would like to be able to integrate the voice-overs with the sound bites like this story did, because it flowed very well and was smooth and everything made sense. I have learned how to match my voice-over with the sound bites like this story did, sort of introducing what the interviewee is about to say. 

Conclusion:

I think the creator did a great job in pulling at the audiences emotions through the sound bites of the girl and her family. The shots used and the way he told the story made it an emotional piece that was both sound and joyful at the same time. 

I don't think the creator would need to do anything to make the story better, it was a very good story and it achieved everything it was trying to accomplish.

Actual Video:

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17105275

Soccer Recap-Personal Project

Overview:

In this project, Matt Vanderslice and I interviewed different seniors on the soccer team, and got some of their input on the season.

Process: 

To start this project, we had to find out who we wanted to interview, and what questions we wanted to ask them. Once we got that figured out, we could start forming a story and finding the right shots to go along with the story. 

Take away:

I learned a couple of things from this process. One could be that we could ask the interviewees a more variety of questions, so then we would have more sound bites to use. I also learned that when the wind is blowing, it can sometimes mess up the sound of the mic so we have to be cautious of where and when we film. Professionally, I really didn't have any problems working with Matt, we got the story done quickly and the whole process was easy. I wouldn't change much from this project, I think it turned out nicely. We could've asked more questions to make the story longer but I think we accomplished what we were hoping for. 

ONW Soccer Regionals

Overview:

This was a video story of the Boys soccer team competing in regionals against the Shawnee Mission West Vikings. 

The game was intense throughout and the Ravens were finally able to get on the board early in the second half. Chase Klusman would later out the game out of hand for the Vikings late in the second half, putting a penalty kick in the top right corner past the goalie.

Congratulations to the Ravens on being able to move past the Vikings, and good luck to them as they continue on through regionals. 

Boys Soccer Vs. Blue Valley

Overview:

The Ravens took on the Blue Valley Tigers in the first round of the regional tournament. The Ravens started off the game strong with a goal from Chase Klusman. Connor Jokerst then followed that up with two goals of his own. The Ravens continued to dominate throughout the entire game, with Wyatt Fowler and Evan Kaloupek both scoring. Keeper Charlie Holmgren came away with another shutout as the Ravens beat the Tigers 5-0. The Ravens next game will be on Thursday at CBAC against the Shawnee Mission West Vikings.

E-Communication Reflections

 What did I learn?

I have learned many things after participating in E-Comm this year. One of the most important being that I learned to participate and communicate with people better. The only way we can be successful in class is with good communication and participation. We needed to communicate with each sport's coach, as well as the other students we work with. We also needed to participate, and try and cover our sports in order to be successful as well.

How did you learn it?

I learned these lessons just through being in the class. I realized that it would be impossible to cover anything well without participation and communication. In my first quarter, I was given a sport and didn't really know how to cover it. I barely contacted the coach, and I also didn't go to very many matches , which resulted in a sport that was poorly covered. I've tried to do these things differently throughout the year and I think that I have done a much better job.

Why is it important?

These things are important to have because they will help get a better grade in the class, and it would also be beneficial to have later in life. Being able to communicate well is a useful skill to have that some people don't. I believe that the communication skills I've acquired from my E-comm class will definitely be beneficial for future jobs, and will help me stand out from others who might not be able to communicate as well.

What are you greatest strengths/weaknesses? Improvements?

I think some of my greatest strengths this year have been that I have been able to communicate with the coaches well, and I also have been able to keep the sports' websites up to date. I think some of my weaknesses have been that I haven't been able to get out to the sports as much as I could, and I could also work on my voice-overs. I think the thing that I have improved on most in the class has been the communication skills. I used to be shy and didn't really talk that much but I soon learned that I couldn't do that In E-comm if I wanted to be successful.
 

What am I going to do with what I learned?

I am going to take what I learned into future jobs that I might have. I believe that the skills I've learned would definitely help make me successful and stand out from everyone else who might be applying for the jobs.

Is there anything you would change?

I would change the grading system for the class. I think it makes it very hard on the students when they don't receive a grade until near the end of the semester; it makes it impossible to try to bring up the grade. I also think the grades are confusing because we never know what we are being graded on, so it doesn't make it fair if we receive a grade that is bad. I think that if we got weekly grades, based on how good the packages are and how well we covered the sport.

Overall? 

I really enjoy E-comm, and I think it offers many skills that other classes don't. There are some issues with the class, mostly being grades, but other than that I think it's fun and beneficial.