This semester has been flying by. Towards the end of last semester, I learned how to tape basketball games. I have continued to tape basketball games this semester as well. I have learned to follow the ball and when to zoom in onto the scoreboard. I have also learned to zoom in on the person who scored the point after they scored it. Team huddles are also important to capture. While taping, I have to say the time at which the play happened so the recorder knows what to write down on the paper. I have also been involved with the Southern News show, which has been very informing. I have learned I am not very good at writing stories, but think I am getting better. I have also been able to watch how Colleen and John play off each other being co-anchors. Colleen is really patient and she knows a lot. She will help you with anything you have problems with or questions about. I have learned how to work the cameras and also how to do the audio for the shows. When doing the audio, I had to watch the lights to make sure they stayed within a certain area and did not exceed the highest yellow lights. I sat with the headphones on my ears while Colleen and John conversed back and forth about the news for that week. While working the camera, I learned how to white balance the cameras, of the zoom in and out, how zoomed in the cameras should be on a person, and about a one shot and a two shot. I worked both the one shot one day and a two shot the other. While working the one shot, I had to wave my hand so colleen knew what camera to look at when she was talking. I worked the two shot for John while he taped his sports show. He was interviewing someone from the lacrosse team and during this shoot I didn’t not need to wave. Last night I helped Jordan tape the baseball game for the first time. Baseball games are very different from basketball games to tape. In baseball games, you have to make sure the pitcher and the batter are in the shot at the same time. One a ball is hit, you follow the ball for a little and then zoom onto first base. Since baseball games are very slow, we put the tape on and off of standby a lot to make sure we would have enough tape to capture the entire game. Tori and I moved the camera during the baseball game to the bleachers behind our dugout. From there we were able to get footage without having a fence in our way. Though the wide shot was extremely wide from our angle, it was interesting to see how changing your location can have the biggest change in angles and make it seem like you are watching a completely different game. I can’t wait to learn more!
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