A&E Electrathon

As far as filming this package it was very easy. The package is a combination of good things. A story is much easier to film when it is about something that is hands on and easy to catch your subject at work. Mr. Edmondson was very flexible about us filming and was excited to have a story about his class be on ONW NOW. The students encouraged us to stage a few shots so you got a better idea on how the car looks in action. 

In my opinion, a story that is more visual will always be better than a story that you can't visually see.  You could have the most exciting news but it is important to know how to execute it correctly, if it is something that hasn't happened yet, then it will be harder to get good footage. If you have a boring story but is happening and is alive then it is much easier to get the footage you need to tell the story. I think that that was the case with this story to be honest. How many kids at ONW do you actually think that are now amazed by this electric car? probably none. But that doesn't mean you can't have a good story about it. You can make anything into an interesting story, its all about the execution of doing it.

Another thing that makes a story good is having the right people that are willing to help you make your job easier. Whether it be just filming in the class or setting up an interview, the small things help. Mr. Edmondson was great about this and was a great interviewee. It is good to have characters that thrive to be in your video. They are the characters you want in your video. They are the characters you need. The ones that know what their talking about.

The students in the class where the ones asking us if they could stage something for us, usually its the other way around. The students asked us what to do and we told them to just ignore us and let us film them doing their everyday work, but the students insisted that they stage a few shots for us because it was a slow day. I didn't argue with them. They gave us tons of more interesting shots from assembling the car to getting in and driving it. 

The things that might of made it better is a few shot placements but still very minor. My voice over could of been a little more interesting and I think that seeing the story while you record your voice over would help you be more "into" the story. But other than that I think the video turned out well and gives a good reference to what future videos should be like.