Non-stop Storytelling

In Bill Kanarick's article he discusses the ever changing way we enjoy entertainment. Kanarick argues that entertainment has evolved a lot over the past few decades, saying that we the consumers, ultimately chose how we view our storytelling and experiance our entertainment.  He has a strong argument that we have a lot of potential right now to change the future of story telling and the way everyone views media and entertainment. The Author doesn't have a clear conclusion but he rather ends his article abruptly. At the end I found myself looking for a next page to continue reading. He does support his main claims throughout the article but doesn't finish very strong. What wasn't made clear to me was what he meant by the "Golden Age". He references it a lot but he didn't make it very clear to the reader what exactly that means.

ONW Blood Drive Fall 2014

The Olathe Northwest Blood Drive attracts students to the flex theatre each semester. But this year numbers were down. My story began at registration with students entering the flex. At first I wanted to find students who had never done this before. Logan Green was it, he had never donated before  and he had a history of passing out when his blood was drawn. Once he began getting his blood drawn he started felling ill and had to lay down in order to get the blood to his head so he wouldn't pass out. But as that was happening nurses crowded around him and ordered me to back off and quit recording. So I did and had to start all over at registration.

I started scouting for interesting people who wanted to be on camera and who would talk me through the process. Audry Fisher was more then welcome to help me out. But once she was in the flex theatre she had her iron levels checked and she was a no go. I thought I was going to have to go back to the start again. But luckily her friend Maddie Schneider was with her the whole time so I just started up with her, which she already had the needle in her arm but I had to make it work. So from drawing blood to eating sweets I followed her through the process.

In the end, it all worked out with my story taking the angle of how difficult it can be when trying to donate. And with a few cheats in the package it all fell in place. They had too many restrictions on what you can and cannot film, like I'm there just to see people faint and blood being taken out of people.

ONW A&E To The Moon and Back

Olathe Northwests Aerospace and Engineering Freshman Took their skills to Kansas University to compete in the To The Moon and Back high school design competition. My story began with getting any useful info on the class from Mr. Edmondson. Unfortunately the competition already happened so I could not get any B-roll of the actual competition. But luckily the students were still working on their designs, which allowed me to still create a story.

After finding that the students were still working on their designs of their catapults, I started with B-roll. Some groups were testing and others modifying. I followed two groups in particular and stuck with them through the process. From drilling to launching we saw them assemble the catapults and then get to test them.

The hardest part of the package was the time frame I had to complete it in. From a thursday to the following wednesday. Not much got done on monday but I couldn't hold off the package because it wouldn't of been timely anymore and the show would have been one package. Their was some small errors on my part concerning the interviews with lighting and focus of the camera. Overall the package turned out alright and I look forward to doing more news over Aerospace and Engineering because their stories are always very visual and easy to film.

ONW Band Parade NYC

This package is my first that I have done completely on my own and it turned out to be pretty good. The story was very interesting and easy to shoot. The only struggle was getting a good sequence. And so far this class has brought me behind the cafeteria, up to the cat walk, and now in the band directors tower.

The package began with meeting with Mr. Davis and fitting myself into his schedule. The next day I was out at the practice field filming in 30 degrees 7 AM. The only downside was how much the band and dance team where moving around the field. It was keeping me from getting good close ups. But I was able to get to go up in the tower and get some extra wide shots. 

Mr. Davis requested that the story be more student orientated because he felt like he was on camera too much. Which was perfectly fine with me, it allowed the students to tell the story. I shot the whole story in 2 days, one day brill and the other for the interviews. I think the story was solid considering how fast i was able to put it together by my self. I learned to work independently and effeciently.