Video I: First Impression

Hello hello all. For those who might see this blog, this is a blog for my Video I class at Loyola University Maryland with Professor Jay Dunmore. My name is Brittany Lee, known on my other blog as Brittany Shawnté. So I'm basically going to be blogging about my reflections of the class. Hopefully spice this blog up a little when I have time too, because I like glam haha I like everything I touch to look unique!

Ok, so today was the first day of classes and I had this class. To be honest, I was kind of nervous about the class being three hours long, but we didn't even stay the entire time and it went by so fast! Jay started the class letting us know a little bit about what we were going to be doing this semester. Then he set up his camera and did mini interviews with the class. Basic information, like where we were from, why did we take this class, things like that. We also got to ask him some questions about himself, which was cool. We learned more about each other, and about Jay. It was nice.

We also discussed the in-house intern work we will have to complete at GreyComm Studios which is 10% of our grade, I think. I'm excited for that because it's more hands-on experience in the studio, and we get to be paired up with a mentor that has worked in different fields (graphics, news, public relations, film/writing, and production). So it should be nice to do.



We also got to talking about our first assignment that's due Tuesday *sigh* lol but it's a cool one. It's a long take assignment. A long take in the video production world, which I learned today, is when the camera films a somewhat lengthy scene uninterrupted, following around certain characters and maybe showing other extras. We saw some examples that previous classes did, and this really cool action scene that was four minutes of straight fighting and running around! It was awesome and gave us an idea of what we should be doing. My group members, Lana and Megan, and I are working together. Megan came up with a great idea, which I want to keep a secret until we're finished with the project. If it goes through as we plan, it could definitely make for a great long take!

So all in all, I'm excited for this class! A little nervous as I am at the beginning of all classes at Loyola, but I'm excited to learn more about video production, and hopefully take it back to my job at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service where I am an intern in the Multimedia Technology department. Plus, it's just nice to have under my belt as a communication major to be able to say that hey, I can write, I can take pics, and oh yeah, I can edit video too! Heyyyy! LOL And who knows? Maybe I'll do a little more recording and editing on the side just for fun!

So that's it for now. Brittany signing off. Until next time,

PEACE.