Final

I am being geared towards a cameraman, I want to get some work under my belt, make some connections and then apply for National Geographic and work with them. I would like the opportunity to be on board with making some documentaries during this period because eventually I want to start making my own documentaries.

As far as entry-level pay for camera work from what I have research tends to be around 30 thousand dollars a year. Which I am ok with, I plan on continuing to do photography on the side and make money doing that. Also I will more than likely be involved with more than one show. I cannot see myself sitting around all day and once school is gone there will be more time to be filled. I may have to start by being the guy who careers the equipment around and occasionally gets to shoot or has the worst camera, but I am confident that my eye and my in field work ethic will allow me to advance quickly. I think that most camera operators are lazy and I and very much of a mover, I am a different person when I’m getting paid or trying to prove myself. There have been several incense’s where I was able to get a shot, especially with stills that many people where not able to get simply because I had the ability and drive to climb to some high up platform and get what I needed.

The skills that are needed to be effective in a field like this, include a strong work ethic, willingness to work, self direction, confidence and remaining humble because there is always some senior camera operator or editor waiting to tear you down. If everything goes as planned I will be working with Under the Bridge Productions helping in gathering footage for a variety of programming for the VS. Network. I am scheduled to shoot with this company on the 17^th of this month and plan on interning with them next semester and will hopefully work with them after that internship is complete.

I do not know of any particular people that I admire in the industry but I do know of two companies that I do. One being the above mentioned National Geographic I would love to work with them because I think they are the best of the best, I would see and learn a lot, and I would gain a lot of notoriety from working with them. The other being G4 TV, I think that they are young and exciting, they appeal to my casual laid back side and I think I would fit well with them personality wise. One show in particular that I am a fan of is Ninja Warrior, I do not know exactly what it is that I like about this show so much being as I do not watch a lot of TV anyway, but I would love to be apart of that show. The show is basically a huge obstacle course, whoever completes it gets a large cash prize and the title of Ninja Warrior and I want to do it.

Digging Deep Because My Blogging Is Weak!

Pulling out the notes for this one.

November 21st was the last day of shooting for WTV anchoring and unfortunately it was the only shoot that went down with problems. It took 3 hours with first addressing microphone issues, which to my knowledge never truly got figured out. Then we had to coordinate with other members of the WTV staff and communication department to get ahold of XLR cable (everyone was in class). Finally after some leg work between Dakota, Cynthia, and myself we got ahold of the goods then we shot the stand up and packed everything up and took it back to base. This took place from 8 to 11am.

October 22nd shop the Music Gala for Interlachen from 7 to 9:30pm then on the 24th I captured all the footage and edited it and delivered it. That whole process took 41/2 hours.

Total 10 hours

WIld Times That Happened To Long Ago

Saturday 10/29 10am-3pm Went to Ross Norton Skatepark in Clearwater with Anna and shot a skate park video that got handed off to WTV.

Saturday 10/29 6pm-8pm helped Anna with video package on camp fire society video. I worked camera and did all the grunt work on interviews.

Tuesday 10/31 5pm-8pm edit video of Ross Norton Skatepark for WTV.

Monday 11/14 8:30am-9:30am shot WTV standup.

Total 11 hours

One hit from a Wellness TV flic

Anchored the WTV show with Dakota and Cynthia (as well as a slew of crows) Monday 10/24 at 10:30am to 11:30am.

total 1 hour

Post Post # 2 # 2

To bad I can't get everything twice, that would be nice :)

Cut the fat from the gizzard and let us begin!

September 7th I shot the SGA town hall meeting with a still camera and recorded the event.

September 9th I wrote the paper about the SGA Town Hall Meeting it took an hour. 1 hour

September 14th anchored for Wellness TV with Cynthia and Dakota from 5:45 to 6:45. 1 hour

September 28th shot b-roll with Cynthia in the cafe from 6 to 7. 1 hour

Grand Total- 4 hours

Round 3 and I hope we have time for tea

I'll get to the point and save my colorful speech and creative whit for another time.

Friday 9/2 Met with Michele Thompson fr WTV and talked with her about video ideas and set an interview time with her. TJ was there as well. 1 hour from 4 to 5.

later in the day I shot the Pink Party for the Interlachen and did some basic editing afterwards to the photos. 3 hours fro 5 to 8.

Monday 9/5 Interview Michele Thompson for WTV on the new bike rental program. Did this one solo, 30 mins 4 to 4:30

Later that day, Olivia, Kate, and TJ went with me to shoot b-roll on a WTV package about alternative transportation. Olivia worked camera, TJ assisted on the technical side and was an actor, Kate received an interview and helped when needed. 1 hour 5 to 6

Wednesday 9/7 Shot images of the town hall meeting at school for The Southern. 1 hour 6 to 7

total 6:30

Final

This semester in practicum a learned a lot about resources, I was able to recruit students on projects that were either my own or I was involved in. It allowed me to be able to do more in a shorter amount of time. I also learned from this process that it is always; A. good to give the person the information/direction that they need at first and to then leave them alone to allow creativity. B. to always check/set everything the way that I want prior to shooting or editing and to minimize the bad footage collected. C. to acknowledge and comment on good work to empower the individual thus allowing me to further separate myself from the equation. D. to remain polite and thank everyone a lot so they know I appreciate the effort. E. Be the first one working to inspire the rest into action. In conjunction with that I have also become a better communicator. This helped with the above listed as well as for setting interviews and finding stories.

I learned that I need to re-introduce my week to week planner back into my life so I can know when I have to present articles. I sharpened my film angles probably because I shot LOTS of footage. I did do some stills for Interlachen but not much they were in yearbook creation mode this term and I was more material gatherer. So the vast majority of my hours came from Wellness TV, there were a core group of individuals that came together to make this show happen. WTV is understaffed hopefully its move to the communication building will bring awareness to this show. We had just enough people to have one group work on a package for each show but not enough to ever get a break. I had to bite my lip and get with it at times for this show but it all worked out. I became one of the full time anchors during this semester of shooting and was comfortable with that. From reviewing my performance I made adjustment like talking slower and opening my eyes more as well as avoiding unnecessary or awkward movements. I felt as if I improved with this role over the coarse. One time we did a live to tape show for WTV on the gym and I had no problems being sociable with the interviewees and the interviews went well.

I found strengths in people and have allowed working opportunities to flow in the direction of those people’s individual strengths as well as revealing where people didn’t know they were strong. Allowing each person to do more with less and stream lining as many projects as possible. The most common being the unwillingness to take the lead. Most just didn’t realize they don’t have to ask if it’s right, if it’s right. Also people for the most part want the direction to be given to them so they may perform the task so I would make people tell me how to complete the action so that they stop coming to me because they probably think I’m stupid but I don’t have to hold hands so it’s a win for both sides.

The vast majority of what I learned was techniques in cooperation with others to complete task. All the technical stuff I wrote about last term and nothing technical was really knew.

Have a great summer Bradford J