Bus Driver Richard Stevens Jr.

UMD Bus Driver Richard Stevens Jr. from Alexandra Pamias on Vimeo.

One thing I think I did well was ask the right questions. I got very good soundbites when I asked him what inspired him to be a bus driver and what was the funniest thing he experienced during a night shift.

When it comes to the things I could work on there are many. I wasn't able to interview him in a place that showed who he was. Instead I conducted the interview inside an empty classroom, which didn't show off his personality. I tried using the shaky video stabilizer but because of the App I used to film most of the videos, it wouldn't let me apply that feature to them.

I definitely need to work on it a bit more.

DJ Molly E Interview

Something I think I did well was get a good variety of wide, mediums, and close-ups that properly gave a sense of Molly's surroundings. The area where she gives her radio show is very quirky and I think my shots really captured that.

Something I can work on are the transitions between video and how they match up with the audio. Sometimes when Molly began a new topic or sentence, the transition was perfectly timed with a change in video. I would have preferred if it wasn't so choppy, having the same sentence flow into another image.



DJMollyE from Alexandra Pamias on Vimeo.

Farmer's Market, Testudo's Nose, and The Diner

Farmer's Market, Testudo's Nose, and The Diner from Alexandra Pamias on Vimeo.


I thought I did a good job with the videos that were filmed at the Farmer's Market and at The Diner. I chose those spots because there would be a lot of activity and I managed to get many shots. Even though the assignment focused on video, I was proud of the audio in the Farmer's Market sequence because it matched what was going on in the video very well.

The Testudo's Nose sequence is where I could improve a lot on. There were only so many angles I could get so in the end many of my shots had either no movement or they were repetitive. My wide and one of my mediums were shot almost the same. Next time I should think of more creative spots to film from such as from the second floor on the library or climbing on top of Testudo and filming the nose rubbing from a more aerial view.

Video Assignment #1

One thing I did right was to match up the audio with the video and also I managed to make sure that the volume didnt go down or blast from video to video.

The thing that I had the most trouble with was making people comfortable enough to answer my question calmly and with confidence. Many people I asked to interview turned me down when I told they I had to take a video of them and most of the people who agreed to it, did not seem very comfortable.



Sequence 01 from Alexandra Pamias on Vimeo.

Interviewing Patrick Ronk

Patrick Ronk: UMD Tour Guide

Patrick Ronk (19) stands in front of the statue of Testudo, a very important stop for people touring the UMD campus. 

One thing I think I did well was to edit the interview so that Patrick's voice didn't get cut off. I also added an introduction which explained what he did before announcing his name and job.

I didn't get to accompany Patrick on one of his tours but I did manage to record some natural sound by following a female tour guide for a while. I should have stayed with her longer to get a larger variety of sound but I felt conscious following the group around when I wasn't there for the tour. So next I need be more confident.

Natural Sound!

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One of the things I think I did well on this assignment was properly editing the video and audio so that there was 5 second of black and 5 seconds of video.

Something I noticed when I was editing was that I filmed all the videos in portrait mode. Since I'm used to holding my phone that way, I forget to turn it around. Landscape mode looks better aesthetically and I should remember to film that way from now on.

Interviewing Sydney Sotelo

Yesterday my friends and I decided to challenge ourselves by rock-climbing. There I met Sydney Sotelo, a outdoor activity enthusiastic. 

Sydney Sotelo (19) working as a belayer at the rock-climbing wall behind Eppley Recreation Center. College Park, Md. October 15, 2013.

One thing I did well was asking the right questions. I asked her questions about her job and the outdoors which elicited a good response because she was passionate about both. I learned this information by talking to her about belaying at the rock-climbing wall and by having a pre-interview conversation.

One thing that I can work on is choosing a better location to record the interview. I met up with Sydney at Stamp and I realized how noisy every area was. We found a seemly noiseless place in the stairwell. But while editing the sound-clip I noticed that there was a slight echo. The end of the interview also got interrupted by a person clomping down the stairs and opening screeching doors.