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!

Natural Sound JOUR203 Alexandra Pamias from Alexandra Pamias on Vimeo.


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.

National Embarrassment: The Olympic Flame won't stay lit for the Russians

First Radio Segment!

I chose to convert an article written in the Washington Post about the second time the Olympic flame went out in Russia.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russias-olympic-torch-flames-out-again/2013/10/07/04198cba-2f5f-11e3-9ddd-bdd3022f66ee_story.html

One thing I think I did well was edit out the long pauses between sentences. In order for the radio segment to flow, it was better to eliminate the long pauses because if not the person who is listening feels like a 40 second radio segment is going on forever.

The thing I could work on more is talking a bit more slowly and vocalizing better. In different parts of the radio segments I rushed through words which made them sound like a completely different word all together.

UMD Men's Soccer game against Tulsa

Yesterday, on October 1st, 2013, UMD's Men's soccer team faced off against Tulsa on Ludwig Field. I went to take pictures of the game which began at 7:00 p.m.

I faced many challenges because not only was it night time, but the soccer field was illuminated by very powerful lights. It was nearly impossible to escape the glare of white light as I took pictures of the soccer players and the fans.

The main issue I had with my pictures this time round was that when I took pictures of the players, they would never be completely focused. I might have captured movement but the blurred effect of the entire picture ruined it. I think that this problem would be resolved with a better camera.

One thing that I think I did well was the slideshow. I timed the change in images with the music and the order of the pictures makes sense too.

Below is a link which has all the information on the UMD Men's soccer team.

http://www.umterps.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29700&SPID=120714&SPSID=716334&DB_OEM_ID=29700