Weekly Reflection, Week One

This first week of Senior Project was not what I expected in my proposal. First of all, working on three different projects has been very time consuming, and each day I have a new focus and a different goal, simply because my three video are so widely unlike each other. My first day was focused on getting three pictures of each senior into the senior slideshow. After that first day, my focus shifted entirely on the athletic slideshow. My days were busily spent looking through action shots, and choosing my top three or four favorites per team. This was not as easy as it has been in the past terms because I'm working on my laptop; I had to download the program "Final Cut Pro" before I could start on this project.
My biggest challenge was on Thursday, when I ran into technical difficulties trying to connect to the server, and was unable to find a certain sound effect. I was able to overcome these problems thanks to my mentor Anna, my sponsor Brenda, and my teacher Jim. There is another person who I forgot to thank this week. Adam Jones, came in to my journalism class one day and my class about vlogs. This idea inspired me to do my own video blog as a part of my senior project. Adam, thanks for the idea! Doing these vlogs have helped me, not only to visually share what I'm doing with my audience, but also helping me focus on what to write for my blogs.
The one thing I forgot to mention in my daily blogs about my vlog is that I do not create  these using Final Cut Pro (the program I use for my three main projects). For my vlog, I use iMovie, which is much simpler program where I film what I'm saying on my iPad, that way I can go through my footage very quickly and get it up on YouTube as soon as possible.
I have tremendously enjoyed doing these blogs as well as the three other projects I'm working on. These skills that I have been working on with my photography and videography will definitely benefit me, especially in college where I plan to continue learning about sports photography, and other media skills.