Friend Interview With Brad Bolte

For an assignment, we had to interview a friend and post the video. I chose to film my friend Brad Bolte, because I felt he would have a good on-camera personality. He is an architecture major who plays on the men's tennis team, so I felt I could get a good interview with him concerning what it is like to be part of two demanding activites at once.

It turns out Brad was an excellent choice for my interview. He is a lot of fun and always smiles, which is a great attribute to have when being filmed. He looked like he enjoyed being there, which will make people enjoy to watch him on film. Brad is one of my best friends here at Roger Williams, and we always have a blast together, so I figured interviewing him wouldn't seem like homework, but just another fun thing we could do together. Turns out I was right!

Enjoy!

P.S. Thank you Brad for your time! I'll make sure to send this link to all of your family and friends!

First Video... And my face turning red...

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This is my second attempt to upload my show and tell video. It takes a long time to get the final product up on the blog, but hopefully once it works, it will be worth it.

PS. I really hope my voice doesn't sound like this in person.

First Video - Show & Tell

This is my first attempt at using Final Cut Pro. We did a project called Show and Tell, in which I talked about my tennis racquet. Enjoy!

First Video

Last week we had an assignment in which we were asked to shoot about 5-8 minutes on our Flip cameras for a "show and tell." We were to pick something that had a significant impact on our lives and that meant a lot to us, and to talk about it. For this assignment, I chose my tennis racquet. As soon as I heard the assignment, I knew instantly that I would do something with tennis because the sport is such a huge part of my life. My first idea was to bring my flip video out to the tennis courts and shoot a few minutes of me hitting to incorporate into my video and to talk about my racquet over there, but the weather was extremly cold, and I hadn't played in a while, so I decided to just shoot the video in my bedroom.

Shooting the video didn't take very long. I wrote down a few of the topics I was going to cover in my "show and tell" such as the specs of the racquet, and my personal history with tennis. I rehearsed in my mirror for a few minuets to make sure everything sounded right, and then I set up my tripod, and began to film.

Just a piece of advice for those in the class with roommates... Let your roommate know when you are shooting a video for class, and advise them that the reason why you have a tripod and video camera facing your bed, is NOT what they are thinking. That was an embarassing moment.