Nearing the End

The upcoming weeks are looking to be pretty hectic. I'll be completing my final project for Broadcast News, my Networking/Field experience paper, and my Final Paper for Expository Writing. These are my main concerns, but there are several other things I need to get done also.

Project 3 for broadcast news will be a "Reporter Package" where I will need to film an on-camera stand up, an interview, b-roll footage, and record a voice over. I have decided to do my story on skateboarding in Tampa. I will focus on how it is illegal to skateboard in downtown Tampa, and include footage of places in Tampa where skateboarders are welcome to skate including the Skatepark of Tampa and the "Bro Bowl" near downtown. I'll shoot video of my friends skating and get an interview from them.

The Networking paper is based on my visit to the Bay News 9 studio that I mentioned earlier in my blog. I have to write a two-page paper about my experience there and everything that I learned. This shouldn't take too long to write, I just hope I took enough notes to be able to write two pages and make it interesting. I'm supposed to be hearing back from Bay News 9 soon about an internship over the summer but no word yet.

For my final paper in Expository Writing I will be writing about Internet piracy and how it will affect the future of the recording industry. I have found a few good sources including Andrew Keen and Kevin Kelly. I will include different viewpoints on the issue and provide a background on what music piracy is, how it is done, and the different viewpoints concerning it.

I'm pretty confident about doing well this semester, and I’m glad I have everything planned out now and am not procrastinating too badly. I'm looking forward to my fall semester where I’ll be taking a class called Production and Direction. I'll actually be able to work in a studio with advanced cameras and production equipment and produce fun projects and short films.