My media package editing skills can be traced back to the early part of 2009…let’s say, April. I was completing a subject called Convergent Journalism, and my computer literacy was mediocre at best. The subject, however, called for us to run a press conference and report on the event in the form of a blog with video…similar, I imagine, to what they would want me to do on Hack each day. Without the tech staff in the Journalism department of UQ during that week, I would have had a nervous breakdown. Now however, I am, and I don’t mean to blow my own trumpet, pretty awesome at video editing.
Getting back to the start, there were four press releases for us to choose our story from, so of course, I went with the presser about a latrine to be built in conjunction with Engineers without Borders in Cambodia. I thought having the ability to take the humanitarian approach would make creating a package easier. Considering my then mediocrity in editing, I thought finding easy angles would make life a bit better. Anyway, the result of this assignment is my first blog, Behind The Loos (yes, witty toilet take of Behind The News).
My next foray into the video world was for the same subject, however, this time we were allowed to get a little crazy. The subject called for us to create a video diary of our experiences in the subject, aimed at the audience of the rest of the students in our class. So I decided to do a parody of the UQ advertising campaign that was all over Brisbane television at the time. Topical, current and allowed me to tell a bit more of a story. The University of Ben video is the result.
I shamefully have to admit that its intended audience never saw the next video. It is my video application for Channel [V], which I just couldn’t manage to burn into an appropriate format...thus making it impossible for them to open. It was a very hard lesson to learn, but also in hindsight, a very important one. As a journalist, you must always be prepared. Be prepared with option B through Z and back again. So in a world premiere, I present, my review of The Grates in hopes of working for Channel [V]. Please note the not entirely necessary inclusion of my previous Aw Yeah inspired dance moves from the last video package.
And now, the end is near, and we face my final video package of this retrospective (I told you it was short). In making this package, I had learnt from my past mistakes…and had checked the package on eight DVD players and three computers. However, it too, was never seen by its intended audience. Why didn’t you learn you fool, I hear you scream? Well, I did…I just overestimated the skill of the Australian postage system (nothing like a good buck passing). My application made it, only 12 hours after deadline…12 hours to a journalist and you may as well be dead. Anyway, I have digressed. The final piece in my video retrospective puzzle…my video application for the role of Weekend Today Weather presenter.
And that, my friends, is the end of the journey through my amateur media packages. I hope, for the lovely people of Triple J, they show I have something to offer...wait, let’s be confident here…I’m sure they’ve shown the lovely people at Triple J that I’m amazing with a camera, editing software and my mind. I hope, at the very least, you all found them to be mildly entertaining.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an amazingly talented ventriloquist...merely do not have the appropriate technological aids to upload a video without ruining the audio.
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