Erin's Blog

The past two years in entertainment video I have utilized the five guarantees multiple times when working on my projects. I learned technical skills through trial and error, tutorials and the help of my classmates. I learned communication and collaboration through working with other e-Comm students to create strong projects. I learned leadership and project management through practicing delegation and being able to complete projects on time even when there were time crunches or other problems that got in the way. Each of these skills were vital as I grew as an e-Comm student and a person in general. There were some challenges that got in the way, and stress was high at times, but I'm happy to say that I can generally look back on what I've done these past couple years and be proud. I'd say my greatest strengths in e-Comm have been editing and the ability to be flexible. Editing will always be my favorite focus and the thing I think I'm best at, but I've also

The concept for this project was developed by Courtney Honors and Anna Sarol. They came up with the idea to tell the story of Anna's accident and how her life changed afterwards, from the perspective of both Anna and her Mom.  On the day of filming, I showed up to help do sound which was different for me. Then, after we were done filming, I edited as usual with Courtney's help to finish it.  Editing documentaries is different than what I usually do, so it was a little bit of a challenge but I think in the end I was able to cut the interviews into a compelling story that hopefully told Anna's story in a good way. I used adobe premiere to edit.  This project required a lot of project management and collaboration, along with the other focuses. I had to take the computer home in a blanket in order to finish the video and worked several hours on it. Overall, Courtney really put the finishing touches on the editing though through music and images and she really brought t

My group came up with a concept about pittbull protection. In it, a karate trainee is faced against a "scary" and "violent" opponent, only to realize he's not that scary after all. It was meant to be humorous and light-hearted. Courtney came up with the script and most of the concept. They storyboarded and filmed at one group member's house. Afterwards, I edited with input and critique from the other members.  I was the editor. During this project I got to practice editing suspense, comedy, and some fighting. I enjoyed the process of editing this video because it was different than what I usually edit. I used premiere pro to edit it.  I used technical skills while editing, communication and collaboration whilst working with my group members, leadership while being the main editor, and project management by getting it done on time.  I would maybe change the color lut. Besides that, I am happy with the project. Overall, I am satisfied with the final