As an assignment in my TV News class, I had to become a one-man band journalist; where I shot my own footage, set up my own interviews and conducted them, wrote my own script and lastly, I had to create the final news package, in Final CutPro. The experience alone, was definitely a learning experience, where I was exposed to tools and practices that I had never been exposed to prior to creating this package. Looking at the entire experience now that it is over, as a whole, it wasn't as hard as I initially thought it would've been. The biggest obstacle that I had to overcome, was the potential interviewees turning down my request to speak with them on camera. The two gentlemen that I ended up having to interview, turned out to be perfect for my story, due to their positions.
Besides dealing with the hassles of finding appropriate people to interview, everything else was pretty much a breeze. Creating the package in Final CutPro was a little time consuming, due to me having to teach myself a few things by looking up tutorials and such on YouTube. Though it may not have been perfect, I was very proud of myself for completing it in it's entirety. To say the least, it was a very fulfilling feeling, and I look forward to creating an even better one on my next assignment.
