On Tuesday, I spent an hour between interviewing Gabe and Jason for their blogs. I also spent 45 minutes trying to upload the footage to Europa (unsuccessfully) and fixing the sound on Edward's interview. Inexplicably, every other time I tried playing back the interview, the sound would appear two or three frames after the video and then the video would fade in and out. It wasn't a problem with the camera or with the editing, so I ended up re-exporting it and saving an extra copy on the flash drive so that hopefully this time it will work.
(I am set to interview two people later on Seegers Union and then three other people over break about Multicultural Life)
Over break, a lot of my prospective interviews fell through because of camera shyness and I'm not so sure the people I contacted about the Multicultural Centre interviews are going to come through for me so I'm trying a different approach: I am going to appeal to people I know directly as friends and have them speak to some facet of campus life. I feel like if I know these people they are less likely to simply not reply to my emails. I am hesitant because I know that my pool will have more similar opinions on things than if it were a more random selection, but I feel confident in my friend circle to know that there are enough different types of people that the interviews will still be varied enough. Making this decision made me harken back to the sample-selection styles I am learning about in Media Theory and Methods and which have a higher versus lower chance of error. I know that I am opting for a slightly less valid choice, but I am trusting in the reliability of the individuals on my list. I have spent an hour and a half working through a list of approximately 70 people that I will now contact. Ideally, good portion of these contacts will get back to me, but I think it would be overly optimistic to hope that everyone will... although I'm trying for it! The areas I am focusing on are Greek Life, Dining Services, Seegers Union and a couple of people that I know who have lived in each of the main residence halls. I crafted each email with specific questions all of which have similar individualised themes.
I spent a little over an hour and a half emailing people with tailored emails and I also spent a little under a half hour updating the blog and emailing Bill.
On Saturday, I spent 45 minutes filming two interviews with Jake Ramsay, firstly on his time working for Plant Ops and then on his views on the Life Sports Centre. He was very different to work with, in part because he is a good friend, but also in the style in which he wanted to film. He wanted to spend about twenty minutes prepping each so that he could the interview in one-take. This helped him not feel camera-shy and also make his thoughts clearer. His pieces were a dream to edit. I might suggest this approach to future interviewees instead of letting them feel it out as we go along, but I will, of course, bear in mind that everyone works differently. I spent about 3 hours editing the 6 videos I had yet to work on. There were no major difficulties other than one of the computers kept shutting down Final Cut for one clip of Zaraya's interview. I have no idea why, so I will add to the ever-growing list of "Things to ask Tony." I also spent 15 minutes updating my blog and responding to the 5 people who have already gotten back to me about interviews. So far, I have three tentatively set for this Monday.
Total Hours this week: 11.5
Total Hours: 86.5
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