Hi, I’m Michelle Chan, and video journalism is completely new to me.
I could never say that I’m absolutely sure that journalism is right for me. There are other options out there, ones I haven’t exactly crossed off yet. But for sure, I never planned on being anything in the field of journalism except a print journalist, meant for the newspapers and magazines, but for sure, nothing online.
The main struggle I have with video journalism would have to be the technology. The flip camera is easy enough, but the Canon poses an entirely different challenge. Perhaps it’s just because everything is so new right now, because I’ve never actually done journalism with a Canon video camera. The wires, the zoom, the tripod – it all appears slightly cumbersome, or at least I look cumbersome when I’m using it.
But it’s not just the technology that manages to get me. It’s being on camera. As if I wasn’t conscientious enough, video journalism calls for me, wee little me, to be on camera. The assignment brings to mind a frantic race to the salon, Ulta for some new makeup and a search through my closet for something appropriate and pretty. Because pretty is what all girls want to look like.
In addition, I’m completely unfamiliar with the video editing process. I only recently started editing my photos and literally just learned how to edit audio. I don’t think that it will be impossible to learn by any means, but I do think that it’s an intimidating task to have before me.
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