WINOL (week two)

Unfortunately this week i was absent due to "garden flu" the lesser known form of Swine Flu and spent the week in bed unable to move!

For week three i hope to feel better and help the team get lots of stories and help out in order to make up for missing week 2!

WINOL (week one)

WINOL has arrived...!

Having secured a job on the sports team, i looked forward to the week ahead, and my first taste of proper journalism action at the university! I immediately set about securing stories for the team and even managed to uncover some information about a potential protest by the students of the university regarding the sports times allocated to university teams at the local Winchester Sports stadium. Maxine took this story off my hands as Mark and her decided it was more news worthy , although i helped them obtain an interview with Jez Davis the vice president of the university.

On Tuesday 3rd November, myself , Mark and Grant set off to get a match report and footage of the New Milton FC VS Winchester FC football match.

We drove in the cold and rain over an hour down the coast to Fawcett's Field the home of New Milton FC and promptly set up our cameras in the sound and did all the necessary checks.

We braved the weather and captured some good footage in what was a relatively dull affair until Winchester notched a winner late on in the game, securing a valuable three points.

We managed to get an interview with the Winchester manager Stu Hussey, who was understandably delighted with the win

The following day the tape was edited and Grant did his voice over, and voi la the piece was completed. Success in the first week!

Overall, i enjoyed the experience , and am slowly gaining more confidence with the cameras however my editing is something i need to work  on as i am a complete technophobe and haven't the foggiest with Final Cut Pro.

For next week my aims are to make sure i have more stories and to continue trying to improve my editing. 

Over and out