week one;
My role in WINOL thissemester is sport reporter - despite knowing almost nothing about sport. My assignedbeat is the Basingstoke Ice hockey team and so I amexpected to report on league home games.
The first week didnt have the bestof starts – the snow prevented myself and Lewis booking out cameras headingdown to the Bison game, though despite how daunting sports are to me, i was looking forward to it.
This meant that I had no input into the first sportsweek.
The second week bought some joy; I successfully managed to line up two packages a skiing feature influenced by the dreadful weather and the highlights of a Basingstoke Bison league game.
Filming ice hockey seemed incredibly easy - just follow the puck - but when it got down to it following the puck was harder than it looked, so Lewis helped out. I did thoroughly enjoy the experience and was happy I hadn't being given football to cover!
The skiing feature I produced was not the best, for a first attempt, it wasn't awful. The package was a gonzo piece all about my very first (and last) attempt at skiing - my tumble down the slope made a few people laugh, so its good for something. On reflection Id most definitely take more than one camera (even though I did have a GoPro camera for action shots). Having the camera stationary and zooming in when needed effected how easy it was to edit.
This meant that I had no input into the first sportsweek.
The second week bought some joy; I successfully managed to line up two packages a skiing feature influenced by the dreadful weather and the highlights of a Basingstoke Bison league game.
Filming ice hockey seemed incredibly easy - just follow the puck - but when it got down to it following the puck was harder than it looked, so Lewis helped out. I did thoroughly enjoy the experience and was happy I hadn't being given football to cover!
The skiing feature I produced was not the best, for a first attempt, it wasn't awful. The package was a gonzo piece all about my very first (and last) attempt at skiing - my tumble down the slope made a few people laugh, so its good for something. On reflection Id most definitely take more than one camera (even though I did have a GoPro camera for action shots). Having the camera stationary and zooming in when needed effected how easy it was to edit.
In week three I returned to Basingstoke to film another bison hockey game. This wasn't the most successful trip as I managed to miss the first period. Luckily I managed to catch the rest of the game and the rest of the goals that were scored. This package was interesting as I had no clue what hockey was about or any of the rules so I struggled writing a script even after a bit of research. I hoped it'd get easier as the weeks went on but the following week we were told that we could no longer film the games because we were unable to guarantee that the games would be reported on every week.