Senior Project Portfolio - Archbishop O`Hara High School

Celtic Television
Senior Project Portfolio
Hayley White
Inside Mentor - Mr. Nielsen
Outside Mentor - Mr. Travis Wolfe
Table of Contents
1. Documentation
1. Letter of Intent
2. Calendar/Timeline
3. Self-Evaluatioin
2. Evidence of Research
1. Annotated
Bibliography
3. Evidence of Learning
1. Blogs
2. Photographs
3. Rough Drafts/
Bloopers
4. Progression of Ideas
4. Supporting Documents
1. Emails
Documentation
Letter of Intent
Calendar/Timeline
General Overview
Specific Dates
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January 2015
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script finalized January 17, 2015
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video posted January 18, 2015
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script for second episode finalized January 25, 2015
February 2015
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video recorded/edited February 2, 2015
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video posted February 3, 2015
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video recorded and posted February 4, 2015
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video recorded and edited February 20, 2015
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video posted February 22, 2015
March 2015
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meet with interviewees to give them questions March 6, 2015
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video recorded and edited March 9, 2015
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video posted March 10, 2015
April 2015
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video recorded April 10, 2015
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video edited April 11, 2015
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video posted April 13, 2015
Self-Evaluation
Evidence of Research
Annotated
Bibliography
1. Campbell, Steve. "How To Make YouTube Videos That Don’t
Suck." MakeUseOf. N.p., 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 02 May 2015.
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/youtube-videos-suck/>.
This article is written in order to inform readers on how to create
a YouTube video that will draw attention. Some of the key
components of making this happen include being different,
showcasing your own talents, using proper equipment, and also
having a solid conclusion. This website goes into detail on how
to create videos worth watching, which is something I wish to
accomplish. I would like O’Hara students to want to watch my
shows. This website helped me understand a few things I could
do to make that a reality.
2. Christensen, Tanner. "How To Blog Successfully About
Anything." Moz. SEOmoz, 9 Jan. 2013. Web. 02 May 2015. <
moz.com/blog/how-to-blog-successfully-about-anything>.
The opening line of this article states that, “In order to create a
successful blog, you have to be passionately curious about the
topic you're covering.” This applies to me because I am
passionately curious about pursuing a career in this field of study.
This article continues on to say that blogging successfully only
occurs when you blog over something that makes you feel like
blogging is more fun and less work Blogging (vlogging) over
Celtic events is always easy because my love for O’Hara is huge
and I believe everyone should know how great it is.
3. ”Creating High Quality Recordings." Creating High Quality
Recordings. Panopto, Inc., n.d. Web. 03 May 2015. <http://
support.panopto.com/documentation/recording/windowsrecorder/creating-high-quality-recordings-0>.
When you create the perfect recording, it gives viewers the ability
to focus more on the actual content. Indirect lighting gives a nice
glow while not creating a bright streak of light on your face.
Make sure others know you are recording therefore there is slim
to none noise that will interfere with what you are saying. A solid
wall is the best place to film in front of, that way it forces the
viewers to focus on you and what you're saying. This information
allowed me to find the perfect place to record some of my videos:
at a desk in my living room, where there is ample indirect light,
little noise, and a blank wall.
4. Francesca. "How to Become a Vlogger | How to Vlog | How
To Be A Vlogging Superstar." The SITS Girls. Massive
Sway, 19 June 2010. Web. 02 May 2015.
<http://www.thesitsgirls.com/vlogging/how-to-vlog/>.
This site includes 10 simple steps to begin vlogging. The steps
range from checking out other vloggers, to making sure your
videos are being filmed in an interesting manner, even to
remember to stay focused due to the short attention spans of
people these days. The step that proved most helpful to me was
making sure my videos were being filmed in different locations in
order to keep my viewers interested. I filmed my videos in the
school hallways, the commons at lunch, and at home. I believe
this wide range of filming allowed for some necessary diversity
my videos.
5. ”IMovie (2013): Trim, Split, and Move Clips." IMovie (2013):
Trim, Split, and Move Clips. Apple, Inc., n.d. Web. 03
May 2015. <https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14696?
locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US>.
This website proved useful when it came time to editing my
videos in iMovie (the app in which I created my episodes.) I had
previous experience with iMovie but I felt I needed to expand my
knowledge a bit more for this project. This site proved helpful by
giving me a variety of ways to edit videos. Since this website
gave me a few different methods, with the same end goal, to edit
a video, I never ran into any trouble while working with the video
clips. However, on the off chance I did run into an issue, I
referred back to this site for a quick fix.
6. Miller, Michael. "How to Edit Videos: YouTube Basics."
Entrepreneur. Entrepreneur Media, 22 May 2013. Web.
03 May 2015.
<http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226771>.
The editing process is often referred to as post-production.
Although there are plenty of costly video-editing tools out there,
there are just as many free to low-cost ones as well. The goal is to
create one, coheisve video that tells your story. Adding texts and
graphics to the video will add another dimension and get more
information across as well. A lot of businesses use this technique
when they want to share their company’s number. The other
article I read on video editing proved much more helpful.
7. Morris, Tee, Chuck Tomasi, Evo Terra, and Kreg Steppe.
"Podcasting For Dummies." Cheat Sheet. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., n.d. Web. 28 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/podcasting-fordummies-cheat-sheet.html>.
When thinking about creating a podcast, it is a good idea to listen
to other podcasts for inspiration. Further down this site, it talks
about interviewing other. Tips for interviewing others include:
know your interviewee beforehand and prepare the questions you
wish to ask them,make sure you know what you're talking about,
try to have your questions in a logical order, always prepare more
questions than you’ll think you need, and remember that there is
no such thing as a stupid question. This website helped me
because I had to interview my classmates. The tips from this site
benefitted me well by helping me prepare for my interviews.
8. O’Niell, Megan. "The Top 5 YouTube Vloggers And Why People
Love Them." SocialTimes. N.p., 13 Apr. 2010.
Web. 02 May 2015.
<http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/top-youtube-vloggers/11285
The first vlogger is noted for his comedic genius and ability to poke
fun at numerous popular things. He gains interest by performing a
variety of sketches. The second vlogger is the one and only Fred, who
makes his videos relatable to kids across the nation. He keeps his
viewers returning by producing fresh, new videos each time. Other
vloggers are known for there comedic sketches and variety of
characters as well. Another reason why one of these bloggers is so
popular is because he posts a video every Saturday. This helped me by
proving the point that more people will tune in if I have a specific date
and time that I post videos at. This gives me a time-table to work with,
which allows for me to become better in my ability to produce quality
videos.
9. Washington, Joshy. "How to Be More Comfortable on Camera."
Matador Network. Matador Network, 17 Feb.
2010. Web. 06 Jan 2015.
<http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/how-to-be-morecomfortable-on-camera/>.
As I begin recording my videos, I have been faced with an issue
regarding confidence in front of a camera. This website is full of
tips on how to appear confident in front of the camera. The first step
is simple enough: breathe. Breathing deeply will calm you down
enough to realize that everything will be okay. Imagining is another
step that will help. If you pretend that you are talking with a best
friend rather a camera, it will appear more natural. Rambling,
practicing, and editing are the last three tips from the website. This
site has proven useful since I now feel more at ease in front of the
camera. The one tip that I believe will help me the most is
practicing. I feel like my last episode of Celtic Television will seem
more natural than the first episode I will produce.
10. Zaltzman, Helen. "How to Create a Successful Podcast: Just Say
Yes." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media
Limited, 11 Nov. 2014. Web. 25 Dec. 2014.
<http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Flifeandstyle
%2F2014%2Fnov%2F11%2Fhow-to-create-asuccessful-podcast-just-say-yes>.
This article was a first-person story on how the author became a
podcaster. It was very intriguing to see the journey she made and
how simple she made it all sound. I enjoyed this article because it
gives me hope that this may be what my project turns out to be. At
the end of this article, she gives tips on how to create a successful
podcast. She said her hardest struggle, which I assume is going to
be mine, was producing videos at a set time on a set day. She also
said that hearing herself talk on her older podcasts was a hard thing
to do, which I believe will also be a hard thing for me to do. I’m
interested to see how similar our journeys are going to be.
Evidence of Learning
Blogs
Photographs
Myles Nabors let me interview him over the
upcoming spring season for my episode of Celtic
Television.
Devon Maschger, Grace Pepple, Missy Sayer, Savannah Gray,
and Taylor O’Brien were all interviewed on how they have asked,
or been asked, to a dance. These three people provided me with
good answers and cute stories. Devon was a particularly funny
interview. I enjoyed creating this episode of Celtic Television.
This was a fun episode to film for I interviewed my
fellow seniors on their plans for the future.
I interviewed Brian
Locasio, Ife Sieffre, and
Nick McCracken in an
episode regarding the
upcoming spring
season. Nick talked
about his ever-nearing
Spring Break trip to
Europe, while Ife
shared his excitement
about beginning his
senior track season at
O’Hara. Brian gave
good insight on and
promotion of the
upcoming Spring
Musical, Aladdin. This
was a very wellrounded episode.
Rough Drafts & Bloopers
Along with producing six episodes, I
produced a few rough draft videos and a
couple blooper reels. When creating a video,
it requires multiple takes to get the perfect
clip. I messed up quite a few times when I
recorded these videos, however I was always
able to get better.
Progression of Ideas
These are photos of my first
rough drafts of a few scripts
to my final copies of the
scripts. The hand-written
copies are the rough drafts
from when I was determining
what to say. The typed copies
are the ones I used as
guidelines when I interviewed
my peers.
At the beginning of my
project, I was aiming to
create a Podcast. These
are some notes I took
while trying to learn how
to do just that. I later
decided to create a
YouTube channel instead.
This is the layout I
created when I was
designing my poster. I
doodled this in advance
so that I could see my
options before creating
the final product.
This top-right picture
was a schedule I
made in order to
keep myself
organized in the
growing chaos of
what was my senior
project. I made a list
of everything that
needed to be done.
This bottom-right
picture was a page
of notes I took
regarding possible
ideas for new
videos. One
challenge I always
seemed to face was
trying to determine
what topic I should
cover in my next
video.
These two photos are
pictures of interview
questions I wrote down
for my videos covering
the future plans of
seniors and the
upcoming Spring
Musical, Aladdin. There
was a helpful article that
advised writing out the
questions pre-interview
to allow for smoothsailing during the
recording. I used that
advice throughout
majority of my videos.
These series of
pictures on the left
are a final copy of a
weekly schedule
that I was going to
use in one of my
videos. Regrettably,
though, that video
was never made. I
was trying to find the
best way to inform
my viewers of the
upcoming schedule
and I believed that
writing it out was
best.
This photo on the right is of a
schedule I made of the month of
April. This schedule has all the
athletic and theatrical events that
will take place that month.
Unfortunately, I never capitalized on
the idea of promoting. With that in
mind, I did, however, give it some
serious thought. I sketched various
designs and styles to promote Celtic
Television. I created rough drafts that
I eventually turned into final copies
(see left), yet I never printed it out to
post around the school.
Supporting Documents
Mrs. Rieger was very helpful in assisting me with my senior project.
Unfortunately, I did not reach out to her for her help sooner. I did not realize
that there was a weekly schedule sent out to every teacher until it was
brought to my attention at the end of this year. This would have proven
extremely useful to my senior project had I known about it sooner. Be that as
it may, I am thankful to have learned about it in the end.