Wednesday, May 11, 2011
attention: I successfully avoided spontaneous combustion!
After a three day extension (thank you Jen, for being so totally awesome), I re-did my entire news package...well I shot new b-roll and conducted a new interview and put everything together with only asking for help three or twelve times.
I really enjoyed writing this package. It is something that my generation thinks about constantly. "What do we do now?" It's funny, I watched Reality Bites yesterday, and the premise of the movie, and the documentary being made within the film is all about post-grad life. What happens next? How do we save the world one person at a time without succumbing to the concrete jungles of shopping plaza's and blue tooths? Answer: we have to sell our souls in order to get ahead.
My interviewee. Chris Cortis told me after the interview that he will probably work in the restaurant for the rest of his life because he has seen too many people struggle with finding employment within their majors. "Unless you want to be a teacher or work in healthcare, would you like fries with that pretty much applies to you". As negative and cynical as this sounds, the kid has a point, employment is scarce and paychecks are virtually non existent.
On the other hand, if you are dedicated and passionate about your work, that amount of drive should fuel the fire within you to keep going regardless. I sound like a Nike ad.
Anyway, thankfully, with an extension, I have completed my final news package!
I really enjoyed writing this package. It is something that my generation thinks about constantly. "What do we do now?" It's funny, I watched Reality Bites yesterday, and the premise of the movie, and the documentary being made within the film is all about post-grad life. What happens next? How do we save the world one person at a time without succumbing to the concrete jungles of shopping plaza's and blue tooths? Answer: we have to sell our souls in order to get ahead.
My interviewee. Chris Cortis told me after the interview that he will probably work in the restaurant for the rest of his life because he has seen too many people struggle with finding employment within their majors. "Unless you want to be a teacher or work in healthcare, would you like fries with that pretty much applies to you". As negative and cynical as this sounds, the kid has a point, employment is scarce and paychecks are virtually non existent.
On the other hand, if you are dedicated and passionate about your work, that amount of drive should fuel the fire within you to keep going regardless. I sound like a Nike ad.
Anyway, thankfully, with an extension, I have completed my final news package!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Anchor Intro, NewsPakFinal/ News Package
{ANCHOR INTRO}
Your college graduation is a day where you can take a deep breath and say, "what an accomplishment". A sense of freedom and hunger to begin the path to adulthood consumes you. But most graduates find themselves asking one another, "what's next?" Tessa Davis' Quinnipiac News has more on the story.
{PKG}
{IMAGE: SCSU CAMPUS, MAIN SIGN, CRESCENT STREET}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
I am a physics and English double major here at Southern Connecticut State University. I'm in my fourth year of study, I just declared a major in English as well because I wanted to have more things to boost up my resume.
{TRACK}
State colleges representing strengths in areas such as teaching and nursing, do not cover a wide range for students with a more liberal perspective.
{IMAGE: STUDENT CENTER, FITCH STREET ENTRANCE}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
I used to be in the military, in the NAVY, and that was a good experience for me although I didn't enjoy it, it told me what I didn't want to do in life, and now I'm back in the world of academia, and studying both physics and English. Which I think is making me a vey well-rounded individual, which hopefully will get me ahead in the job market.
{TRACK}
With the steady economic decline surrounding us, students find themselves feeling like the lost generation, when we were once looked at as the future leaders of society.
{IMAGE: FITCH STREET. ENGLEMAN HALL ENTRANCE, ACROSS FROM LIBRARY}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
One of my friends who I was originally in school with before i joined the military, was a history major, and he actually graduated, but then i got him a job as a mechanic, and it just seems like a lot of people aren't even using their degrees, something that you're going to school for, something you enjoy.
{TRACK]
Graduates are turning to jobs that have nothing to do with their degrees and the urgency for employment skyrockets.
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
One of the main reasons that I'm doing a double major in both physics and English is because they're both subjects that I'm very passionate about. I love to write, and I love science. I can't really decide what I wanna do, I can't sit back and say, "I want a career in English or I want a career in science". I kinda wanna blend them all together.
{ANCHOR OUTRO}
Although the job market leaves little to be desired at this point, one thing students are displaying is a healthy appetite for success. Having a degree is an achievement in itself, but the effort in following your goals is a continues dedication in the right direction. Tessa Davis, Quinnipiac News
Your college graduation is a day where you can take a deep breath and say, "what an accomplishment". A sense of freedom and hunger to begin the path to adulthood consumes you. But most graduates find themselves asking one another, "what's next?" Tessa Davis' Quinnipiac News has more on the story.
{PKG}
{IMAGE: SCSU CAMPUS, MAIN SIGN, CRESCENT STREET}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
I am a physics and English double major here at Southern Connecticut State University. I'm in my fourth year of study, I just declared a major in English as well because I wanted to have more things to boost up my resume.
{TRACK}
State colleges representing strengths in areas such as teaching and nursing, do not cover a wide range for students with a more liberal perspective.
{IMAGE: STUDENT CENTER, FITCH STREET ENTRANCE}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
I used to be in the military, in the NAVY, and that was a good experience for me although I didn't enjoy it, it told me what I didn't want to do in life, and now I'm back in the world of academia, and studying both physics and English. Which I think is making me a vey well-rounded individual, which hopefully will get me ahead in the job market.
{TRACK}
With the steady economic decline surrounding us, students find themselves feeling like the lost generation, when we were once looked at as the future leaders of society.
{IMAGE: FITCH STREET. ENGLEMAN HALL ENTRANCE, ACROSS FROM LIBRARY}
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
One of my friends who I was originally in school with before i joined the military, was a history major, and he actually graduated, but then i got him a job as a mechanic, and it just seems like a lot of people aren't even using their degrees, something that you're going to school for, something you enjoy.
{TRACK]
Graduates are turning to jobs that have nothing to do with their degrees and the urgency for employment skyrockets.
{SOT: CHRIS CORTIS}
One of the main reasons that I'm doing a double major in both physics and English is because they're both subjects that I'm very passionate about. I love to write, and I love science. I can't really decide what I wanna do, I can't sit back and say, "I want a career in English or I want a career in science". I kinda wanna blend them all together.
{ANCHOR OUTRO}
Although the job market leaves little to be desired at this point, one thing students are displaying is a healthy appetite for success. Having a degree is an achievement in itself, but the effort in following your goals is a continues dedication in the right direction. Tessa Davis, Quinnipiac News
God, would you please ind moving me two inches to the left, out from beneath your magnifying glass, which is located under direct sunlight
This week was grueling.
Between the epic saving failure, my interview being erased, half my b roll gone, copious amounts nervous breakdowns and video equipment fines that will take me 65 hours of bar tending to pay off....I finished?
Originally my news package was going to be kind of a "man on the street" piece, talking, specifically to students at SCSU who are nearing graduation. I spoke to Chris Cortis, a double major in physics and English about the rough road he will face ahead as soon as he is handed a diploma.
While I was writing this, in an effort to make room on my usb drive, I deleted my stand up. My stand up is evident in the news package, and Andrew helped me video tape it.
Between the epic saving failure, my interview being erased, half my b roll gone, copious amounts nervous breakdowns and video equipment fines that will take me 65 hours of bar tending to pay off....I finished?
Originally my news package was going to be kind of a "man on the street" piece, talking, specifically to students at SCSU who are nearing graduation. I spoke to Chris Cortis, a double major in physics and English about the rough road he will face ahead as soon as he is handed a diploma.
While I was writing this, in an effort to make room on my usb drive, I deleted my stand up. My stand up is evident in the news package, and Andrew helped me video tape it.
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