For my video project, I interviewed Casey Heffernan, who is a student at the UW. He recently traveled to Guayaquil, Ecuador and served as a translator for a team of doctors performing free surgeries on children with life-threatening conditions. He talks about how he became involved with the program, gives some incite into his experiences in Ecuador, some of the people he met and how critical his role in the process was.
Some reporting challenges I ran into were figuring out a way to tell his story without video from his trip. He did have a lot of pictures which helped out a lot. It would have also been great to have more B-roll of him, something I discovered during the editing process.
I think given the time frame and some technological problems, I have met my goals so far. It is difficult to make a true judgment until I see the final cut of the piece. I learned how some software can be frustrating when dealing with file types and compatibility issues. If I were to do things differently, I would create a more detailed script in order to keep the story better organized and to simplify the editing process.
The video can be found here.
Nice blend of stills with the video interview – but it gets a bit static (he closes his eyes a lot). Very good voice over.
* story “just ends”
* needs editing down closer to 2 min for final project
* What did you use to compile the digital bits? the export is “smaller” than YouTube “frame”.
* questions unanswered: who sponsors the trip? how are people chosen to go? how long is the trip? how many people (I think he mentioned 48?).