Wyoming Fun Day

In this assignment we were asked to find an event that we were willing to do a video of . For this assignment we were ask to work with a partner, the partner I chose to work with was Robert Herron. Robert and I are very good friends, we have worked together on previous assignment and I believe that we work well together. The event we chose to report about is a yearly event. This event occurs right before the yearly Wyoming Cowboys Brown and Gold Spring Game.

I really enjoyed this assignment, this was an assignment that I could really get in to and show some of my personality traits. The making of this video at times was very difficult, but still very fun. The part that I really enjoyed the most was getting a chance to work with the young kids. It was a very entertaining day for me the children were all very kind and sweet it was a great pleasure  working with them. I did not enjoy the hassle of really being into the kids and showing them attention while recording  that was not an easy task.

One thing that I learned while doing this assignment is, being a camera man is not one of my strong point , I think I will stick to playing football. It was a very big surprise to me when I realize how hard it was to be interactive with the kids and record the video. I wish that I could have been more of a cameraman and made a better video. This experience has really made me realize this is something that interest me and I believe if I worked hard and continuie to work on my craft it could be something that I could learn to really enjoy. Here is the link to our video I really hope you guys enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMYzmOKS2g

 

 

Live-Reporting

Our assignment was to live-report an event of our choice using a social network, Twitter. The event, I reported on was the weekly manager reception at Laramie Holiday Inn. The manager reception is an event the Holiday Inn host, for the guests to interact with managers of the hotel and locals from the community. The manager reception offers free draft beer, wine, and appetizers provided by the Holiday Inn’s in-house restaurant, Perkins.

At this event there was a lot of mingling and meeting new people that’s one thing I did enjoy, a way to meet tourists in a comfortable setting. Of course, I enjoyed the free appetizers. The fact that, I’m not on social networks nor do I tweet was something I did not enjoy. With no experience with Twitter, it made this project a little more challenging. I learned that social media is the new age news, things like live reporting makes it easier for the younger generation to stay up on news and events. I also learned that social networks are easy to run, does not take a genius to tweet.

Something that surprised me was how common live-reporting was, with this assignment I was able to see how this could fit into any event sports activates, news, and etc. Something I wish I could have done differently?  I wish I could have found an event that interested me more, like a sporting event of some kind. I think with more personal interest in the event that you are reporting on make the report more relatable. The Manager reception was fun, because I like think I’m social person and can fit in pretty much anywhere. I see myself using social media in future career, by being able to live report from different sporting events and tweeting them a play by play of everything that’s going on in the sports world.