I would say that everything we learned in this class was extremely useful to me. When I took FreshTV last year, we touched on all of the subjects from class for a very short amount of time, and it was a great experience to have more in depth lessons on all of the topics we discussed. However, I think one of the most useful lessons I learned was the one on Adobe Premiere Pro.
Even after both FreshTV and editing for Elon Tonight last year, I still only understood the absolute basics of Premiere Pro. I didn’t know very much about the editing process, but I did think it was a lot of fun. Because of the video scavenger hunt, the international student documentary, and now the final project movie trailer, I know so much more about using Premiere Pro. I’m very interested in learning even more about it, and I’m considering checking out even more tutorials on it. This class really helped in helping me figure out more about where my interests in cinema lie. I’m excited to be able to shoot and edit more content.
In our Final Project, Hali and I both edited a fair amount. We didn’t split up any of the project– we wrote the story together, both shot some footage, both edited some footage, and both worked in Photoshop on the movie poster. Because of this class, each of us were able to do both well.
I felt confident doing parts of the projects that I would have been unsure about just a semester ago. I really do believe that this course helped me more than any classes or workshops I’ve taken before on any of the subject matter. I also managed to learn even more about the subjects that I was already familiar in when I came into the class, especially in the case of Premiere Pro. I feel very prepared for my next communications classes.
Aneesha Smith 