Sitting down to write this blog, I’m almost relieved. I finally have an opportunity to escape from my worst enemy – Adobe Premiere Pro.
I woke up today feeling a bit anxious about my interview. Even though I knew my interviewee’s story like the back of my hand, I still felt like I would mess up right when it counted. But, as my new friends Seli, Asia, and Elon jumped to help me set up the lighting, background, and visuals for my interview, I felt myself calm down. I was excited to learn more about my interviewee’s story and ask questions that would elicit natural responses.
I really enjoyed interviewing my classmate. Allowing someone to have all eyes on them and their story is a great feeling. I loved allowing my interviewee the chance to tell their story, no matter how small of a story it is.
After my interview, I helped set up my classmates’ interview who would be interviewing me. I felt myself get nervous all over again. I got past the technical pressure and the interview questions of my own interview, but now I have to be on the other side of it? And whatever I said or did had the potential to make or break someone’s assignment. However, once the cameras started rolling, it truly did just feel like a conversation with my classmate, just like the conversations we have all been having these past few weeks. Even though I definitely ruined many clips by not restating the question, laughing too hard, or getting easily distracted, I enjoyed being interviewed. It was fun to feel like someone cared so much about a small moment in my life (even if their grade hinged on it).
Then came editing. I opened up Premiere Pro and was shocked it looked nothing like iMovie. I had figured my years of experience making music videos with my friends on iMovie would allow me to coast through the editing process, but I was very, very wrong. It seemed like every button I pushed made nothing happen and also everything wrong happened at the same time. Thankfully, at dinner, Georgie taught me the basics in about 2 minutes, leaving me to realize I didn’t have to flip out on Premiere Pro.
This weekly assignment is proving to be extremely challenging for me, but also exciting. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening in on several interviews, holding back laughter while my classmates tell their stories, and also enjoying the spotlight when it came to my own interview. Since hearing the stories of people I have been spending pretty much every hour of every day with for the last few weeks was so interesting, I am even more excited to learn stories of people who I haven’t even met yet.
