When I first started COM 210 I didn’t really know what to expect, I wasn’t a big tech person so I didn’t know if I was going to struggle with the class or not.

 

My favorite project from the semester was the video project because I felt as though that the video project was truly something I could show myself and show my passion for communication and why I truly love my major.

 

Even though the logo project was my most challenging I think that I benefited from that project the most  because it showed me skills on how to make my own logo which is important for anyone who is trying to have their own business one day but I feel as though that all of the projects from this semester will benefit me for my future career because even if I don’t end up as an entertainment publicist I still think it will help me have the skills for other careers in the communications field.

 

I really want to become an entertainment publicist it started out when I went to a Chris Brown concert and I saw the radio host outside and it sparked my interest in communications and then I did a little bit more research into communications and decide it would be better to major in two majors to widen my opportunity in the communication world with the knowledge I will have from both broadcast news and public relations with my minor in pop culture.

 

I really enjoyed taking this class even though I would often get frustrated while doing the projects because something didn’t work how I wanted it to work or something disappeared and I would have to start over I really grew to enjoy COM 210 and highly suggest keeping this class for students to take because I think it’s a great opportunity for students to widen their learning skills with technology and programs.

 

The video project was the main project I was thinking about this whole semester. I knew my topic was typically a little different from other topics and since it was a little different I wanted my video to be different.

 

I wanted to make a commercial for my business because I think it could possibly help me later on in my future or if I really wanted to get a head start I could show this to possible small clients and I could use them to build up my resume and help me get a good job after college.

 

The material used in the video were previous videos I had taken at events I went to unfortunately at the time of the events I wasn’t really into making videos so I didn’t know much about landscape and portrait so all of my videos are in portrait mode but I wanted to use these videos because it represented clients I am aiming to attract so athletes, singers, rappers, etc.

 

I got inspiration from a YouTube introduction video because the video is kind of similar just people having different videos put together at events they went to. I wanted this commercial to be relatable because most publicist/businesslike commercials aren’t really relatable and depending on what job it is I guess relatable isn’t really the goal and to be professional is but being a publicist I feel as though you should be relatable to the client because you are often sometimes writing about their life and personal business and so if they can’t relate to you than they probably won’t trust you to know about their life or personal business and that’s not going to help your job very much.

 

I enjoy working on this video not only because it’s representing something I want to do in the future but because I liked looking back at the videos I had took at events I had been to and it felt like I was reliving that time at the event.

 

The video project was the main project I was thinking of when I picked my topic. I always had the idea of like having a commercial for my company but never really knew how to go about it my original thought was to record someone and like make a little like jiggle or something but I thought that was a little cheesy.

 

Since this is the rough draft I haven’t come up with audio yet but I am thinking about soft music in the background with my voice over the music talking about my company and why my company is useful but I am not sure if you have any ideas that would be greatly appreciated.

 

The videos used were previous videos I recorded from events I had gone to. I haven’t added transitions or anything like that and I may trim some videos and record some new videos and put them in the video. I kind of got inspirations from intro videos on YouTube because they use videos of themselves at different events and I wanted my video commercial to be very chill and relatable because I feel like a lot of professional are so businesslike it doesn’t typically make people relate to the company and if people don’t relate to publicist the people who are supposed to be representing them and writing stuff for them to post or speak it wouldn’t give that company a lot of business.

 

I hope by the end of this project my video will come together and turn out just how I want it. When I am done with the final hope to have the video reflect the different events and people my company represents and also help people get a little understanding how I am as a person so they could feel at ease about me representing. I want to eventually start representing people next school start with more small local people and businesses and then eventually have a stepping stone for when I graduate and use this video and clients to help me get a job with a good company.