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I've learned so much along the way in each of my classes at South Carolina State University. I've gained confidence in front of the camera and behind the camera. 

Here is a short collection of some of the projects I've done and stories I've told. It's been so fun doing each and every interview.

 Check out my youtube channel for more things from me. Thank you for being a part of this ride!

Feature Package Coach Murray Gravin

SCSU Men's Basketball Head Coach Murray Garvin lives by the motto, lifting as we climb!

The NCAA chose Garvin to recieve the 2018 NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Education.

Coach Garvin agreed to sit down with me to discuss winning the award as well as the Ty Solomon situation.

Check out his interview below and be sure to check out his website by clicking here.

Ms. Pryor Bulldog News Now Q&A

Bulldog News Now is a student run newscast that is starting up at SC State University. It was started by Ms. Pryor, a communications professor at SC State University, who brings years of experience in producing and reporting to the Communications program. For this edition of Campus Conversation,  I caught up with Ms. Pryor to ask her about her transition to the school and what we can expect from Bulldog News Now!

To catch every newscast from BNN, visit the SCSU Communications Facebook page

SCSU Men's Basketball Game Attendance

I'M BAAAACK!

The South Carolina State Men's Basketball team only have eight games left this season. Four of those games are at home where the Bulldogs play extremely well. However, the games aren't attended regularly by the majority of students and I wanted to know why. I went around campus and asked students why this is the case.

To see the individual player stats and know how your favorite player is performing click here.

To see the team's schedule for the rest of the season click here.


As always thank you for visiting my blog!

ViZion Sports

For our latest project in Mr. Harwood's class we had to do a group project. We decided to do a sports talk show since we both love sports so much!  Join Marshall and I as we give you the latest NBA Playoff news.

Hope you enjoyed the show! 

For more information on my co-host Marshall Padgett check out his blog here. 

Special thanks to Aaliyah Charles and Sha'yauna Bowman for working behind the scenes. 

To view Shay's blog,  simply click on her name. And for the latest in NBA Playoff action visit Bleacher Report.  Thanks for visiting my blog! 

Quick Takes With Stephen Mason

We learned about the picture in picture edit option in Adobe Premiere Pro. I used this option to do my version of Quick Takes.

Click here to see my teacher Patrick Harwood's version of Quick Takes.

To rip video from Youtube, I used keepvid. You can to, just click here.

Your Face Is Shining

In my Advanced Production Class we learned about the four classic lighting techniques. All of these techniques are different and make different things pop!

Butterfly Lighting gets its name from the butterfly shaped shadow that is created under the nose by placing the main light source above and directly behind the camera.

Split Lighting requires the key light only.

Rembrandt Lighting consists of the key light, fill light and back light.

Broad Lighting consists of using the Rembrandt lighting setup but the subject's face has to be turned off center so that the broad side is more exposed.

 

For more ideas on lighting check out this article. 

Give Me Lighting For 3 Points

During this assignment we learned about the three point lighting technique. This technique is widely used in photography and film and it was very helpful to learn this technique so that I'll have proper lighting in my photos and videos.

In the photo below, we can see all three lights and how they are set up using this technique.

In the next photo we can see how all three lights affect our subject, Shay'auna Bowman. Click here to see her blog.

 In our last photo, we capture how the image looks in the viewfinder.

Thank you Isaiah Hughes for being an amazing subject as well. To check out his blog, click here. 
For more information on three point lighting, check out this very insightful video tutorial.

Light Up

The purpose of this assignment was to see how much direct sunlight and lighting overall affects picture quality. We went outside on a bright sunny day and we took three pictures. The first picture we took was with our backs to the sun. 

This picture was extremely dark and hurt the image quality because of the position of the light. 

We then used a reflector to redirect the light onto her face and it made the image so much more visible and enlightened. 

This last picture shows how the reflector is used to redirect light onto the subjects face. This project was fun and I would use a reflector again if I was shooting footage or taking pictures in sunlight.

The Sequence

This week in our Advanced TV Production class, Mr. Harwood instructed us to record a sequence of actions from start to finish. I teamed up with my classmate, Aaliyah Charles, to show one of the many ways that you can exit our Communications building after class.

While doing this video, I learned how important it is to ensure that the next video in a sequence of videos is a continuation of the one before it. Each video should be another part of the same story and not just random clips. I also got the royalty free music you hear in the background of this video from a site that was suggested to me. If you are looking for royalty free music, visit incompetech.com and search through their collection of royalty free music!

Trump Obama POS Interviews At SC State

Donald Trump was officially sworn in to become the 45th President of the United States on January 20th, 2017. There are many different views on how Donald Trump will man the reigns and responsibilities that come with being President. My fellow classmates and I interviewed several students at South Carolina State University to see what they had to say!  

Donald Trump has been President for a few weeks now and many people still don't know what to think of him or the people he is appointing to his cabinet. Trump's recent appoint of Governor Nikki Haley to be the US Ambassador to the UN has been questioned seeing that Haley endorsed Marco Rubio during the Republican Primary.

During his campaign, Trump promised to make America great again. Only time will tell how great America will be over the next 4 years.