I used professional video and audio equipment! Yay!!
So you’re probably wondering what I mean. Well first, I need to back up in a little in my story….
The DKC hosts free workshops to teach UMW student skills such as: sewing, using Canva, building a personal brand, customizing YouTube banners, etc. Any student is able to attend or lead a workshop.
For April Fool’s Day, I was given the task of creating a prank workshop. I had to make a graphic as well as a video to advertise my fake workshop on April 1.
To get started I brainstormed some ideas for what fake workshop I’d want to host. I settled on “How to Use Podcast Equipment to Share Test Answers: It’s Not an Honor Code Violation if your Professor Doesn’t Know.” Do I know exactly how one might use podcast equipment to cheat? Not really. But that doesn’t matter.
Using the DKC’s Canva template for the workshops, I created this graphic:
On to the video! I wrote up a script and rough storyboard. Using my skills of persuasion (see: coercion), I convinced some of my fellow DKC consultants to star in my production. Katy played a cheating student (typical) and Angela channeled her best teaching energy. Katy even graciously accompanied me downstairs to the big and scary HCC info desk to check out equipment for the first time.
The recording went pretty smoothly, especially considering I haven’t used a DSLR is years and I didn’t know much to begin with. The tripod gave me a bit of trouble (is there an easy way to make sure all the legs are adjusted to the same height?), but it was a lot of fun; I felt so professional using such nice equipment.
For the audio I wanted to utilize my new podcast training–plus it’d be on brand for the graphic–but I was convinced to try something new and learn how to use the mic packs from the HCC audio kits. It turned out to be really easy: I plugged the receiver into my phone and used the Voice Memos app, then just talked into the handheld mic.
I’m glad I decided to use the audio kit, but I’m still anxiously awaiting an opportunity to record using the podcast studio.
Below is the final product! Enjoy!
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