I filmed and edited a short movie for class

    I've always thought that filming things and editing videos was a cool pastime. I wanted to try it but never had the time, until now. Recently I've been learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos and music for my college class. My final assignment was to produce a video with effects to demonstrate my video editing skills and what I had learned. This was just the task I needed to push my creativity to the next level. I asked my friend Terry Martin if I could interview him. He agreed. Since Terry is blind I thought it would be good to ask questions that helped other people understand what it would be like to be him. Terry didn't have a lot to say but I managed to piece meaningful tidbits together to give people a sense of who he is. I really liked choosing different video transitions and moving clips to make the video flow together better. Choosing the opening and ending music was also so much fun. I ended up with a short film under 5 minutes.

I think I'd enjoy interviewing small businesses and people about their life and work but anything more serious and dangerous like how reporters deal with dialogue during war times would not be for me. Being in a dangerous environment would be too stressful for me. I tend to become connected with the people I open dialogues with. Filming and interviewing someone is sort of intimate. I know it's a great thing to care, but I have to remind myself not to dwell on things I can't control or change. I am doing the best I can with what God has given me. I am working with what I've got and hopefully, eventually, I'll help make the world a little bit better for people.