For this project, I decided to capture one of my sorority, Gamma Phi Beta’s philanthropy events called Moonball. I took several clips from different angles during the basketball tournament, interviewed a sorority member, and recorded a voice-over of me explaining a little bit of the event. My first step was to watch through all the video recordings I took and select the ones with the most interesting or active moments. I then wrote out what I wanted to say and recorded it on my smartphone. My description/narration was not the full minute, so I added music from our com 210 class tutorials called “Ascona.”

Next, I added some effects to the video and audio. I first added a title and added a fading transition called cross dissolve. I also added this in the end text that says thanks for watching to add a smooth ending. On the second to last video clip, I added the effect of zooming in as the video plays using the scale tool. I wanted to do this because you can closely see the banner that says building strong girls and the jump ball toss.

For the audio of the videos, I decided to only include the first part of someone cheering as it shows it’s starting and the excitement in the crowd. While I was doing my narration, I muted the audio of the videos because it was distracting and not relevant to the story.

The significance of the elements in my design are it clearly shows what the event is about and how many people participate in the event. It also shows the impact of our philanthropy has on the community as well as our sorority. It hopefully inspires more to participate or learn more about Girls on the Run and what impacts that has on young girls.

Materials: Ascona from Audition Tutorials

Storyboard:

0:00- 0:05 Music starts, video starts

0:05-0:25 Narration explaining our sorority’s philanthropy while Moonball basketball tournament plays in the background.

0:25-0:40 Interview of sorority member answering what the philanthropy means to her.

0:40-1:00 Video continues to play, ending with music fading.

For this project I decided to create an interview segment of people answering the question what Gamma Phi Beta’s philanthropy means to you. This project idea relates to my course topic because my course topic is my sorority’s philanthropy. I decided to do this because I wanted the audience to hear from other people what this philanthropy means to them and how it has impacted them. I was inspired by listening to other radio show interviewees and from this week’s readings interview examples. The significance of the elements of my design are my interview show trustworthiness because they all say similar things about how it’s impacted them in a positive way in their life.

My design process was first I recorded the answers from my peers using the voice recorder on my phone. Then I went into Audition and trimmed each of them down cutting out the beginning and end pauses and any pauses or “uh or ums” in between. I also had to adjust the sound level of some of the voices because my interviewees got quiet at some points while I was interviewing them. I then put them in a order that seemed to flow well and have a significant change of tone. Lastly, I added background music and I used the tools to have it fad in, fad out, and quiet enough so it would not overpower the interview voices. I collected the elements in my project by using music from last week’s counting tutorial and by asking three members of my sorority to answer my question. I asked our chapter president about our philanthropy because she is very involved and passionate about it. I also asked one of my good friends Delaney because she is very supportive of our philanthropy. Lastly, I interviewed my friend Dakota because she is also passionate about our philanthropy and talks about how it has impacted girl’s past and will impact their futures.

For my final, I added an introduction and conclusion to my audio story to make it easier to follow and sound better. I also did additionally edits in each of the interviews cutting out pauses or parts that weren’t as strong as the rest of their answer. I also decided not to have background music in my introduction or conclusion, so it was clear that it was important to listen to and easy to distinguish it was different than the rest of the story. Overall, I am proud of how my final audio story turned out because I put in a lot of effort and I believe it demonstrates what my sorority’s philanthropy is all about.