anuary, I had no clue what to expect and was even more dumbfound when it came to thinking of a project idea to draft. I was struggling for ideas and was extremely frustrated. In fact, I was so frustrated; I gave up on thinking up ideas. Thankfully, Dr. B, the department chair, and Mr. Weaver, our Capstone adviser, really pushed me and gave me a solid idea, which became the recruiting video for the Westminster Football Program. My project was quite an undertaking. I had to understand my client’s (Coach Jeff Hand) ideas for the video as well as communicate my own ideas, without being intrusive or shrugging off his. I had ten game’s worth of highlights to compile and cut down to the very best plays from the season into one minute clips for each game. Then there were the interviews. A critical and senseless, yet unintentional, error on my part in setting up my shot for my player and coach interviews nearly ruined the project I had poured so much of my time into. Thanks to my fellow broadcast communications majors, Mr. Weaver, our chief engineer, Chuck Chirozzi, and the understanding from Coach Hand, coaches, and players, I was able to re-shoot the interviews and make my project look a hundred times better than it did before. Without those people, it would not have been and I fully realize that. After countless hours in the edit bay toying around to find the right shot and the perfect graphic and meeting with Coach and his staff, I completed my Capstone project. No one could have prepared me for the feeling I experienced upon total completion Capstone. Looking at the recruiting video, knowing I had labored so intensely and diligently to make it the best work possible, I felt a sense of accomplishment I have never felt before. I knew at this moment I had really grown worlds from that clueless person last January who couldn’t even think of a project idea. I was watching something that I knew would satisfy my client and his staff, but, moreover, I knew this project would serve me in the near future when I begin the job hunting. Walking away from the Capstone experience, I am taking a new positive attitude and sense of confidence in my work with me. These two things have, along with my project, developed as I ventured through the Capstone process. In the beginning, I thought very negatively about whatever my project would be and how it would probably not be good enough or measure up to anyone else’s. Then, once my idea developed and the ball got rolling, my attitude did a total 180. Soon, I realized this project was going to be as good as I could make it as long as I stayed positive and confident. Branching out into the real world with this attitude change and a boost in my confidence will serve me well with whatever job I undertake. Having confidence really gives you a leg up in interviews and in a job situation and coupling that with a positive attitude makes you an easy and pleasant person to work with. I’m looking forward to staying true to these qualities and contributing my ideas to the work force no matter where I end up. I feel now, more than ever, that my experience through Capstone really gave me a better sense of myself, in addition to making me realize my full potential and that’s something absolutely necessary to have when entering the real world. I walk away from this experience well tested, confident and ready to tackle whatever the real world has to throw at me!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The last hurrah!
Well, this seems to be it for the Capstone experience. There’s been so much to ponder, create, develop, and complete these past two semesters and, to tell you the truth, I’ve grown from it all. When I walked through the doors of our Capstone classroom last J
anuary, I had no clue what to expect and was even more dumbfound when it came to thinking of a project idea to draft. I was struggling for ideas and was extremely frustrated. In fact, I was so frustrated; I gave up on thinking up ideas. Thankfully, Dr. B, the department chair, and Mr. Weaver, our Capstone adviser, really pushed me and gave me a solid idea, which became the recruiting video for the Westminster Football Program. My project was quite an undertaking. I had to understand my client’s (Coach Jeff Hand) ideas for the video as well as communicate my own ideas, without being intrusive or shrugging off his. I had ten game’s worth of highlights to compile and cut down to the very best plays from the season into one minute clips for each game. Then there were the interviews. A critical and senseless, yet unintentional, error on my part in setting up my shot for my player and coach interviews nearly ruined the project I had poured so much of my time into. Thanks to my fellow broadcast communications majors, Mr. Weaver, our chief engineer, Chuck Chirozzi, and the understanding from Coach Hand, coaches, and players, I was able to re-shoot the interviews and make my project look a hundred times better than it did before. Without those people, it would not have been and I fully realize that. After countless hours in the edit bay toying around to find the right shot and the perfect graphic and meeting with Coach and his staff, I completed my Capstone project. No one could have prepared me for the feeling I experienced upon total completion Capstone. Looking at the recruiting video, knowing I had labored so intensely and diligently to make it the best work possible, I felt a sense of accomplishment I have never felt before. I knew at this moment I had really grown worlds from that clueless person last January who couldn’t even think of a project idea. I was watching something that I knew would satisfy my client and his staff, but, moreover, I knew this project would serve me in the near future when I begin the job hunting. Walking away from the Capstone experience, I am taking a new positive attitude and sense of confidence in my work with me. These two things have, along with my project, developed as I ventured through the Capstone process. In the beginning, I thought very negatively about whatever my project would be and how it would probably not be good enough or measure up to anyone else’s. Then, once my idea developed and the ball got rolling, my attitude did a total 180. Soon, I realized this project was going to be as good as I could make it as long as I stayed positive and confident. Branching out into the real world with this attitude change and a boost in my confidence will serve me well with whatever job I undertake. Having confidence really gives you a leg up in interviews and in a job situation and coupling that with a positive attitude makes you an easy and pleasant person to work with. I’m looking forward to staying true to these qualities and contributing my ideas to the work force no matter where I end up. I feel now, more than ever, that my experience through Capstone really gave me a better sense of myself, in addition to making me realize my full potential and that’s something absolutely necessary to have when entering the real world. I walk away from this experience well tested, confident and ready to tackle whatever the real world has to throw at me!
anuary, I had no clue what to expect and was even more dumbfound when it came to thinking of a project idea to draft. I was struggling for ideas and was extremely frustrated. In fact, I was so frustrated; I gave up on thinking up ideas. Thankfully, Dr. B, the department chair, and Mr. Weaver, our Capstone adviser, really pushed me and gave me a solid idea, which became the recruiting video for the Westminster Football Program. My project was quite an undertaking. I had to understand my client’s (Coach Jeff Hand) ideas for the video as well as communicate my own ideas, without being intrusive or shrugging off his. I had ten game’s worth of highlights to compile and cut down to the very best plays from the season into one minute clips for each game. Then there were the interviews. A critical and senseless, yet unintentional, error on my part in setting up my shot for my player and coach interviews nearly ruined the project I had poured so much of my time into. Thanks to my fellow broadcast communications majors, Mr. Weaver, our chief engineer, Chuck Chirozzi, and the understanding from Coach Hand, coaches, and players, I was able to re-shoot the interviews and make my project look a hundred times better than it did before. Without those people, it would not have been and I fully realize that. After countless hours in the edit bay toying around to find the right shot and the perfect graphic and meeting with Coach and his staff, I completed my Capstone project. No one could have prepared me for the feeling I experienced upon total completion Capstone. Looking at the recruiting video, knowing I had labored so intensely and diligently to make it the best work possible, I felt a sense of accomplishment I have never felt before. I knew at this moment I had really grown worlds from that clueless person last January who couldn’t even think of a project idea. I was watching something that I knew would satisfy my client and his staff, but, moreover, I knew this project would serve me in the near future when I begin the job hunting. Walking away from the Capstone experience, I am taking a new positive attitude and sense of confidence in my work with me. These two things have, along with my project, developed as I ventured through the Capstone process. In the beginning, I thought very negatively about whatever my project would be and how it would probably not be good enough or measure up to anyone else’s. Then, once my idea developed and the ball got rolling, my attitude did a total 180. Soon, I realized this project was going to be as good as I could make it as long as I stayed positive and confident. Branching out into the real world with this attitude change and a boost in my confidence will serve me well with whatever job I undertake. Having confidence really gives you a leg up in interviews and in a job situation and coupling that with a positive attitude makes you an easy and pleasant person to work with. I’m looking forward to staying true to these qualities and contributing my ideas to the work force no matter where I end up. I feel now, more than ever, that my experience through Capstone really gave me a better sense of myself, in addition to making me realize my full potential and that’s something absolutely necessary to have when entering the real world. I walk away from this experience well tested, confident and ready to tackle whatever the real world has to throw at me!
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