The Western Gazette is the one of the oldest and most prominent student-run newspapers in Canada, publishing both online and print.
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Volunteering in the video department gave me insights into working in a more structured and traditional media environment and gave me access to more professional equipment and softwares.
My Role
During my semester volunteering at the Western Gazette I worked on various projects and learned a lot about video production as I took on multiple roles depending on the project.
I was often in charge of filming which helped my learn about composition, framing, and operating professional camera's like Sony's black magic. I also learned a lot about lighting and storytelling through these projects.
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Once the filming was done I helped out with editing where I learned to use Premiere Pro and got better at colour grading and experimented with new transitions and effects.
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Most importantly, these projects helped me better understand what it is like working in a creative team as I typically took on many creative projects alone up until this point.
Outcome
This is one of the projects where I took on many different roles from filming all the way to editing, and am very happy with how it turned out.
For this project, I came up with the idea for the video and shot it with the help of many editors and volunteers at the Gazette. I was involved heavily in pre and post production of the video and am very proud of the outcome.
