The other day I swung by my alma mater, RMIT University, to record a short promotional video for RMITV Student Television at the university’s O-Day celebrations.
And I had a freaking fantastic time!
Basically I walked around with a talented camera-operator named Emma (didn’t catch her surname), doing vox-pops and joking around.
We recorded about 40 minutes of footage, 15 of which was really good (in my opinion, anyway).
Someone else edited together a 7 minute video for the Student Union website, which featured some fancy cut-away footage spliced in there and a “best of” the day’s vox-pops.
They also did that thing where they cut to a second camera that I’m NOT looking at, while I’m doing my PTCs (pieces to camera), and which, if I can be honest, I absolutely hate.
It makes it look like I’m presenting on Video Hits or some teen show where they assume the audience is so depraved of an attention span you need to keep putting in cuts to the same thing from different angles. Sometimes they change it to black and white or put it in slow motion as well. At least RMITV didn’t go that far…
Seriously though, great edit. It’s far more swish-looking than I could manage. It’s supposed to be on the Student Union website, but I can’t seem to find it… Little help?
But anyway, I acquired permission to upload ALL the good footage to the Internet here so YOU can see the good stuff that didn’t make it to the official video.
So here they are separated into three easy-to-digest videos!
#1 – Who are you & what are you studying? (Keep your eye out for a cat and a giant bowling pin…)
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#2 – Are you a member of a club or society? (I make two Thai girls sing their national anthem in this one!)
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#3 – Have you heard of RMITV? (Turns out some people understand television better than others…)
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I think I displayed just the right amount of smart-arseness. What do ya reckon?
Everyone there at the RMITV stall was a pleasure to work (and slack off) with. I wish I could do this sort of thing everyday!
Kind regards,
David M. Green
And that was a damn fine shotgun microphone.
