So I have been thinking a lot about capstone lately and my senior project. Our senior project is supposed to be related to what we want to do after we graduate and in what specialty. Frankly, I don't know what exactly I want to do. I have no idea whether I am going to graduate school and go get a masters or whether I will just go find a job at a news station. And lately I've been questioning if I will even be able to get a job at a news station or radio station. I think I've have come to the conclusion that I am kind of apathetic to what I do because I like doing just about everything. And the way I see, if I don't like it then I will just switch jobs. I personally don't think that you can judge if you are actually going to like something for a long period of time unless you do it. I can say that I love to do camera work but I also don't have to do it for 10 hours everyday. I can say that I like to put packages together but I don't just solely do that either. That is one reason I think internships are so very important, it helps you get an idea of if you really want to do something for the rest of your life or at least a long period of it.
But back to the topic at hand... my senior project. I have always loved to be creative and I am much better at putting colors together then taking and writing news story after news story. So I have come to the conclusion that I want to do some with appearances on air whether it be makeup, hair, body shape and clothes on camera or set design. Basically what color look best on people and on camera what shapes are most complimented by the camera and things of this nature. And as far as set design I would delve into how to design a set that is easiest to work around Such as wheels on a furniture set so as to maximize the different ways to arrange the set. This would also be helpful if you needed to move cameras around... just different things of that nature. I would personally find this enjoyable and fun. Plus, this more creative angle will let me do what I am good at ... making things look good, clean and neat (i mean that in the most humble way possible). I get to be creative is what it comes down to and for me that is the one thing that I HAVE to be able to do as an adult in my job.
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Consider crafting a project that will help you with some short term goals. It doesn't have to be about finding a job. It can be a project that allows you to explore and develop a working knowledge in something you're interested in and the topics you've suggested would work well. If the set and set design are truly of interest, you'll want to work with Chuck and perhaps develop a project that documents, tracks and builds upon the old WPXI news set WCN will take soon.
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