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The Making of a 60 Seconds News Video

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In this particular coursework of the new media course, the instruction was to make a 60 seconds news video. The news was to be shot by me and I could report any news of my choice. It took me quite some time to understand the requirement for the course work and another great deal of time to come up with a concept for my video. I decided to check Google to see if I could get some concepts from 60 seconds news online. I saw a lot of news samples though but then it hit me that I would have to design a logo and also have to add effects to the video. This is where I actually thought to myself that I would find it tasking and challenging, because I have never shot a video before or actually used video editing software. During my next lab I asked the teacher how I could go about shooting my video. He put me through and told me the basic things I needed to know about shooting a video like using a good camera and a good voice recorder. He also told me I should do a story board which is like the blueprint of a video showing the scenes and the flow of the video. Later that day I went home having the course work on my mind thinking about what to make news on, I asked some of my friends for ideas because I couldn’t think of any at that moment. Few days passed and yet no idea on what to report in my news I got worried cause the spring break was fast approaching and I needed to have my video done before then because I had plans. Then it then hit me that I could do a news report on

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