For this video, I need to think strategically, as I am at a disadvantage with my lack of editing skills and knowledge. In terms of this video, I want it to be something that is meant to be taken seriously, while at the same time is meant to emotionally attach to whoever views it. It needs to be eye-catching while also being valuable in crucial information. I was thinking of having a handful of clips where I am acting as someone during an interview, and it is cut into two parts. These parts can represent the Do’s and Don’ts during an interview session, but at the same time, it is set up like those videos you see on like YouTube or TikTok. Important information given to someone in an unconventional and somewhat unserious way.
This could be my way of resonating with the audience. Many of them will either be people around my age or first-time interviewees nervous about their first job interview. I think this sort of setup will be something helpful. However, I am not entirely good at editing so I would need a lot of help with that. Furthermore, my other idea was trying to find a balance between humor and information. Sort of like those scientific YouTube videos that are reliant too much on choppy editing and humor, rather then information. I feel like the reason no one takes those seriously is because of the unnecessary amount of weird editing cuts done to get a laugh out of someone. I need to get my point across while also not being too serious or too comedic. This is all I have right now, as I don’t know what the rubric or prompt will be verbatim, but I am sure an idea will come to me once we establish that.
I was thinking about using a playlist I have which calms me down on the way to job interviews or just driving to work. I plan on just doing a little get ready with me to show how I get ready for a job interview. So how I do my hair, my makeup and what I wear. As I’m getting ready maybe walking through what techniques I use to calm down with the music I like to listen to as I get ready in the background. Those would include breathing techniques and walking through interview answers. There are two playlists I could use. One which calms me down and one which helps to pump me up or get me excited. Depending on how anxious I am before the interview will depend on whether or not I need to relax or try to distract myself with pump up music.
The songs I may include are as follows:
Calm down songs:
All your’n – Tyler Childers
9-5 – Dolly Parton
American Honey – Lady A
Pump up songs
More than a woman – The Bee Gees
Only the good die young – Billy Joel
Movin’ Out – Billy Joel
Time of the season – The Zombies
Rich Girl – Daryl Hall and John Oats
– Include breathing exercises
– Play a song you like/that pumps you up
– Discuss imposter syndrome
– Ask interview questions, then let the viewer pause to answer (practice for future self)
– Run through a checklist of things to have/do (pen, paper, water, eat something)
– Pep talk speech: “Remember, you know what you’re talking about, you have so much experience, just be yourself, etc.”
– Potential “psych-up” songs: Eye of the Tiger, Let’s Get Loud – Jennifer Lopez, … something annoyingly upbeat and easy to sing along with
– Film in a calm but professional setting
Ideally, if the rubric allows it, I’d like to make something with pleasant background images and music as a backdrop while text scrolls in the same vein as the example video which was posted to the schedule website. In the event that this is something that the rubric allows, I’d like to intersperse some humor throughout the video. Nothing too over the top, enough that it will put me in a good mood prior to an interview. Some dry witticisms and what not would be great in a video like this.
If this video assignment requires live footage, then I would need to adjust my game plan. I’d probably keep things more moderate in this case, and do something more like a pre-interview preptalk, in accordance with what is required by the rubric.
For my video production and creative process, I definitely see myself mimicking the before process of an interview. I will most likely have a scene where I’m driving in a car and share examples of ways to clam down or get hyped up there. For example I’m going to share some breathing techniques that I do, like box breathing and focusing on your five senses. I also plan on including music and making a point that everyone will feel different things before an interview. There’s no right or wrong song to listen to it could be anything from heavy Rock to calming classical! Between breathing and music, I also find it helpful to take a few minutes to transport myself back to a happier time. Whether that’s a vacation I went on or a favorite location of mine, I know that taking myself out of the real world for just a few minutes can greatly calm me down. Finally, I’d like to explain how little notes can help you stay calm or get excited and remember important details throughout your preparation. I find it helpful to grab a sticky note and jot down whatever I need at that moment so I can look at it and have the information right there. I will most likely be using iMovie to edit this phone.
For my video I would like to include a mix of what calms me down and what can be a “psych-up.” To calm me down I would do some breathing exercises or talk to my parents before the interview just to relax my nerves. I would also listen to calming music, that would include some songs by Journey and Fleetwood Mac. If it is a situation where I need to “psych-up,” I will hype myself up by telling myself that ‘I got this’ and reminding myself that they are people too. Some hype up songs would be from Guns N’ Roses or Foreigner. Another thing I would like to include is some questions to get the audience to interact by using critical thinking. The questions would consist of how an interview works, how to prepare, etc. Then I would pause for a brief moment after reading the questions and the options with it to give the audience some time to think of the answer before moving on. Lastly, I would focus on some suggestions on how to prepare for an interview as well as what to do after it.
More so calming down than psyching up
Psych myself a little bit with affirmations (“You got this, you are confident, you are qualified, etc)
Square breathing reminder
– Definitely include an anecdote or two for times I overcame a challenge, leadership roles
– Go over some strengths and weaknesses I can discuss
– Chill music with no lyrics throughout the video
– Include little PNGs of stuff that makes me happy (my cat, millipedes)
– Wear a favorite shirt of mine (as long as rubric doesn’t include professional attire)
– If prompt we decide on is meant for other people to watch: just keep it general, give examples of responses to common questions (strengths/weaknesses, why you want to work there, why you left your previous job)
My video will involve more calming down aspects than psyching up. I may include:
– Reminding myself of my answers to common questions that might be asked of me.
– Moving through some of my anxiety coping mechanisms and reminding myself to breathe.
– Talking through some of my anecdotes which I might share during my interview
For this video we have to create a calm down video for ourselves to watch before going into an interview. In my video I thought it would be important to include my anecdotes. This could be a moment I have been driven, how I have become a leader, or even when I have set goals and achieved them. This could help me before an interview because it will get me in the mindset of being in an interview and being asked these questions. Also, when you practice telling these anecdotes more they become more and more natural making it easy to say them when you are under pressure. Something that I could also include in my video is background music. Music is one of these things that will calm me down instantly. So, if i put my favorite song behind my video I will become relaxed without even realizing. I could also include suggestions for myself, like a checklist, making sure I went to the bathroom, ate and left on time. Within these suggestions I can make sure I call someone that calms me down beforehand and ask them for advice. These are all things I want to include in my video that I believe will help me before an interview.
Let me start with the fact that I hate the sound of my voice. Especially recorded! It emphasizes my lisp in a way that I don’t normally hear when I am speaking directly. So, I thought to myself, if my voice doesn’t calm me, then whose does? When I thought about it, my mother popped into my head. But that seemed too weird and way off prompt to do for this assignment. So alternatively, I decided to use something else that calms me down as a resource. The internet. No, you can’t always trust what you read on the internet but every now and then the internet is correct. When I looked into it the internet gave me some relatively helpful tips for prepping for interviews…like making a list or smiling in interviews. I also thought of things that calm me down like playing games, watching YouTube, and of course browsing the internet. The music I chose was just a happy sound that I think blended well with my thoughts and pictures.
I created a video that helps break down important things that come with preparing for an interview. During stress, a person can forget or overlook some simple things to remember due to nerves. I wanted to create an aesthetically pleasing, simple video that had a calming tone to it. In my video I cover many topics, one of them being clothing. In this section, I go over the various factors to consider when choosing the right outfit. I go over how certain clothes are inappropriate for a job interview and what to take into account such as weather, type of job, and having multiple options just in case. I also go over some important tips of what to do before an interview and during the interview and the importance of doing those things. One of them is bringing questions to an interview because it helps you gain more information, but it also shows initiative on your part to the employer. I also go over other things to remember to do like maintaining eye contact and giving a firm handshake, as well as ways to show I’m paying attention. I presented these things in a manner to almost be a checklist. You may make a mental checklist to remember something, but as I said before, you can forget or overlook things due to nerves. This video serves as a physical checklist that would normally be a mental checklist. The way that I created my video was with the intention of doing it in a relaxed way that wasn’t overwhelming. I split the video up into sections as well to help with organization as well as making sure it didn’t feel overwhelming. I wanted the video to flow smoothly and be easy to follow. The video, as I stated above, is set in cool tones to be presented in an aesthetically pleasing manner that isn’t too complicated, overwhelming, chaotic, or stressful. I debated putting music in the background but I felt that because I had a voiceover, it would sound too crowded with background music as well, however if I didn’t have the voiceover I definitely would have included background music. I used Canva to help me design this. I created multiple slides that morphed into a video as it is being created so I could create it slide by slide or section by section. This also allowed me to record each slide individually so it could be timed right.
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For this video, I need to think strategically, as I am at a disadvantage with my lack of editing skills and knowledge. In terms of this video, I want it to be something that is meant to be taken seriously, while at the same time is meant to emotionally attach to whoever views it. It needs to be eye-catching while also being valuable in crucial information. I was thinking of having a handful of clips where I am acting as someone during an interview, and it is cut into two parts. These parts can represent the Do’s and Don’ts during an interview session, but at the same time, it is set up like those videos you see on like YouTube or TikTok. Important information given to someone in an unconventional and somewhat unserious way.
This could be my way of resonating with the audience. Many of them will either be people around my age or first-time interviewees nervous about their first job interview. I think this sort of setup will be something helpful. However, I am not entirely good at editing so I would need a lot of help with that. Furthermore, my other idea was trying to find a balance between humor and information. Sort of like those scientific YouTube videos that are reliant too much on choppy editing and humor, rather then information. I feel like the reason no one takes those seriously is because of the unnecessary amount of weird editing cuts done to get a laugh out of someone. I need to get my point across while also not being too serious or too comedic. This is all I have right now, as I don’t know what the rubric or prompt will be verbatim, but I am sure an idea will come to me once we establish that.
I was thinking about using a playlist I have which calms me down on the way to job interviews or just driving to work. I plan on just doing a little get ready with me to show how I get ready for a job interview. So how I do my hair, my makeup and what I wear. As I’m getting ready maybe walking through what techniques I use to calm down with the music I like to listen to as I get ready in the background. Those would include breathing techniques and walking through interview answers. There are two playlists I could use. One which calms me down and one which helps to pump me up or get me excited. Depending on how anxious I am before the interview will depend on whether or not I need to relax or try to distract myself with pump up music.
The songs I may include are as follows:
Calm down songs:
All your’n – Tyler Childers
9-5 – Dolly Parton
American Honey – Lady A
Pump up songs
More than a woman – The Bee Gees
Only the good die young – Billy Joel
Movin’ Out – Billy Joel
Time of the season – The Zombies
Rich Girl – Daryl Hall and John Oats
– Include breathing exercises
– Play a song you like/that pumps you up
– Discuss imposter syndrome
– Ask interview questions, then let the viewer pause to answer (practice for future self)
– Run through a checklist of things to have/do (pen, paper, water, eat something)
– Pep talk speech: “Remember, you know what you’re talking about, you have so much experience, just be yourself, etc.”
– Potential “psych-up” songs: Eye of the Tiger, Let’s Get Loud – Jennifer Lopez, … something annoyingly upbeat and easy to sing along with
– Film in a calm but professional setting
Ideally, if the rubric allows it, I’d like to make something with pleasant background images and music as a backdrop while text scrolls in the same vein as the example video which was posted to the schedule website. In the event that this is something that the rubric allows, I’d like to intersperse some humor throughout the video. Nothing too over the top, enough that it will put me in a good mood prior to an interview. Some dry witticisms and what not would be great in a video like this.
If this video assignment requires live footage, then I would need to adjust my game plan. I’d probably keep things more moderate in this case, and do something more like a pre-interview preptalk, in accordance with what is required by the rubric.
For my video production and creative process, I definitely see myself mimicking the before process of an interview. I will most likely have a scene where I’m driving in a car and share examples of ways to clam down or get hyped up there. For example I’m going to share some breathing techniques that I do, like box breathing and focusing on your five senses. I also plan on including music and making a point that everyone will feel different things before an interview. There’s no right or wrong song to listen to it could be anything from heavy Rock to calming classical! Between breathing and music, I also find it helpful to take a few minutes to transport myself back to a happier time. Whether that’s a vacation I went on or a favorite location of mine, I know that taking myself out of the real world for just a few minutes can greatly calm me down. Finally, I’d like to explain how little notes can help you stay calm or get excited and remember important details throughout your preparation. I find it helpful to grab a sticky note and jot down whatever I need at that moment so I can look at it and have the information right there. I will most likely be using iMovie to edit this phone.
For my video I would like to include a mix of what calms me down and what can be a “psych-up.” To calm me down I would do some breathing exercises or talk to my parents before the interview just to relax my nerves. I would also listen to calming music, that would include some songs by Journey and Fleetwood Mac. If it is a situation where I need to “psych-up,” I will hype myself up by telling myself that ‘I got this’ and reminding myself that they are people too. Some hype up songs would be from Guns N’ Roses or Foreigner. Another thing I would like to include is some questions to get the audience to interact by using critical thinking. The questions would consist of how an interview works, how to prepare, etc. Then I would pause for a brief moment after reading the questions and the options with it to give the audience some time to think of the answer before moving on. Lastly, I would focus on some suggestions on how to prepare for an interview as well as what to do after it.
More so calming down than psyching up
Psych myself a little bit with affirmations (“You got this, you are confident, you are qualified, etc)
Square breathing reminder
– Definitely include an anecdote or two for times I overcame a challenge, leadership roles
– Go over some strengths and weaknesses I can discuss
– Chill music with no lyrics throughout the video
– Include little PNGs of stuff that makes me happy (my cat, millipedes)
– Wear a favorite shirt of mine (as long as rubric doesn’t include professional attire)
– If prompt we decide on is meant for other people to watch: just keep it general, give examples of responses to common questions (strengths/weaknesses, why you want to work there, why you left your previous job)
My video will involve more calming down aspects than psyching up. I may include:
– Reminding myself of my answers to common questions that might be asked of me.
– Moving through some of my anxiety coping mechanisms and reminding myself to breathe.
– Talking through some of my anecdotes which I might share during my interview
For this video we have to create a calm down video for ourselves to watch before going into an interview. In my video I thought it would be important to include my anecdotes. This could be a moment I have been driven, how I have become a leader, or even when I have set goals and achieved them. This could help me before an interview because it will get me in the mindset of being in an interview and being asked these questions. Also, when you practice telling these anecdotes more they become more and more natural making it easy to say them when you are under pressure. Something that I could also include in my video is background music. Music is one of these things that will calm me down instantly. So, if i put my favorite song behind my video I will become relaxed without even realizing. I could also include suggestions for myself, like a checklist, making sure I went to the bathroom, ate and left on time. Within these suggestions I can make sure I call someone that calms me down beforehand and ask them for advice. These are all things I want to include in my video that I believe will help me before an interview.
Let me start with the fact that I hate the sound of my voice. Especially recorded! It emphasizes my lisp in a way that I don’t normally hear when I am speaking directly. So, I thought to myself, if my voice doesn’t calm me, then whose does? When I thought about it, my mother popped into my head. But that seemed too weird and way off prompt to do for this assignment. So alternatively, I decided to use something else that calms me down as a resource. The internet. No, you can’t always trust what you read on the internet but every now and then the internet is correct. When I looked into it the internet gave me some relatively helpful tips for prepping for interviews…like making a list or smiling in interviews. I also thought of things that calm me down like playing games, watching YouTube, and of course browsing the internet. The music I chose was just a happy sound that I think blended well with my thoughts and pictures.
I created a video that helps break down important things that come with preparing for an interview. During stress, a person can forget or overlook some simple things to remember due to nerves. I wanted to create an aesthetically pleasing, simple video that had a calming tone to it. In my video I cover many topics, one of them being clothing. In this section, I go over the various factors to consider when choosing the right outfit. I go over how certain clothes are inappropriate for a job interview and what to take into account such as weather, type of job, and having multiple options just in case. I also go over some important tips of what to do before an interview and during the interview and the importance of doing those things. One of them is bringing questions to an interview because it helps you gain more information, but it also shows initiative on your part to the employer. I also go over other things to remember to do like maintaining eye contact and giving a firm handshake, as well as ways to show I’m paying attention. I presented these things in a manner to almost be a checklist. You may make a mental checklist to remember something, but as I said before, you can forget or overlook things due to nerves. This video serves as a physical checklist that would normally be a mental checklist. The way that I created my video was with the intention of doing it in a relaxed way that wasn’t overwhelming. I split the video up into sections as well to help with organization as well as making sure it didn’t feel overwhelming. I wanted the video to flow smoothly and be easy to follow. The video, as I stated above, is set in cool tones to be presented in an aesthetically pleasing manner that isn’t too complicated, overwhelming, chaotic, or stressful. I debated putting music in the background but I felt that because I had a voiceover, it would sound too crowded with background music as well, however if I didn’t have the voiceover I definitely would have included background music. I used Canva to help me design this. I created multiple slides that morphed into a video as it is being created so I could create it slide by slide or section by section. This also allowed me to record each slide individually so it could be timed right.