Michael Hoffman's Personal Portfolio
As a member of the FITlife Project’s team, my primary responsibilities and duties were ones related to videography. When I interned with the FITlife Project, their goal was to shoot a miniature documentary series for CrossFit Hanover’s Special Warriors, which is a weight training program for children with special needs. Having experience with videography and editing, I was the one taking the initiative to film everything, process the clips, and subsequently edit them. In addition to working on the FITlife Project's season two (for the Special Warriors), I also inherited the responsibility of editing episodes from season one, which had been filmed last summer. Moreover, in the earlier weeks of my internship, I was largely responsible for redesigning the FITlife Project's website and managing all new content uploaded to the site. Given the rather large amount of video clips displayed by the site, I additionally starting managing the FITlife Project's YouTube account. Beyond all of these duties, I was also in regular communication with not only my internship advisor, but other members of the FITlife Project’s team, including their primary editor and previous web designer.
Job Description
Learning Objectives
To learn how to effectively shoot a miniature documentary series
Activities/Resources:
1. Observe and interview at least three members of the FITlife Project team.
2. Keep in constant communication with my internship advisor.
3. Seek guidance from at least one professional that my internship advisor points me to.
4. Perform online research as well as print research on how to properly shoot a documentary to ensure that what I am doing is appropriate.
5. Obtain a good understanding of the equipment I will be using by asking my site supervisor and editing mentor questions that communicate my learning.
Evaluation/Verification:
1. Include videos of what I shoot in my portfolio.
2. Summary of research, with annotated bibliography of resources.
3. Reflective commentary on how my understanding has increased/changed.
To become a more proficient web designer that is not afraid to take action when needed
Activities/Resources:
1. Ask my site supervisor to clearly define what expectations there will be for the FITlife Project website.
2. Perform online research as well as print research on various web development techniques and standards to ensure that what I am doing is appropriate.
3. Obtain a good understanding of how to use WordPress, which will primarily be used to build the FITlife Project website.
4. Seek guidance from at least one professional that either my internship advisor points me to or I personally find.
5. Develop a positive and confident mentality that enables me to make the decisions that I believe are best for the website.
Evaluation/Verification:
1. Reflective commentary on how my understanding has increased/changed.
2. Include feedback of my performance in my portfolio from my supervisor and/or others that want to share their thoughts on the status of the website.
3. Include samples of my personal work, which include written commentary pertaining to what I learned in the process.
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