Assalam Aleykum Warahmatullahy Wabarakatuh!
Hi Everyone!
As some of you may already know, I'm
almost graduating and so as of now, I am incredibly busy! I would therefore
like to apologize in advance for the fact that I may not be posting as often as
I would like to be or feel I should be. This semester, I've been taking two
courses in my minor which is Broadcast media, my last International relations
course and one general course which is Senior experience class.
To be quite honest guys,
journalism is quite intense. Firstly because it's so new to me and thus everything
seems quite daunting before execution; Secondly, because it requires more application.
As opposed to International Relations where we apply our knowledge to real life
situations, think about them, discuss and debate on them in a class or some
sort of building, Journalism demands a whole different level of application to
real life. Thinking about concepts, visualization of how you want the shots to
look like, scouting locations, finding equipment and people to handle different
roles, actual filming, editing...it's quite the task. However if you have the
passion for it, you'll be just fine because sincerely speaking; the end does
justify the means. When you see the final product of what you created, there's
a sense of euphoria that takes over and everything is worth it. However before
that happens, you'll be stressed out of your mind lol.
For my Radio class, I had to
do a top 10 countdown assignment, a voice demo and Freestyle project which
tests your ability to use elements such as voice, music, sound effects and
silence in your work. I'm planning on sharing my work on here just to help any
Journalism students who read my blog or simply anyone who's interested in Radio
or even voice work. And don't worry guys, my lecturer was highly impressed with
my work so even though I'm not a Journalism major, I know what I'm talking
about, so fear not! For thy has got your back!
I'm also taking a course in
Tv and Video production which is what is taking up most of my time, energy and
brain capacity. For my final project I have to film a documentary so you can
see why I have no time to post as often as I would like to. Normally, we are
allocated such assignments in groups because it's easier to delegate roles such
as director, lighting and sound director. However for this particular project,
our lecturer wants us to have individual projects. Therefore, you have to find
people to help you out with your project and sometimes people have their own
projects to worry about. But I'm excited for this and I know despite all the stress,
it’s going to turn out great!
Speaking of stress, I decided
to take a break and go home because we had a school break due to the Easter
holiday!Woohoo!Also because i was literally losing my mind and needed a break.What's shocking is that I did not carry my laptop so I was laptop-
less for four days! I know that may not be such a big deal for you guys but for
people who always have something to get done using the laptop, that is a
humongous deal. To be honest, it felt somewhat bizarre and foreign. I felt like
I was wasting time and that I should have been finishing up some pending work,
but since I had no laptop, I had to coerce myself into living in the moment and
not thinking about everything that was waiting for me back at school; Which was
actually much more difficult than I thought it would be.
If you follow me on my social
media you probably know that during my short vacation, I attended the
International Nubian Festival which was such a blast! It was a great way to
unwind considering the fact that I did not want that to go in the first place.
However I ended up going and dancing the night away, under the night sky to
tribal drum beats was definitely a treat!
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| People dancing to Doluka: the Nubian dance. |
Lately, I've been thinking
intensely about my blog and I've decided to spice things up a little. To me, a
blog should be an area for self expression and where people can go wild with
creativity, which may come differently to different people. In my case, I want
to stop stressing so much about how many posts I’ve presented and focus more on
the quality of the content and what appeals more to diversity and creativity.
Hence, I will be introducing more audiovisual and also written work to simply
make this blog more interesting and exciting! Also, it will be a great way for
me to practice everything I learn in class especially to do with broadcast
media and I cannot describe to you how excited I am!!Now let's just pray I can actually
make the time for all these new projects I've planned out.
I'm trying to do more film
work which is in tandem with my goal of starting a YouTube but vlogging is
seriously not as easy as it looks lol! But I'll keep my best foot forward and
see what I can come up with.I hope you are all having an amazing time wherever
you are and I hope you are doing what you love! Here’s to less stress, trying
out new things and living in the moment! Talk to you soon in shaa Allah!
XOXO!
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