From Peru to America

Señora Walsh- A Spanish Teacher at ONW

Why Señora Walsh? Señora Walsh has been teaching at Olathe Northwest for many years. This project focused on Walsh's unique story and her teaching style. This story portrayed her move to America and how she has adapted to this change.

Preparation and Production: To begin this package Tiajah and I brainstormed different teachers that would be a good subject. After deciding on Walsh we went to ask her if she would like to do the video and when would be a good time to interview her. During pre-production we wrote out our interview questions and planned on what shots to get when shooting b-roll. During production we set up for an interview at her desk and then got b-roll during her second hour class. Creating the video we favorited interview clips to get the best answers and then put it together with the b-roll on final cut pro. We revised the final video multiple times to make sure all b-roll matched up and the video turned out the way planned.

What I learned: Along the way I learned to get different angles during the interview to make it more visually interesting. I learned that it is very beneficial to use two cameras while getting b-roll that way when some shots don't work out there is more than enough. I also learned that you must work around your subjects schedule and find times that are convenient for them.

Change or keep the same? If I was to do this video again I would compose the interviews in the same way because I think the location was good in portraying who Walsh is. I would also keep the storytelling the same because it had a beginning, middle, and ending.

Things I would change about this video is next time I would interview one of Walsh's students. I would also make sure the camera wasn't shaky when getting b-roll. 

In the future... My experience from this project has shown me how to feature a certain person with an interesting story and put it together in a video. I will enhance my next projects by continuing to use the 6-shot system, set up an interview, and revising the final project.

Overall I think this video turned out good for what we filmed. I do think that in the future this could be improved by adding more substance such as more interviews and a variety of b-roll.