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Final Reflection Paper
Danielle Reed | 11 December 2017
Throughout the semester, we learned a lot of great writing techniques that are sure to benefit us at some point during our future careers. We’ve experimented with everything from press releases and media alerts to composing emails and social media posts. However, the aspect of media writing that I enjoyed the most, and felt I learned the most from, was script writing – specifically, television script writing.
To write an effective television script, you must be able to write both the audio and the visuals that your commercial will include. This means that, in addition to being able to write a compelling script, you must also be able to write visually. Initially, I found this task to be more difficult than many of the others we had done in class up to this point. I quickly realized just how much of a challenge it was to put the visuals I wanted to see into words. Although, I feel as though the more I practiced to complete our assignment, the better I got at explaining my thoughts. It took me some time, but now I feel pretty confident in my ability to write visually and really paint a clear picture with just my words.
Overall, having this skill is going to improve the quality of my future writing, whether that be in writing more commercial scripts in the future, or writing something completely different. Most styles of writing can benefit from some kind of visual aspect. More often than not, readers would prefer to read something that they can picture in their minds, as it does a better job of holding their attention than something they cannot. In fact, visual writing is arguably one of the most important types of writing to be skilled in. At the end of the day, the main goal of writing is to get people to read your work. You are trying to appeal to an audience with your words, and if you can write in a way that captures their attention and allows them to see something for themselves, you will be able to achieve this. For this reason, I am confident I will be applying this technique at some point in my future, and I am grateful that I had the chance to learn it and work through how to do it properly early in my career.
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Writing Assignment 7 (12.08.2017)
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Kitchen Nightmare: Thanksgiving Edition
A TALE OF THE TAINTED TURKEY
By Danielle Reed | 28 November 2017
Growing up, Thanksgiving felt like such a pivotal part of my childhood. It was one of the only times throughout the year that my family really came together and got to spend time with one another. Out of all of their siblings, my parents were the only ones who were married, so both sides of the family would get together and we would cram all 25(+) of us into my grandparents’ cabin up in Maine.
However, times change and people change, which means plans have to change. My parents’ divorced and cut our large family gathering down to only nine people. Then, my mom got a new job, which meant we couldn’t travel up to Maine for the long weekend anymore. Finally, my grandparents’ health prevented them from making the trip down from Maine anymore and our Thanksgiving was cut down by two more members.
Thanksgiving has quickly become less of a celebration of family, and more of an obligation we feel we have to uphold.
This year was no different. I woke up to the sounds of my dad bustling around the kitchen, desperately trying to cook up the pies he has to bring with him to dinner at the last minute, as he does every year. Normally I would be able to sleep through his cursing and crashing, but I’ve been cooped up in my living room full time since my brother pegged a hockey ball straight through my bedroom window, so I’m now subjected to all of the activity that happens in my household.
After getting up and helping him prepare the rest of his desserts, I bid him farewell for the day and headed out to go get my brother – perhaps the only person in my family who was less excited for the day than I was. The poor kid is hands down the pickiest eater that I’ve ever known and, for some reason, our family can’t wrap their heads around that. For the past fifteen years, he’s spent family holidays being mocked for not wanting to eat and it’s no secret that he’s had enough.
We spent all twenty-minutes of our drive brainstorming some believable excuses to keep us from dinner. Everything ranging from reasonable excuses like my car breaking down or us getting lost (despite how many times we’ve done this drive) to ridiculous solutions like leaving the country and changing our names.
Nevertheless, we grit our teeth and painted pleasant smiles on our faces, only to be greeted by my frantic aunt on the brink of pulling her hair out. Apparently she put the turkey in the oven much later than she should have and she was freaking out about not having dinner ready on time. So, what was meant to be a two o’clock dinner very quickly became the seven of us sitting around the kitchen table, watching my aunt pull the oven door open every ten seconds, as if some grace of God was going to make the turkey pop faster if she just kept staring at it.
Somewhere in between typing a message out to my brother under the table along the lines of ‘we could lie about having to go see dad’s family I can’t believe we didn’t think of that sooner’ and my aunt opening the over door for the eightieth time that hour, I remember joking about how “I better not get salmonella because you don’t know how to cook a turkey.”
Lo and behold, the turkey popped about five minutes later and we were finally ready to eat nearly two hours behind schedule.
Now, here’s a Thanksgiving fun fact for you: a turkey can pop and still be undercooked in some places. Who would’ve thought, right?
So, after a full day of waiting to finally eat – perhaps the only worthwhile part of Thanksgiving anymore – I made it five minutes into dinner before I was in the bathroom throwing up. One portion of the turkey had (apparently) been undercooked and, because I had been oh so optimistic about this whole day, it unsurprisingly ended up as a part of my dinner.
My brother was absolutely over the moon when he came to check on me and he jumped at the opportunity to use my food poisoning to leave the festivities early. After a fifty-minute drive home, with me pulling over every five minutes to throw up on the side of the road, I was finally able to tuck myself away in my makeshift couch-bed and wait for the day to be over.
Needless to say, this Thanksgiving solidified my newfound disdain for the holiday and next year, my brother and I are probably going to have to follow through on one of our schemes to avoid the day altogether.
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Writing Assignment 5 (11.16.2017)
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VIDEO GAMES AS A COLLEGIATE SPORT
By Danielle Reed | October 23, 2017
What was once merely wishful thinking for children across the nation is quickly becoming a reality: colleges are actually giving students money to play video games.
I know it sounds hard to believe, but stay with me for a moment. The concept of collegiate eSports has grown significantly over the recent years. The way it works is that colleges form teams of students that then train and compete against other schools in some of the most popular strategy and battle games. Much like any other collegiate sports team, these students must maintain a practice schedule and take part in regular competitions that occupy a majority of their time. Some schools even have uniforms for their teams to wear and go out for postgame meals together, much like traditional athletics.
This opportunity is great for students who don’t fare well in traditional athletic fields. ESports brings a virtual community into a physical space and gets these students – who would typically be playing the same video games up in their dorm rooms – engaged in their school and the people around them who share a similar interest.
In fact, collegiate eSports has seen such a significant rate of growth, that the NCAA has begun exploring the topic. The NCAA board of directors will be considering the regulation of and/or support of college eSports competitions during their meeting later this week.
Collegiate eSports has introduced a whole new generation of student athletes and it’s only expected to see continued growth from this point on.
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