1. Bobcat Cash Put
Toward Court Street Treats
Not many people know about the bill that OU’s Student Senate passed last year about using bobcat cash for restaurants on Court
Street as an alternative for cash. It may be put into effect as
early as sometime this school year. Approach it
from the angle of the Student Senate, why they passed it, how it will help the
student body, what restaurants are involved, and how negotiations are
going. How will this affect the
businesses? How do the businesses
themselves feel about the idea?
Interview Student Senate, potential business owners
involved, students and their take on the idea
2. The Day in the
Life of Athen’s Canman: Keeping Our
Community and Environment Clean; Seeing the Profit of Partying
The importance of the canman goes unnoticed and
unappreciated. He keeps our community in
tip-top shape through our peers’ hooliganisms.
An insightful and grateful man enjoys what he does in interaction with
the students and their weekends.
Capitalize on what he does for Athens and how he depends on the students for what they do for him.
Interview canman himself, follow him around for a night on
the town; his normal routines and summarize it in a broadcast. Interview students and what they know about
him and how much he is appreciated.
3. Drunkerexia: Epidemic Putting Partyers at Risk…Student
Effects at Ohio University
Drunkerexia is what many people are notorious for doing to
avoid the dreaded alcohol weight gain. People starve themselves all day to “save
up the calories” for the alcohol they plan to consume later in the day. This leads to dangerous alcohol levels more
quickly and can have bad effects on the body’s overall health. Take the angle of drunkerexia at OU. Many students do it and don’t fully
understand the toll it can take on your health.
Interview students that have heard of it or have done it
themselves. Take surveys and use graphs to post statistics
I actually heard about the Student Senate thing too! I think that one will go over well because many students like those restaurants and have asked if you can use swipes there. I actually also heard a rumor that OUSS is thinking of bringing chain foods (ex: McDonalds) into select dining halls? I don't know if there's any truth to that part, but that's something else for you to look into!
ReplyDeleteI also think the Drunkerexia story sounds really interesting! The only concern I have is that most students that do this probably won't be willing to talk about it on camera, so you'll probably have to figure out how to blur the face/autotune (for lack of the correct word?) voices.
Following Kelly's comment...for the Drunkerexia story, if people don't want to talk about it you can use audio clips over b-roll or even layer video and crop it in Final Cut so that you can't see the person's face (and other cool things). Slowing down the video by 10% will automatically change the speed and thus the sound of the person's voice, but if they don't talk pretty quickly, sometimes you can tell that the speed was messed with.
ReplyDeleteVery good to know. I have never worked with Final Cut before but it sounds like there are a few people in my group that are really good with it. And if they don't know how to do it, at least I know who to go to! Thank you so much!!
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