Tell us more about ONE or TWO activities listed above that are most important to you. Please explain the role you played and what you learned in the process. You will be asked for a reference who can speak to your response. (maximum 2100 characters)
A very rough draft of my essay. I did win an award for this and it is declared under the activities list section of the application, but I do not know how to segway into it smoothly.
The most important activity to me is my position as lead editor and producer for the weekly school news broadcast which is a video detailing upcoming events in the school. My job is simple - take the raw footage and turn it into an entertaining production that accurately informs the school populous.
Working on this show for over a school year straight has taught me many skills and lessons. For instance, I must cope with strict deadlines given that the 'episodes' often contained information that would expire any later than the first day of the week. I also have to communicate regularly with the rest of the cast as well as various members of the school community. These could be club leaders who occasionally want entire promotional videos inserted into the episode after filming was done or random students whom I have to ask to gain relevant information about the outcomes of games that happened over the weekend.
Additionally, a position like this requires a great deal of problem solving and creativity. If I want to keep the show entertaining, then I must innovate my editing with every episode and if I want to innovate then I have to both think of a novel edit to do and how to do it with the tools at hand. I thought I would hate editing, but it turned out to be an experience greater than the sum of its parts. I get to creatively express myself in a way that I would never have dreamed of prior to my joining, and it all leads into a profound impact on the school community.
A very rough draft of my essay. I did win an award for this and it is declared under the activities list section of the application, but I do not know how to segway into it smoothly.
The most important activity to me is my position as lead editor and producer for the weekly school news broadcast which is a video detailing upcoming events in the school. My job is simple - take the raw footage and turn it into an entertaining production that accurately informs the school populous.
Working on this show for over a school year straight has taught me many skills and lessons. For instance, I must cope with strict deadlines given that the 'episodes' often contained information that would expire any later than the first day of the week. I also have to communicate regularly with the rest of the cast as well as various members of the school community. These could be club leaders who occasionally want entire promotional videos inserted into the episode after filming was done or random students whom I have to ask to gain relevant information about the outcomes of games that happened over the weekend.
Additionally, a position like this requires a great deal of problem solving and creativity. If I want to keep the show entertaining, then I must innovate my editing with every episode and if I want to innovate then I have to both think of a novel edit to do and how to do it with the tools at hand. I thought I would hate editing, but it turned out to be an experience greater than the sum of its parts. I get to creatively express myself in a way that I would never have dreamed of prior to my joining, and it all leads into a profound impact on the school community.
