After completing this semester, I now have a better idea of what type of internship I would want to get within the communications field. This class has helped me realize what my strengths and weaknesses would be in an internship. Through this class, I know I would want to work with a magazine or website that is more blogging or short articles. I hope that during the internship I would be able to work under someone who is more in the journalism field or photojournalism. I would also be very interested in an internship at a PR firm of some sort. I think I would excel in either, given the opportunity to practice my skills in a real world setting.

When hiring me for an internship I know the employers would look at both the writing that I have posted, as well as the photography I have taken. The writing section of my portfolio has both feature stories and a press release. The feature stories would help me gain an internship at either a magazine, website, or newspaper. Showing that have some experience writing a feature story can demonstration that I would not be starting from scratch. Also, the press release would be a good part of my portfolio to show a potential employer at a PR firm because they write press releases on a regular basis. I think the photography will also be an important aspect to getting an internship. Today’s society looks at pictures first and if they find them interesting might read the rest of the article. Therefore it is important that an employer could see that I have experience using a camera and taking photographs of both people and landscape. Overall, I think the entire portfolio will be beneficial for gaining an internship in the communication world. Employers will see that I can design the layout of a website and create it. In addition, they will see that I have experience in videography, premier, and Photoshop. Although they might not be what I plan to do as a career, they will demonstrate that I have a background in using all of these programs and using the technology that could possibly be used throughout my internship. I think the layout, organization, and design of my website showcase who I am as a person and how I will be professional and organized, but also a little of the creativity I could bring to an internship.

Check out my portfolio here!

Each aspect of class was important for our project. My group and I chose to make a new product and create a marketing campaign for an environmentally friendly product. This meant we had to create an advertisement, homepage for a website, and a commercial for our project. Because we had to create something using both Photoshop and Premiere, each of us would be able to use our strengths, while improving our weaknesses.

Photoshop was necessary in order to create our logo, which we used on all of the parts of our project. I think having the logo on all aspects of our project really made our project cohesive. A logo is often the most important part of a product because it is what people notice first about a product. Because of this, it was important for us to use Photoshop in order to create a memorable logo. Also, I think without Photoshop, the commercial would not have looked as professional. In addition, Photoshop was also needed to edit the watch in order to make it look more like our indicator. In certain parts of the project, like the commercial, it was difficult to make the indicator look exactly like we wanted. But because of Photoshop, the indicator turned out very well on the homepage and magazine advertisement.

I also think that Premiere was an important part of our project because without the commercial people would have completely understood what our product was and how it worked. Premiere was useful for this project because we were able to add enough b-roll to the commercial to show how the indicator could be used. The skills I learned throughout the class helped me make the commercial look professional and I’m happy with how it came out. I think a lot of our project was trial and error. We realized with Photoshop it is easy to get carried away, often times making the homepage and magazine ad too busy. Our mock up of the website took us a few times to get it right, but Photoshop makes it easy to change many aspects of a project. Although Photoshop was not my strength, I think that it was most useful for our project.

Overall, I think I worked best on the commercial because I enjoy working on Premiere. I think as a very detail orientated person, it was easier for me to precisely cut parts of a video rather than try and create something on Photoshop. I found that I was better at putting everything together rather than creating something from scratch.

Watch our commercial here