Resume

Austen Snodgrass

577 Peninsular Drive

Lakeland, FL 33813

Cell: (863)-409-2221

Email: asnodgrass09@gmail.com

Profile:     With my extensive experience in television broadcasting in high school and college, I have the ability to report on camera in high-pressure situations, as well as behind the camera with shooting and editing.   

Experience:

·      2005:  Optimist Oratorical Contest state champion.  Wrote and gave a seven minute speech about United States soldiers fighting in wars. 

·      2006-2009:  Served as an anchor and reporter for my award winning high school news team.  Was named best anchor in Polk County twice.  Our newscast won the best newscast in Florida award.  Worked with Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and Livetype.  Also served as a videographer, using both Canon and Sony video cameras.

·      2009-Current:  Voiceover artist in Lakeland.  Recorded voiceovers for Lakeland Regional Medical Center, the Learning Resource Center, PGTV and Publix Supermarket. 

·      2011-2012:  Served as the Video Yearbook Editor at Florida Southern College.  Worked extensively with Final Cut Pro and Adobe Photoshop.  I also shot most of the video myself, with a Sony HD camera. 

·      2011-Current:  Worked extensively with Dreamweaver and Motion.  I had to create a fully functional website in Dreamweaver, and graphics in Motion.

·      Board member for the Learning Resource Center of Polk County.

Education:

·      2005-2009:  George Jenkins High School.  High School Diploma.  Graduated with honors.

·      2009-Current:  Florida Southern College.   

Awards:

·      Best Anchor in Polk County:  2006 and 2008.

·      Best Newscast in Florida:  2009.

·      Best Reporting in Polk County:  2006, 2007, 2009.

·      Optimist Oratory State Champion:  2005. 

Practicum Hours

March 19-  Interlachen meeting.  Wrapping up everything for the year.  5:00-6:00.

March 19- Worked on editing the Yearbook video.  10:30-12:00.

March 20-  Worked on the yearbook video.  Edited in final cut pro.  6:00-9:00.

March 21-  Edited the yearbook video.  5:00-8:00.

March 23- Finished capturing all of the remaining footage.  Spent the rest of the time editing the video with the music.  3:00-8:00

13 1/2 hours.

Practicum Hours

February 19- Filmed the Girls Lacrosse Game for SSN with Tracy Fosterling.  12:30-3:30.

February 20- Interlachen meeting.  The last official meeting for the rest of the year.  Discussed wrapping up both the yearbook and the video.  After the meeting, I stayed in the lab and did some editing on the video. 4:00-7:00.

February 21- Bought the music I decided to use for the video.  Downloaded the files and imported them into Final Cut Pro.  Started matching up the music with the video files.  2:00-5:00

9 Hours.

Practicum Hours

February 6th-  Interlachen meeting.  Discussed upcoming projects to take pictures and video of.  After the meeting, I stayed in the Interlachen lab and did some editing.  I sat down with Bob and showed him what I had edited so far, and the music that I had chosen.  4:00-7:00

3 Hours

Practicum Hours

January 30-  Interlachen Meeting.  Discussed the pictures and video assignments for this week.  The rough draft of the video is due on Wednesday.  4:00-5:00.

Worked in the Interlachen lab editing the video. Went through video shot at the basketball game on Saturday, and various soccer games ad volleyball matches.  Edited some of the footage shot at Casino Night also.  2:00-6:00.

January 31-  Worked in the Interlachen lab on the video yearbook.  Edited footage from move in day, the hot air balloon event, and bid day.  3:00-6:00.

February 1- Went through various possible music selections.  The music needs to coincide with the theme of the book, which is a retro look.  Looked through 70's music.  3:00-5:00

10 hours

Practicum Final Report

                                                            Practicum Final Report

            This semester in Practicum, I was heavily involved with the Yearbook.  I am the Video Editor once again this year, and I learned from last year that I needed to start getting footage earlier this year.  This idea was implemented the first week of school, when Cynthia and I shot footage of Move-In Day at Florida Southern.  Throughout this semester, I have been in charge of assigning events for students to go film.  These assignments were generally handed out during our meetings every Monday.  In many cases I have ended up filming the events myself (Rec Fest, TZE DEK, the Pink Party, the Christmas Tree Lighting).  In many ways, I like to film the events personally, as I know what kind of shots I need, and how to properly shoot them.  A lot of the footage I received at the beginning of the year was shaky because no tripod was used and, therefore, virtually unusable.  I now tell students to take a tripod with them whenever the are out getting footage of an event. 

             Much of my time is spent reviewing footage that was shot, importing it into Final Cut Pro, and editing it down to what can be used.  This process takes quite a while, especially if the footage is of an event that lasted a long time, like a basketball game.  I had previously talked to Bob about having a wider variety of events included in the video this year, which has allowed me to film more events this semester than I did last year.  I also talked to John Luti about getting some of his sports footage to use in the yearbook, and to Cynthia about getting some of the episodes of Wellness TV to include on the DVD.  My plan is to have enough footage by the beginning of February, in order to have the Video completed before April.

             Many of the times I filmed events around the campus I went with Shannah and shot video while she took pictures. I also took pictures of the Christmas Tree Lighting, which was a new experience for me.  Up until that point, I had never taken pictures for Interlachen.  I had always just stuck to video.  Shannah went with me and showed me how to adjust the F-Stop and appature settings, since it was dark outside.  I would not mind taking pictures of events again, but I do still prefer video.  I feel like I can be more creative recording a moving action instead of having to take still pictures.  

            Throughout the semester, I also went to a few of the News Show shoots.  I am definitely interested in anchoring the show, and possibly taking over Anna’s spot as Producer when she graduates.

            I also helped John Luti a couple of times with the Sports Show, including recording the voice over for the intro.  We have also discussed having me come on the podcast as a special guest next semester.

            Looking ahead to next semester, I will continue my work with the Yearbook, as well as hopefully becoming more involved with the News Show.     

Practicum Hours

December 4-  Took pictures at the Christmas tree lighting.  Worked with Shannah.  7:00-8:00.

December 5-  Interlachen meeting.  Discussed wrapping up the year, with a few more events this week to shoot.  4:00-5:00.

December 5-  After the Interlachen meeting, I worked in the Interlachen lab editing some of the footage previously shot.  Attempted to find some appropriate music for the video.  Finished editing the footage from Bid Day and Rec Fest. 5:00-8:00.

December 7-  Took the Interlachen camera and went out around campus shooting some of the buildings and students for the video yearbook.  Tried to get as creative of shots as I could.  2:00-4:00

7 Hours